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because what? 🤣

This promotion is WACKY.

I'll quickly say that this might be my last post because Reddit keeps locking me out of the website due to my country's age verification laws. I'm in my thirties - yes, this is embarrassing loser behavior - and I don't think I should have to upload sensitive government documents to a third-party service to use the Internet the way I've been doing for decades; even if the website conveniently drops the block after a few days of not using it, the lockouts are getting longer and I'm sick of dealing with it.

But you're not here for that. You're here to hear me shitpost about Australian KFC promotions. And this one is a goddamn doozy.

So - this promo actually leaked a bit early. There's a lot of unique signage that had to go up, and there are a lot of interesting implementations of the gimmick across more avenues of the KFC menu than your average promotion.

So you have a pickle burger and some loaded pickle fries, right. That's what you'd get from your average promotion: a fun new spin on a classic menu item, and a gimmicky limited-time item to get people in the door. That's whatever. But you also get these fried pickles, called "Frickles" - and you also get a delicious dill ranch sauce to dip all your shit in. It's the wild fuckin west out here.

But then you get to the pickle Pepsi.

Yes. They want you to add pickles to your Pepsi.

So here's the thing: I like pickles. I've enjoyed pickles from a young age. I can sit down at a table with a jar of plain Nature's Own dill pickles, and I can eat that entire jar in a single sitting. I am a great enjoyer of pickles.

But I'm VERY PARTICULAR about how I like my pickles. Like I said earlier, I'm in my thirties writing lengthy, esoteric fast food reviews on Reddit - it wouldn't surprise me if I was somewhere on the autism spectrum.

And another reason why that might be the case is that a part of what makes me so particular about pickles is the sweet/savory dichotomy I live my life by - I don't like to cross the streams, as it were. Sweets should be sweet, savory should be savory. I'll eat pineapple pizza and honey chicken because it's not the end of the world, but I won't particularly like them - dinner should be savory, sweet should be reserved for snacks and dessert, and never the twain shall meet.

To this end, I don't particularly like fast food pickles or like pre-sliced sandwich pickles! They're too goddamn sweet! The latter moreso, but I just don't fuck with a pre-sliced pickle as it exists in so many forms because it doesn't exemplify what I enjoy about pickles.

And here's KFC, bringing out an ENTIRE RANGE of fast-food pickle items. Introducing PICKLE PEPSI for a gimmick.

All of that is to set the scene here. This promotion had a MAJOR uphill battle to win me over.

I got the pickle meal with the entire range of items. It ended up running me about $21.50, which was a bit steep; if a KFC meal can't hit the spot as much as a Zinger Stacker box, that's an issue with value imo, and this meal didn't really hit the spot.

I think a big reason for that is that ONCE AGAIN, KFC are hocking big fuck-off tubs of sauce! This is the third sauce-centric promo in a row, and I'm honestly getting really sick of it. Genuinely, the sauce angle has to go - it's always too much, and it's never good enough to justify getting an entire tub.

...I liked the dill ranch sauce! It's the best sauce they've put out yet, and it's one of my favorite items of the bunch! It's just that for as much as I enjoyed tasting it, it had the exact same drawback as every other sauce-centric promotion which is that I end up wasting half the fuckin thing because there's not enough chips or chicken to mop the whole thing up. Genuinely enjoyable sauce; it's just held back by the flaws of its format.

The item I liked the least was the loaded chips. It's messy, the dried pickle chips are at their most intrusive, and it has this dill seasoning that's just too weirdly sweet. The dried pickle chips are also just a bit too how-do-you-do for my taste; it was interesting giving them a go, but they have styrofoam texture and they're just that smidge too sweet for my palate.

The burger was okay, but it just wasn't filling. Again, it probably shows, but I'm a big fan of the Zinger Stacker - if I'm paying Stacker prices for a regular burger meal, it had better blow me away. The Pickle burger just didn't blow me away.

That being said? The Frickles weren't bad. Bit bland and the batter was falling off, but I appreciated that I got to sit with the flavor and really mull over what WAS there instead of just being tongue-fucked by over-seasoned sandwich pickle slices.

And that leaves the pickle Pepsi.

The way this works is that they give you a small shot-cup of pickle brine with two pickle slices floating in it. The cup has three lines on the outside, where you pour the Pepsi in to a level that you think will suit your taste, and then you drink the concoction.

