Ranking Fast Food Chicken Wings From Worst To Best
NEWS
By HUNTER REIS
Papa Johns
Papa Johns' unsauced roasted wings have an almost pleasant oven-roasted taste that would actually be enjoyable if they didn't also feel unpleasantly rewarmed.
The wings are chewy and contain too many fibers and tough-to-chew pieces. The slightly-charred taste and the complimentary dipping cup don't make up for
the chicken's poor quality.
Dominos
The fine, thick breading on Dominos chicken wings give the appearance that you'll bite into a satisfying, crispy outer layer, but it never happens. They also lack flavor.
The wings are soft and chewy inside and out, with fatty bits inescapable in every wing. Some of the wings can be very tiny, consisting mostly of bones and other inedible bits.
Pizza Hut
Costing $14.50 for a meager-six piece, Pizza Hut's chicken wings are the most expensive fast food bundled chicken wings on the market, but they don't feel worth it.
The wings taste good and are large and meaty, but contain way more gristle. They also lack that satisfying crunch in the initial bite, and they are chewy and incredibly greasy.
KFC
Consisting of too much breading and held together by a thick coating of dark brown fried batter, KFC's chicken wings take some pretty good chicken and fumble it in the fryer.
In some cases, the excessive and oily fried breading is not thoroughly fried. The wings taste peppery throughout every bite, though KFC's classic seasonings kick it up a notch.
El Pollo Loco
El Pollo Loco's wings are exactly what wings should look like: whole, with the tip included, and golden-brown with bits of charred skin. Yet, they lack in flavor.
The rotisserie-style seasonings barely come through in these two-bite wings. They have a nice aftertaste of pepper, which somewhat redeems an otherwise underwhelming piece of meat.
