I love learning the KFC trivia and history! Actually back in the early 90s when I was going to college, the KFC all you can eat buffet was available in our restaurant. I went there with my mom several times and you could basically pay one price and there was no time limit you could just sit there and eat chicken all day if you wanted LOL I wish they still had the apple pie and the strawberry shortcake which they got rid of, and I remember one time being able to try some of their other sides that we don't have on the west coast like greens and baked beans, really depends on what area of the country you are as to what you're going to get and in Canada the coleslaw was completely different and they even had poutine as a side! Love it!
Best chicken sandwich is white meat on a KFC Biscuit with butter and Mashed Potato topping. KFC will never have it though, because they are selling all that as side items.
@@mysticalpineapple7263 I cannot walk into YOUR Canadian KFC's to order food without knowing how to speak French! - Da hell's wrong witchu people up there? Imma gonna slappa da snot outta yo face wit da wet spahetti. Mama Mia!!!
The Colonel's trademark black bow always looks like a little stickman body to me, especially because all the marketing materials usually isolate the head and the bow and omit the rest of the body so it looks like a comically oversized realistic head on a dinky stickman body.
Perfect timing. I experienced the second coming of the Double Down while it's still here a few days ago. Amazingly delicious, scandalously unhealthy, and knocked me out like a light in terms of sleep
I worked for the company that made the ashtrays for the Pioneer Chicken restaurants. Imagine that. Today it's hard to even imagine. They were model 420C, in case any one wants to know.
@@giraffesinc.2193 _It would be so cool if you still had some of them!_ It would. They really frowned on any of us taking any "souvenir" ashtrays. I did snag a drinking glass from Alfred Hitchcock, (it had a chip on the lip, so I couldn't have packed it anyway); and I have a Pantera (car) club ashtray. Naturally, as a teen, I really liked anything "cars." And, who in the '70s would have thought _ashtrays_ would ever become rare? EVERY BODY smoked (well, almost) back then.
The colonel had something to do with pressure cookers to help speed up cooking. I can’t remember what it was. I remember hearing about how customers would get tired of waiting and would leave before the food was finished cooking.
How could he get 11. I know he cut the breast into 3 pieces instead of 2 but that means 3 breast, 2 legs, 2 thighs, 2 wings. Thats 9. If dont see where it would be 7 really. The chicken is symmetrical. So if you dont have the center breast thing that they did at KFC its still 8. I dont even think they do the center breast anymore anyway.
@@occheermommyAre you trying to figure it out after admitting you couldn’t figure it out? 🙃 Derr there’s a reason he opened KFC’s and you are left to leave dumb comments on RUclips.
I would say finger licking good! 😋Very interesting video, learned something new today about the franchise. I love the cat joke when he mentioned salads at the all you can eat KFC buffet! 😂
I live in Japan. It's very real. Almost every single person in Japan equates Christmas with KFC. If you can't afford to wait in line at Xmas, the grocery stores are chock full of chicken, fried or otherwise, for Xmas.
@@alukuhito Very interesting! Thank you for sharing that. I really want to go to Japan, it sounds like such a unique place to be. I heard they still have Zima there too (that was from another Weird History video).
@@btetschner No problem. I like Zima and I've had it a few times in Japan, but haven't seen it lately. Probably the last time I drank it was about a year ago.
I live in Kentucky, and prior to COVID-19 most locations had an all-you-can-eat buffet. I'm not sure if this is unique to just Ky and Japan, but I figured most places did this.
@@DarkLightOX i never really checked out KFCs when going out of state, because why would I, but yeah I just assumed it was common. Glad at least some other places got to experience that. Now if only they'd open back up...
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Learning that the KFC logo and Wendy's logo were designed by the same person is one of those things that you'd never expect, but makes perfect sense in hindsight.
