In-N-Out Menu
With Prices

The In-N-Out menu is the most famous short menu in fast food. The printed board lists just three burgers, one size of fries, three shakes and a row of drinks — and it has barely changed since Harry and Esther Snyder opened the first tiny drive-thru in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948. That simplicity is the whole strategy: a short menu means every ingredient turns over fast, nothing sits around, and the beef is never frozen. There is no freezer, no microwave and no heat lamp in an In-N-Out kitchen.

But the board is only half the story. Regulars order from a second, unwritten menu — the not-so-secret menu — that roughly triples what the kitchen will make for you, usually at no extra cost. This guide walks through both menus: what each item is, what it typically costs, how many calories it carries, and exactly how to order it.

The Double-Double is the icon: two beef patties, two slices of American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and the chain's spread — a sauce recipe that has not changed since 1948. At about $6.35 and 670 calories it is the reference point for every price on this site. The Cheeseburger is the same build with one patty and one slice of cheese, and the Hamburger drops the cheese entirely — the original 1948 order, and still one of the cheapest proper burgers in American fast food at under four dollars in most states.

Every burger is built to order and endlessly adjustable. Onions can be raw, grilled, chopped or a whole grilled slice. Patties can be cooked in mustard. Extra lettuce, extra tomato, extra spread, pickles, chopped chilies — all free. The kitchen will even split a burger in half for sharing if you ask. If you are avoiding the bun, any burger can be ordered Protein Style, hand-wrapped in lettuce leaves instead.

The three numbered combos simply bundle a burger with fries and a medium drink: the #1 is the Double-Double meal (roughly $10.95), the #2 is the Cheeseburger meal, and the #3 is the Hamburger meal — the cheapest full meal on the board at about $8.45. There is no combo discount trick here; the price is essentially the sum of the parts, which is why the honest way to compare states is item by item, the way our prices-by-state table does it.

In-N-Out fries start as whole potatoes, diced in the store and cooked in 100% sunflower oil. There is exactly one size, and the only decision is doneness: order them light for soft, well-done for crisp, or extra well-done if you like them properly crunchy. Ask for no salt or extra salt at no charge. The famous upgrade is Animal Style fries — a blanket of melted cheese, grilled onions and spread — which lives on the secret menu below. At about $2.60, plain fries remain one of the best-value sides anywhere.

The shakes are made with real ice cream and come in one size (15 oz) and three flavours: chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, each about $3.45. Order a Neapolitan and the crew pours all three side by side in one cup. Drinks run from fountain sodas and pink lemonade to freshly brewed iced tea — and yes, there is coffee, the most overlooked item on the entire board.

Animal Style, Protein Style, the 3×3, the 4×4, the Flying Dutchman, Animal Fries, Roadkill Fries, the grilled cheese — none of these appear on the board, every crew member knows them, and most cost the same as the item they modify. The secret menu grew out of customer requests the company chose to honour rather than print, and it is a large part of why a three-burger chain inspires cult-level loyalty. Our secret menu page lists every item with its price, calories and the exact phrase to say — because the only hard part of ordering a Flying Dutchman is knowing it exists.

A few habits separate first-timers from regulars. Decide your onion before you reach the speaker — you will be asked, and "with onion" means raw unless you say grilled. Say the style, not the ingredients: "Animal Style" is one instruction the kitchen understands instantly. Eat the fries first — In-N-Out fries are at their best in the first five minutes. And if the drive-thru line looks endless, park and walk in: the inside counter is almost always faster, and the dining room is part of the experience.

Harry Snyder is credited with California's first drive-thru hamburger stand, opened in 1948 with a two-way speaker box that startled customers used to carhops. The menu on day one would be recognisable today: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, and drinks, made fresh. The Double-Double arrived as the chain grew, the shakes became a fixture, and the Snyder family made two decisions that still define the company: never freeze anything, and never franchise. Every store is company-owned, which is why expansion has been slow and deliberate — into Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and Washington — and why the menu in Boise tastes like the menu in Baldwin Park.

The chain's other famous habit is hiding in plain sight: the wrappers and cups carry tiny Bible verse references (John 3:16 on the soda cups, Revelation 3:20 on the burger wrappers), added by Harry's son Rich in the 1980s. It is the kind of detail fans trade like the secret menu itself — and trading details is, in the end, what this site is for.

In-N-Out operates around 400 locations across nine states, and every one of them seems to have a line. Most stores open at 10:30 AM and close at 1:00 AM (1:30 AM on Friday and Saturday) — our hours guide covers the pattern, holiday closures and the quietest times to go. The company grows slowly by design: each new store needs a nearby distribution centre because nothing travels frozen, which is also why there is still no In-N-Out on the East Coast. For big groups, the Cookout Truck catering program brings the grill to you — see the catering page for how it works and what it roughly costs.

The classic first order, perfected by seventy years of regulars: a Double-Double Animal Style, fries well-done, and a chocolate shake — or a Neapolitan if you want all three shake flavours at once. Total: roughly $12.40 and about 1,630 calories of the full experience. It is not the light order. It is the correct one. Budget version: the #3 combo (hamburger, fries, drink) at about $8.45 is the cheapest complete meal in the building, and our kids menu guide covers what to order for children, since there is no printed kids board.

In-N-Out does not publish prices anywhere, and they genuinely differ — by state, sometimes by city. Most menu sites quietly copy one old price list and call it current, which is why you will see the same burger quoted at $3.95 on one site and $6.25 on another. Every price here is a typical price cross-checked across delivery listings, in-store menu photos and menu trackers, and each table carries the date it was checked. When In-N-Out raises prices — quietly, usually once a year — we update the tables and note the change.