This Clovis BBQ restaurant's giant burger is a meat lover's dream come true

Thursday, February 20, 2020
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Barbeque is king in the Central Valley.

But in Action News' second Dine 'N' Dish segment we decided to go big.
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We visited a local grill master and tried one of the biggest sandwiches you can lay your hands on anywhere.


At Grill Masters BBQ in Clovis, Jesse Cortez loads up the tri-tip each morning. The most important ingredient?

Love, he says. He loves what he does.

The lunch-time crowd shows up early because they love what Jesse and the staff put on their plate.



Paul-Henry Rodriguez often makes the drive from Sanger.

"I love the tri-tip here. It just has that great taste to it," he says.
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Sometimes Cortez will sell 500 sandwiches in a day.

"My seasonings, I love 'em. I don't get tired of my food. I eat it all the time. I had to go on a diet because I was eating too much," he says.

But we noticed something out of the ordinary growing in the kitchen.

Diners sometimes come here to take on the Matty Ultimeat Burger.



It's 4 patties, bacon on each patty cheese on each patty, a half a pound of rib meat. And then on top, they put a half a pound of tri-tip.

It is a leaning tower of meat you can eat. Sometimes families share one.
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This meat monstrosity is not for the meek. It weighs four pounds. Cortez says more women than men have finished it.

A few were Youtubers in search of a challenge.

"We've had seven girls and about four guys," says Cortez.

The mini-Matty isn't so mini. It has two patties - rib meat on the bottom, tri-tip on top.



You can top your dry rub BBQ with sweet or hot sauce.
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