After this aired KFC brought back the "Double Down"!🤔 Wait wait wait a minute I just flew all the way to Kentucky for some of your fried chicken and your telling me the colonel isn't even working today... He ain't here, he dead. What? I say he dead. Is Mr. Sanders in?! What wrong with you, I say you he dead. THE COLONEL! 😁
A few years ago, one of Harlan's suits popped up on Pawn Stars. My dad used Harlan's story as an example of why you never keep the original owner on your board of directors. Harlan was a beast, not the good kind.
Harlan would make surprise inspections of various KFCs. If it didn't meet his exact standards, he would throw the food against the wall and berate the staff.
Did you know that DC comics and KFC actually did a comic where Col. Sanders fights his arch nemesis which is essentially an evil knockoff version of himself. Then in the sequel the nemesis steals all knowledge of the secret recipe for KFC's chicken from all versions of Col. Sanders throughout the multi-verse except for seven of them which each remembers one of the ingredients. So the version of Col. Sanders from the gender swap dimension where the Col. is a female gets the female version of the flash to power a dimension hopping machine and gather all the versions of Col. Sanders that remember the pieces of the recipe together to fight the evil nemesis guy. No joke they seriously made this.
Can’t remember if it was the late 90’s or early 2000’s , but somewhere around that time there were 2 all you can eat (buffet) style KFC’s in Western Australia. One in Maylands and the other in Morley. I also remember every Pizza Hut in the area was also all you can eat . Don’t see that anymore….
@@lerneanlionwell that fact doesn't really matter. But the most important thing is the reputation of Mcdonald's cafes as a rock-bottom chain for "white/black/yellow trash".
You guys should do a video about Lee Cummings, the founder of Lee's Famous Recipe chicken. He was Colonel Sanders' nephew and had worked for the Colonel before starting his own restaurant chain.
I used to love KFC but now I find that there is no uniformity of taste between stores here in Toronto. Some outlets seem to not change their oil fast enough or maybe cook at wrong temperature or something and the chicken ends up really greasy. Others still make yummy chicken. I also miss the Grecian Bread they used to have back in the day.
Hartey’s BBQ fast-food from the 1970s………(I can still sing their jingle for their TV advertisements on Australian TV)!😎😎😎 (I believe it originated in the USA.)
They've got one near Tokyo too. I thought it closed down, but just checked, and it's still open. About 2000 yen ($20 USD) for buffet lunch, including desserts, curry, bread, and the regular KFC stuff.
When I was a kid, I always thought that little necktie under the Colonel's face was his body. Like, I thought the logo was just a little dude with a tiny stick figure body and a massively oversized head.
I know it might seem weird but I want to try the regional differences of fast food spots even though there's food native in other countries. How could you say no to a buffet style restaurant that includes beer as well. pizza hut here in the US had all you can eat lunches and served beer at one time.
I had a double down sandwich and I genuinely thought I was having a heart attack. I was seconds from calling 911 until my chest and arm went back to normal. Unless it was a panic attack I was having 😂😂😂😂
Yeah I was born in 71 and sometimes when mom didn’t want to cook she would pick up a bucket on the way home. Up until she died it was one of the few meats I could get her to eat. Protein became a problem to get her to eat. She had Alzheimer’s. The last couple months we couldn’t do KFC anymore because I gave her a piece one day and she ate half of a wing bones and all before I realized it. We didn’t do anything with bones after that. Sorry for the tangent but it made me think of it.
I miss the all you can eat buffet that was at KFC here and other places. Here it was years ago but in a borough not so far away had a buffet before the pandemic but they closed it up and made the excuse the pandemic hurt them .. nope I say they were just finding an excuse to close up the buffet and get rid and shut down the taco bell that was right along with them Yes kfc did have buffets almost all across the u.s
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The cat on the salad threw me off. That was hilarious
I love learning the KFC trivia and history! Actually back in the early 90s when I was going to college, the KFC all you can eat buffet was available in our restaurant. I went there with my mom several times and you could basically pay one price and there was no time limit you could just sit there and eat chicken all day if you wanted LOL I wish they still had the apple pie and the strawberry shortcake which they got rid of, and I remember one time being able to try some of their other sides that we don't have on the west coast like greens and baked beans, really depends on what area of the country you are as to what you're going to get and in Canada the coleslaw was completely different and they even had poutine as a side! Love it!
