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Ultimate Chicken Sandwich Showdown
But we didn't stop there. The chicken sandwich wars are in full swing, and we threw ourselves onto the front lines, dissecting everything from the crispness of lettuce to the tanginess of pickles. Did you know that a simple 'no pickle' request could lead to a hot, fresh-off-the-press sandwich? We'll share more tips like this, along with our uproarious attempts to blind test and identify each chain's signature sandwich. Whether we were marveling at the softness of a bun or dissecting the special sauces, our palates took us on a journey that might just influence your next drive-thru decision. Join us for an episode filled with flavor, fun, and fast-food revelations!
Welcome to the Mid-Autumn Podcast. Today we have a unique episode. We're going to be talking about food. As you can see, there's a lot of food here. We have a systematic approach to this crazy table here. What we're going to do is we ordered food from four different outlets Chick-fil-A, zaxby's, popeye's and KFC. To start, we're going to stack rank the French fries.
Kenny Massa:As you can see here there's an assortment of French fries on this plate. We're going to try them, we're going to rank them and then we're going to move on to the chicken sandwiches. At this point we have no idea which chicken sandwich is which, so we're going to guess on the chicken sandwiches Kind of on the fries, because I already lost track and then also then stack rank the chicken sandwiches. Alright, so let's get started on the fries.
James LaGamma:Mouth's closed boys. Let's have some manners. I can hear all that.
Kenny Massa:Move the mic.
James LaGamma:Just have people watch us eat, that's great.
Kenny Massa:You know, I think Chick-fil-A they're different because they're just waffle fries. Does anybody else ever have waffle fries, even outside of these four? Yeah, who. I'll buy them at the store. Yeah, at the store, but like another fast food chain, not from a fast food chain, I think that's their unique. That was KFC.
James LaGamma:I'm trying to remember what Checkers has.
Ryan Selimos:Oh, Checkers fries are so good.
Kenny Massa:No, they're kind of like the KFC fries, honestly, yeah.
James LaGamma:Which ones are these ones?
Kenny Massa:KFC, these are KFC fries, honestly, yeah. Which ones are these ones KFC? These are KFC, yeah, these are KFC the darker one's KFC.
James LaGamma:Yeah, darker one's a KFC, this one. Johnny you raised the same exact one.
Kenny Massa:I think we did this one's different, this one and this one.
James LaGamma:How about this? These are the two ones you're doing. Yeah, smaller ones are Popeyes Very greasy. Yeah, they are very greasy, very greasy for Popeyes.
Kenny Massa:I wonder what they cook them in yeah, but it's Cajun.
James LaGamma:They're so good oh yeah, they're not bad. Let's get the classic, these Axby's. They're just, they're mushy, they're mushy, look at that flop. That's why we like tater tots. Right, kenny? He's looking a little limp, would you?
Kenny Massa:say no this one's okay yeah see Limp. All right, did everybody try them all? Yeah, we've got one more All right, try that last one, I don't know. The Zaxby ones are wild.
James LaGamma:Watching myself eat Wow. That is great. Take a close-up look this one.
Kenny Massa:It's good. Honestly, Popeyes is a bet Alright, did everyone try them?
James LaGamma:Yeah, for the second time, yes.
Kenny Massa:Well, yes, you did, but we were waiting for Ryan. That's not right.
James LaGamma:You know this is actually on brand for Ryan. He always goes fries first, dude, I love French fries. Fries first before the main meal, no matter what meal it is Gets a burger at a restaurant, fries first Gets a burger at a restaurant, fries first, all right, that's good.
Kenny Massa:Worst to best easy easy zaxby's number four. You think zaxby's, zaxby's, zaxby's?
James LaGamma:I agree, zaxby's all right number four is zaxby's too soft or flimsy and sorry? Too floppy yeah floppy, don't get the job I feel like they could get there if they if they weren't as floppy. I feel like they could get there If they weren't as floppy and like the fat. There's a lot of potatoes.
Kenny Massa:They're not crispy enough. I don't hate the seasoning.
James LaGamma:We do need to make a note, though we did Uber Eats these, so they could have. Delivery time could have impacted Sitting in a bag.
Kenny Massa:Let's turn that frown upside down. Oh my god.
James LaGamma:It's ripping apart, it ripped Sitting in a bag. Let's turn that frown upside down. Oh my God, that is not even a. It's ripping apart, it ripped. Last time I threw it in there.
Kenny Massa:So four is X-Fers. Let's go to three. What do you think? Chick-fil-a. Chick-fil-a.
James LaGamma:Popeyes.
Kenny Massa:What I'm thinking, popeyes All right, we got tiebreakers now.
James LaGamma:Ty calling you in. How do we have a tiebreaker? You both said Chick-fil-A.
Kenny Massa:You both said Chick-fil-A, we both said Popeyes.
James LaGamma:He doesn't have any fries.
Ryan Selimos:He knows I did have a bite of each.
Kenny Massa:He's been in the kitchen the whole time cutting everything up. Ty out here.
Ryan Selimos:I think I liked Popeyes a little bit more than Chick-fil-A, so I'm going to go Chick-fil-A at three.
James LaGamma:I must have got a bad fry, All right.
Kenny Massa:Chick-fil-A is at three Number two.
James LaGamma:KFC Chick-fil-A.
Kenny Massa:I would say Chick-fil-A.
James LaGamma:Give me one second. Nope, can't hear anything. Ooh, I heard a little crinkle. You hear that? What are you doing? So, the Popeyes are definitely crunchier and they got the Cajun seasoning. Yeah, Cajun seasoning, because it's Louisiana.
