. a blogumn by Jersey Joe Burger King, one of America’s fast food giants has made some big changes to its menu.  A few months ago, they introduced their line of XLT burgers to compete with the Angus Three Pounders from McDonald’s.  Now, they’ve added a big ticket item – ribs!  With BK being one of my favorite restaurants, I thought I’d give them a try and share my experience. First off, I love when fast food restaurants try adding unconventional items to their menu.  Where would we be if some enterprising fast food joint hadn’t added chicken nuggets to their menus in the early 80’s?  I can remember when BK tried tacos, chili, baguettes — they’ve even served popcorn with table service in the past. Burger King first opened as Insta-Burger King in Jacksonville, Florida in 1953.  The company is headquartered in a 9-story building just outside the Miami International Airport.  The restaurant has locations in countries around the world and is known as Hungry Jacks with the same logo and colors in Australia.  Most people can easily recognize the chain’s signature sandwich — the Whopper.  While BK is mostly known for it’s line of hamburgers, they also sell chicken sandwiches and tenders, salads, breakfast, desserts, and now – ribs! The ribs are available in several sizes.  A three piece addition to a meal, a 6 or 8 piece combo meal with fries and drink, or a simple order of 6 or 8 pieces. To be fair, I tried the ribs from two different Burger King restaurants, just to give a fair and balanced review for my blogumn.   You’ll find out why in a moment… My first taste was at the Burger King drive-thru near the Holland Tunnel into New York. I went...