Same I’ve been to a few all you can eat KFC in the 90s
I remember this also remember when Wendy's had a salad bar
“fast food for when you want to feel like you actually have a family to share it with” 😮🤔 😢
Thats the theme with japan kfc
Best chicken sandwich is white meat on a KFC Biscuit with butter and Mashed Potato topping. KFC will never have it though, because they are selling all that as side items.
Speak for yourself
That how KFC win Vietnam because they have food that can share to family ( share food was part of Vietnamese culture ).
Why would you want to subject your family to kfc? 🤮
You forgot the most important thing that made KFC possible - the combination fryer/pressure cooker that allows them to fry chicken fast.
Yes but dont try it in any pressure cooker. It has to be specifically made for pressure frying
I mean it isn't that far at work it takes around 14-16 for chicken to be done
Do the origins of Vegemite! 😄
Vegemite starts in the jar and ends up in my belly. done lol
Liked.
Yes, Vegemite is delicious i eat it layered thick on a piece of toasted bread slathered in butter,
Preferably wholemeal bread too - so good
@@glennt69lol yuck it’s gotta be white bread
@@mysticalpineapple7263 I cannot walk into YOUR Canadian KFC's to order food without knowing how to speak French! - Da hell's wrong witchu people up there? Imma gonna slappa da snot outta yo face wit da wet spahetti. Mama Mia!!!
The Colonel's trademark black bow always looks like a little stickman body to me, especially because all the marketing materials usually isolate the head and the bow and omit the rest of the body so it looks like a comically oversized realistic head on a dinky stickman body.
Never thought of it that way. Cant unsee it now.
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Perfect timing. I experienced the second coming of the Double Down while it's still here a few days ago. Amazingly delicious, scandalously unhealthy, and knocked me out like a light in terms of sleep
Yup, had it yesterday.
I swear KFC has a secret sponsorship going on lol. Double Down video the other day and now this. Hmmmmmm.
I see you KFC marketing team. I see you.
@@MirzaAhmed89 is it actually good? I’m tempted
@@overlygoated3791 it's pretty good, very filling, and will make you sweatier than a pig
No get Bojangles the best food in the game!! KFC isn't good anymore i want the BEST and Bojangles is it
In the Philippines we eat Kfc with rice drowned in the gravy.
That is what I do with any gravy we have left over.
Rice and gravy sounds delicious 😋
Sounds tasty.
Lucky you we don't even have the fking KFC in our country :(
@@matthewdrummond1340it is, I eat it all the time, it's super good
Another great episode! Not sure if you have ever covered Pioneer Chicken ... they were our absolute favorite growing up in SoCal in the '70s.
I worked for the company that made the ashtrays for the Pioneer Chicken restaurants.
Imagine that. Today it's hard to even imagine. They were model 420C, in case any one wants to know.
@@josephgaviota It would be so cool if you still had some of them!
@@giraffesinc.2193 _It would be so cool if you still had some of them!_
It would. They really frowned on any of us taking any "souvenir" ashtrays. I did snag a drinking glass from Alfred Hitchcock, (it had a chip on the lip, so I couldn't have packed it anyway); and I have a Pantera (car) club ashtray. Naturally, as a teen, I really liked anything "cars."
And, who in the '70s would have thought _ashtrays_ would ever become rare? EVERY BODY smoked (well, almost) back then.
I loved Pioneer. I wish they were still around. I think I saw one in LA somewhere one day but I cant remember where.
@@occheermommy I think there are two left in LA ... one on Soto?
Please do The History of Dairy Queen
The colonel had something to do with pressure cookers to help speed up cooking. I can’t remember what it was. I remember hearing about how customers would get tired of waiting and would leave before the food was finished cooking.