Ryan Selimos:All right.
Kenny Massa:It would come down to James. What are you doing? We're picking two right?
James LaGamma:No, you're picking one. We're picking one. Number two no, you're picking number two.
Kenny Massa:We're picking number two, correct? I thought you meant two options, no.
James LaGamma:Number two for me is KFC Nice. Nice what did you say I?
Kenny Massa:said KFC? Well, I think Chick-fil-A, but Chick-fil-A isn't an option, so we have to pick something else.
James LaGamma:Yeah.
Kenny Massa:Chick-fil-A is out. We have to pick either Popeyes or Chick-fil-A, because we can't pick Chick-fil-A.
James LaGamma:Number two I would go Popeyes then.
Kenny Massa:I would go Popeyes as well.
Ryan Selimos:We've been on, so split decision.
Kenny Massa:You say KFC.
Ryan Selimos:Yes, you say KFC With Ryan and Ty Baker.
Kenny Massa:Yeah, Ty Baker between.
Ryan Selimos:So I guess two and then one after that. So I would go KFC and then Popeye's at the top.
James LaGamma:Popeye's at the top baby.
Kenny Massa:I think KFC is better. Yeah, but KFC's crunchy bro.
James LaGamma:Here's the thing you guys are out because you guys were already wrong with Chick-fil-A.
Kenny Massa:So you guys already had the order all messed up, so it's just, it's fine.
James LaGamma:Popeye's number one. So you're saying Popeye's has the best fries Out of this batch that we received today? Yes, I can tell you right now that all the fries were good.
Kenny Massa:I think I ate too many.
Ryan Selimos:Because we're done over here.
James LaGamma:Yeah, we're clean. Brian gave me all his leftovers. I feel like Popeye's cooks with something different. Yeah, I don't. That's why it's better. Now is it worth saying could we go off memory here? Any of these compete against the big three McDonald's, burger King and Wendy's. Wendy's is out. You don't like Wendy's. I actually like Wendy's, I think.
Kenny Massa:Wendy's is out, but I do think McDonald's has potential to steal the entire thing. I think Burger King's out too.
James LaGamma:So I agree with you McDonald's is going to be the one who makes a run?
Kenny Massa:I like Wendy's, I like.
James LaGamma:Wendy's too, but better than the ones we've had today. I like Wendy's better than Chick-fil-A and better than Zaxby's All right, but not better than Popeye's or KFC. Chick-fil-a fries? Why, I think they were a little soggy. The crunch was missing on a couple Popeye's crunch and KFC crunch held out. Let's get to the good stuff, all right. All right, so we're going to start up here and work our way back.
Kenny Massa:We have no idea what these are, so we've got to figure this out.
James LaGamma:Which I think is going gonna be easier than. Ty, tell me when you're ready for the sandwich shot.
Ryan Selimos:I think just rank them by taste Just which ones are your favorite, and then reveal what order that is.
James LaGamma:Take them one bite and move on to the next sandwich One bite.
Ryan Selimos:Everybody knows the rules. You can eat your whole half.
James LaGamma:I'm gonna do a couple bites at a time. First, off. Wait, what are you doing? All right? First off, wait, wait, what are you doing?
Kenny Massa:Oh, we're starting off on that side.
James LaGamma:Yeah, at the front, starting at the front.
Kenny Massa:Sorry, I fucked it up. We're good. We're good, he's still pissed off at me about the coffee, here we go. Look at that, look at that, look at that.
James LaGamma:Look at that chicken.
Kenny Massa:Give it a little hand on that. You're going to have to deal with that this whole round.
James LaGamma:This is easy. Oh yeah, I know what this one is.
Kenny Massa:The pickles? No, I'll bet no pickles on these.
James LaGamma:So you definitely know what it is.
Kenny Massa:At the end of the day. Would you want pickles or no? Mm-hmm, no pickles. I'm like fuck those pickles all day, Like no one wants a chicken sandwich with pickles If you ask for no pickles, they'll make it fresh. Pickle juice.
James LaGamma:Pickle juice. Pickleback no.
Kenny Massa:Pickleback. This is great Chick-fil-A is hard to compete with.
Ryan Selimos:Hard to compete with.
James LaGamma:Okay. Moving them up. Ryan, move them up. All right, that was good. Am I allowed to do the?
Kenny Massa:thing. Yeah, yeah, just don't put your whole hand on it again. I'm just kidding, we know that's.
James LaGamma:Chick-fil-A, that's a thick sandwich.
Kenny Massa:Look at that, Damn that boy is thick.
James LaGamma:That shit is garthy With two C's. Damn boy, damn boy, he's thick Boy. That's a thick-ass boy.
Kenny Massa:All right, this thing is thick boy, that's a thick-ass boy, this is a C. This thing is Okay.
James LaGamma:I don't know what this is, I think, interesting, interesting. I was happily surprised. Audible noises are good. I was happily surprisedudible noises are good. I was happily surprised. Who would listen to this, would you?
Kenny Massa:You know, I think this is.
James LaGamma:I know who it is. So do you, johnny KFC, keep it together. We gotta guess each other. Okay, moving up, moving up, remember you gotta, we gotta eat all of these. We can't Right Ruin our appetites.
Ryan Selimos:Okay.
Kenny Massa:Alright, now this one. They added some shit. Yeah, this Yep the special sauces.
James LaGamma:This is oh yeah, see those, see those pickles. Now this one they added some shit. Yeah, this Special sauces. This is See those pickles.
Kenny Massa:Taking that shit off.
James LaGamma:Oh, this.
