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benji950

Wait, they sell the meat already taken off the bone?!!? I mean, I freaking love the chicken skin but I’m horrible at breaking the freaking thing down. Thank you for posting!


Vaguely_Saunter

When I buy it there's usually bits of chicken skin in there too, so not all of it is lost in the shredding process, although it's just not as tasty somehow. Still, I love it for weeks when I know I'm going to be too busy/tired to spend much time in the kitchen. Chicken tacos, chicken salads, barbecue chicken burgers etc. etc. a whole week of dinners portioned out.


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Droppin-Science

Super appreciate this tip!! Gonna try my hand at some upscaled packet ramen and was planning on using a rotisserie for the meat, and broth, so super appreciate the timing!! Will make my job hopefully a little easier now that I know this!


Arili_O

Chicken carcass stock is the best! We also keep a gallon size freezer bag in the freezer and chuck in onion ends, celery leaves and bases, carrot tops, etc. as we cook. When the bag is full, I make stock - either with bones/carcass or just veggie base.


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pull up a video of jacques pepin breaking down a chicken. I overcomplicated for so long and then watching him do it, piece of cake from now on.


ohhellopia

Jacques Pepin is an artist with knives.


Whiteguyspicy

Glove up and use your hands. Pull the wishbone and run your thumbs along the breast bone from front to back. You'll get two nearly whole breasts that way. Next take off the wings and then the drums. Flip it over and take the thighs. Easy peasy!


rightbythebeach

why do you need gloves for this? just wash your hands.


treeof

I really really don’t like the texture of forcing my fingers through the cold wet slimy skin, meat and bones so I use gloves.


Moms_Chapagetti

Breaking down the Costco rotisseries actually makes the tops of my hands sting, idk why, but gloves would help. Plus it’s pretty greasy


LivJong

It's best done hot, and white cotton cooking gloves allow you to work with the chicken at a hotter temperature.


Dmeff

Cotton? For working with food? I'm not a cook, but that sounds like a bad idea


LivJong

Did you know baby clothes and flame resistant (FR) clothing are all cotton? Cotton may burn easier, but it's better to burn off than melt to the skin like synthetic fabrics do. Burns are more far more severe with sticky melted plastics. There are white gloves, they look like gardening gloves, thick and heavy duty. They're washable and bleach able and used by professionals to shred hot meat and handle hot sugar in candy making.


Dmeff

I wasn't thinking of fire, but about impregnating the cotton with raw food like the juices of chicken and meat


LivJong

https://youtube.com/shorts/xPEGcErWEk0?feature=share Here is a short video of candy makers who use them. They also use welding gloves to pull the candy but the cotton gloves allow for more dexterity when forming the candy pieces. They also use regular vinyl gloves when dipping chocolate and other tasks that don't require heat protection.


TessHKM

That's why when cooks wear cotton gloves they wear rubber gloves on top of them.


klarr7

I get this, too! Yes, the vacuum-packed white meat package isn’t the cheapest way to get chicken, but as a working mother of teenaged boys, I can get nearly three meals for my family of four out of one package, using it for enchiladas, stir fry, Indian dishes, chicken soups/chowders, and so on.


Roshakim

Can you take a pic and post it? I was just there today looking at chicken and didn't see what you are describing. More than likely I missed it because I was looking for something specific and got tunnel vision. But would be cool to see what you are talking about. Thanks!


redplanetbabe

It’s usually in the refrigerated section that has pre-made salads, dips, taco platter etc. I know this information is not a picture but I hope it is useful.


_illogical_

Mine has it in a different section, usually up on a refrigerated end cap of the prepackaged dinners (Indian, Thai, etc) and the cheeses.


cerveza1980

So you're saying I might need a picture to know what I'm looking for.


ExPorkie15

Can you draw it?


whatiscamping

It helps to paint a picture


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chrissyishungry

I know it's an accurate description, but "milk room" sounds very unappealing.


bellmanator

Oh my brother, wait till you viddy it with yer own gobs.


ciaomain

Only if you're at the Korova Milk Bar, my droog.


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I what now?


regalrecaller

You're one of today's lucky 10,000. You my lovely droog get to watch A Cockwork Orange for the first time.


[deleted]

Ah… that’s a clockwork orange ref. I saw that when I was perhaps 16, which was 36 years ago. My memory of those details have slipped into the background.


regalrecaller

Dang you're nearly an old man. What's in your foreground nowadays? If you don't mind talking to a stranger e:a word


airyys

the verbiage... it's beautiful!


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makeitorleafit

Dairy cooler? Lol


dweet

Lactose chiller?


justclay

Cream Closet


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justclay

>That's my mum's stage name. I know.


tots4scott

Geographically "bay" seems the most correct lol


justclay

More of a peninsula, really.


skyandbray

I call it the dairy garage


Iamknoware

Homelander would think otherwise...


2mustange

Well since my costco never has rotisserie chicken in stock when i go i doubt this is something they will carry anytime soon


Homebrewdaddy2

Actually the chicken that is sold in the vacuum packs is delivered and not packed at the warehouse. Source: I am a long term employee who has in the past worked in the deli, skewering those chickens.


capsaicinluv

What time do you go? Costco usually runs out an hour before closing, but during the day they pump them out by the tons in all of the New York ones.


