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The 2026 Australian Dining Awards gave the nod to three burger joints in Wollongong as some of Australia's best. The Mercury decided to pit those burgers against each other in this highly scientific video. Video by Adam McLean and Marlene Even

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00:002026 Dining Awards of Australia named three different Wollongong restaurants as some of
00:05the best burgers in Australia including Weldon being the winner. We have SoCo Kitchen,
00:10Byron Kitchen, we have his boy Elroy and Uncle George's. Uncle George's was the winner and we've
00:15got all three here and we're going to decide which one's the best based on three different
00:19categories. We're going to have a look at the cross section, the form, the taste and I've got
00:26here with me, sports reporter Grace Hamilton to help. Hello. So one, two, three. I don't know which
00:34one's which. Can we guess? Yeah, go ahead. I am going to guess this is SoCo and I would place
00:43my money on
00:44this one being Uncle George's and this one is his boy. I think that's his boy. I think this one's
00:50Uncle George's.
00:50I think that's SoCo. I've never had SoCo, so. Neither have I. So. Interesting. Yeah. We're going to rate
00:58everything out of five. We've got these lovely little number plates showing all the cameras.
01:04A plus for crafts. Yeah, the crafts are impeccable. So, um, which one do you want to start with?
01:14Yeah. Cross section. Is that good? I actually really like that. I like how it looks.
01:25It's got a good, um, like I don't think it's overdone with the sauce. Mustard to meat ratio.
01:31I've got most of my hands already. Yeah. Three, two, one.
01:44I think that's pretty good. Not as juicy as my favorite burger ever. What's that? Jojo.
01:55It's like a Joji in the city. I don't think I've ever had that. Mine has too.
02:02One, two, three. Yeah, I went four. I'm mean. Clearly.
02:11Yes. Cross section.
02:17The structure was a point. This one just fell apart. That was maybe my fault. Um, I will say cross
02:23section
02:23wise, this one's lesser. It's, um, it's not as neat. Yeah. There's not as much sauce.
02:32I'll go straight to the middle of this time. I don't want to be too messy.
02:40I like quite enough. It's better than the first one. Yeah.
02:45Now I feel bad for giving the first one three.
02:49It's got a different sauce. This is ketchup and mustard. That's like a, I don't even know what
02:55to describe it, like a mushrooming sauce. It's probably completely wrong.
03:00I think it's got bits of onion or bacon. Yeah. Okay. Oh, I hate it. I like that.
03:08I feel like it's just been sitting in the bag maybe five minutes too long. Yeah.
03:15I will say I did have a look and we had some other people go down to the places. It
03:20sounds
03:20like they were all very busy. So whichever place we went to first, which I'm not sure. So I
03:27imagine Soko probably has, uh, been in the bag longer. So maybe that's why. I did change my mind.
03:34I think it is better than the first one. I like the sauce better than the original. Really?
03:38Ketchup and mustard. Okay. Combination. Well, I think I'm ready to rain.
03:45Okay. So we've gone the reverse of the first one. Clearly you're a mustard guy. I do like mustard.
03:53What'd you got? No one's close to you. Oh, I'll do the honors. Okay.
04:01This one's got bacon straight off the bat.
04:04Oh, I'll do it.
04:08I think it's pretty well.
04:09That's fine.
04:11A little bit off.
04:12I don't know if you can see that.
04:14There, yeah.
04:14Yeah, that's better.
04:15I've got it.
04:17Yeah?
04:20I am now more confident in saying that.
04:23I still think this is a his boy.
04:26Yeah?
04:26Yeah, I think so.
04:27Okay.
04:28I like bacon on my burger, I will say.
04:31Is that a controversial opinion?
04:32I'm a bacon.
04:34I don't think it's anywhere near as controversial as saying I like pineapple on pizza.
04:38Yeah, that's what I mean.
04:39That's what I'm saying, like.
04:40But.
04:41Who knows?
04:43All right, ready?
04:43Yeah.
04:44Here we go.
04:51It's like a very subtle flavor, which I really like.
04:58Yeah, I think this one has a bit of like up on the fact that it does have the bacon.
05:02Also the lettuce.
05:03These other ones are just mostly.
05:07The way we chose the burgers was the first one on the menu as well.
05:10So whichever one does, these end up filling out the menu.
05:14Look at all the cameras at once.
05:18But whichever one this one does send out to be.
05:19We just traced the first one on the menu.
05:21So that was the default burger.
05:23I really like the flavors of this one.
05:27Three, two, one.
05:30Perfect for me.
05:31Yes, wow.
05:33All right.
05:35Now we need to find out which one's which.
05:38You were right.
05:39Was I three for three?
05:40You were three for three.
05:41So that's Uncle George's.
05:42That's Uncle George's.
05:44Uh, Soko and then his boy All Right.
05:46That's right.
05:47Nice.
05:47So we've gone against the National Digest and said his boy All Right is number one.
05:51Didn't his boy win?
05:52No, Uncle George's win.
05:55Maybe they're onion people.

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