Kenny Massa:Take off the pickles. Take off the pickles. Hopefully there is none, nope, there's still 10 pickles. Smells like pickles, that's the worst. Hopefully there is none, nope, there's still ten pickles. Smells like pickle, that's the worst. Keeps the pickle smell Damn.
James LaGamma:Wow, guys, it's all starting to blend together. Honestly, really apologize back home if you're listening to us eat and chew, but I wonder who said that the original chicken sandwich or the classic chicken sandwich should be with like mayo and pickles.
Kenny Massa:I think it's a southern.
James LaGamma:Mayo adds difference to this sandwich than I think some's a southern Mayo adds difference to this sandwich than I think some of the other ones that didn't have mayo. I think if you put the mayo and the pickles on that second one, we just had night and day difference. Oh, in a good way, huh, I'm saying in a good way. Now looks like some hot sauce on this bad boy, which I'm very excited for. I'll pass this one.
Kenny Massa:Pass it up, yes, well looks like some hot sauce on this bad boy, which I'm very excited for. I'll pass this one down. Pass it up. Yes, this one looks pretty solid, although it's got pickles on it. Again, they've got the special sauce.
Ryan Selimos:They gave it the works.
James LaGamma:I am a little excited about this sauce. They gave it the works on this one, I think the sauce gives it away, though you guys think I can make it as a hand model.
Kenny Massa:No, james absolutely not.
James LaGamma:I want your hand out of there. Okay, here we go, Dude top.
Kenny Massa:Oh, can I not get a pickle?
Ryan Selimos:Just a lot of breathing and chewing.
James LaGamma:I need some ranch. I was going to say who would listen to this On the audio only version oh, you're having my mom now. That drive to work is going to be real interesting.
Kenny Massa:It's kind of spicy.
Ryan Selimos:Yeah, the hot sauce.
Kenny Massa:It's good. It's not hot sauce, though I thought I thought it was their like original.
James LaGamma:It is, it's just their sauce that they put on there. It's their sauce, but is it hot.
Kenny Massa:Well, we can talk about it.
James LaGamma:Hey, ryan, you want to throw me over one of those Plate or napkin? Oh, the napkin, sorry. Yeah, thanks, I'm serious. They're starting to blend together for me the taste. I can't remember what the first one tasted like.
Kenny Massa:The first one who do we think it is Chick-fil-A? The second one I say KFC, it's got to be KFC.
James LaGamma:That's the drier one without the no. The second one had sauce on it.
Kenny Massa:No, the second one had no sauce.
James LaGamma:Then that is, popeye's You're going Popeye's.
Kenny Massa:I'm saying it's.
James LaGamma:Popeye's. Okay, I'm going KFC.
Kenny Massa:You're sticking KFC, I'm going KFC and you're going KFC Okay.
James LaGamma:The third one, I think, is Popeye's. I think the third one is Popeye's.
Kenny Massa:Third one is KFC.
James LaGamma:Really you think Last one. Come on guys.
Kenny Massa:Zaxby's.
James LaGamma:Zaxby's is the last one.
Kenny Massa:They gave it away with the sauce.
James LaGamma:It's a Zax sauce. Yeah, the last one's for sure Zaxby's and the first one is for sure Chick-fil-A. Just like the fries.
Kenny Massa:All right, All right, I'm cleansing my palate. How do we know?
Ryan Selimos:here Wait Ty do you just know the order? I think it says under the it's a James says it should be written. I might have moved one. Oh geez Great.
James LaGamma:Popeye's.
Kenny Massa:What is it?
James LaGamma:This is the second one.
Kenny Massa:Yes.
James LaGamma:Oh shit, you know why? Because I took the pickles and the sauce off. Oh, what.
Kenny Massa:Yeah, see, I took the pickles off. You got to take it as is man.
James LaGamma:I took off what you didn't get the original Popeyes.
Kenny Massa:I did you changed it.
James LaGamma:It gave you an option and I took the pickles off and the sauce, the mayonnaise. So when Johnny goes, this would taste so much better with mayonnaise. I started laughing. That's Popeyes. The dry one is Popeyes. That's why I thought the third one was Popeyes, because of the mayo.
Kenny Massa:Same. Here's the thing. Every single one fucking puts pickles on it. How did you manage to fuck this up?
James LaGamma:How is that fucking it up You're supposed to just order as is.
Kenny Massa:I didn't want mayonnaise or pickles on my sandwich, but you're not eating it. All of us are. Technically, I am eating it. I took pickles off from Chick-fil-A doesn't have pickles.
James LaGamma:Exactly.
Kenny Massa:There are two guys that don't like pickles. But wait, every fucking chicken sandwich has pickles. Now that's bullshit. Yes, that's how it comes.
James LaGamma:No, that's bullshit. You're bullshit All right. Who cares? That's not the point here. The point now is to rank them. I can't remember. You got all four in your face, Get some water in your system All right. What was the fourth one Zaxby's?
Kenny Massa:Zaxby's is the fourth one.
James LaGamma:I'm fucking so upset right now, dude, why I can't believe you did that, we did that we could have at least done one with it. And then we could have done it that way. Well, you ordered it as a combo. This is not a true scientific method. You can only control certain things, and you took out those things. The independent variables are no longer controlled. Whatever, the hypothesis is shot.
Kenny Massa:No, it's not, it's not why?
James LaGamma:Because you don't have mayonnaise on it.
Kenny Massa:I have mayonnaise in the fridge. Go fucking, put mayonnaise on it.
Ryan Selimos:No, no, no no.
James LaGamma:There are differences in mayos. Right, johnny, there is. Especially when you put it on your tongue. Can we all agree that Zaxby's is last?