How could he get 11. I know he cut the breast into 3 pieces instead of 2 but that means 3 breast, 2 legs, 2 thighs, 2 wings. Thats 9. If dont see where it would be 7 really. The chicken is symmetrical. So if you dont have the center breast thing that they did at KFC its still 8. I dont even think they do the center breast anymore anyway.
@@occheermommy maybe the competitors kept the leg and thigh together?
@@occheermommyAre you trying to figure it out after admitting you couldn’t figure it out? 🙃
Derr there’s a reason he opened KFC’s and you are left to leave dumb comments on RUclips.
All you can eat KFC is greatest thing i ever heard. I'll be full before the 90 minute time limit.
We had on in Mt. Pleasant, TX.
Kingman, AZ too
Beaumont Ca
Kfc in south carolina still has a buffet
@@ghostlegitI was about to comment the KFC buffet I went to was in S.C.
Can you do Arby's because I'm not sure how they've been around for so long. Thanks
I would say finger licking good! 😋Very interesting video, learned something new today about the franchise. I love the cat joke when he mentioned salads at the all you can eat KFC buffet! 😂
"Is he even a real Colonel?" - getting into the meat and potatoes of the story right off the bat
The Japanese AYCE in 90 minutes model seems like it would be a hit in the states.
Especially with beer!🍺
They used to have KFC all you can eat in Australia, I went to it at least once. Went away many many years ago though.
In Japan it is standard to have KFC chicken for dinner and a cake from 7-11 for Christmas.......
To be fair, 7-11 in Japan is many times better than in the west
A+ video!
That Kentucky christmas thing is crazy too, never heard of that before.
I live in Japan. It's very real. Almost every single person in Japan equates Christmas with KFC. If you can't afford to wait in line at Xmas, the grocery stores are chock full of chicken, fried or otherwise, for Xmas.
@@alukuhito Very interesting! Thank you for sharing that.
I really want to go to Japan, it sounds like such a unique place to be. I heard they still have Zima there too (that was from another Weird History video).
@@btetschner No problem. I like Zima and I've had it a few times in Japan, but haven't seen it lately. Probably the last time I drank it was about a year ago.
@@alukuhito Have you ever been to the US before?
This narrator makes these videos addictive 😂
I wanted to visit Japan to partake in their culture, but it looks like I'll be spending at least 90 minutes in a KFC lol.
90 glorious minutes
I live in Kentucky, and prior to COVID-19 most locations had an all-you-can-eat buffet. I'm not sure if this is unique to just Ky and Japan, but I figured most places did this.
I’ve lived in multiple areas growing up and was lucky to live in two places with KFC Buffets. Dodge City, KS and Show Low, AZ.
@@DarkLightOX i never really checked out KFCs when going out of state, because why would I, but yeah I just assumed it was common. Glad at least some other places got to experience that. Now if only they'd open back up...
@@BlocksGamingReviews Its more rare than common when you consider other states and such.
I've never seen one in my life.
“ salad!”🤣🤣🤣
I love ur Channel cause u r from Austrlia 😅😅😅😅😅
Greetz from Germany
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Learning that the KFC logo and Wendy's logo were designed by the same person is one of those things that you'd never expect, but makes perfect sense in hindsight.
What. The. Heck. A KFC Buffet? Back in the day, this would have been a fething godsend in the states.
They used to be in the states in the 80’s and 90’s.
wait, that looks crunchy! very crispy! looks delicious! i think so, maybe crunchy food is good (que crujiente)
that double down is a literal chest buster! had some of those the first day it was introduced to the public and boy, meat sweats! 🤣
These TV ads are very entertaining
Nice ReviewBrah cameo!
This is just making me more hungry
South Korea just released the KFC triple down 😮
After this aired KFC brought back the "Double Down"!🤔
Wait wait wait a minute
I just flew all the way to Kentucky for some of your fried chicken and your telling me the colonel isn't even working today...
He ain't here, he dead.
What?
I say he dead.
Is Mr. Sanders in?!
What wrong with you, I say you he dead.
