I noticed some of you are saying Kwik Star's chicken is pretty good. I gotta admit (caveat - only had their chicken from 2 stores) - it ain't even close to PR's chicken. Maybe it's a store specific thing...dunno.
I believe it is made fresh. The times I've gotten it, it was reasonably priced for an 8 pack. I simply did not think the flavor was as good as PR (pretty plain for seasoning) nor were the chicken pieces as high in quality...and it certainly doesn't have the nice broasted style breading that PR's does.
It was..."OK" I'll call it. Edible for certain, if PR isn't an option it will do the job. But, imho...not really in the same ballpark as PR.
I've been eating Pizza Ranch chicken since stores first came to CR (maybe 20 years now?), and I've eaten it in several other stores across Iowa and Wisconsin - and I've never, not once, had a bad piece of chicken from them. My only complaint with them is ordering boxes for carry out - it ain't cheap - but as for the quality and flavor, cannot be beat.
And that's the thing with PR chicken. I've eaten it from Madison WI area down to the DM metro - it isn't a "store specific" quality think like say Casey's Pizza can be. It's been great wherever I've gone. And I've eaten KFC, I've eaten Popeye's, I've eaten Raising Canes...I've eaten them all recently and a few not listed (say the past couple years) - none of them hold a candle to PR chicken.
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