There's a product described as "Omaha Steaks Burgers" is this proper English? [closed]

There is a commercial that has the description, Omaha Steaks Burgers, it drives me crazy. It sounds wrong, when I read it, it looks wrong. It seems improper to me.

Old-fashioned burgers just the way you like them. Extra juicy with a flavor that's out of this world, our Omaha Steaks Burgers are a grilling favorite. Individually wrapped for your convenience.

Am I right or is my memory of English classes wrong. If it was spoken/written as Omaha Steaks' Burgers, I could accept that, but not steaks burgers. Please opine.


"Omaha Steaks" is the brand of the meat. Although it sounds clumsy it is correct.


The brief answer by KCCole is correct: "Omaha Steaks" is a brand of meat.

See "Omaha Steaks Burgers” sold by Omaha Steaks mail order company. As suggested in the comments that follow, "Omaha Steaks" is being used as an adjective, modifying "Burgers."

Calling them Omaha Steak Burgers would imply that the meat was ground from a steak, which would be misleading. Preserving the "s" clarifies that the ground meat is the product of the Omaha Steaks company, even though it may be made from lesser cuts of meat.

While the designation sounds odd, it keeps the lawyers happy. It also probably tastes better. Omaha Steaks are produced from premium cuts of beef - often from the rib or loin. Such cuts of beef ground into hamburger is often cut from the round or shoulder - sections that may have a better muscle-to-fat ration, and may have a more pronounced 'beefy' flavor. (But we'll leave that for a site other than ELU.)


The possessive would actually not be correct here. "Omaha Steaks" is the name of a brand. As such, it is being used as an adjective in this construction and not a noun. For instance, if you had a refrigerator made by General Electric, you would claim to own a General Electric refrigerator and not General Electric's refrigerator.

In the same way, these burgers are made by (or of) Omaha Steaks, they are Omaha Steaks burgers and not Omaha Steaks' burgers. The burgers don't belong to Omaha Steaks. Just like they wouldn't be "Kobe beef's burgers" but instead would be "Kobe beef burgers". This is exactly the same reason why we say Kobe beef and not Kobe's beef and, for that matter, "beef burgers" and not "beef's burgers".


They are suppressing the word brand. Correct phraseology would be

"Omaha Steaks" brand burgers.

(to the extent "burgers" itself is correct English.)

It sounds like they've fabricated "Omaha Steaks Burgers" as a trademark, in which case it's just word salad meant to be annoying: the same style, but opposite effect, of a Cocteau Twins lyric.