I think any reasonable person goes for value in food. Take $ divided by calories. Then see if you can afford it.
Example: Grocery store sells these $1 one-serving cottage cheese cups and boasts they are "only" 100 calories. Let's see, I need 2400 calories or so to survive the day, no there is no way in hell I can afford $24/day food budget on a business analyst's salary.
For me one of the best values ever was discovering that I could substitute half and half for milk. I drink it by the 12 oz cup, great stuff!
Seems unfair to compare a meal to a burger. How about comparing the big breakfast to the wort burger + fries + soft drink?
...at least it wasn't a salad
TL;DR:
> McDonald's highest-calorie item [is] the 1,150-calorie Big breakfast with hotcakes and large biscuit.