Champs Chicken

[steveno]

the local "stop & rob" has started carrying "Champs Chicken". has anybody tried it or heard of it?


just to settle one thing and that is I DO NOT EAT KFC.

 

[Kurusu]

Don't eat KFC either.

The only chicken I eat comes from an old local joint, founded in 1946, that has skewered chicken still made over charcoal fire.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Never heard of Champs, but I see there’s one here over on the West side of town, correction actually there’s 2.
I must say, charcoal in Portugal seems to burn for a long time!

 

[Watchdog]

I'd never heard of Champs until three minutes ago. There are apparently three Champs outlets in North Carolina, all in small towns and all part of some other outlet like a Mini Mart.

There is one place in Charlotte called Price's Chicken Coop that's been in business since around 1950, perhaps earlier, and it sold chicken that working people could afford. Mom and dad would take me with them on Saturday to pick out the chicken for Sunday dinner. No economic downturn has ever seemed to affect Price's...it's still in the original building, and it's always packed. I've seen it described as a "fine dining restaurant". I don't know about that...it isn't someplace I'd want to sit down to a meal.

Only thing I know about KFC is they sell a lot of some sort of dead bird that people eat. I've seen no documentation stating that the stuff is really chicken. Ditto for Bojangles'. Last chicken I ate at Bojangles' was so...I don't know how to describe it...it was like eating ligaments or something. Just gristle. I trashed it, didn't even offer it to the dogs.

 

[steveno]

the best chicken I have ever had was at Oktoberfest in Munich but all of the food there is really good.

 

[shouldazagged]

I'm not supposed to eat chicken I haven't fried myself, because of the salt content--I can make it with a salt substitute. But when I cheat, KFC is a last resort.

We have a little four- or five-store chain here called Indi's, and they do very decent spicy fried chicken at the one nearest me. I like some pepper heat with my chicken (and everything else, for that matter).

What we don't have enough of here, the last time I looked, is rotisserie-roasted or grilled chicken joints. I'm an old Tennessee fried-chicken-loving guy, but I'm equally fond of the good roasted or grilled stuff.

 

[italiansport]

I made this chicken dish for dinner last night. The family can't get enough of it as it's truly a knock your socks off dish!
Jim
Stuffed Chicken Parmesan Recipe - NatashasKitchen.com

 

[Alk8944]

Don't know about "Champs", but Summer 2013 we went to Norfolk to visit a relative at the Veteran's Home there. Stopped at a "Speedy Mart" just down the street and had what they advertised as "Broaster Chicken". It was pretty decent, beat the heck out of KFC!!!!! As a matter of fact, most of the convenience store chicken I have had in my life beat the KFC product being sold now.

 

[6518John]

Don't eat KFC either.

The only chicken I eat comes from an old local joint, founded in 1946, that has skewered chicken still made over charcoal fire.

I just google mapped how to get to Portugal from Arkansas—Looks like i have a long drive and I better tow my 14 foot flat bottom duck-blind boat behind the truck too!

But that yard bird looks worth it! Does the place have a drive-thru?

 

[78bagger]

I've never been crazy about whatever vermin they're hiding under that batter. If I'm out, I'll stop at Pollo Loco for pollo asada. Marinated, grilled and you can identify the parts.

 

[amazingflapjack]

I'm still looking to try "Poyo Loco"

 

[Kurusu]

Never heard of Champs, but I see there’s one here over on the West side of town, correction actually there’s 2.
I must say, charcoal in Portugal seems to burn for a long time!

It appears so doesn't it?

But I think you know what I meant.

 

[Kurusu]

I just google mapped how to get to Portugal from Arkansas—Looks like i have a long drive and I better tow my 14 foot flat bottom duck-blind boat behind the truck too!

But that yard bird looks worth it! Does the place have a drive-thru?

Nope.

But it has take out.

 

[7shooter]

Portugal ?
Isn't that where Madonna moved to save her children ?

 

[Kurusu]

Portugal ?
Isn't that where Madonna moved to save her children ?

Yup. But if you want her back you're welcone.

 

[6518John]

Yup. But if you want her back you're welcone.

Post of the week!

 

[Geno44]

I have to admit I like most fried chicken including KFC. Two stores in our area serve Champs and it is usually good. As is always the case, it helps if it is fresh out of the fryer as opposed to sitting under the heat lamps or oven for an hour. Try it. You may like it.

 

[Iggy]

Chicken tastes just like rattlesnake. I knew there was a reason why I don't like chicken.

 

[Marshwheeling]

“Hey, we really do taste like chicken!”

 

[joeintexas]

Not big on KFC either. Nobody makes fried chicken like my grandmother used to, out of the coop into the fryer. There used to be a place in New Mexico called Col. Sanchez Fried Chicken, not too bad, very spicy. Portugal chicken looks pretty darn good too though.