2026 Burger Battle: Fernson Downtown & Totally Rad Eats [REVIEW]

There has never been a better time to be a burger lover than right now.

The 2026 Burger Battle continues in Downtown Sioux Falls through the end of January, and for the 13th annual event, your choices are more plentiful than they've ever been.

This year, there are 50 different burgers to choose from, shattering last year's record of 39 entries.

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Your involvement is pretty simple:

• Identify the burgers you want to try
• Show up hungry
• Eat
• Download the DTSF Passport app to your phone

• Find the burger in the app and rank it in five categories (Remember to enter the verification code provided to you by the restaurant)

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This year's offering from Fernson Downtown & Totally Rad Eats is the 'Pickle Roll Burger'.

Here's the official description:

Double smash patty, new-school American cheese, dried-beef pickle roll dip, pickles, Ruffles, on a big Marty roll.

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If you're for a no-nonsense, straightforward burger experience, this will check a lot of boxes for you.

Lots of meat with the double smash patty, topped with good old-fashioned American cheese, great pickle taste, and just the right amount of potato chips under the sesame seed bun to give it a nice crunch.

Here's how it ranked:

• Flavor: 7
• Patty: 7
• Toppings: 7
• Bun: 8
• Presentation: 7

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