Kenny Massa:again, I don't. What was the third one?
James LaGamma:The third one was KFC. Second one was KFC. See the problem with.
Kenny Massa:Zaxby's is. It's pretty stiff.
James LaGamma:I like the sauce, though the Zax sauce is fire, but I'm going to be so sick, oh my gosh, we do not advocate for you trying this at home.
Kenny Massa:No, not good. Four is probably. I'm ready to rank. I'm saying four is number. I'm ready to rank what's saying four is number. I'm ready to rank what's your four.
James LaGamma:Chick fucking filet. Four is chick filet. I don't Go on. I feel fat and ugly and disgusting when I have that.
Kenny Massa:No, no, no, Don't rank anything else yet, so four is chick filet.
James LaGamma:Okay, fine, you just had four chicken sandwiches. Of course you feel fat, I feel gross right now.
Kenny Massa:So you don't eat this every day. Look at your face. You're like hmm, All right, Ryan, what's your four?
James LaGamma:Zaxby. Zaxby is four. John, I think I'm going to go KFC four just because there was nothing on it. It literally tastes like a chicken sandwich. That's Popeye's. You keep getting the big stuff. Yeah you keep getting this one, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, popeye's, which is unfortunate. So I'm going to be biased and not put the output. I don't know.
Kenny Massa:I say Zaxby's, I think I'm going to put Zaxby's four or two. I just think it's too stiff of a sandwich. I'm just disappointed. Get over it. Alright, zaxby's is four, just like the fries. No, it's not like tender, it's like over fried.
James LaGamma:Last time I had Zaxby's was in college and I got sick. That's why I stopped eating.
Kenny Massa:Perfect, I'll deal you with the bean just now Alright three.
James LaGamma:I'm going to go Popeyes KFC. I'm going KFC. Do I have to? I mean Chick-fil-A, I guess you just said Chick-fil-A for fourth, exactly, but I didn't get it, so it's still available to me. So it's three. What are you talking about? What was fourth? Zaxby's? Three of us said Zaxby's, so I'm going to put it in third now, okay.
Ryan Selimos:Because it couldn't go. Fourth, what would have been your?
James LaGamma:third, it would have been Zaxby's. All right, you flip, it All right.
Ryan Selimos:Yes, you guys want to see where we're going with this. Yeah, I see.
James LaGamma:Trick boys Look at me what.
Kenny Massa:Oh, what do I got? I mean, I'm going to put.
James LaGamma:I'm just upset about the no mayo and pickles that could have made such a difference. I'm going to put Popeye's at three. Okay, Chick-fil-A close three.
Kenny Massa:I'm putting KFC at three.
James LaGamma:KFC as well, okay.
Kenny Massa:All right. So right now we got Zaxby's KFC two. I can't fucking say Chick-fil-A.
James LaGamma:But this is the debate. It's the ultimate chicken sandwich, chick-fil-a. It's Chick-fil-A versus Popeye's. That's the debate. I would have put KFC as two. My number one was Popeye's, but anyways, chick-fil-a. Fuck you guys, I'm going to go Chick-fil-A. No sorry, I'm going to go Chick-fil-A. No sorry, I'm going to go Popeyes' too. Popeyes' too. How do you not feel fat and gross eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich? Bread was soggy.
Kenny Massa:It's a buttermilk bun. That's why, clearly, you don't like buttermilk.
James LaGamma:What are you going, Ty? Can we zoom in here? Which one's this one? Does that look buttermilk to you? You see that sheen. What? Is that I don't know this is the Popeyes. This was my number one.
Kenny Massa:Even though it's plain, the flavor in the breadcrumbs was unreal.
James LaGamma:You add mayo and pickles to that, yeah.
Kenny Massa:Lights out. That's still up for debate, though.
James LaGamma:I mean, yeah, chick-fil-a, I love this Chick-fil-A two.
Kenny Massa:Popeye's. Okay, love that chicken. What'd you?
James LaGamma:say I said Popeye's was two.
Kenny Massa:Okay, so Popeye's is two. What's your one? My?
James LaGamma:four is apparently going to be one here. My one was Popeye's. I liked Popeye's. I was Popeye's. Kfc Zaxby's Chick-fil-A Fuck all you guys.
Kenny Massa:I'm the better one. I'm a foodie, I just want to understand.
James LaGamma:Your one is Popeyes, yeah, and your one is I don't know what. Any of mine are right now. Still can't get over the fucking mayo and pickles right now, and without it, though your one is still Popeyes Sure. Your one is still Popeye's Sure. Johnny, you did some damage, man.
Kenny Massa:Good job, I just want to get to the fact that I was hungry.
James LaGamma:Oh, there's no mayo, there's no pickles. I'm still going to pick at number one, because it's that good yeah because the crisp and the bun, it just tastes good so you didn't even need it. Yeah, but the disrespect you put on Popeye's, the only one that he didn't like.
Kenny Massa:I'm a surprise. We had a true debate.
James LaGamma:You had a dry Chick-fil-A sandwich versus a dry Popeye's sandwich. You really got into the chicken and the bun and the winner is I said Chick-fil-A, you two said Popeye's and you're saying Chick-fil-A. So we're still fucking tied.
Kenny Massa:Tiebreaker what's up? Dude what you got.
James LaGamma:Based off of how we went through the rankings, chick-fil-a won. Yeah, chick-fil-a won dude. Oh, cool, okay, it was Chick-fil-A. Did we get Popeyes, or was it KFC as two? I think it was KFC as two, right.
