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- Hey, I'm Sarah Beth,

and I am a former Chick-fil-A employee.

- I'm Brian and I used to work at McDonald's.

- Hi, my name is Diana Flores

and I'm a former worker for Wendy's.

- My name is Kristal and I'm a former Burger King employee.

- I'm Marissa, and I'm a former employee of KFC.

- Hi, my name is Josh and I used to work at Popeyes.

- So the perfect chicken nugget to me.

- It's gotta have that crunchiness to it.

- A little bit greasy.

I wanna know that it's not like super healthy.

I wanna be able to see it kinda glisten

in the light a little bit.

- I don't really like spice to my chicken,

but definitely not too salty.

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- The reason why I love Chick-fil-A's chicken nuggets,

it's real chicken that they cook right then for you.

And I think that's what makes it so good.

- Right off the bat I can smell the flavors

zooming through my nasal cavity.

- A little on the smaller side,

but I mean, that's not the size of the boat

it's motion of the ocean, so that's okay.

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- Woo.

- It tastes like it's fresh.

Like if the chicken was just brought

to the restaurant today.

- My favorite thing about Chick-fil-A nugget

is the breading to chicken ratio is so perfect.

There's those little crunchy bits in there,

which are the best.

- Ooh, bomb.

So much flavor right off the bat.

The breading is amazing.

I think the seasoning is definitely in the breading

and they didn't sprinkle nothin' on it.

That's how you know.

And I could probably eat about at least 36 more of these.

- This just feels like an actual,

like a natural chicken nugget.

- Look how much chicken is in this nugget.

- I had to rank that on a scale of one to 10.

- I'd give it a 10 'cause I've never

had chicken nugget like this.

- Probably get around like an eight.

- I wanna say an eight.

- I give it like a seven, solid,

but if there's another place next door

I'll probably go there instead.

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I grew up with McDonald's chicken nuggets,

I have a personal connection with them.

I like that they're shaped like a weird State.

- Ew, what's this?

This doesn't look very fun to me.

- It's kind of big, but it looks stale

just by looking at it.

- It looks a little bit dry to me.

It could be crispy, so maybe it will be a positive thing

but I'm a little skeptical.

- I already know what this is.

- And I already know they're gonna be good

just because these are bomb,

so I'm just gonna bite it.

Mm,

my childhood.

- One thing this has going for it

is the nostalgic factor for sure.

(eating)

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- I don't like this chicken.

Tastes like fake chicken.

- I would say that Burger King nuggets look kinda the same

but the taste is definitely better

'cause these are not that good.

Yeah, I don't like these.

(laughing)

- Like frozen still almost.

You could taste it, it was in cardboard

or something or stored.

- It's like bendy I guess, without breaking.

- This is my go-to when it's late.

This is my go-to when I'm driving.

This is my go-to when I'm in another country

and it's three AM and I can't sleep.

They're always there for me.

- I rank this a five.

- I'll give it a seven and a half,

not the best, but I don't hate it either.

- It's gonna be a little low, probably a four.

- Seven, I would definitely keep eating these.

- I really don't want to do 'em dirty,

but maybe a six.

They're better with sauce.

Just sayin'.

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- KFC is the best because it's not

just a regular chicken nugget,

it's got that popcorn chicken nugget element to it.

So it's like a little bit more unique.

It's what sets KFC apart.

And it's just the superior piece of chicken.

- All right, that looks like a popcorn to me.

- That is the chicken of the popcorn variety.

- The smell is not exuding from them

like the way the first round of chicken nuggets was.

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- Ooh, that tastes good.

This is more crunchy.

- These chicken nuggets are really small.

It doesn't even look like there's chicken in here.

- And they have like a nice breading around it.

- There's like an aftertaste.

Probably some sort of weird chemical.

- It has definitely a unique spice

that kinda hits you right at the end.

- It's a little salty, and I don't really taste any chicken.

It just tastes like breading.

- Some of them have more like a breading forward taste.

And this is definitely more based around the chicken.

- I mean, it's good if this is what you go for

but I don't really like it.

- I think for me, it's really the crunchiness.

'Cause I love crunchiness on fried chicken.

- But I don't know if I consider this chicken nugget

but I do enjoy it.

- And if I had to rank them on a scale,

these would probably get a four.

- A seven.

- I would rank this a four.

I feel like this is something that you would buy frozen,

and then you would just cook it at home.

- I'll give this one a seven

'cause it's still delicious, who are we kidding?

- If I were to rank this as a chicken item,

I'd give it an eight,

but if I'm ranking it as a chicken nugget,

I dunno if I can because I don't consider this

a chicken nugget.

So I'll give these a four.

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- I think Popeyes has the best chicken nuggets

or chicken strips just because they have the most flavor,

and the most crunch, and if you've ever been to a Popeyes

they're always hot, and always fresh.

- Ooh, wow.

This looks like shrimp.

Is the shrimp?

- Am I uncultured?

I don't know what this is.

- I love this place, I like the texture.

How it looks like, it looks good.

- The size of it is kind of not appealing.

It's scary looking.

It looks like a finger.

- Right off the bat it doesn't look specifically appetizing.

(eating)

Mm.

- So the good news is it is chicken, it's not shrimp.

I confirm that.

- This chicken tastes good.

Home cooked soul food like.

I like it, I like the seasoning.

- Man, these restaurants are slaying the spices.

Definitely more of like a Southern

fried chicken kinda taste.

Something that you might have with a biscuit maybe.

- This is good.

This could be a whole meal.