- Today we drive-through the ultimate
fried chicken Food Feud.
- Let's talk about that.
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Now, would you rather hang out
with Lil Wayne or George Clooney?
- I'd pick a third option,
hang out with a guy called Lil Clooney.
(laughing)
- I understand that, but there is no third option.
My question is basically the question
that we're answering today,
because Lil Wayne is from Louisiana,
George Clooney is from Kentucky.
And Louisiana and Kentucky also happen to be
the birthplaces of two major fast food chicken franchises,
Popeyes and KFC.
And just like George and Wayne
have been at each others throats for years,
these two chicken behemoths
have also been at each others throats.
- I don't know if any of that is true,
but you know, I think most of it is.
- All of it. - In fact, in 2017,
Popeyes Tweeted, "Is the only difference between
"original and extra crispy,
"breading and the extra breading?
#LetThatMarinate."
Oh! - Well, they opened up
the floodgates, because KFC Tweeted,
"Well now, that's a great question.
"Let me see if I can clarify for you:"
And then they added, "My Original Recipe chicken
"is marinated, breaded in my special blend
of 11 herbs and spices, then pressure fried."
And then they added, "My Extra Crispy chicken
"is marinated, double-breaded in its own blend
of herbs and spices, then open fried."
And then they added, "Now the big difference here
is pressure fried vs. open fried."
And then they added, "Might not seem like a big difference,
but any fried chicken expert will you that it is."
And then they went on five more Tweets
to add other stuff, ending with,
"Thanks for askin'!"
- Dang, Popeyes, you got chick-splained!
- (laughs) Yeah.
- So KFC's Twitter game is stronger, okay,
but is their menu?
Let's settle this chicken beef once and for all.
It's time for Food Feuds: KFC versus Popeyes.
- Are you hungry? - Mm-hmm.
- I'm hungry, too.
We're gonna taste popular items from each restaurant's menu,
and rate them on a scale of one to 10,
and the restaurant with the most points will be crowned
the fast and friediest chicken king,
and will win the chance to sponsor a future GMM episode.
- Oh, yeah.
We sent a Mythical Crew member
to each drive-through to pick up our order.
Stevie, are they back yet?
- [Stevie] Actually, I'm sorry guys,
I just heard, they're both stuck in their respective lines.
I guess traffic is just really bad today,
and also, somehow, the KFC drive-through guy
is on the phone, and wants to talk to you.
- Okay, hello KFC guy?
- [Dirk] Hey, this is Kentucky Fried Dirk.
Is this Rut McCacken?
- Yeah, I mean, yeah.
Yeah, that's close enough.
Yeah, that's me. (Link laughing)
- [Dirk] Yeah, I got a lot of jobs, man. (laughs)
I work here, I work everywhere.
Listen, I'm saving up to follow Hoobastank
when they go on tour again.
Anyways, it's neither here nor there.
So Rut, there's somebody here
who's trying to use your credit card.
- Yeah, we have authorized a Mythical Employee
to use my credit card for this, yes.
- [Dirk] Oh, yeah, that's not the question.
The question was,
can I use it to buy the Hoobastank tickets?
- No, Dirk, you may not.
- [Dirk] All right, fair enough.
It was worth a shot.
Anyways, food is on the way, Rhett.
- Okay.
- He got rejected, then he got your name right.
- Bye, Dirk.
Okay, Stevie, clearly our food from Popeyes
isn't here yet, either, so let's give them a call.
- [Stevie] Okay, beep boop beep boop
boop boop boop boop. - Yes, yes.
- Oh, you got one of those new phones.
- [Stevie] Bring. - I can hear it.
(Rhett laughs)
- [Patty] Thank you for calling Popeyes,
this is former Wingstop employee, Patty.
What do you want?
- Oh, hey, Patty.
How ya doing?
- [Patty] Who is this?
- Oh, this is Rhett and Link
from Good Mythical Morning. - Hey.
- We're waiting on the order,
you know, from your restaurant,
because we're gonna try it out versus KFC.
- [Patty] What, are you guys, like, stalking me now?
- No. - Do you want us to?
- I think it's just a coincidence
that you happen to be very mobile in your employment.
- [Dirk] Hey, guys.
Dirk here, I'm still here.
I forgot to hang up.
I don't know how smartphones work.
Anyways, can I ask Patty something real quick?
- Sure. - Yeah, whatever.
- [Dirk] All right.
Hey, Patty.
- [Patty] Oh, hey, Dirk.
- [Dirk] (laughs) Will you go to the virtual
homecoming dance with me?
- [Patty] I thought you'd never ask.
Yes, Dirk, I would love to.
- [Dirk] Yay!
All right, bye for real now.