Ryan Selimos:I'm just doing whatever. Kenny you keep track of this man.
Kenny Massa:Chick-fil-A Popeyes KFC Zaxby's.
James LaGamma:Can you guys guess which one was the most expensive sandwich Most expensive.
Kenny Massa:Chick-fil-A.
James LaGamma:Chick-fil-A. I would think. I know it wasn't Popeye's because I ordered Popeye's. You're like a fly in here, Okay most expensive, least expensive, least expensive was Popeye's. The least expensive was KFC.
Kenny Massa:KFC, I think.
James LaGamma:Popeyes, because I know I can't play. What was your most expensive?
Kenny Massa:No, least expensive was KFC.
James LaGamma:I understand that I said both, so what's your most?
Kenny Massa:expensive. Most was Chick-fil-A, least was KFC.
James LaGamma:For you.
Kenny Massa:You guys agree.
James LaGamma:I'm going to say what did you say was the most expensive? Most was Chick-fil-A. He said Chick-fil-A. I'll go with that Chick-fil-A most and KFC least.
Kenny Massa:I apologize for the burping.
James LaGamma:I'm struggling. I'll say Zach's Okay, the bottom the cheapest was Ryan's, correct. Popeye's Okay, the bottom the cheapest was Ryan's, correct? Popeye's Okay, the most expensive. Well, he bought Popeye's.
Kenny Massa:I know that I understand.
James LaGamma:That's how I know Most expensive was KFC. What $13.18 for the classic chicken sandwich meal. Now again, uber Eats, so there are inflated prices. No, kfc was $13 for two of the sandwiches, so cut it in half. Pull it out again, you just reorder a meal this time.
Kenny Massa:I'm so disappointed you fucked up the price.
James LaGamma:I said three times James chicken sandwich.
Kenny Massa:There's a lot happening $13.18.
James LaGamma:Click on view order. I didn't get a meal James chicken sandwich.
Kenny Massa:There's a lot happening $13.18.
James LaGamma:But go back to the I need Click on view order. Chicken sandwich meal or view order. I didn't get a meal. Go reorder something. Go to KFC and reorder oh my gosh, all right. So anyways, the next one, zaxby's, was $12.92. Chick-fil-a came in after that at $12.09. Wow, so that $12 mark, which now I'm starting to think the KFC either might compete with Popeye's and or still be at that mark of $12.
Kenny Massa:I kind of think that, like Zach's, will probably come out top. I always assumed Chick-fil-A was more expensive.
James LaGamma:I agree too. I always thought Chick-fil-A was most expensive.
Kenny Massa:I just I don't know why that's an assumption, because, like they, I feel like the aroma and the atmosphere that they create in Chick-fil-A is like a little bit Like more.
James LaGamma:The aroma is chicken Classic chicken combo.
Kenny Massa:Go sit inside of there $10.79.
James LaGamma:Oh, all right. Well, now I got to check $10.79?. For a combo, rick's Rod which $79? $10.79. Okay, tie for last. Popeyes and KFC are the exact same. Wow, wow. I think they're direct competitors. What's the sandwich cost? Just?
Kenny Massa:the sandwich.
James LaGamma:Yeah, because our Chick-fil-A sandwich is pretty cheap for the sandwich itself.
Kenny Massa:Not according. To.
James LaGamma:Kenny, we'd have to look that up. The aroma of Chick-fil-A. They're not open on Sunday. All right, we've eaten the chicken sandwich.
Kenny Massa:That's another thing. Wait, hold on, I've got All right, we've eaten the chicken sandwiches. That's another thing. Wait, hold on. I got to put that out. I mean, they basically produce a six-day revenue track, right, they produce one day less a week than everybody else, but their prices aren't hiked.
James LaGamma:Aren't or are Aren't comparatively? Have you seen their drive-through on yeah, they're doing okay, oh no, they're definitely doing okay. They're doing okay, oh no, they're definitely doing okay.
Kenny Massa:My point is that they can hold prices because of the demand without having to increase price threshold because I would have assumed it would have had. And what stays?
James LaGamma:consistent is the quality, for the most part, which is pretty good, and the service, yeah, which more people probably go there for those two things, plus somewhat the quality. And we've even talked on previous episodes. How look at resumes you'd like to see Chick-fil-A.
Ryan Selimos:You know about the quality of service that they provide.
James LaGamma:You see that at other fast food chains, maybe not. I know I'm chomping Yep. Yeah, dude, have you seen the McDonald's commercial where they're like advertising? Or like marketing like job experience and like how you can get workforce experience and then, when you go to like, get another it was very interesting marketing.
Kenny Massa:You know why they did that. That's always KFC's. You know why their marketing is out there, John, Sorry Chick-fil-A's why.
James LaGamma:They all just got a pay raise in the industry Up to $20 out in California.
Kenny Massa:So they got the money for the marketing you know, I think it's.
James LaGamma:You can look at it both ways.
Kenny Massa:You can look at it a different way $6.79 for just a chicken sandwich that's expensive.
James LaGamma:Let's look at what you said $13.
Kenny Massa:Wait, does Chick-fil-A have a dollar menu?
James LaGamma:No.
Ryan Selimos:No, no, they do not.
Kenny Massa:They do not.
James LaGamma:You know, it's funny, there's no, actually a value menu now, oh yeah $2. $2.50. A fucking hash brown is like $2. Now, dude, y'all remember you guys in high school count up spare change just to get your buck to go buy something off the dollar menu. Oh yeah, I used to do it in high school.
Kenny Massa:Right after football practice yeah, right after football practice.
