There may have been alcohol involved when Annie and I, along with four friends (Pat, Steve, Janet, and Jeff) decided a \u2018Rotisserie Chicken Challenge\u2019 was a necessary thing. You see, Pat and Steve had their favorite place to get theirs. Janet and Jeff had their favorite\u2026and Annie and I have recently been really in to a certain one.<\/p>\n
Prior to getting into the details, there was one thing that was unfair to our friends. Pat and Steve were coming up from southern California so they had to buy their\u2019 rotisserie chicken on Thursday<\/span> and the challenge wasn\u2019t until Saturday<\/span> evening. Janet and Jeff had the same issue as they were coming from the Bay Area. Annie and I cheated and got our two chickens the day of the challenge.<\/p>\n That said, Pat and Steve got theirs from Juan Pollo down south. Janet and Jeff went to Costco for their pick. Annie and I got one from The Hatch in downtown Paso Robles but Annie threw in an additional bird on her way home from The Hatch. She stopped in the Smart & Final near our house that used to be a Von\u2019s.<\/p>\n Our friend Lisa joined us for this challenge so there were 7 adults tasting. The basic rules were that you grade each bird on a scale of one to five stars, five being best. We did not taste blind so there may have been some bias.<\/p>\n The results:<\/p>\n Smart & Final \u2013 27 stars<\/p>\n The Hatch \u2013 26 stars<\/p>\n Juan Pollo \u2013 24 stars<\/p>\n Costco \u2013 19 stars<\/p>\n I guess you could say that Annie and I won. Haha. I\u2019ll take the win but I know that two-day difference in when their birds were purchased compared to ours made for a big difference. It was fun nonetheless. I think we need to incorporate more dinners like this. Good food, wine, and friends all mixed with slight competitiveness. Cheers and thanks again guys.<\/p>\n Note: I do not know the exact cost of the four birds but the one from The Hatch in Paso Robles was the most by far. My favorite chicken dish of theirs right now is the Caesar salad with rotisserie chicken. Annie and I love the smokiness the chicken brings to the salad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There may have been alcohol involved when Annie and I, along with four friends (Pat, Steve, Janet, and Jeff) decided a \u2018Rotisserie Chicken Challenge\u2019 was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fun","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n