My Trip to Kentucky Fried Chicken Headquarters

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Last week I traveled to Kentucky to visit the headquarters for Kentucky Fried Chicken.  The experience was extremely fun and interesting.  A bonus perk to attending the event was seeing several other bloggers that I call friends and meeting some amazing new people.  The staff at KFC were very welcoming and polite.  All in all I think everyone had a great time.

I’ve never worked in fast food before and outside of being a hostess when I was a teen, I’ve never really worked with food in a restaurant.  We were given a tour of one of the local fast food restaurants where we got to see how it all works from start to finish including putting on a hair net and going into the kitchen.  Did you know that KFC breads their fresh chicken each day and cooks it ready to order?  I’m not sure why this detail shocked me.  I guess when I think of fast food I think of some frozen breaded chicken being thrown into grease.  That sounds pretty nasty doesn’t it?  Seeing the process of them taking fresh chicken (never before frozen), breading it and then cooking doesn’t seem very fast for fast food.  It’s done just like I would do it at home except in a larger quantity in a larger frier.

Being a single mom of three kids keeps me pretty busy.  Actually being a working mother is what truly keeps me busy.  I’ll be the first to admit my family eats fast food.  I love to travel, take road trips and some days Gabby has appointments that take all day long so the best we can do is grab something to eat quick.  I believe in moderation and even on a lazy day I may grab fast food and won’t feel guilty about it.  My kids eat a pretty well balanced diet so splurging sometimes is nice.  Doesn’t fried chicken and mashed potatoes sound good?

KFC came out with their new chicken pot pies last Sunday.  The advertised special is $3.99 and they are BIG.  We were each given one to try and the chicken inside the pot pie was extremely chunky.  My parents used to prepare chicken pot pies often when I was younger and they were never this filled with chicken and veggies.  I was impressed.  They will make the perfect quick lunch to fill you up on a day you are out running errands.

         

KFC provided me with gift certificates to give away on my blog to a couple of lucky readers.  I have $200 worth of e-checks that I plan to break up for two winners to each receive $100!  $100 worth of KFC will go a LONG way.  The gift certificates are in increments of $5 so with Easter around the corner they would even make perfect little easter egg fillers for family and friends.  Because let’s face it, you could practically eat lunch for a year with $100 of KFC cash.

How to Enter:

Tell me in a comment what your favorite menu item is from Kentucky Fried Chicken

Additional Entries: {one entry per comment}

Enter the #giveaway hosted by @MommaDJane for a chance to #win $100 to spend at @KFC_Colonel {2 winners} #KFCFresh http://ow.ly/9ryuu

*Giveaway is open to all US Residents 18+ Entries will be accepted until Sunday, March 11th at midnight CST. Any and all comments after that time will not be counted towards giveaway entries. Reader must leave a method of contact within comment and must respond within 24 hours of contact, otherwise a new winner will be chosen. Random.org will be used to select a random winner from comments on this post.

Full Disclosure: I was provided with an all expense paid trip to Kentucky and given KFC gift certificates for my family to have a meal.  This is not a sponsored post.  I’m sharing my experience because I want to and all opinions are 100% mine.

Congrats to the two winners, Joseph and Kathryn!

382 Comments

  2. We love the orignal chicken and of course their mac & cheese!
    Thanks so much.

  7. My favorite thing is a bucket of their extra crispy fried chicken (breast, and thighs).

    We have a family tradition of getting it on July 3rd every year. We bring it home and put it in the fridge over night- and then when we watch the Macy’s Fireworks on July 4th we have deelish cold fried chicken:)

  13. All our kids love the popcorn chicken !! Yikes they go fast and are a family favorite !!!

  17. I love the crispy chicken strips and their corn on the cob. I could eat lunch every day at KFC.

  18. I have to say Col Sanders original finger lickin chicken still wins hands down Ive tried the spicy version back home but it still doesn’t compare!

  46. Always the original recipe buckets.

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  64. I love their green beans, mashed potatoes and grilled chicken. My household loves their $20 meal deal.

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  67. Cole slaw has always been my favorite. The traditional fried chicken is always good. The KFC closest to us was recently closed, we now have to drive roughly an hour to the next closest store.

  72. My favorite is the original chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy, and biscuits.

  77. It has been a long time since I have eaten at a KFC. That chicken pot pie has my mouth watering ;).

  79. My favorite menu item is the mashed potatoes with gravy and a biscuit!
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  92. I love the original chicken! So much I was craving it when I was pregnant. 🙂

  104. I love their mashed potatoes and gravy and the cole slaw isn’t too bad either

  110. I love their grilled chicken. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  127. I am a huge fan of the grilled chicken, my son loves the mac and cheese and my husband usually gets the original recipe dark!

  146. Boring I know, but give me a crispy breast every time and I am a happy camper (oh and of course I have to have a bisquit with it)

  186. I love the original recipe of chicken with mashed potato’s and gravy, Love the KFC’s cole slaw.

  189. I like the Grilled Chicken. Tastes good with my homemade hot sauce and my homemade BBQ sauce

  192. Gotta go with the original chicken!!! It doesn’t get any better than that!

  197. I love the original chicken and biscuits- my favorite since childhood! I’d love to win this, our family could use a nice meal out!

  198. I LOVE EVERYTHING AT KFC, BUT IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, IT WOULD BE THE ORIGINAL FRIED CHICKEN, ALONG WITH THE BISCUITS.

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  203. I always like extra crispy breast buckets. I usually buy family meals with mashed potatos and coleslaw! This is my favorite meal!

  213. I love eating KFC’S original chicken and their biscuits. Their pot pie looks like it would be worth a try too.

  214. It doesn’t get better than original recipe chicken! The juicy flavor filled chicken hasn’t changed much over the years and is excellent when I’m missing those home cook meals from “back home”! Sure glad there’s a KFC near me to fullfill those cravings!

  215. My wife and I both love their KFC Bites–perfect bites of white meat chicken, breaded in those 11 herbs and spices. It beats McDonalds, Wendy’s, and Burger King.

  217. Also If i invite my niece She loves the extra crispy chicken
    so I would try that as well
    …along w/ the yummy Cole slaw

  221. my favorite is the original fried chicken and I follow you and KFC as johnsnook1

  232. My all time favorite menu item at KFC are there kids meals.Yes I’m 25 years old but that was where my mom would take me when I got good grades and I was always allowed to pick whatever I wanted.

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  259. I love the extra crispy breast meal.
    I follow you & KFC on Twitter.
    Glad you enjoy your time in Kentucky! 🙂

  264. I love KFC Popcorn Chicken but it is not always available at every store. Weird.

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  274. Mandatory Entry:
    i always get their snakers, they are delish!
    Thanks for the chance!
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  275. I follow you on twitter @anashct3
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  276. I follow them on twitter @anashct3
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  286. I am now following MommaDJane on Twitter….I could really use a new follower myself at @sottovocerocks. 🙂 Thank you.

  307. We like going and eating their buffet, I really want to try one of their pot pies.

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  330. I tweeted, couldn’t see the timestamp, Twitter was acting up:

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  355. I love their crispy fried chicken and their cole slaw is really good too. Their new chicken pot pies look really good, also. Thanks for having the contest!

  366. Thanks for the giveaway…love the Crispy Strips !
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