hello everyone this is running on empty food review wow that was what an intro
right there we started it out with um with a bag right and we're just going
crazy you might be saying well why exactly
did you go ahead did you do such a an out of the box intro
i saw you had the bag in front of your face and then you moved it wow that's
insanity right there you're bringing it up to the next level
with the production value with now the neat editing tricks
uh and everything in between what what what is taking it to the next level
you may inquire we're reviewing a next level item today
you know if you ask we are this is probably
with no exaggeration a stroke of genius when you look at an item when you look
at a new item or even an established favorite
one of the most important things about any sort of fast food release
is the appeal you know marketing is everything when it comes down to these
items you have to inspire curiosity you have
to even make the the prospective buyers ask questions you have to make people
want the item have to make people say why should i get
this compared to you know some similar
product from a different chain what makes me motivated to go out and
try this see these are the tough questions but
this has everything this is absolutely brilliant and
the secret really to its success is in the name
kfc secret recipe fries these are french fries and not only are
they french fries but they're secret recipe fries
okay you have to break it down like this kfc used to have these wedge cut fries
you know they were large they were these very thick-cut fries
i think they had them for like the last 10 years or so i remember they got them
around like i don't know i remember i first saw them
around 2010 maybe this is when i started paying attention i don't know they might
have had them for longer but they had these very thick cut french
fries and they had them for a while they were
okay some people liked them some people didn't some people were saying
you hear that rumble of thunder that's the universe saying
they didn't like those wedge-cut fries because you know what the universe
sides with kfc and uh supports its decision
in changing up the um recipe of the french fries because that's exactly what
they did they said you know we're going to move on to
bigger and better things greener pastures are on the horizon
and we're going there right now kfc said we're getting rid of those wedge-cut
um steak fries and we're getting secret recipe fries
these are thinner cut fries a little crispy but they feature
a blend of secret herbs and spices similar to what's on their iconic fried
chicken mind you you can get a single order of these
secret recipe fries for dude for 2.49 you can get a family style uh order of
them which is just a larger portion for 4.49 so these are thinner cut
crispy fries um with that secret blend of herbs and spices sprinkled
about on them you might be asking yourself
what is the secret recipe see that's what gets people's attention
just like a moth you know being drawn to a bright light
uh the name you know draws the people to kfc
they're thinking secret recipe what's what's the secret recipe what's so
special about these fries and that's the mystery of it all who
doesn't like a good mystery right so everyone everyone likes the mystery
they want to be captivated they want to be that's why people like
um ufos and cryptids and all these things right
people like the unknown this is getting into
that what is the secret recipe well no one knows
no one knows although i did know a guy who uh who said he knew the the secret
recipe to the kfc but well that's why i say the word i
knew him kfc takes that very very seriously they
don't mess around so uh 2.49 but we'll see
what they taste like here's the kfc bag by the way there's the Colonel there
what does it say delivery or pickup
they decided to serve the fries upside down a little bit
which is all right let's arrange them let's make it
make sure they're looking looking nice all right tuck that one there and get
one right there there we go and there i am
with them the secret recipe fries but
i know i've been joking around here you know they call them the secret recipe
right the french fries it's but who knows it might be good i always
like my french fries you know i could kind of poke fun at them and all that
but i mean who's to say french fries can
sometimes be really good you know look for instance
at the iconic example of mcdonald's you know there was a time where a lot of
people would say uh one of the reasons you know you go to
mcdonald's is for the fries right fries really despite being a side item
despite not necessarily being that integral component of the main meal
certainly if done right can can really be a huge calling for lots of people so
i mean we'll see we'll see if they have really good fries yeah that'll
definitely be a much it'll be motivation to keep coming back
so we're just gonna see the basic fries though that's all that i
really have to say about them but the secret recipe fries let's not forget
that so we're just gonna see how they are how
they hold up if they're flavorful um what uh what really calls out to me
about them so you can see anyway there's the
little cavalcade of secret recipe fries what does this say
don't forget to eat your vegetables and wedges don't count okay
oh okay wedges don't really count well i think they kind of do
depends if it's green right it's green but uh there we go you can see what they
look like and uh let's try them out so there's a close-up
secret recipe fry and you can see it's you know crispy and you can see a little
bit of seasoning on it so what we'll see how the secret blend
ends up being all right the kfc secret recipe fries
kfc going in
we'll try two more for the heck of it
did you know they were actually going to make a movie about these believe it or
not it really where you can look it up it
was going to be i forget what production company that it was going to be with but
it was going to be big it was going to be
you know sponsored by kfc of course but the whole point of the movie was
going to be someone tries to break in you know it's
like the corporate headquarters of kfc and then we're going to make it out like
this area 51 type of deal and it was going to be the
quest of this guy to try to come in and find the secret recipe believe it or not
supposed to be like a more lighthearted action movie but unfortunately it never
got the traction that uh you know they wanted it to get
so unfortunate it was shelved i mean maybe one day that'll be
that'll happen but
just some kfc trivia for all you fast food fanatics
out there 2.49 cents for it the kfc secret recipe fries what can i really
say about them they're okay for what they are if i had
to describe them best i would say i would say around average um definitely
average it's not one of those things that is
like you know again i'm blown away by by any means but i'm not utterly
disappointed by them either i would definitely say that they serve
their purpose one thing that i do like about them
is i guess the texture of them one person was saying when they tried
the mat that they were very very dry they said they thought they were like
they were bone dry i i don't have that experience with
these um i don't really there's no i guess
profound dryness to them at least that i'm experiencing
uh one thing that i actually liked is that there's a little bit of softness to
them but they still have this crispy outer
shell but it's not something that you would bite and you know
break your teeth off with or anything like that
so i i do like that that little bit of a juxtaposition that they have going there
as for the um seasoning the fries are more salty than anything
else which is good though one thing that i really don't like is
when you get fries that are just like overly salted
and it's way too heavy on the salt and it's like it's awful
i do like the fact that these are salty a little savory
also but very very slightly but these are mostly just salty fries
which again it's a good amount of salt i'd say the right blend
right amount of it uh just that that right saltiness
not overly dry a little bit of a crisp to them
but um you know again average uh you know it's just there may not be too
many bad things to call them out on because really i'm not you know there's
nothing that comes out and says oh these are terrible
and really you know i'm torn apart by this or what have you
uh this the one thing is that there's nothing that really says to me these are
next level fries well i'd say these are totally
average um if you want to get them go for it
they're much smaller than the then the big wedge cut fries of
course but they're still they're still okay for what they are
i think these would be a decent side they'll work
and that's what it comes down to so out of 10 i'm going to give these a 6 out of
10 rating just slightly above average but that's
the rating that they've got and with that that's all that i have for
you ladies and gentlemen i'm your host the report of the week today we tried
out the kfc secret recipe fries thanks take care
be safe and be healthy i'm running out of time on my camera