My friends and I went last night expecting our location would be one of the locations that would not honor it. It was about 8pm and they had healthy stack of used coupons on the counter.

The cashier also mentioned that it rings up as "Oprah Chicken"

Delicious.

Buying a meal to eat whilst waiting 20 minutes for your meal? Um... will I get flamed for making a crack about the rise in American obesity rates?

My gf came home happy last night cause she had these free coupons lol I had 2 words for her... "Hellz no!!"

dang that was my after-work plan... :(

Those coupons are flying around my workplace like crazy

I ended up purchasing a meal to eat while I wait for my free meal, but I guess that's the wrong choice too since it's been 10 minutes and I still don't have my paid meal!

Some people's basic grasp of logic simply astounds me.

Co-worker of mine went and waited for 25 mins and then the lady at the register told her it would be another 25 until more chicken was ready. She said in reality was only about 5 mins, but 3 or 4 people just paid for meals and left.

But not surprised it's packed, everyone has the coupons.

Purchasing a meal to eat while you wait a painfully long 20 minutes for your free meal. Ah yes, gluttony at its finest.

LOL, we're going to use our coupons tonight. The grilled chicken is actually pretty good for you as far as meat goes, just make sure you go for a healthy side rather than the typical biscuit/mashed with gravy.

In Willoughby, OH I immediately got my Oprah chicken at about 1:30 with no wait at all. However, the coupon made it seem like I would get to pick my sides but I was immediately handed cole slaw and mashed potatoes. . . but I guess I can't complain about free shiznit!

Wai Wai Wait! This person BOUGHT a meal while waiting for their FREE meal? I'm not sure whether that says worse things about how people spend more or worse things about how much people eat these days. :)

But in all seriousness, you can only expect so much from the workers there. These kinds of promotions make people crazy and expect miracles - like a bunch of underpaid workers simultaneously making enough meals for paying customers and thousands of non-paying customers who are all ordering the same thing.

Brilliant marketing move! Attract customers with an offer of free food, then make the wait for the food so long that people will buy food while they wait!

My boss and I just tried to go use our coupons at our local KFC. For some reason, our coupons printed out with a generic code, which ends in 1234 (which we didn't notice until later). When we got to the KFC, they were rejecting coupons left and right for having this generic code instead of a sequential one, since they won't get reimbursed for the generic code.

I'm not sure why our coupons printed out with this generic code, but it's something to watch out for.

Now, I can't get the coupon to show up to print online. Hopefully it'll be up and running again tonight before the offer expires!

i'm going to go during the lakers halftime break. i'll try wearing my "POLICE - K9" T-shirt and see if they'll hook it up quickly. or it can go terribly sour and they'll pull a "FARVA" on me.

.....you know what... nevermind. i'll send my girlfriend. lol! -dave

Not worth it at all.....by the time you get your food, you're stressed out to the point of indigestion

I have to think the opportunity cost of waiting up to an hour for some damn chicken outweighs the free meal.

We went last night. We got the food pretty quickly, got to pick our sides and it was quite tasty. Thanks, Oprah.

Guys...the coupons are good till the 19th. My plan of action is to wait until next week to get my free chicken! Hopefully they will still honor them. =)

@Jon Neuzil: My daughter and I did not have to wait either nor did we get to pick our sides but like you said "can't complain about free snit!"

@xQuizx: Just make sure you don't go on Mother's Day.

@Digitizer: Standing in line stresses you out that much?

@HIV 2 Elway: I don't know about you, but I can't just show up at work whatever time I want. I have to be scheduled to work and I'm only allowed to work 40hrs a week, max.

@militarydave: Are you going to have her also get a liter of cola?

Its like a sweepstakes. "Many will enter, few will eat"

@SanDiegoDude: Uh... the mashed with gravy is one of the least offensive sides they offer. Corn on the cob being the least. The coleslaw, beans, mac, wedges, potato salad... all worse.

When I went yesterday it was less than 10 minutes in line and for the food. There were 6 people total who used coupons and a few other regular orders. And it was a fresh batch with big pieces. The chicken was still hot when I bit into it after my 15 minute walk home. Got to pick my sides too, and types of chicken (drumstick/thigh or wing/breast). Well worth it.

