It's National Hamburger Month - How Will You Celebrate the Burger?

Any hamburger connoisseurs out there?

I like to patty my burgers by hand, throw a pad of butter in the middle and crumbled blue cheese, bacon and caramelized onions on top. But, that's just me.

Going out for a burger is a good option, too.

So, while we are celebrating this American delicacy, where's the best burger in West Des Moines? Maybe it's a local business or maybe it's your own personal creation.

Last year, during our Readers' Choice contest, you voted Maxie’s Restaurant & Lounge in West Des Moines as having the best burgers between Waukee and West Des Moines.

Care to disagree? Think your own is better? Tell us in comments who has the best burger or share a picture by clicking "upload photo and video".

On another note, the Chicago Tribune has compiled a list of facts you may not know about burgers. 

Americans eat an astounding 48 billion burgers a year, or about three per week per person. While burgers are pretty cheap, getting them to our table isn't. According to the Center for Investigative Reporting, 6.5 pounds of greenhouse gases are produced to make one tasty quarter-pounder. Over a year, that's equal to 34 coal-fired power plants. If you were willing to give up one burger a week, it would be like not driving your car 350 miles.

And, Colleen Walsh Fong blogs about the origins of the hamburger on Patch.