KFC Menu Prices 2026: Full Menu With Calories

KFC is the original fried-chicken chain — the one that turned a Corbin, Kentucky gas-station café into the world’s second-largest restaurant brand on the strength of one pressure-fried recipe. This guide lists the complete current US menu with typical prices and calories for every item: the value tiers, chicken by the piece, buckets and family meals, tenders and nuggets, sandwiches, bowls, sides and sauces, checked October 2026.

Three companion guides go deeper: the KFC secret menu separates the fan builds that actually work from the myths, the KFC nutrition guide breaks down fat, carbs, protein and sodium piece by piece, and the KFC coupons and deals guide explains how KFC Rewards points and the flat-price value tiers actually save you money.

How to read the prices: KFC is franchised, so no national price list exists. Each typical price below comes from real pickup menus at three KFC stores captured from KFC’s own ordering system in August 2026 — Los Angeles, Dallas and New York. A range is the low-to-high price across the stores where the item was confirmed; a single price is flat across all three. A few items only appeared at one store and are marked as such. Calories come from KFC’s official nutrition data; “Varies” means the bundle’s contents vary by store or KFC publishes no figure for that build — it is never a guess.

One pricing fact shapes the whole menu: only three value tiers hold everywhere — the $7, $9 and $11 Box Feasts and the $20 Build-A-Bucket. Everything else moves by market, and Los Angeles usually runs highest. If your store’s price differs from the table, your store is not wrong; the table is typical, not promised.

Value Deals

The value section is where KFC is most consistent — and most honest. The three Box Feasts are the only items on the whole menu priced identically in Los Angeles, Dallas and New York, and the Build-A-Bucket is flat at $20 in all three. The $10 Bucket of the Day runs weekdays only and rotates by day; the Taste of KFC 2 pc deal is the cheapest way to eat chicken on the bone.

Box Feast contents vary by store and tier — chicken or tenders plus a side, a biscuit and, at the higher tiers, more — which is why their calories read “Varies” rather than a single number. The Build-A-Bucket is the exception that proves the rule: 8 pieces, flat $20, and the chicken version’s 2,860 calories are the whole bucket, not a serving.

Fried Chicken by the Piece

Chicken by the piece is the menu’s foundation: Original Recipe, pressure-fried with the 11 herbs and spices, or Extra Crispy, double-breaded and open-fried for crunch. Pieces are priced individually — breast highest, wing lowest — and the same piece costs the same in either recipe at the stores we checked. For a cross-chain comparison, see our Chick-fil-A menu prices guide.

The calorie gap between recipes is the story: an Extra Crispy breast is 530 calories against the Original Recipe’s 390, and an Extra Crispy thigh is 330 against 280. Same bird, more breading, more oil. The drumstick is the lightest fried piece in either recipe — 130 Original, 170 Extra Crispy.

Buckets & Family Meals

The bucket is KFC’s signature format — invented by first franchisee Pete Harman in 1957 — and the meal versions add sides and biscuits to the chicken-only bucket. Bucket calorie ranges span the lightest piece combination (all wings and drumsticks) to the heaviest (all breasts), which is why an 8 pc bucket ranges from 950 to 2,450 calories.

The meal math favors the bundle: an 8 pc Chicken Meal at $28.69–$31.99 against $19.99–$22.49 for the chicken alone buys two large sides and four biscuits for roughly $9. The Fill Up Box at $19.99 is the value pick for a smaller group — its 2,590–3,580 calories cover chicken, sides and biscuits in one box.

Tenders, Nuggets & Wings

Tenders are whole-muscle strips in the Original Recipe coating; nuggets are the same white meat, bite-size. Nugget boxes divide cleanly at about 35 calories per nugget — an 8 pc box is 280 calories before dips, and dips add 45 to 130 calories per serving. Kentucky Fried Wings are sold by the piece and sauced; their per-wing range covers the plainest to the stickiest builds.

The 50 pc nugget bucket at $34.99 is the cheapest nugget per piece on the board, but it is 1,750 calories before a single dip. The 3 pc Tenders Combo at $9.19–$9.99 (820 calories) is the honest single-person tender meal; the 5 pc Big Box adds a second side and a biscuit, which is why its calories vary with your side choice.

Sandwiches & Wraps

The Classic Chicken Sandwich — a breaded fillet with pickles and mayonnaise on a toasted brioche-style bun — is the sandwich line’s anchor at 650 calories. The Spicy version swaps in a spicy sauce and, despite being 30 calories lighter, carries nearly twice the sodium. Regional lines appear here too: the Zinger showed up only in Los Angeles, the Sauced sandwich only in Dallas, and the Nashville Hot line only in Dallas in the August 2026 capture. For another chicken-sandwich benchmark, see our McDonald’s menu prices guide.

