The Wisconsin man who holds a seemingly unassailable world record after eating nearly 36,000 Big Macs over his lifetime has found McDonald’s widely publicized new offering, the Big Arch burger, underwhelming.

During a brief telephone interview on Sunday, Donald Gorske said he found the white cheddar cheese and tangy sauce that came on the Big Arch his son brought for him to try on 8 March as less preferable to him than the fixings on the Big Macs he has eaten twice daily since May 1972.

Gorske, 72, also said the Big Arch simply had more meat than he needed at his age, with its two quarter-pound beef patties.

“I wasn’t really crazy about it,” Gorske remarked of the Big Arch’s heft. “I’m sure it’s great for people that are younger, but for me, it’s like eating a steak or something.

“I just think the Big Mac is better. I don’t like [the Big Arch] as much as the Big Mac.”