@HIV 2 Elway: You'd think that, but then again these people listen to Oprah ...

@cmdrsass: Touche

My boyfriend and I went at 930p last night with our coupons and right as we got in (we were the only people there), the lady went to the door and locked it (30 mins before they really did close). The lady who rang us up was a major bitch and gave us attitude the entire time. The chicken was decent. I wouldnt buy it if I even go back. Its like they deep fried it quickly and then put it on the grill. Lame.

I found out about the promotion shortly after it went live yesterday by chance (I was going to KFC anyways for a meal of their grilled chicken for lunch) and I was the first person to come in with the coupon.

The KFC down the street has had terrible service several times (including making me buy something on free piece day) but they more than made up for it with not even asking a single question... Well, they did ask what kind of sides I wanted.

Today was a different story. People were coming by the carload with coupons in hand around 11AM when the store is usually near-empty. But there were several people buying non-grilled chicken surprisingly.

@amandaramirez: No. she'll get diet or the "zero" calorie one. and unless i'm gonna get trashed watching the laker game i would mix it with jack. actually amanda.... not a bad idea! lol!

-dave

I got my free meal today at lunch with a very short wait. My local KFC didn't have the grilled chicken yet, even though they had signs up all over the place promoting it. So they offered me the standard stuff instead which was fine with me. I got to pick my sides and it included a drink, even though the coupon didn't mention that a drink was included (a drink might be part of the combo but I don't go to KFC enough to know that).

They were very friendly too, I mean not Jack in the box Blake friendly, but over and above standard fast food typical niceness.

@BustangBetty: @Jon Neuzil: I've redeemed five of them so far (breakfast, lunch, and dinner; I'm unemployed and have been going to food closets, this beats ramen hands down) and they are just giving the mashed potatoes and gravy with coleslaw. The coupon does make it seem that you can have whatever side you want, but on the receipt it does indeed say "Oprah Chicken" and automatically enters the sides as stated above.

@amandaramirez: yeah thats probably why you shouldn't go Just before they're closing or locking the door. or who knows.... maybe the bitch got jealous of you when she saw your boyfriend and decided to give you crap cuz she goes home to her cats and dirty apartment....? oh man... this is good! lol

-dave

@unobservant: the grilled chicken meal you get is insanely tiny.

My boyfriend and I went last night, the wait was short and the chicken was decent, especially since it was free.

@militarydave: glad you signed your comment or I would have never known it was from you.

@Segador: That sounded odd to me too.

i actually got a coupon to print from that website, and they took it no problems. i'm under no illusion that their grilled chicken is any healthier than the fried chicken, but i dine out so rarely that a 2pc isn't going to kill me :)

I tried to download the coupon at work, but either I was doing something wrong or the coupon installer thing it wanted me to download doesn't like Macs.

After hearing about all the long lines, screw it.

@Lincolnsbeard33: If that's tiny to you, i think THAT is attributable to the rise in obesity rates. porton control out the window. it was damn filling.

I only print in black & white. Some other sites said this was an issue, as KFCs were not accepting it in black and white, assuming you copied it (like you can't do color copies).

In any case, has anyone else had issues with black and white printed coupons?

@unobservant:

You may make fun of our obesity rate if we can mock your use of the hilariously pompous "whilst". ;-)

@Keith Kacin: It's probably the barcode; their scanners have trouble if it's only b&w...

Wait, I'm confused. Is this chicken truly grilled, or fried, or what? Is there anything remotely healthier about it as compared to the usual KFC carb- and fat-fest chicken?

@Silviu Istrate: I was hoping after the whole quiznos fiasco that this would be a better run promotion. Around me it has been fine just like at your location but I have been reading reports online of riots and sit-ins... lol.

[gawker.com]

@Lincolnsbeard33:
I think 2 pieces of chicken, 2 sides (mashed potatoes are good), and a biscuit is fine for a lunch.

@amandaramirez: They only have large Farvas w/the coupon.

Gawker is reporting on the sadly inevitable Chicken Riots: [gawker.com]

@Lincolnsbeard33: hey you'll be suprised at how many people truly would not have known! !

-dave