The In-N-Out Secret Menu

Here's a tidbit that every self-respecting burger fan should know about: In-N-Out's secret menu. When a simple cheeseburger isn't enough, you can try some of these ca-razy combinations:

4-by-4: four meat patties and four slices of cheese
2-by-4: two meat patties and four slices of cheese

Note: You can get a burger with as many meat patties or cheese slices as you want. Just tell the In-N-Out Burger cashier how many meat patties and how much cheese you want and that is what you'll get! For instance, if you want 6 pieces of meat and 10 pieces of cheese tell them you want a "6-by-10."

Animal style: The meat is cooked and fried with mustard and then pickles are added, extra spread and grilled onions are added.
Flying Dutchman: two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else - not even a bun!
Neapolitan shake: strawberry, vanilla and chocolate blended together.

And that's just a taste as there are still more options. For those of us who don't live in California, Nevada, or Arizona and can't make it to an In-N-Out easily, Badmouth.net has sampled the entire secret menu and taken photos.

Links
In-N-Out "Secret" Menu [In-N-Out.com]
More In-N-Out options [tiburon-belvidere.com]
The Secret Menu illustrated [Badmouth.net]

Further Reading
All of A Hamburger Today's In-N-Out posts [AHT archives]

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971 Comments

1. Posted by Tokidoki Moofia on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 5:10 pm PDT

I actually didn't know about the secret menu until now! Thanks for the info!
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2. Posted by mindsoda95 on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:00 pm PDT

cool! thanks!
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3. Posted by lisa.desai on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:01 pm PDT

This is why we Americans are so fat.
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4. Posted by cmz8806 on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:01 pm PDT

i knew about it because my roomate works there, they have grilled cheese too for the vegetarians out there. the only problem with the secret menu is that you have to memorize it to choose what you want...that kinda sucks
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5. Posted by tikilightz on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:01 pm PDT

There's also Protein-style that leaves out the buns and just has it in a lettuce wrap.
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6. Posted by fredy C on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:01 pm PDT

Same here. This is news to me. Thanks
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7. Posted by Justice P on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:01 pm PDT

I know they put bible verse numbers on their packaging.I usually get the revelations burger.
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8. Posted by Ash Ketchum on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:02 pm PDT

Lots of people actually know about this, it's kind of sad, that it's making headlines... It's pretty prevalent here in So.Cal.
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9. Posted by Beak on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:02 pm PDT

My buddy got a 10x10 once, it was massive.
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10. Posted by Kyle on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:02 pm PDT

this is quite amazing lol
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11. Posted by kris c on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:02 pm PDT

yay the world has caught up....thats old
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12. Posted by Maria G on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

Animal Style is my favorite. I swear it is the best burger i have ever had. My family comes to visit from Oregon(me Cali) and they ahve to go to In and Out.
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13. Posted by jovanoski83 on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

They also make animal fries as well and they are my favorite thing. Its an order of fries topped with thousand island dressing, grilled onions and melted cheese.
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14. Posted by ZER0 C00L on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

Yeah, totally knew that. It seems that Yahoo doesn't know you can also order your FRIES animal style. You can also request "30-second fries" (fries that are left in the frying oil for ONLY 30 seconds) or "well done fries" (dark brown, extra crunchy fries). And did everyone know that In-N-Out prints Biblical references on their paper products, even on the cups? Yeah... check under the lower rim of ANY cup... you'll see.
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15. Posted by rindotheraven on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

2ND COMMENT
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16. Posted by jmichael.design on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

yeah whats the heart stopper combo w/ side of extra grease code?
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17. Posted by tellefsonjr on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

Thats amazing. ur my hero.
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18. Posted by tellefsonjr on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:03 pm PDT

Thats amazing. ur my hero.
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19. Posted by avedian_noctem on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

Great info. Thanks. So much for trying to lower my cholesterol.
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20. Posted by argentosterling on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

STUPID Article!
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21. Posted by donski on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

what's the point of having secret menus?so you'll be like,belong to some secret organization?
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22. Posted by usagi_tsukino_love on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

Very interesting how this made the Yahoo main page, especially considering that it's only available in Arizona, Nevada, and of course, California. But I guarantee if you have a chance to eat it, you won't be sorry. I get the 4x4 (Sometimes 5x5) and the Animal style fries, very tasty. It's a heart-attack platter, but if you ever have the opportunity - go there, In-N-Out is simply amazing.
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23. Posted by intheories on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

jamba juice has a nice secret menu as well
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24. Posted by chewy_is_god on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

...Ty for giving even more terrible information to an obese America.
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25. Posted by AltoSaxGoddess, OhSaxyLady on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

Little known fact: you can get the fries "animal style" (melted cheese and grilled onions) also. It's awesome. :)
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26. Posted by David on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

I work at an In-N-Out, and you can't actually get as many patties as you would like. That used to be the case, but the quality of the burger went way down when we were making burgers with 75+ pieces of meat and cheese. The highest you can go is a 4x4.
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27. Posted by callalily06 on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

Duh!A TRUE In N Out fan already knows the "secret" menu!Bring In N out to Texas!!!
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28. Posted by oschreader on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

You left my favorite one out! Additionally, there is the option of Protein Style burgers...a burger with everything you want on it, but in a lettuce wrap as opposed to a bun!
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29. Posted by Alberto H on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

It's a shame there aren't any in-and-out in the midwest
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30. Posted by Allie on Wed, Oct 03, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

Just about all of it sounds disgusting.
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