Updated on 13 October 2026. The original 2008 post is kept below.
Did the canned burger work?
It did exist. The German outdoor-food company Trekking-Mahlzeiten sold a 150-gram “Cheeseburger in der Dose” (cheeseburger in a can) as a hiking meal. You heated the sealed can in hot water or a pan, opened it and found a bun with patty and cheese inside. It was advertised to keep for about a year without a fridge.
The internet got hold of it in early 2008 and went wild. New York Magazine’s Grub Street ran an “Introducing Cheeseburger in a Can” item, and the can became a cult object. The product later disappeared, and today it’s mostly a collector’s item.
So the photo was optimistic, as burger photos always are. For a hungry hiker on a mountain, though, a warm, squishy cheeseburger probably tasted like five stars.
More canned surprises: the Candwich and canned silkworm pupae.
From the 2008 original
If the lack of burger joints in the wilderness ever prevented you from making a trip to the nature, this has to be no more. A german hiking food online shop called ” Trekking mahlzeiter” has the solution – From now on you can just get your cheeseburgers in a can to take with you.
Even though I find it extremely hard to believe that the burger in the picture above came out from a can. If so, then it looks hell of a lot tastier that the average cheeseburger you get from MacDonalds!
Source: www.trekking-mahlzeiten.de
