Big Mac
It's from 1967, before you were born.
- Maker
- McDonald's
- Type
- Hamburger
- Debuted
- 1967 (nationwide 1968)
- Note
- "two all-beef patties..."
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About
As of 2026, it's 59 years old.
The Big Mac is a hamburger so confident it comes with its own poem. Invented by a Pittsburgh franchisee in 1967, its two patties, three-bun architecture, and 'special sauce' inspired a 1974 jingle — 'two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame-seed bun' — that people can still recite faster than their own phone number.
It became such a fixture of global life that economists literally use the 'Big Mac Index' to compare currencies. A sandwich that helps measure the world economy is, frankly, overqualified.
Layered, saucy, and weirdly iconic, the Big Mac is the burger that turned a fast-food order into a cultural reference point.
Big Mac through the years
Invented in Pennsylvania
Franchisee Jim Delligatti creates the double-decker burger.
Goes nationwide
The ingredients jingle
"Two all-beef patties, special sauce..." becomes an advertising classic.
The Big Mac Index is born
The Economist starts using the burger to compare global prices.
