I don‘T believe i have ever had a fast food burger so really can’t relate. I went to McD’s once, when I lived in Germany as a very young woman; they opened a new restaurant in the city where I lived, and I so very much longed for a real American milkshake that I went in. It was awful, and I have never been again. I like my burgers thick, and rare. The thin little Overcooked patties that I see advertised are so far from what I find appealing that I have no desire to ever go to see if the ads are correct or not.
Tonight I mixed ground chuck, some minced onion, powdered spices, and a last tablespoon of a Balkan red pepper “salsa”, homemade, made a thick burger, and fried it till it was well browned on the outside, and still very rare in the middle. DH was finishing up his takeout from last night, so I didn;t even bother with a veg. With my burger, and a dollop of horseradish I was more than happy.