I am gonna hang up. - [Patty] All right.
- Okay. - Good luck, guys.
All I am is hungry.
(rock music) (ding)
- [Stevie] On Rhett's side,
we have KFC's creamy mashed potatoes
and signature brown gravy.
A regular order goes for 1.99, and a large costs 4.49.
And on Link's side, we have Popeyes' mashed potatoes
smothered in their flavorful Cajun gravy.
- What are you doing? - [Stevie] A regular side
order goes for 2.59, and a large goes for 4.59.
- All right, you just put slaw in there.
- I asked for some KFC slaw,
because I do not eat KFC mashed potatoes
without adding slaw into it.
- Well, I do. (laughs)
So I'm just judging the mashed potatoes.
Which, that gravy's good.
It's salty, man. - Oh, yeah.
I just think it's a magical hot/cold combination.
I've never tried it at Popeyes.
I'm about to.
- [Rhett] Oh, I just got...
- Their potatoes are totally different.
- There's a whole lot of stuff going on.
- They're spicy.
- Is that the potatoes that are spicy,
or the gravy that's spicy?
- I think it's gravy.
- [Rhett] This is more classic.
- Yeah, let's rate this.
I think, classic taste,
very nostalgic. - That's good.
I'm giving it a seven.
I like these mashed potatoes, man.
- I agree, I'm gonna give it a seven,
(ding) and for the Popeyes,
I'm giving that,
I'm going to give just the mashed potatoes and gravy a six.
It's pretty close.
- I like the KFC a teeny bit better,
because I actually don't like the Cajunness that much
in my mashed potatoes, but I like it.
I'm gonna go with a six, as well.
(ding) - Oh, we totally agree.
(rock music) (ding)
- [Stevie] Okay, now it's time for chicken.
On Rhett's side is the world famous KFC's Original Recipe.
A two piece meal costs 6.99, includes a choice of side,
a biscuit, a cookie, and a drink.
And on Link's side is Popeyes Signature Chicken,
offered in mild or spicy.
We got mild to best match KFC.
A two piece meal costs 8.59, and it includes a side,
a biscuit, and drink, but no cookie.
- There's a special place in my heart for this.
- I know. - This is what I would get,
as a kid, for my birthday, man.
- It's so unique, too.
It's like, it's not crunchy. - It's so original.
- I mean, if you want crunchy
you got to get the extra crispy, but that,
the taste is so unique to just their chicken,
and it's got to do with
that pressure fried situation. - And the 11 herbs
and spices, bro.
- And then, you got more of the classic situation.
- And the closest thing for us is Bojangles,
like, we know we love Bojangles.
- I can't come up with anything to complain about
for either one of them.
I mean, oh, man.
Watch yourself, now,
there's more. - I love eating chicken, man.
- There's more to--
- Just sitting here eating chicken with my friend.
I could die right now, and if I continue to do this,
I may die.
- The KFC number that I'm honing in on
is a nine.
- Ooh! - I mean,
again, it's like, it's a special branch
of fried chicken, when you got that
pressure fried. - They've done something
really, really special.
I'm kind of leaving a little bit more room in my heart
for other fried chicken at other fried chicken restaurants,
that are not fast food.
This is incredibly good, I'm gonna give it an eight.
(ding) - This is so moist.
- Again, there's some nostalgia here,
but I also just like the taste,
but it's so close, I'm gonna give it a seven.
- I am also gonna give this a seven,
bringing it down two notches from my KFC,
because once you get passed the, what I call the crunchy,
and the skin, the meat itself is very moist,
but it doesn't have quite the magic.
(rock music) (ding)
- [Stevie] Okay, this is the fries and hot sauce round.
It's a little unusual, but we wanted you to try everything.
So on Rhett's side we have KFC's Secret Recipe fries,
which KFC claims are crispier then your average fry,
and seasoned with the secret 11 herbs and spices.
A regular order is 1.99, and the hot sauce packets
offered at KFC are proprietary to KFC,
and list 'hot sauce' as an ingredient.
On Link's side we have Popeyes' Cajun fries.
Popeyes claims, "They may look like french fries,
but our special seasoning makes them 100% Cajun."
A regular order is 2.59.
The hot sauce packet at Popeyes
is actually the famous Louisiana brand hot sauce,
which can also be purchased in grocery stores.
- That Louisiana hot sauce-- - [Rhett] Wow.
- Is the best sauce for fried chicken.
Isn't that what we determined?
When we were down there in Louisiana?
- And there's, like, a Tabasco sort of hint to it.
- Yeah.
- On the back end.
- I know about these Popeyes fries.
- You know about them?
Tell me all about them.
- I know them to be very good.
- [Rhett] I like what KFC's doing.
