Tortilla. Rice. Black beans. Half chicken. Half steak. Cheese. Corn Salsa. Pico de gallo. Lettuce. Cheese. Sour cream. You just read how I get my burrito. But the question is -- where did I get it from?

The biggest food debate is the showdown of Pancheros versus Chipotle. Experienced burrito eaters know exactly where they want their burrito from, and they won't shy away from letting you know why their choice is the best. So I took it to the streets to find out what defines these deliciously large burritos from each other.

Here's a little background on the competitors of the showdown.

Pancheros was founded by Rodney Anderson in 1992 and he opened his first restaurant in Iowa City, Iowa. There are 67 locations across the United States. Pancheros introduced the tortilla press and "Bob the Tool," which gets every ingredient in each bite. They are most known for their fresh-pressed tortillas and delicious queso.

Chipotle was founded by Steve Ells in 1993 in Denver, Colorado and has 1,700 locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Canada. They take pride in their ingredients and believe in serving "Food with Integrity." They are most known for their delicious guacamole and human-sized burritos.

Now that you have a little knowledge about the competitors -- on to the main event. Ding, ding, ding! Let's get started!

At Pancheros, my burrito consisted of the fresh-pressed tortilla, rice with cilantro and lime, black beans, half steak/half chicken combo, sour cream, cheese, roasted corn salsa, and pico de gallo. It was $6.50.

At Chipotle, my burrito consisted of the tortilla, cilantro-lime white rice, black beans, half steak/half chicken combo, sour cream, roasted chili-corn salsa, mild salsa, cheese and lettuce. It was $7.50 to upgrade with steak.

The Chipotle burrito was wider and heavier, and definitely had some girth. Some of the ingredients were spilling out of it though. The Pancheros burrito was longer. When the burritos were cut in half, the Pancheros burrito looked cleaner and everything stayed inside because it was tightly packed, whereas the ingredients were falling out of the Chipotle tortilla, which made for a frustrating eating experience.

Pancheros on left, Chipotle on right.

After eating my Pancheros burrito, I found that the heat was more evenly distributed, and that is attributed to "Bob the Tool" mixing everything up. I do like the fact that I get a little bit of everything in each bite, but at the same time, my taste buds got a little confused in what I was tasting. The tortilla was delicious because it was soft and tasted really fresh. It started out as a dough ball and they literally pressed it in front of me. They tucked in the ends of the burrito so nothing fell out and the end of the burrito tasted so good when I got an unexpected bite of the fresh tortilla. The moist, doughy, sticky tortilla and the tight wrapping are the reasons the burrito stayed together so well, and the reason the ingredients cling to the tortilla. The contents are molded together so you get more in each bite. The overall burrito was dense. I liked how I could set my burrito down and not worry about it falling apart.

After eating my Chipotle burrito, I noticed that it was cold on the inside and hot on the outside because of the uneven distribution of the ingredients because they do not mix everything up before wrapping the burrito. The tortilla here smelled good, but was too thin to hold everything. In comparison to the Pancheros burrito, the Chipotle tortilla tasted a little stale and dry. As I mentioned before, the Chipotle ingredients were falling out of the tortilla because there was so much of everything on the inside and it wasn't packed together well. You could also unfold it very easily which made it more likely to fall apart. With this being said, Chipotle burritos would probably need to be eaten in one sitting because if you packed it up, there is no guarantee that it would stay together. While it had a high volume, it wasn't very dense and was harder to eat because it was so large.

As for the way the burritos tasted, I noticed that with everything mixed up, some flavors got lost among the others in the Pancheros burrito. The bean juice soaked into the rice as indicated by the change of the overall color and that made it look less appealing to eat. The salsa juice makes the ingredients more soggy. You only have one choice of rice at Pancheros, and the steak was very distinct in the burrito and overpowered the chicken. I started out eating it and was confused with the flavors, but the burrito definitely got better as I ate it.

In my Chipotle burrito, I thought the flavors were more distinct because they were separated. I was able to really taste each ingredient for what it was and savored it. I like that Chipotle has white cilantro-lime rice and brown cilantro-lime rice. The steak and chicken tasted really fresh and were very prominent in the burrito. The salsa had way less tomato juices which helped the ingredients from becoming soggy so they were crisp longer. I did have an "only rice" experience while eating this because a good half of the burrito was rice, which set me back a little. What made this burrito so good, surprisingly, was the sour cream. The biggest difference between the Chipotle burrito and the Pancheros burrito was the prominence of the sour cream. It tasted like there was more sour cream and I tasted it more often, which made my mind associate the entire burrito synonymously with freshness. Getting the heavy and flavorful meats with the sour cream made my bites more enjoyable.

So there you have it. A really detailed description of a couple of burritos with some observations you probably didn't notice before. I now know why people like each restaurant for what they have to offer: Pancheros really does have it made with the fresh-pressed tortillas and better built burritos (the queso too of course!), Chipotle with the super large burritos and fresh flavors. While Chipotle doesn't have queso, they make up for it in their other ways.

And we have a winner! Just kidding.

With all that being said, both Pancheros and Chipotle are both winners in my book. Now, you may ask yourself why you spent time reading this because I didn't choose one over the other, but I'm sure it doesn't matter anyway because the chances are, you are a loyal fan of either Pancheros or Chipotle and always will be.

Regardless, burritos are actually bae-ritos and we probably wouldn't survive without them.