THE COLONEL! 😁
I've had KFC a few times one Xmas (eve) as not much was open & we didn't feel like cooking, we we're still hungry after having Xmas lunch w/family.
Now that's Awesome! Just say'n
A few years ago, one of Harlan's suits popped up on Pawn Stars.
My dad used Harlan's story as an example of why you never keep the original owner on your board of directors. Harlan was a beast, not the good kind.
Harlan would make surprise inspections of various KFCs. If it didn't meet his exact standards, he would throw the food against the wall and berate the staff.
Loved this
Did you know that DC comics and KFC actually did a comic where Col. Sanders fights his arch nemesis which is essentially an evil knockoff version of himself. Then in the sequel the nemesis steals all knowledge of the secret recipe for KFC's chicken from all versions of Col. Sanders throughout the multi-verse except for seven of them which each remembers one of the ingredients. So the version of Col. Sanders from the gender swap dimension where the Col. is a female gets the female version of the flash to power a dimension hopping machine and gather all the versions of Col. Sanders that remember the pieces of the recipe together to fight the evil nemesis guy. No joke they seriously made this.
what is the name of comic?
Kentucky Fried Chicken presents THE COLONEL OF TOW WORLDS and Kentucky Fried Chicken presents COLONELCORPS
Would love to see a video on regional american sodas!
Do a video about discontinued KFC items. Including the snacker sandwiches and Boondock inspired donut sandwiches.
2:28 My friend & l were having a toke and thought this Bond reference was funny AF.
Can’t remember if it was the late 90’s or early 2000’s , but somewhere around that time there were 2 all you can eat (buffet) style KFC’s in Western Australia. One in Maylands and the other in Morley.
I also remember every Pizza Hut in the area was also all you can eat .
Don’t see that anymore….
Thanks W.H.F.🖤
Spewaking of delectible monstrousities... Ever heard of the Pizza Cake from Boston Pizza? Or of the Pizza Burger from the same place?
You guys should try the KFC crispy classic chicken sandwich
Shell was in Nicholasville KY the Corbin one was Pure Oil service station
Can you guys do McDonald's McDLT? I was devastated when they cancelled it and I always wondered what happened. Hot side hot, cool side cool!
Do one of these videos on Broaster Chicken! Only stuff I ever seem to find on them is their own videos
There's an all you can eat restaurant in Tokyo as well... less than 30 minutes from where I live. It's a problem.
In Mexico it is very common for Christmas or New Year's family dinner be KFC
Finger Lickin' Good!
When I was a kid being raided by a single mother on a budget, going to KFC was a rare treat.
I guess I still don't understand what the big deal is with the Double Down. How is it any different from a 2-3 piece meal with a side?
8:07 I cannot understand why they didn't take the opportunity to have that be a place you could go in Persona 5 Strikers.
Went in the US this summer and was sad there was no double down ;(
The McDonald's of chicken? Well, that's a very... controversial title to say at least.
Not in Southeast Asia. McDonald's there actually sell fried chickens.
@@lerneanlionwell that fact doesn't really matter. But the most important thing is the reputation of Mcdonald's cafes as a rock-bottom chain for "white/black/yellow trash".
You really doubled down on KFC these last few uploads.
Here in Canada we also have a KFC buffet that is located in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
The double down is back and I tried it. It's pretty good, but I agree with the reviewbrah that it's a bit pricey for what you're getting.
The origins of In n Out
It's overrated.
The end.
@@shaunreinert5202
That's true, In-N-Out burgers are average at best & their fries are like dried cardboard & no flavor.
You guys should do a video about Lee Cummings, the founder of Lee's Famous Recipe chicken. He was Colonel Sanders' nephew and had worked for the Colonel before starting his own restaurant chain.
good video
That's cluckin nuts!😂
You mentioned sporks at the beginning, and now I'm curious, have you done a video on flatware and other eating utensils?