- These are bran-fangled new.
I think because of the pressure from Popeyes fries
being so good. - And so respond.
I can't stop eating either side.
- They said that there's 11 herbs and spices,
I can't taste any herbs and spices.
- These are way more well-seasoned,
in my mind. - Yeah.
- You can even look at it and tell.
- [Link] These are definitely better.
- [Rhett] The hot sauce is better.
- [Link] It's a bonus.
- Good effort from KFC, like,
when you just compare it to fries in the fast food world.
I give it a six over here.
- I'm gonna give them a four.
(ding)
You know, they talk a big game.
They're below average to me.
- I think they're better then regular fries.
- I think that these, I'm gonna give a six.
- I am a big fan of these.
- They're good.
- I'm going all the way up to an eight
(ding) on the Popeyes fries.
- Woo!
(rock music) (ding)
- [Stevie] Biscuits and honey sauce.
- Sauce.
- [Stevie] (laughs) On Rhett's side
are KFC's warm, flaky southern style biscuits.
You can order a side of two biscuits for 1.29,
that's 65 cents a piece.
And on Link's side are Popeyes buttermilk biscuits,
available for purchase by the biscuit for 89 cents each.
- KFC's very soft.
- Fluffy, like a cloud. - Fluffy and stacked.
- It's not super flakey.
It's super soft. - Doughy.
These are very standardized.
- Like, traditional, like Grandma.
- They both smell equally buttery.
I'm not going for the honey sauce, as they call it.
- These are flakier, and less doughy.
- I've never eaten a biscuit from anywhere besides KFC
that gave me that KFC experience.
It's the biscuit version
of the chicken experience that you get.
- KFC has done something that's a little bit more original.
Like something that, Grandma couldn't do that,
I don't think.
- I'm gonna give that KFC biscuit,
I'm gonna give it a six.
It's not approaching the best biscuit I've ever had.
- I want to give it a seven, but that flouriness
is taking something down for me.
I'm gonna go down to a six.
(ding)
I don't know.
These are hitting different for me
than I remember them hitting.
- Me too. - In a different way,
but almost in the same way.
I'm also gonna give them a six.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
(ding) They're totally different,
but they're equal.
- Yeah. - Six.
(rock music) (ding)
- [Stevie] It all comes down to the chicken sandwich.
On Rhett's side we have a Crispy Colonel Sandwich from KFC,
served Nashville Hot style.
You can also order it Buffalo,
extra crispy, and Honey BBQ style.
The sandwich costs 5.49.
And on Link's side is Popeyes Spicy Chicken sandwich,
dubbed "the sandwich."
This is the culprit for the wrap around the block lines
just about a year ago,
and it costs 3.99.
- That's a good sandwich,
but this is, like, the sandwich that broke the internet.
- And I've finally got my hands on these,
and my kids are all the time begging
for us to get some more of these sandwiches.
It is a huge sandwich.
I mean, it's bigger then the KFC sandwich.
This almost feels like a smack.
I mean, like you said, this is tasty.
- What are you laughing at, Stevie?
- This is a friggin' behemoth. - [Stevie] Because Link is
still talking, and you shoved, like,
half the sandwich into your mouth all ready.
- There's a lot of breading, but it's really crunchy,
and somehow, unless you get, like, a really old one,
it's always got that crunch.
- This is not a run away win
for that chicken sandwich, in my mind.
I'm still eating it.
- It's so much bigger.
- [Rhett] This is better then I thought it was gonna be.
- But not as good as this.
- No, it's not as good as that.
Six.
- I'm gonna give that a five. (ding)
I'm gonna walk away from this desk,
and I'm gonna forget about that.
- Okay.
This is not what everybody thinks that it is.
It's a really good chicken sandwich,
but I've had better chicken sandwiches.
Seven. - Well, sure.
I am gonna give this an eight,
(ding) because, though it's not
my favorite chicken sandwich,
it certainly is up there.
Definitely my top five, maybe my top three.
- [Stevie] Okay, guys.
- And we've ignored where that puts us,
but let's find out.
- [Stevie] With a total of 67,
your preferred restaurant is
Popeyes.
- [Rhett] What, really?
- [Link] Versus what?
What was the differential?
- [Stevie] 64.
- [Rhett] Oh. - [Link] Oh.
- [Stevie] I though you meant versus what restaurant,
and I was like, "Link, KFC."
- Hold on, what restaurant
have we been tasting this whole time?
- It's because of the chicken sandwich.
I only go to KFC for the bone-in chicken,
and I really only go to Popeyes
for the fries and the sandwich.
- If I had to choose these, I would choose that,
every time. (indistinct)
But it was pretty close. - I feel good about this.
- But congratulations to Popeyes.
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