Redonkadonk

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The Redonkadonk was Portland's answer to maximum excess: a grilled burger stacked with ham, bacon, cheese, and Spam, then cradled between two grilled cheese sandwiches made from extra-thick Texas toast. Brunch Box, the food cart that built its reputation on this architectural marvel, served it for over a decade before closing in 2021. It's the kind of dish that announces itself—Health.com flagged it as one of America's fattiest foods, and the Cooking Channel gave it prime real estate on *Eat St.*, recipe and all.

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Redonkadonk is a grilled burger with ham, bacon, cheese, egg and Spam inside two grilled cheese sandwiches made with extra-thick Texas toast style bread. It was served by Portland, Oregon's Brunch Box food cart and restaurants. Brunch Box operated in Portland for 12 years, first as a food cart in downtown Portland and then two additional brick and mortar locations in the city; the business permanently closed in September 2021. It has been identified as one of the fattiest foods in the U.S. by Health.com The sandwich is featured on the Cooking Channel's Eat St. show in its second episode. The Cooking Channel includes the recipe on its website. The Redonkadonk competed on Portland's food truck and food cart scene against the Big-A** Sandwich's Gutbomb: "a basic Big-A** with double the meat, double the cheese and the girth of a fishbowl", as well as the Original Cheesus from the Grilled Cheese Grill: a Colby Jack and grilled onion grilled cheese sandwich and an American cheese grilled c

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