- May 23, 2025
Pumphouse BBQ's burger is "The Champ": A half-pound beef patty topped with its house-made smoked pastrami, Swiss cheese, house-made 1000 Island dressing, lettuce, tomato, onion and house-made pickles on a toasted brioche bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Tango's burger is "El Cubano": Two smash patties topped with Swiss cheese, slow-roasted mojo pork, pickles, mustard and fried onion crisps served on a toasted potato bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Steer In Burger's entry is "Just a Damn Good Burger": Beef patty smothered in garlic butter, topped with provolone cheese, grilled onion, brown sugar bacon and its new house-made sweet and spicy BBQ on a toasted potato bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Piraña Grille's entry is the "Piraña Jamburger": a third-of-a-pound angus beef patty topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon jam, garlic, aioli, and Vermont sharp cheddar cheese. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Ormond Brewery's entry is the "M/C Burger": a 66-ounce angus beef smash burger with fried Velveeta, OBC stout onion marmalade, bacon jam, pepper jack cheese, lettuce and OBC house pickles. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Ormond Beach Sports Corner's entry is the "OB Jam Krise Burger": a burger with bacon jam, crispy jalapeños, onion straws, cheddar cheese and smoky mayo. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Lagerheads' entry is the "Lagerheads Smashburger:" Two 3-ounce smash patties with muenster cheese and peppercorn mayo with sautéed mushrooms on a brioche bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Kona Tiki Bar's burger is "The Mustang Patty": A hamburger mixed with butter, bacon and jalapeño, topped with a fried egg, American cheese, brisket, onion, frizzles and barbecue sauce. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Jimmy Hulas' burger is "Hulius": a 3.2-ounce burger patty with Swiss cheese, bacon, barbecue sauce and a creamy and cheesy Caesar dressing on a brioche bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Good Vibes Scratch Kitchen's entry is "Good Vibes Creole Burger": An Andouille sausage and beef burger stuffed with gumbo and rice, then topped with collard greens, smoked gouda and blacked shrimp with chipotle aioli and a croissant bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Ormond Garage's burger is the "OG Irishman": A smash burger with caramelized onions, crispy bacon and mushrooms with aged gouda topped with an imperial stout aioli. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Fugu's burger is "Wagu Beef Bao": Wagu beef bao with pineapple, roasted jalapeños, peppers, spicy mayo sauce and teriyaki. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Frida's entry is "Al Pastor Burger": A brioche bun, beef patty, marinated al pastor pork, mango habanero, chard pineapple, melted cheese and cilantro garlic aioli. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Fletcher's burger is "Death by Onions": Fletcher's signature one-third-of-a-pound burger, served with caramelized rosemary onions, Swiss and provolone cheese, mayo topped with fried onion straws alongside au jus. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Fat Paulie's entry is the "B.A.M.M. Burger (Bacon, apple, maple, mayo)": An organic, grass-fed double-smash burger with a bacon apple slaw, sharp white cheddar and maple mayo served on a buttered and grilled artisan roll. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
DB Pickles' entry is the "Bruschetta Burger": Three-quarter pound charbroiled ground beef stuffed with garlic, topped with fresh traditional bruschetta and provolone cheese on a grilled bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Cafe One's burger is "The One!": a fresh butcher's blend steak-burger, blackened, topped with blackberry preserves, black forest ham, hickory bacon, baby Swiss cheese and a sunny side up egg served a pearl sugar waffle. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Alexander's entry is "Prime A Burger!": A half-pound dry aged beef burger with American cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato served on a potato roll. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
63 Sovereign's burger is the "Maple Sriracha Fry King!:" A toasted brioche bun, beef patty, provolone cheese, mayo, bacon and pickled onion stacked high with golden fries and tossed in a maple sriracha glaze. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
31 Supper Club's entry is the "Ultimate Umami Burger!": A wagu blend burger, smoked gouda, bacon, tomato, caramelized onion, arugula, house chutney, mango lime aioli and a drizzle of sriracha mayo served on a New Orleans bun. Photo by Greg Hunter/Speedway Custom Photo Lab
Smash burgers. Bacon jam. Drizzles upon drizzles of aioli.