The Snacker at $2.99 is the cheapest sandwich on the menu and the lightest at 350 calories — it is the same build as the Chicken Little in the nutrition data. The Classic Twister at 1,100 calories is the heaviest sandwich; it was not on every store menu in the capture, so its price reads “Varies” and your store may not carry it.

Bowls & Pot Pie

The Famous Bowl — mashed potatoes, sweet corn, popcorn chicken, gravy and cheese layered in one bowl — is KFC’s most famous single item after the bucket, and its 590 calories come with 2,160 mg of sodium. The Smash’d Potato Bowl is the 2026 twist: mashed potatoes topped with Secret Recipe Fries, cheese sauce, bacon and a three-cheese blend, launched at $3.49.

The Pot Pie at 720 calories is the densest single item in this section — a full pastry meal, not a side. The Mac & Cheese Bowl and Smash’d Potato Bowl read “Varies” for calories because KFC publishes no figure for those builds; the components (mac & cheese 140, fries 320) are in the sides table below.

Sides

Every standard side rings at the same $2.99–$3.89 range in the stores we checked — the choice is about calories, not price. Secret Recipe Fries replaced the old potato wedges as the default fry, and the biscuit at $1.19–$1.69 is the cheapest add-on on the menu.

Green beans at 25 calories and sweet corn at 70 are the only sides under 100 calories; the biscuit (180) and coleslaw (170, with 12 g of fat) are the ones that quietly add up. Potato wedges still appear at some stores but KFC publishes no current figure for them, so they read “Varies” here rather than carrying a stale number.

Desserts, Sauces & Drinks

Dessert at KFC is short: a chocolate chunk cookie and, at some stores, a chocolate chip cake. Sauces are where the menu gets interesting — most are free with a meal or up to $0.50 a cup, and the calorie spread runs from hot sauce at zero to Classic Ranch at 130. Fountain drinks run Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Starry, Dr Pepper (not everywhere) and KFC’s own lemonade and sweet tea. For a bucket-and-drink comparison, see our Pizza Hut menu prices guide.

The Dirty Soda line — Dr Pepper or Pepsi with cream and flavor, $3.89–$3.99 — is KFC’s answer to the dirty-soda trend, and its calories vary by build, so it reads “Varies” rather than a single figure. Sauce math matters: two ranch cups add 260 calories to a tender meal that started at 510.

Kids Meals

Two kids meals, both in the $5.19–$6.29 range: tenders or nuggets with a side and a drink. Calories read “Varies” because the side and drink choices swing the total more than the chicken does.

The 2 pc Tenders Kids Meal is the better protein value of the two — two whole-muscle tenders at 340 calories before the side — while the 5 pc Nugget meal is the easier sell for younger kids.

KFC Allergen Information

KFC’s breaded items run on four allergens at once — wheat, milk, soy and egg in the coating — and the fryers are shared, so no fried item can be treated as allergen-free. The card below maps the menu; the fuller discussion, including the shared-kitchen warning, is in the nutrition guide’s allergen section.

If an allergy is serious, the safest orders are the plainest ones — sweet corn, green beans, mashed potatoes without gravy — and even those need a conversation with the store, because KFC’s own guide warns about shared equipment on every item.

KFC Nutrition

The short version: Original Recipe beats Extra Crispy on every piece, the drumstick is the lightest fried cut, and the bucket’s calorie range is really a piece-mix range. The full tables — fat, carbs, protein and sodium for every piece, combo, sandwich, side and sauce — are in the KFC nutrition guide.

KFC Opening and Closing Hours

Most KFC restaurants run roughly 10:30 AM to 10:00 PM, with drive-thru often open later — to 11:00 PM or midnight at many locations. Hours vary by franchise and by day, and breakfast is not a KFC thing: the menu starts at lunch. The original Corbin café and museum keeps longer hours, 9:30 AM to 11:00 PM daily. Check your store in the app before a late run.

KFC Reviews: The Original Store in Corbin

Every KFC descends from one café: Sanders Court & Café at 688 US-25W in Corbin, Kentucky, where Harland Sanders cooked from 1940 to 1956 and developed the Original Recipe. Today it is a working KFC beside a free museum of Sanders memorabilia, and its ratings tell a consistent story across sources — Google aggregates put it around 4.1 to 4.5 stars from thousands of reviews, Tripadvisor at 4.0 from 226. Visitors praise the chicken and the museum in the same breath, and complain about service and waits in the same breath, too.

“We stopped on our way back home from Tennessee in Corbin, Kentucky. It was clean and looked to be renovated. We ordered our food at 11 am and the fried chicken was fresh and delicious. I ordered the extra crispy and I believe I like it better than what I get locally. Biscuit was also fresh and soft.”

— Bridget Ludwig, Google review of the Corbin café

“Museum was very interesting and lots of facts. There was no entry fee. Service was poor. Long wait and food was slightly warm. Our order got checked as completed even though we were still waiting on it. Apology was given and order was made.”

