My Culinary Degradation post, which ran in February, inspired a fair bit of competition among my readers. While I managed to come up with a few moderately-disturbing food choices, my readers really ran with the idea, suggesting outrageous beer and ice cream combinations and fried foods that bordered on blasphemy. Last, but not least, they also suggested some monster burgers that strained the imagination, not to mention the digestive system.

I'm no stranger to big burgers, having worked my way through Red Robin's entire menu, but the Heart Attack Grill's Quadruple Bypass Burger is far, far out of my league. With four 1/2-pound patties, four slices of bacon, three slices of cheese, lettuce, and tomato, it is estimated to contain 8,000 calories. While I can't think of a lot of reasons to visit Chandler Arizona, I may still have to make a visit.

One reader, Astin, recommended Dangerous Dan's, a restaurant in Toronto. Their "Colossal Colon Clogger Combo" contains 24 ounces of beef, a quarter pound of bacon, a quarter pound of cheese, and two fried eggs. For $23.95, it comes with a large shake and a side of gravy and cheese curd-laden fries.

Another reader, Derrick, recommended Atlanta's Vortex Bar and Grill. On the surface, their Double Coronary Burger doesn't seem all that impressive: with a mere half pound of beef, two fried eggs, three slices of American cheese, and four slices of bacon, it hardly holds a candle to Dangerous Dan's. However, by replacing the bun with two grilled cheese sandwiches, Vortex arguably enters the next level of cholesterol-laden genius.

For pure culinary repulsiveness, however, the award must go to "The Hot Fudge Subdae Burger," a monstrosity that was submitted by Angela, one of our readers. Featuring a quarter pound of burger, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a drizzle of hot fudge, nuts, whipped cream, a cherry, and a bun, the Hot Fudge Subdae Burger simultaneously attracts and appalls. As with any great legend, Angela couldn't give the exact address of the restaurant in question, although she noted that it was "at an Irish pub on the corner of N. San Francisco Street and Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona." Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any further information on the internet. Any Flagstaff readers out there?