James LaGamma:We used to walk because we couldn't go off campus, we didn't have cars, we couldn't drive. You used to be able to get like three things off the dollar man. You whipped tax and everything for less like five bucks. It's absurd. It's absurd, it's absurd, it's absurd. One more time. One more time I honestly thought for a second. Like it was, like it was a broken record. It's like Ty, what are you doing over there?
Kenny Massa:So he's like we're gonna have a song come out. It's called it's absurd expired expired.
James LaGamma:Oh goodness, gracious I feel terrible so that's the point I want to drive home. We just had all these chicken sandwiches, fries awful. Oh, I hate fast food yeah, I mean hate it.
Kenny Massa:Fast food is definitely um I'm not not, not good. No, I feel like the guy from supersize, I think that's, but I think I'm sweating right now yeah but the problem is.
James LaGamma:So here let's I feel like I'm sweating grease if we got you, hear your heart.
Kenny Massa:If we got the healthy shit on the menu from these places, do you think we could still?
James LaGamma:feel healthy. I've seen Johnny try to do that and I know he's still unhappy when he's eating.
Kenny Massa:I mean, you got grilled chicken at Chick-fil-A.
James LaGamma:Yeah, but let's just say Cobb salad. So this is what I get. I get the Chick-fil-A Cobb salad with chicken right, If you're still getting that, just with the ranch dressing alone it's like 270 or 80 calories. You get two ranches. You're already over at 500. I mean, you're definitely not going to be as sick to your stomach, but I don't know Not. Most people are going to Chick-fil-A to get a Cobb salad. No Chick-fil-A sandwich. And fries.
Kenny Massa:It's there for the person that's in the car or that's with the people that are going and they have an option.
James LaGamma:Yeah it ruins my day.
Ryan Selimos:I I hate how I feel right now what about mcdonald's breakfast that doesn't ruin your day, that's fast food.
Kenny Massa:Look mcdonald's.
James LaGamma:It's the only fast food that I like and I'll have, but I do now eat it and I'm like I I know I'm eating fast food Like I've had. This actually dawned on me after we went to New York. Why? Because New York egg on a roll on fucking real and it's just granted McDonald's. Thank you so much for bringing back the fucking bacon, egg and cheese bagel. That thing is unbelievable, but nowadays I think I like I I what you're still eating he's a slow eater um, I think I always just, you know, kind of like the childhood, like like, uh, what's it?
James LaGamma:nostalgia, thinking that it's going to taste better than what I'm actually enjoying. And I feel like I get that now just in general with fast food. I feel like I think it's going to taste better than what I'm actually enjoying, and I feel like I get that now just in general with fast food. I feel like I think it's going to be this like as a kid, like oh yeah, I want the chicken nuggets, and then now it's just like a total letdown. So my wife Morgan, she cannot eat McDonald's breakfast because of nostalgia, because when they would go drive up to Mammoth from their place in California down in Southern California, my good old father-in-law, good old Duane-er, he would get McDonald's breakfast on the drive up. So for six hours the car smelled like.
James LaGamma:McDonald's. So she just can't handle it, it just for her nostalgia, you know what that reminds me of, though.
Kenny Massa:When you go on a flight, it just.
James LaGamma:For her. You know what Nostalgia. You know what that reminds me of, though. When you go on a flight, it's PTSD Ryan. And people bring like their McDonald's or whatever onto the flight and you just smell that greasiness. Listen, is that?
Kenny Massa:a good way or bad. I've brought Chipotle on a flight before. Oh, that's good.
James LaGamma:Yeah, but that's tough. Yeah, I would love to just watch you eat a burrito on a plane. At 30,000 feet. Middle seat too. No elbows out, Assert dominance. No, John.
Kenny Massa:I gotta let the wife have her space. You suck. You have James in his middle seat, love the middle seat.
James LaGamma:I sit in the middle seat, love the middle seat. I said so south, never mind forget no southwest talk. Morgan and I will get chick-fil-a only on, typically if we're driving somewhere, like if we're going on a road trip, that's usually our in the car food. It's the only fast food we'll get and we'll typically get chicken sandwich fry and then we'll split a tent.
Kenny Massa:We'll split the little nuggets same patty and I will only eat chick-fil-A. Well, she's pregnant now, so that's a little bit different, but Chick-fil-A is like the go-to fast food.
James LaGamma:Chick-fil-A when you're pregnant.
Kenny Massa:No, I'm saying she'll eat McDonald's Burger King. She doesn't give a fuck Because she's pregnant. She's really healthy, but she might just swing over to grab fries because her hunger is different level than before.
James LaGamma:But chick-fil-a would be our preferred I um wait fun fact sure ken. What do you got?
Kenny Massa:we tried to order like cater chick-fil-a, like two weeks ago for the office. They won't. And it might just be this location, I don't know, but if it is, this is bullshit. They won't let you cater. I order fries for catering now because of the sogginess, I guess. I don't know the complaints, I don't know. They won't allow you to cater fries, so I'm like, oh okay, yeah, I'll get 250 fucking nuggets and no fries so I, we just didn't know, cater.
James LaGamma:It's like what else is there to offer it?
Kenny Massa:what's your option? What's your other cops?
James LaGamma:cheese salad. They just give you the tray with the minis and then you get the chicken sandwich. Yeah, it's interesting. I don't know I don't know.
Kenny Massa:We weren't able to order breakfast.
James LaGamma:That's what I usually cater is chick-fil-a breakfast yep, yep.
Kenny Massa:We tried catering lunch. They would do the chicken, but they wouldn't do fries, so we didn't do it because it was like, well, what am I gonna do what? What's your alternative for a side fruit?
