Nindigully Pub orders 100kg of meat each week for its famous burgers

A 1.5kg bun, 2kg homemade mince patty, tomatoes, pineapple, beetroot, cheese, lettuce, onion and sauces, with a side of onion rings and beer battered chips. And that’s the smallest burger you can get at this historic Queensland pub.

Bigger is always better at Queensland’s oldest pub where the 25kg burgers are helping breathe life back into the small outback town.

The renowned burgers at Nindigully Pub, just 50km out of St George in Queensland’s central west, range from 5.5kg to 25kg in weight.

The smallest burger, a Road Train, will feed a family of six, while the largest can feed a group of 20.

Owner of the pub, Steve Burns, said the colossal burgers have become renowned across the state and are helping put outback Queensland back on the map.

“It’s just word of mouth, we don’t spend anything on advertising,” he said.

“We love our tourists because that‘s why we’re here and that’s how we survive. Without tourism we’re stuffed.”

Kristian Finn at Nindigully Pub with The Roadtrain $100 Burger .it’s a whole 5.5kg’s at the famous Nindigully Pub

Mr Burns said the pub can sell up to 50 Road Trains a week with people coming from everywhere to try the feat of a meal.

With some burgers using a whole leg of pork as the patty and others using four whole chickens, they’ve become the perfect meal for catering the many functions the pub hosts.

“We like to see people eating together as a group and sharing,” he said.

And when business is booming at the pub, the effects are felt all over town.

The Nindigully Pub’s Road Hog burger weighs in at 15kg and costs $320.

Mr Burns says the 100kg of meat he purchases each week for the burgers is locally sourced from a family-run butcher, while the massive buns are handcrafted at the town bakery.

“It‘s as local as we can get it every time. We focus on our quality with our food, and believe it or not, it keeps people coming back here,” he said.

“We source all of our stuff properly, and we’re proud of it.”

The historic Nindigully Pub is 50km from St George.

But despite the new business it brings everyday, there’s still only one person who’s finished a Road Train all on their own, with Mr Boyd saying he doesn’t expect it to become a regular occurrence.

“We’ve only had one guy who’s eaten one by himself, Big Boy Boyd. It took him two hours and six schooners of beer,” he said.

While the big burgers successfully freshening up Queensland’s oldest pub in the small outback town, Mr Burns said they add to the overall ambience of his business where he just wants customers to “sit back and relax” in the stunning outback.

“It‘s really tasty food though,” he said.

“And we never did it for the a world record or anything, we just did it because we were stupid and wanted to do something different.”