Ormond Burger Week is back for the third year in a row, and this time, 20 local restaurants are competing for the title of Best Burger in Ormond Beach. To be held from May 2-11 — a 10-day period that includes two weekends — residents and visitors are invited to taste as many burgers as possible. To participate in the community vote, you must try at least five burgers and receive a restaurant stamp on your passport. Each burger will cost $10.
The competition was founded in 2023 by members of Realty Pros Assured and Realty Pro Title. Since the first competition, the number of restaurants has been increasing, going from 14 to 17, and now 20.
"Now the word is getting out, so they're contacting us," said Carly Krajewski, of Realty Pros Assured, one of the founders of Ormond Burger Week. "... Being the third year, and only the third year, I'm surprised that people, other restaurants, are that excited to join in that they're seeking us out."
Six restaurants are new to the competition: Cafe One, DB Pickles, Good Vibes Scratch Kitchen, Lagerheads, Ormond Beach Sports Corner and Ormond Brewing Company. They join the other 14, all looking to dethrone Pumphouse BBQ, which has won the competition for the past two years.
In a video posted to the restaurant's Facebook page, Pumphouse BBQ showed off its two Burger Week trophies and expressed excitment for a three-peat win.
"No beef… just burgers," the restaurant posted. "But the competition might want to watch their buns — Pumphouse is coming in hot! The two-time champ is ready to play... but are their rivals ready to keep up?"
Krajewski said she's heard a lot of the restaurants got together months in advance to meet with staff and regular patrons and come up with a special burger for the competition.
She's already tried all 20 and said they're "fantastic."
"There's a lot that stands out, that are very high in the competition," Krajewski said.
This year's Burger Week is also benefitting a local charity: Provision Packs, which supplies food to children and families in need on the weekends and during extended school breaks.
The competition's tagline is "Meat the Need," Krajewski said.
"We're a food-driven event, we wanted to do it for a charity who is in our community that is based in food as well," she said.
Provision Packs Founder Carrie Torres said she loves the play on words for the tagline. As people sit and enjoy a meal, it may help spark inspiration to help others who are in need, she said.
"Through Burger Week, you get to feed your tummy and your soul," Torres said.
Supporting local restaurants is also a major benefit of Burger Week, she added. About 85% of Provision Packs' mission is supported and funded at the local level.
"It's really about community," she said. "Going out, eating at the restaurants, eating for a special event locally, and helping to feed kids here locally, and then by doing all of that, we build a better community and that's what it's all about.
Founded in 2015, Provision Packs helps feed students at nine Volusia County schools, which include all five Ormond Beach area elementary schools. The nonprofit, which is entering its 10th year, also serves five schools in Flagler County. Come fall, Torres said they will be serving about 1,000 children.
The team at Provision Packs has been working hard the past 10 years to reduce childhood hunger in the community.
"I'd love to say eradicate, but that's not fair," Torres said. "It's most likely not going to happen, but I do feel that we've left a really good mark thus far of not eradicating, but really reducing that hunger, and improving a child's self worth through giving them a pack each week and knowing that their needs are being met, and then in turn, they can help meet the needs of their family."
Each child's pack contains between 8-10 meals, hovering around $8 per pack. But Provision Packs, like many other food-based nonprofits and organizations, are beginning to see the uptick in costs, and as families face the rise of cost of living, financial assistance tends to decrease.
"But what I continue to find over and over again is this community and everyone, they want to live beyond their own front door, and they want to love thy neighbor," Torres said.
The nonprofit's 2025 River Scramble, held earlier this month, raised over $70,000. Provision Packs also has an endowment through the Community Foundation.
As for Burger Week, Torres said she loves to see how chefs get creative with their burgers.
"I can't wait to get out there, tell everybody to get out there and 'meat' and feed the need," Torres said.
Adding a charity to benefit from the competition has motivated restaurants to step up, Krajewski said. Many have donated gift cards to incentivize people's participating and their voting, as this year's Burger Week passport also includes a Bingo game. If the stamps make a Bingo, the voter will be entered in a drawing to win a $25 gift card. If they try all 20 burgers, they will automatically win a $25 gift card. The competition is being presented this year by Gary Yeomans Ford in Daytona Beach.
Krajewski said the community should be on the lookout for the Burger Week committee, as they'll be out and about during the competition.
"We'll be wearing our crazy hamburger hats and our Burger Week T-shirts, and we'll be passing out prizes, T-shirts and gift cards to people we know who are tasting the burgers," she said.