I've yapped and yapped about sweet and savory, and how the dried pickle chips are just underwhelming, and how pre-sliced sandwich pickle chips are just cloyingly sweet in a way that flies in the face of what I enjoy about pickles. So here we are, with two fresh pickle slices floating in a small pool of brine.

I tasted the brine itself before I poured the Pepsi in. I like pickle brine - it's a good source of electrolytes, and it tastes awesome. A good, savory pickle brine tastes like the way that petrol/gasoline smells if you have that sort of "forbidden juice" mindset when it comes to how petrol smells - I'm very much pro-brine here.

But again. A lot of sliced pickle brine is just as sweet as the pickles it's preserving.

So I took the cup, and I have it a cursory sip.

...

The worst thing I can say about the KFC pickle brine is that it's a little bit bland compared to if you just slam a jar of Nature's Own pickles once you've finished the actual gherkins. It might be a bit watered down to stretch it out.

But I can tell you now that it's GOOD PICKLE BRINE. It's savory as FUCK. It's just salt, dill and cucumber - EXACTLY what a good pickle should taste like.

And look, I'm not just gonna chug this thimbul full of brine and eat the pickle garnish and call it a day. I got the pickle Pepsi, so I'm trying the fuckin pickle Pepsi.

And you know, it wasn't a bad experience. Pepsi Max has a more savory flavor to coke in the first place, and it was an interesting, robust combination. I'm not gonna start buying pickles in bulk and cutting the brine with Pepsi, but the pickle Pepsi was surprisingly solid.

So look - I have my problems with this promotion. The burger isn't properly realized, the loaded fries are whatever, the frickles are a bit bland. The sauce gimmick is getting REALLY old, KFC Australia - knock it off.

But for what it's worth? The sauce itself was pretty enjoyable. I still couldn't finish it all, but I liked what I had of it. And coming from someone who's clearly extremely passionate and picky about not only food as a whole, but SPECIFICALLY pickles? There were SO MANY CHANCES for them to fuck this promotion up.

But honest to god, I think they really threaded the needle on how the pickle stuff actually tastes. They kept the pickles savory. The tang of the gherkins is what offers the contrast opposite the salty chicken, rather than overbearing cloying sweetness like most sandwich pickles. And the pickles weren't like limp extra-small condoms jiggling around in your burger, like what happens so often at McDonalds.

To me, the most undersung element of this whole promo is the pickle Pepsi. Honest to fucking God, if you're out there sitting on the fence, I highly recommend you give the pickle Pepsi a go. It was the most unorthodox item on the menu, but it was the one thing that follows through on this Picklecore Menu gimmick the most and it's the most straitforward and Good that the pickles are in this whole promo.

My recommendation is this. Try the burger - you might like it. Get the sauce if you're gonna be getting enough chips to polish it all off, and to that point, dodge the loaded chips. You can probably miss the Frickles, though they aren't bad. But if you're on the fence about the pickle Pepsi? Try the fuckin pickle Pepsi. It's easily the most novel item on this whole menu, and I genuinely enjoyed it not only for that reason, but because it was a fun, nuanced flavor experience with the best possible flavor profile to the brine they want you to drink.

For all my griping, it's a 7/10. It's a big swing with a LOT of room to fail, but they did the concept a surprising amount of justice. I wasn't blown away, but I was pleasantly surprised. They somehow made this shit work as good as they realistically could have.

I received a batch of biscuits but they were more like croissant hybrids it is one of the best things I ever ate. Is this like a new thing or an item you can choose or did I get a fresh or mistake batch?

And the second without him. He passed in 2024 from an infection following surgery for cancer.

One of his pastimes was sending me copycat KFC recipes throughout the years before his retirement... So we decided to follow through with one of the recipes and it came out amazingly!

We also made gravy and since we were having fries, we decided to try our hand at bastard poutine with halloumi (no cheese curds ready to buy where I live). Coleslaw is technically a vegetable, right?

Dad tax. He was a keen fisherman.

Went to KFC today and asked what the sandwich of the day was and they said they stopped that promotion a while ago, but I can’t find anything online about it

Who in the Kentucky Fried Fuck nutted in the KFC Restroom‽

I had a dine-in order at KFC on 7 September 2026 at 20:51, and noticed an unusual/strong smell from the chicken. On examining the piece, I found a very dark/blackened portion inside the chicken, as shown in the attached photos.

