[Lee Stewart]

The fast-food giant originally went by another name for a limited time: Insta-Burger King. The “Insta” was a reference to the special grill machine used to cook the burgers called the Insta-Broiler. Cornell University classmates James McLamore and David Edgerton bought the original chain from Keith Kramer and Matthew Burns in 1961. The new owners eventually started using a gas grill they called a “flame broiler,” instead of the Insta-Broiler, and took the Insta out of the company name.