James LaGamma:oh yeah, that's literally what he wants chicken no, dude, you gotta get the fries. Yeah, I mean yeah, if that's a global thing, fix that fucking issue my mom raves about the chicken noodle soup.
Kenny Massa:Raves about it it's pretty good yeah it's not bad.
James LaGamma:You got something, ryan? I'm just gonna ask, with the soda on the side or not? Good one? It's a great song, most likely Chicken noodle soup, most likely With a sand in the sand. Let it rain. I'm going to make a far-fetched line in the sand for myself here and I think this is going to be the last time I ever have fast food.
James LaGamma:Yeah right, no, I swear to God. I told Lydia this a couple days ago. Obviously, we were coming up with this episode, but I think I'm done with it. There's no need for it. Does that include McDonald's breakfast?
Kenny Massa:Yeah, I think I'm done. Well, look honestly, though, I think back years ago, fast food offered two value points right. One, it was fast. Today, the amount of times that they tell you to pull forward and they'll bring it out to you is insane.
Kenny Massa:Not a chick-fil-a, not a chick-fil-a. No, you're. You're correct, but other places it does happen. Are you considered fast food, if you make me pull forward and I wait for it? Yes, I don't. It's supposed to be ready. It's the point of a drive-through window. Might as well just walk into wawa then. Anyway, it's not that fast. Two, the price used to be cheaper. It's really not that cheap anymore. No, it's not. That is like a lost value proposition for them, because it really is not cheap. I can get a couple slices of pizza for cheaper.
James LaGamma:Well, now you also have the consideration of fast casual. What is that? That's?
Ryan Selimos:like your Chipotles, your Cavas, your, okay, I love.
James LaGamma:Chipotles Stuff like that, so I can go get a chicken bowl at Chipotle for $10.70. I believe that's the exact amount that I can get it for. That's just and that's technically more than what we spent granted. Yes, uber Eats prices. So basically the same thing. I'm getting way more food. It's definitely healthy A lot of sodium in Chipotle but that's a lot of sodium.
Kenny Massa:I would Far much more likely to eat that. Well done, I was well done, wow.
James LaGamma:Are like a lot of these, like I guess still fast casual, but like the sandwich shops they're not fast food, right.
Kenny Massa:Like at Jersey.
James LaGamma:Mike's.
Kenny Massa:Jersey, mike's.
James LaGamma:Does it come up on Uber Eats when you click fast food Subway, subway Jersey, mike's?
Kenny Massa:What's the other ones?
James LaGamma:It's Jersey Mike's, and then there's another J Firehouse.
Kenny Massa:No, jimmy.
James LaGamma:John's, jimmy John's, my house is on fire.
Ryan Selimos:Is that not?
James LaGamma:considered fast food. Right, I would consider it. It's a sandwich joint.
Kenny Massa:It's not fast food. No, because I think that fast food Some way. Quiznos is in there Toasty, I think that fast food, Do you think?
James LaGamma:we know, from the marketing aspect, every single one of their jingles.
Ryan Selimos:Toasty.
James LaGamma:What's up.
Kenny Massa:Is it still Eat Fresh, eat Fresh.
James LaGamma:Is it still that? What Isn't it the footlong?
Kenny Massa:What's the?
James LaGamma:footlong, five dollars. Footlong, yeah, is it even five dollars? No, oh no.
Kenny Massa:They probably, no, probably not got to be something different.
James LaGamma:I don't remember Burger Kings.
Kenny Massa:Or they just give you the Whopper, Whopper, Whopper. Happy K have it your way Boom, boom.
James LaGamma:So the answer is yes. I think we do know a few.
Kenny Massa:You guys know it, what is?
James LaGamma:Wendy's. They're just Since Dave went away. It's beenendy's. They're just day since dave went away. It's been.
Kenny Massa:There's never been the same I just can't get out of my does wendy still do baked potatoes?
James LaGamma:those were they have yeah, they're chili chili remember the yellow yes, the og yellow, yes, the og yellow like the frosties are shit.
Kenny Massa:Oh my, that's the chicken nuggets Wendy's.
James LaGamma:I think of the Office episode where Michael's trying to find a girlfriend and Kevin writes up Wendy's Wendy with red hair and he calls how am I going to speak with Wendy's? Sir, this is a Wendy's. He's like he tries to put it in order and like'll be here when you get it's already ready I mean, I know mcdonald's has the ba-da-ba-ba-ba I'm loving it um, what else is there? Is there other jingles out there? I feel like that's you look, you look terrible, you look miserable.
Kenny Massa:Anyone else feel their stomach? Just yeah, I just what's zaxby's?
Ryan Selimos:they're not good enough.
James LaGamma:They're fourth. They're not good enough to have a jingle. All right, popeyes.
Kenny Massa:What's Popeyes? Love that chicken from Popeyes. Oh, love that chicken. Oh, you have Arby's, which is like wheat.
James LaGamma:We love the meats. You like the meats.
Kenny Massa:Arby's.
James LaGamma:Oh, we love the meats.
Kenny Massa:They got great fries. Curly fries, oh they fries, curly fries.
James LaGamma:Let's see what we got arby's, so chick-fil-a does not have a jingle right, just otherwise eat more chicken well, their commercials are basically like testimonials, like if you look at them, they're a little bit different. That's kind of I think it's just, I think it's just what he said. It's just the eat more chicken thing ty.
Kenny Massa:What's your favorite fast?
James LaGamma:food, if you have one.
Kenny Massa:If you have one, yeah, any yeah, not fast casual.
Ryan Selimos:Like what we ate here today.