— Judy Hancz, Google review of the Corbin café

The pattern across hundreds of reviews: the history delights, the chicken at the birthplace tastes fresher than the chain average, and service can be slow — it is a working restaurant that doubles as a pilgrimage stop, not a polished museum café. For another chain whose flagship draws the same pilgrimage crowd, see our Dunkin’ menu prices guide.

KFC Facts

1. Colonel Harland Sanders began selling fried chicken from Sanders Court & Café in North Corbin, Kentucky, in 1930 — during the Great Depression.
2. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened on September 24, 1952, in South Salt Lake, Utah — not in Kentucky — run by Pete Harman.
3. The name “Kentucky Fried Chicken” was coined by Don Anderson, a sign painter Harman hired — Sanders adopted it to sound exotic in Utah.
4. The paper bucket arrived in 1957, invented by Harman: chicken, rolls and a pint of gravy in a cardboard bucket.
5. The Original Recipe is a blend of 11 herbs and spices, pressure-fried — the recipe itself has never been published and is kept under guard.
6. Sanders sold the company in 1964 for $2 million to John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack C. Massey; he stayed on as brand ambassador until his death in 1980.
7. PepsiCo bought KFC in 1986 and renamed it KFC in 1991; in 1997 PepsiCo spun its restaurants off as Tricon, renamed Yum! Brands in 2002.
8. KFC is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain by sales after McDonald’s, with over 31,980 locations in 150 countries as of September 2025.
9. KFC’s US division is based in Plano, Texas, after the 2025 headquarters move; parent Yum! Brands stays headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
10. The first Western fast-food chain to open in China was KFC, in 1987 — China is now its biggest market, run separately by Yum China.
11. The bucket is still the signature format: the $20 Build-A-Bucket is the modern version of Harman’s 1957 family bucket.
12. KFC’s slogan “It’s finger lickin’ good” dates to the 1950s and was trademarked by Harman — it is still the brand’s signature line.
13. Extra Crispy is the double-breaded, open-fried version of the same chicken — it adds 40 to 140 calories per piece over Original Recipe.
14. Kentucky Grilled chicken was discontinued in the US — older nutrition tables still list it, but it is not on current store menus.
15. The $7 Box Feast is KFC’s cheapest complete meal and the only value tier priced identically in Los Angeles, Dallas and New York.
16. KFC Rewards launched as the chain’s points program — 10 points per $1 on digital orders — replacing the old Colonel’s Club stamp program.
17. The Harland Sanders Café and Museum in Corbin still serves KFC next to the original kitchen, and admission to the museum is free.
18. A single Original Recipe breast carries 39 g of protein — the most protein of any single piece on the menu.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is an 8 piece bucket at KFC?

The chicken-only 8 pc bucket runs $19.99–$22.49 across the Los Angeles, Dallas and New York stores we checked; the 8 pc meal with two large sides and four biscuits is $28.69–$31.99. The flat $20 Build-A-Bucket is the same 8 pieces at a fixed price.

What is the cheapest meal at KFC?

The $7 Box Feast — the cheapest complete meal on the menu, and priced identically in every market checked. Next cheapest is the $5.99–$6.99 Taste of KFC 2 pc deal.

Does KFC have a national price list?

No. KFC is franchised, so prices vary by store. The only prices that held flat across Los Angeles, Dallas and New York were the $7, $9 and $11 Box Feasts and the $20 Build-A-Bucket.

How many calories are in KFC Original Recipe chicken?

Per piece: breast 390, thigh 280, drumstick 130, wing 130. Extra Crispy runs higher on every cut — breast 530, thigh 330, drumstick 170, wing 170.

Is KFC’s grilled chicken still available?

No. Kentucky Grilled chicken was discontinued in the US. Older nutrition tables still list it (breast 210 calories), but it is not on current store menus.

Who owns KFC?

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which also owns Taco Bell and Habit Burger. KFC’s US division is based in Plano, Texas; the parent company stays in Louisville, Kentucky.

When was KFC founded?

Harland Sanders opened Sanders Court & Café in Corbin, Kentucky, in 1930; the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened September 24, 1952, in South Salt Lake, Utah.

Does KFC have a secret menu?

No official one in the US. The secret menu guide collects the fan builds and supported customizations that actually work — and names the myths that don’t.

Conclusion

KFC’s menu rewards one habit above all: order around the flat-price tiers. The $7 Box Feast for one, the $20 Build-A-Bucket for the table, the $10 weekday bucket when it rotates your way — those are the prices that hold everywhere. Beyond them, expect your store to differ, and check the app before you go. Start with the secret menu guide for the builds worth ordering, the nutrition guide before a bucket night, and the deals guide to make Rewards pay. For a lighter chicken comparison, our Wendy’s menu prices guide is the next stop.

Head-to-head with its rivals: see our Chick-fil-A vs KFC comparison and our Popeyes vs KFC comparison for prices, chicken and which wins.

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