Though I like it all, being a horse, my fave is the to-die-for coleslaw!!! 🤓
I used to love KFC but now I find that there is no uniformity of taste between stores here in Toronto. Some outlets seem to not change their oil fast enough or maybe cook at wrong temperature or something and the chicken ends up really greasy. Others still make yummy chicken. I also miss the Grecian Bread they used to have back in the day.
Hartey’s BBQ fast-food from the 1970s………(I can still sing their jingle for their TV advertisements on Australian TV)!😎😎😎 (I believe it originated in the USA.)
Welp, guess I'm headed to Osaka for unlimited chicken and beer.
They've got one near Tokyo too. I thought it closed down, but just checked, and it's still open. About 2000 yen ($20 USD) for buffet lunch, including desserts, curry, bread, and the regular KFC stuff.
I literally LOL'd at 8:36
The cat and the salad!!!! LOL
There are KFC Buffets in the US too. Or at least there were, I don't know if any are still going.
wouldn’t mind seeing a video on all the McDonalds Celebrity Meals
There’s actually an all you can eat kfc here in banning ca. I always thought it was crazy but yup it’s here but not as fancy
When I was a kid, I always thought that little necktie under the Colonel's face was his body.
Like, I thought the logo was just a little dude with a tiny stick figure body and a massively oversized head.
I know it might seem weird but I want to try the regional differences of fast food spots even though there's food native in other countries. How could you say no to a buffet style restaurant that includes beer as well. pizza hut here in the US had all you can eat lunches and served beer at one time.
It tastes delicious.
I like fried chicken.
I love hearing this narrator in these videos lol
He sounds like Stephen Colbert
*CHICK-FIL-A MASTER RACE*
I used to grub on those Twister wraps KFC had ~20 years ago though
Thanks for this! 🐓 #WeirdHistoryFood #FoodHistory #KFC #KentuckyFriedChicken
Hi 👋 Mrs aunt, hope you are doing great over there??
11:59 isn't that the report of the week from running on empty food review?
All you can eat buffet also in Kingman , AZ
I never got to try the double down. Am I missing out?
I never did get around to trying the double down.
We had an all you can eat KFC in Mt. Pleasant, TX.
I didn't realize it is KFC week... Lol
I think there is an all you can eat KFC in Beaumont, CA
Of course Harland Sanders was an actual colonel being bestowed the honorary Title by the governor Kentucky
I thought he was a Kernel. Kernel of corn
@@jtgd 😂 lol 😂
I remember a few years ago they came up with a chicken sandwich between 2 Krispy Kreme donuts.
I had a double down sandwich and I genuinely thought I was having a heart attack. I was seconds from calling 911 until my chest and arm went back to normal. Unless it was a panic attack I was having 😂😂😂😂
Winner winner chicken dinner.
Unlimited chicken and beer??? Time to book next year's Super Bowl party.
As a kid in the early '60s, mom would often get a bucket of chicken from the Colonel.
There wasn't really a lot of fast food back then.
Yeah I was born in 71 and sometimes when mom didn’t want to cook she would pick up a bucket on the way home. Up until she died it was one of the few meats I could get her to eat. Protein became a problem to get her to eat. She had Alzheimer’s. The last couple months we couldn’t do KFC anymore because I gave her a piece one day and she ate half of a wing bones and all before I realized it. We didn’t do anything with bones after that. Sorry for the tangent but it made me think of it.
I am surprised no one has come up with a home pressure fryer gadget. You know, like instant pot.
Please do Delicious Things You Didn't Know About McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, White Castle, Taco Bell and Arby's
You should have had a segment of celebrities portraying the Colonel.
Hey, a WH Food video I can actually watch and enjoy!
I miss the all you can eat buffet that was at KFC here and other places.
Here it was years ago but in a borough not so far away had a buffet before the pandemic but they closed it up and made the excuse the pandemic hurt them .. nope I say they were just finding an excuse to close up the buffet and get rid and shut down the taco bell that was right along with them
Yes kfc did have buffets almost all across the u.s
THE DOUBLE DOWN IS BACK!!!!!
Yaaay!