Beersmith Joins Three Former Champs in Juicy Burger Cup Final Four

Katie Coy, Managing Editor | Nov 25, 2022 4:42 pm | Add a comment | 187 reads

The results are in, and we have our 2022 Juicy Burger Cup Final Four! The heat is getting real now, with less than a week until Beijing’s best burger will be crowned.

Vote in the final four:

Defending burger champ Slow Boat continue in their quest for a sixth win, beating out rival brewpub Great Leap. Meanwhile, 2017 champions Q MEX ousted Jing-A, meaning they will now meet Slow Boat in the Final Four in a fight of the champions.

In the battle of the sliders there was surprise victory for Beersmith who knocked out last year’s fourth place competitor Slider Nation, the biggest upset of the round. Elsewhere in upsets, newcomer and dark horse Wild Kite’s burger hopes were dashed with Home Plate managing to just sneak past them by an extremely close margin.

Beersmith is the only contender left that has not held the crown, will they be able to overcome the odds and claim the winning title?

You can see the full results for the Elite 8 below ("New" indicates a new venue this year; and an asterisk (*) indicates a participant in Juicy Burger Month).

BRACKET A

*Slow Boat over *Great Leap

BRACKET B

*Qmex over *Jing-A

BRACKET C

*Home Plate over *Wild Kite Brewing (New)

BRACKET D

*Beersmith over *Slider Nation

Here are the Final Four matchups:

Slow Boat vs Q MEX
Home Plate vs Beersmith

You have until noon Nov 28 to vote in the Final Four and try to get your favorite burger into the Championship! Check out the remaining voting schedule below:

Final Four: Nov 25-28
Championship: Nov 28-Dec 1
Winner Announced: Dec 1

Don’t forget, despite the in-house dining ban our Juicy Burger Month is still going strong, collect passport stamps, eat burgers and win prizes!

To stay up to date on the operating and delivery situation for the participating restaurants, join our special Burger Month WeChat groups by adding TBJButler on WeChat and requesting to join (make sure to specify if you want to join the Chinese or English language group).

Our results are also in for burger preferences and we all agree when it comes to burgers -- well done is the way to go.

Most popular doneness, in order of preference:

Well done全熟的
Medium well七分熟
Medium五分熟
Medium rare三分熟
Rare一分熟

and your favorite cheeses:

Cheddar车达奶酪
Mozzarella马苏里拉奶酪
American美国奶酪
Blue蓝纹奶酪
Feta飞达奶酪
Provolone波萝伏洛干酪
Goat山羊乳干酪
Monterey Jack蒙特里杰克乳酪
Swiss瑞士硬干酪

In the last round we asked you to caption another meme and here are our favorite responses:

And as is our custom, last round we asked you to rank those that did not make the bracket of 32. Here's how you ranked the "best of the rest":

9. FATBURGER特富客汉堡
10. 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages三小猪
11. Arrow Factory箭厂啤酒
12. Side Street街旁
13. Malbec & Beef阿根廷牛排馆
14. blue frog蓝蛙
15. COMMUNE RESERVECOMMUNE RESERVE北京华贸甄选店
16. Shake Shack

They join the remaining members of the Top 100, ranked last round:

17. The Cheesecake Factory芝乐坊
18. Lily’s American Diner莉莉斯美式西餐厅
19. ANGEL BURGER天使汉堡
20. COMMUNE·XCOMMUNE·X北京太古里设计师店
21. Brotzeit German Bier Restaurant博璨德国啤酒餐厅
22. The Great Outdoor
23. Burge's Bistro & Bar小伯格酒馆
24. NBeer Pub牛啤堂
25. Plan B
26. The Local
27. Take A BiteTAB汉堡
28. Kitty & Daniel Hollywood Grill & Bar大牛好莱坞餐吧
29. Paddy O’Shea’s爱尔兰酒吧
30. Hulu by TRB琥禄
31. Burp堡嗝儿
32. PEACH by Hulu
33. LARRY THE BIRD (New)
34. Ye Brewing 野鹅微醺 (New)
35. THE ROOTS 欧伴
36. TIGERS 老虎西餐
37. Let's BURGER plus 非常创意汉堡
38. Messy Burger 汉堡探索中心
39. BURGERMOOD 堡格曼
40. Wobbit 窝边草
41. Grandma's Kitchen 祖母的厨房美式西餐厅
42. Spacelab 失重餐厅
43. The Rug Café
44. Panorama 葩诺
45. CAUTION 靠山啤酒餐吧 (New)
46. Xian Bar/Domain, East Beijing 仙酒吧/Domain 域,北京东隅酒店
47. Shang Brew 香啤坊 (New)
48. Slow 精酿餐吧 (New)
49. SOLDOUT (New)
50. HeyBurger 堡嗝汉堡
51. Fire Works 北焰•美式扒房
52. WasPark
53. Park Side 园景
54. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅
55. APOLLO 美味和音乐 (New)
56. LUSH
57. CHAR Bar & Grill恰牛扒房
58. Shaking Crab 波士顿手抓海鲜
59. Circle Urban 圆场 (New)
60. The Music Bar, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing 音乐吧•北京望京凯悦酒店
61. TRIPS Burger (New)
62. VINN (New)
63. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒•精酿餐厅
64. TOWNSQUARE CAFE • ARTYZEN HABITAT BEIJING 思方汇咖啡厅•雅辰悦居酒店 (New)
65. Peking Yard 北平花园
66. Salt Lake Inn 盐湖酒廠
67. Hamburger 汉饱嗝 (New)
68. Lenbach 兰巴赫西餐啤酒坊
69. Bistro 108 巴黎餐吧
70. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅
71. Market Cafe, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing 咖啡厅•北京望京凯悦酒店
72. 4Corners 肆角餐吧
73. Legend 老牌餐吧
74. BLT American Restaurant Salad & Grill BLT美式餐厅
75. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉
76. Rich Burger 发财汉堡 (New)
77. Foam Lab 泡沫实验室精酿餐吧
78. Bistrot B 怡庭
79. World Of Beer Bar & Kitchen WOB精酿餐厅
80. Migas Mercado 米思家
81. Laker's
82. Aurora 极光
83. Meat by Ernest 吃肉
84. QS 奎妮餐吧
85. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站
86. Bullshit Food 饱是福 (New)
87. Cafe Flatwhite 福来新西兰餐厅
88. Manchester United Theater of Dreams Restaurant 曼联梦剧场
89. MAX boom 炙烤牛肉汉堡研究所 (New)
90. The VEGGIE TABLE 吃素的西餐
91. Steam Bear 蒸汽熊精酿鲜啤餐厅 (New)
92. Alpha Omega Club 甲丁坊新德餐吧
93. RE 而意
94. Uncle's Kitchen UK 大叔的厨房
95. Wiggly Jiggly‘s 欧也
96. Park Square Restaurant & Lounge 园庭
97. Burger Treasure 堡藏汉堡 (New)
98. Carlins 珂林斯澳尚扒房 (New)
99. The Bell × Terrazza Martini
100. Station Grill