" There is a real kindness and goodness that comes across when I am with The Beast."

National Hamburger Month is upon us, which means the Miami comfort-food blogger known as Burger Beast is up to his eyeballs in patty pitches.

“Every restaurant is doing a burger special this month, and they’re all like, ‘Come in and try ours,’ because they want me to write about their burger,” said The Beast, Sef Gonzalez. “There are so many burgers out there right now, if I tried them all I would literally double my weight, and no one wants that.”

Gonzalez and 750 of his blog followers and fellow food enthusiasts will have a chance to sample 20 different burgers — and vote for their favorite — at the first Burger Beast Burger Brawl on Friday night outside Magic City Casino.

Read more at the Miami Herald.