James LaGamma:Something that has a drive-thru that isn't. I feel like I usually like nobody.
Ryan Selimos:Taco Bell.
James LaGamma:Nobody.
Ryan Selimos:Oh, we have.
Kenny Massa:Taco.
James LaGamma:Bell the dog.
Kenny Massa:Can I have Taco Bell? Oh, oh wait, no, we forgot this one White Castle. You guys don this one White Castle.
James LaGamma:You guys all know about White Castle. I want to go back to Chipotle for a second. You said Chipotle with a drive-thru.
Kenny Massa:Yes, there's a Chipotle with a drive-thru. That doesn't count, I have one right by my house. Yeah, I got one too. I got one too.
James LaGamma:Order online, pick it up.
Kenny Massa:It is. It's fantastic. It's not that close to us. There's a new one, but it's pretty far, it's all right, johnny thinks Chipotle is overrated.
James LaGamma:Don't you, john? I do. I love kava, though, and I know you love kava. Don't run away from that question. He thinks Chipotle is overrated. He heard it.
Kenny Massa:I know he used to love it. Okay, I think we do have Bolle up in.
James LaGamma:Orlando, but there's not a lot of locations.
Kenny Massa:I've heard of.
James LaGamma:Bolle, bolle's pretty good. It's like another bowl place, I think we have one in Lake Nona but it's like I would say more healthy.
Kenny Massa:You can get. I would say there's vegetables, right, you can get broccoli and potatoes and beans, brussels sprouts, yeah, different things like that.
James LaGamma:Yeah, they sign. I feel like there's just a rock inside me right now. Do they serve a Sky Bulls? It's acai, oh acai.
Kenny Massa:Acai, I was looking at famous restaurant jingles.
James LaGamma:Yeah, you remember Applebee's and Chili's. Oh, all those Chili's. Two for 20 is RIP.
Kenny Massa:Yeah, chili's two for 20 is RIP. Yeah, it's like 30 something, is it 40?
James LaGamma:now it's up there. You know they took away the free chips and salsa at the bar.
Ryan Selimos:Yeah, oh that's abusive.
Kenny Massa:This is criminal. We was just kicking.
James LaGamma:You know I don't like where life is at right now. People are changing things too much. You know what Shit should be approved, right through us Red Robin's bottomless fries Red.
Kenny Massa:Robin, clearly you like that one bottomless fries might have to go back bottomless.
James LaGamma:James, I might not get to the meal if it's bottomless you know how many fries you can eat you have a problem.
Kenny Massa:You're dessert first oh wait, you're the fry guy.
James LaGamma:I'm a fry guy.
Kenny Massa:I will 1000% eat my dessert but they're like pretty sizable fries and like are they like potato wedges versus fries? No, I would say that they're a better version of the Zaxby's.
James LaGamma:Hardee's right. Hardee's yeah. What's the other? Don't they have like a sister? They do, and I can't.
Ryan Selimos:Carl's Jr.
James LaGamma:Carl's Jr. You like that Ty.
Ryan Selimos:Is it a good place? That's where I would. There was one right in the middle on your way to California from Arizona, so that's the one I would stop at every time on that drive.
James LaGamma:One fast food place. What's going on over here, dude? I can't what you guys got going on. I can't with these two. One fast food place.
Kenny Massa:But to see it come into his screen, just go look at the floor, look at the floor placement.
James LaGamma:Look at it go.
Kenny Massa:Oh, it's this side Kenny's over there.
Ryan Selimos:That's confusing. I was going to poke him in the head with it, but I was just laughing.
Kenny Massa:What were you guys talking about?
James LaGamma:I was going to say that the one fast food joint I wish we had is Cookout I think it's Cookout right.
Ryan Selimos:It starts with Georgia and on.
James LaGamma:Oh yeah. Yeah, I also think that In-N-Out's overrated.
Kenny Massa:Yeah, I do too. I agree, White Castle's better.
James LaGamma:In-N-Out or Shake Shack. White Castle deserves a grave.
Kenny Massa:Have you even had White Castle?
James LaGamma:It's terrible, bro. We've already had this debate. We've had this debate before. We don't need to White Castle. It's disgusting, kimmy bro, you've never had a steamed burger.
Kenny Massa:Why do they need to steam it? I knew that's what you were going to say.
James LaGamma:No, I'm ignoring you.
Kenny Massa:Johnny, johnny, johnny, you, okay, man, I'm good, yeah, I I'm good, yeah, I'm just you need a pillow.
James LaGamma:You want a pillow. Johnny's like seeing in twos. I'm seeing chickens. That's a lot. One chicken, two chickens.
Kenny Massa:I will say Chick-fil-a's Marketing is pretty solid With the cows.
James LaGamma:That one is very oh yeah, eat more chicken, eat more chicken.
Kenny Massa:I think it's a nice step Poor cows. Well. I mean the other way you can be Burger King. Poor chickens, they can't even stand on their legs anymore.
James LaGamma:They got too big of the bodies. Chick-fil-a came out and said they're changing up the menu or not the menu the ingredients To be more friendly to the local chicken. I think I did see that.
Kenny Massa:No.
James LaGamma:I don't know what it's going to be, but I didn't take the time to read it. That's okay. Next time.
Kenny Massa:So we'll see. If you've got a local fast food chain that we don't know of, then drop it in the comments.
James LaGamma:We want to know about it and don't try this.
Kenny Massa:I'm going to go take a nap. Don't eat a cluster of fast food in one sitting, but until then the bander continues.
James LaGamma:The chicken continues. Don't eat fast food.