I stopped eating it because I was concerned that the food may not be safe for consumption. I request @KFC_India to investigate this incident and the concerned outlet and provide a proper explanation and resolution. I also request @fssaiindia to take note of this food-safety concern.

‼️ PLEASE EXPLAIN IF THIS IS SAFE TO EAT, IM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE EATING THESE‼️

Literally just like when you get ‘scraps’ from an English chippy, you know? The scraps of fried batter they sprinkle on top of your order if you ask them to. KFC chicken quality has gone to shite but the batter is still a knockout so I don’t see why you can’t get a small popcorn chicken size portion of batter scraps for like £1. I’m sure some smart ass will tell me in explicit detail why they can’t but if a corner shop chippy in a town with a population of 2000 like where I live can do it and win local awards for their ‘scraps box’ I’m sure a multi-national like KFC could manage it, they just won’t because they can’t rinse wallets for it.

I see the ads for steak meal.

I gather this is yet another KFC’s attempt to attract more customers that eat beef.

Is the steak fried in the same fryer as chicken ?

I have officially stopped buying KFC… unless it’s Tuesday and there’s an ACTUAL decent deal on.
And by “decent deal,” I mean a proper feast — not three pieces of popcorn chicken the size of peanuts pretending to be a meal. 😂
The struggle is real, though.
Every time I drive past a KFC, that familiar craving kicks in. The smell, the sign, the memories… for a brief moment, I become weak.
Then I remind myself:
“Kit. You are not stupid. Have some self-respect.”
And I drive on. 🚗💨
Because I refuse to encourage these people charging increasingly ridiculous prices for what is, ultimately, chicken in a bucket.
KFC, I am willing to negotiate.
Give me a genuinely decent Tuesday deal, and we can do business.
Otherwise… I shall walk past your establishment with my head held high. 😂

So I’ve known for a while that my great grandmother on my father side worked for colonel sanders at the original KFC. You can see her in the museum part of the original kfc in the employee photo. But about a few weeks ago that apparently there is a high chance that my grandmother could have hand a child with him. We have no way to confirm especially because that was 4 generations ago so there is a high chance he has passed by now.

In all my years of eating spicy fast food, none if it ever felt THAT spicy...until today, BECAUSE HOLY HELL THIS STUFF ACTUALLY HURTS!

When I asked if that’s how much I get the worker said “they don’t fill it up like that anymore.” Did she scam me or is this actually what you get with the popcorn chicken bucket? $10 for this? It doesn’t seem like 50+ pieces to me.

Made it into a combo which was an extra $1. Pretty good, 7/10 chicken fried steak, gravy could’ve been better though. In the 20-30 minutes every single person ordered at least one country fried steak, at least 10-15 people. Probably will go back if I’m in the area on a Wednesday but wouldn’t seek it out.

I submitted 3 job applications on the kfc website and all 3 of them wanted to schedule an interview immediately. Is it wrong to be suspicious or am i just lucky?

I just got fired after my first week from KFC. I used to work at KFC as a shift lead, but I quit because I was commuting too far and ended up making way more money being self employed (door dash) but recently my door dash account was under investigation so I didn’t have access. I lost my apartment due to this, so now I’m back to living in my car. I decided I’d give KFC another try and they hired me on the spot, no surprise considering my experience. The first week was turbulent, having been a shift lead before, I knew a thing or two about how the store was supposed to be ran, causing the gm and I to butt heads, whatever I’m used to bad management. The straw that broke the camels back was an incident involving a customer reporting me for not washing my hands after using the bathroom. Look I get it, but all I did was pee and I don’t touch anything when I pee. I explained to my manager that I had only “gone number 1”. I was trying not to be crass, but he called me a child and asked if there was something wrong with me. He told me to go home, and I had a “letter of dismissal” the same day. I’m not really shocked, that store will probably close down within the year, shitty managers do that. I am however, wondering if I have any legal footing for wrongful termination here. Mostly a vent post, but I’m going to explore my legal options.

Last time I was in KFC in UK, there wasn't normal pepsi.Have they stopped normal pepsi?

Been a while since I’ve been to KFC, asked for for tomato ketchup, lady at the window told me the stopped/discontinued it?

Huh? Is this a thing?