KFC vs. Popeyes - Our Own Blind Taste Test

8-31-2010 @4:56PM Stephy said... I agree. Why on earth did you use Popeye's mild chicken? There's a reason you see commercials advertising their signature cajun chicken, not their mild chicken. It's like saying McDonald's should be graded based on the kid's meal cheeseburger instead of the Big Mac.

I think you need to do what you did with the vanilla ice cream test and actually use Popeye's signature chicken rather than its whimpy little brother. This was an unfair test from the start and probably not at all accurate as Popeye's claim was very likely based on their pride and joy, not the watered down version.

9-01-2010 @5:46PM John said... They should compare them all with Bojangles original southern recipe. That's the real southern taste of fried chicken.

9-01-2010 @2:51PM David said... KFC's number 1 ingrdient is MSG. I stopped eating there years ago when I found out.

Just go to their website and read the ingredients, its discusting. MonoSodium-Glutamate in everything. I wouldn't want a napkin or straw out of that place.

9-01-2010 @3:00PM NYCer said... Ditto on comments above: Using the mild Popeye's for this test is just... bizarre. You do know that the spicy is what everyone goes for?

9-01-2010 @3:05PM Al Schrader said... I was there in 1964 at Sanders first successful restuarant on 7th avenue & Gratiney Road in Miami (The Colonel was buried by the Gratiney Mortuary same as my dad) . Yes, there were others out west, but they were not big hits with a line that wrapped around the block at lunch time.
Sanders sold an ambrosia gravy that is out of this world. It has tiny bits of chicken & coating in it.
Only a few people know the recipe..The YUM company doesn't have it, but I do. So do his daughters.

I have had fourty years to work on fried chicken recipes and the ones I have now are, well, you wouldn't believe it. If somebody shows up with a sack of money, I'll talk licensing....Alfred Schrader

9-01-2010 @3:35PM Film noir guy said... I hadn't eaten at KFC for about 12 years, but stopped there on a trip recently and ordered the Original recipe. I had forgotten how awful that stuff is! So guess I won't be going to Popeye's anytime soon either!

9-01-2010 @3:39PM Wissem said... This study is doomed from the beginning. In a research or experiments you must have what is controls that won't effect your result or help not influence the results. The plates should have all been white. KFC colors and logo are red, so subconsciously, since KFC is more known and bigger in the field, customers will pick the red plate, therefore KFC. Also as stated... popey's are known for their cajun spicy chicken, not their MILD chicken

9-01-2010 @3:42PM Mike said... I don't think Enya is bland at all (as you seem to imply). "Sail Away" is still one of the prettiest things you'll ever hear on the radio. Then again, I'm not crazy about spicy hot fried chicken you can't really taste because all you notice is the heat, either. But hey, to each his or her own.

9-01-2010 @5:34PM Ron said... I love Popeye's but Churches chicken are the best. I love Popeye's better the KFC with everything. Theres KFC right in front of my house but I rather drive 4 miles just to get Popeye's. You guys taste Buds are stupid and definitely don't know anything about flavoring. I mean, just look at the pictures. KCF is all saggy and nasty looking compare to Popeye's (Deliciously Awesome).
This is ridiculous, KFC is better than Popeye's.
My ass is better than KFC.

9-01-2010 @4:06PM patty said... actually i would like to know why they compared the crunchy crispy popeyes to the soggy original recipe kfc..which by the way is so damn greasy it makes me gag...then they were surprised at the difference in texture.. if they wanted to do a fair comparison, they should have put it against kfc's extra crispy instead.. as for the spices.. they should have used the spicier popeyes for the comparison.. idiots

9-01-2010 @4:28PM Tammy said... Personally, It wasn't a fair taste test. I worked for KFC for 11 years. I love Kfc chicken, but your compairing Original pressured cooke chicken which is a soft crust to a crispy Popeyes chicken. They should have tested the Colonials Crispy chicken against Popeyes crispy. It would have been more fairer.

9-01-2010 @4:44PM Kevin said... I disagree, the point was to test the two companies most normal and mild brands, kfc original is the original type of chicken that was produced, while popeyes my advertise their cajun on television, the original piece of chicken that was produced was their mild. Thus the test was completely fair in terms of original to original tastes. To say popeyes should use a spicier chicken would mean you would need to change the kfc chicken we are testing as well. Dont get mad cause on a scale of mildness kfc still wins. I do know people that go to popeyes for their mild chicken as well, people who cant tolerate spicy foods but still love chicken will buy mild.

9-01-2010 @5:00PM mickey said... fried chicken is suppose to be eaten with your hands not knife and fork. It makes it taste better and is finger lickin good

9-02-2010 @12:11AM Bill Atkinson said... KFC wins with their original recipe hands down, but this recipe has been in commercial use for 55 years, so it must pretty good . The taste has changed over the years though, where some of it taste a little bit more greasy than the chicken years back. The comparison to Popeye's deep fried chicken is a mismatch. Should have matched their deep fried chicken together...KFC deep fried vs Popeye's Spicy chicken, which has been the mainstay of their organization from the beginning. The mild Popeye's was to conform to people that didn't want all those extra spices, just chicken. Whant spice? Popeyes Spicy Chicken.
Also KFC chicken has tended to be small in size than Popeyes and on average more expensive

9-01-2010 @5:55PM Kenny said... You know, back in the days, when I used to do a lot of traveling for
the company that I worked for, when I went to the South, I always ate
at Popeye's and I thought their spicy chicken was the best thing made
since sliced bread. Popeye's finally put two restuarants here in
Evansville, IN and I was one of the first to try their spicy cajun
style chicken. I was sadly disappointed that this chicken was no way
what I remembered from the ones in the South. No spice, overcooked and
no flavor! I tried it again a few weeks later and it was the same way.
I didn't go back. The restuarants were here only a little over a year
when they finally closed their doors. I would much rather have KFC's
spicy instead.

9-01-2010 @6:01PM barbara said... It seems to be an unfair taste test if you use popeyes mild - it has no seasoning! Sounds like the deck was stacked against popeyes from the start. I rather the spicy popeyes!

9-01-2010 @6:05PM suzanne riahi said... I would never eat either's chicken. I have seen the videos of the abuse toward these animals and I am sure they are mostly sick. Yuck...

9-01-2010 @8:28PM Sandra said... Twice KFC made my stomache hurt, not to mention the time I bit into a chicken breast and the skin slid off and it was nothing but yellow chicken fat underneath.........gross as hell.

9-01-2010 @7:04PM Ben said... NOBODY REALLY wants pain when thet eat ! If you want pain, stick a needle in your eye every time you take a bite ! Ha

I ate in a little, (Genuine) Mexican Restaurant just outside of SanAntonio, Texas. It was delicious!
It took me two weeks to recover ! You candrink all the water you can swallow; it doesn't help ! LOL!!!