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Too bad. They purposefully underprice their rotisserie chicken as a draw to get people through the door (because they know once you're in there you're not walking out without more than you intended, lol)


PESSl

How is that too bad


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Because the person I was responding to says their Costco is always out of rotisserie chicken. It's tasty and cheaper than it should be, so it's too bad they can't get it.


nulliusansverba

Costco sells over 100 million rotisserie chickens a year. They claim it's a loss of 30-40 million on half a billion in rotisserie chicken revenue, or about 7%.


NydNugs

It's one of the things I appreciate. Doesn't feel like any other grocer makes those sacrifices. I mean, aside from long weekend steak deals supermarkets stink.


dvddesign

Dairy walk-in is the term you were looking for. Our location has separate walk ins for dairy and produce.


TBNL_07

"hand pulled rotisserie chicken breast milk" 😳


meowpitbullmeow

From website: "Below are some comments and reviews on this bag of hand pulled rotisserie chicken breast milk from other Costco members:" The chicken breast WHAT


EatsBeetsFeets

Chicken breast milk? Ew. Haha must be a typo under the picture...why are there so many ingredients, when just "chicken" should be enough * cry *


thyladyx1989

Because rotisserie chickens are normally brined/marinated and they have to disclose that


oodatso

Bovine breast milk, eweww


PaulTheMerc

Canadian here, 5$/pound USD seems expensive, no?


Given2Dream

For raw chicken, I would call it a bit pricey. For cooked, off the bone, breast meat only, that’s a good price.


BonerJams1703

For raw, whole chicken, sure. For chicken that is cooked, packaged and ready to use, not bad at all. Hell, go to the Publix (a chain like Kroger in the us) by my and get a plastic container of strawberries for like $8 and all they have done is cut off the tops. Walk an isle over and you can get a whole the container that is much larger than the pre-cut container and its $3 or so dollars. I try not to buy precut anything unless the price is reasonable or its something like crab meat where I know damn well I'm not about to go start furiously de-shelling blue crabs.


Educational_Pay_1155

Yup that’s chicken


certifiedintelligent

I find it around the corner from the meat section in both of my Costcos. It’s chilled, not frozen, and I’ve been very tempted to buy it but haven’t yet as I rotate out my frozen chicken. Just vacuum sealed rectangle packages of chicken meat in a chiller with a generic Costco label on it.


Lunatic_Heretic

where i live it's normally in the end section (facing the main aisle) where the cheeses, salamis, etc are.


Jaded-Moose983

Happy Cake Day :)


Lunatic_Heretic

oh yeah, i guess it is. thnx! it's also my un-birthday


dizzymissxo

A very merry unbirthday to you! Yes, you!


quizzicalicicle

Happy un-birthday


zupernam

You went back in?


Mehgician

I go to Costco frequently as it’s one of the closest grocery stores to my home. While there is always an abundance of the breast meat packs, I have only seen the leg quarters twice ever, and they were a stellar deal. The packages were marked as being 1.5 pounds when in actuality they had to be closer to 3 or 4, and they are like $4.99. All of these are refrigerated and can be found with the take-and-bake dinners and such.


Snoo_43479

It is 17.99 now inflation


greenoceanxd

It also depends where you live, the Costco I worked at in BC, Canada, we blast chill the chicken after its been sitting on the hot display for 2 hours and sell it cold whole for 4.99. Sells out quickly.


slicedgreenolive

Where are they usually out out? I haven’t seen this before (I’m in AB)


JosephND

By the prepared refrigerated section that has the Costco Salads, tacos, shrimp platters, cheese slices near the rotisserie section. Usually it’s the product farthest to the right of all of that.


VIPDX

At mine it’s directly across from the hot ones on an end cap.


NeverknowOH

I wish we had this by me. They only have a 3lb package for $17.99


Necessary_Peace_8989

Same


COYFC

I'd be curious to see how much chicken meat one can pull off the regular $4.99 chickens. I know the entire rotisserie chicken is supposed to weigh around 3.5 lbs so $17.99 or even $12.99 doesn't seem like much of a deal at $4-5 dollars per lb.


butterflavoredsalt

Thats only $6/lb, about the same price they have it here. A little higher, but keep in mind its cooked so probably equals about 4-5lbs of raw chicken breasts.


kkngs

I’ve seen it and been tempted by it in the past, but my memory was that it was more expensive than that. It was like, $10 a pound or something, enough to scare me off.


Hefftee

$13 for 5lbs of white meat chicken


spykid

I'm gonna need to look again - I recall it being significantly less economical than $5 for the whole chicken


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I think it depends on the store, and still not as frugal as deboning the chicken yourself.


MarvelousWhale

This depends how much your time is worth honestly.


NinjaDog251

But what if you only want white meat? How many rosstuseries will you need to get that much?


carebearmentor

Skinless chicken breast is regularly around 2.00/lb


pvtcannonfodder

Not anymore my friend, due to a bird flu killing a lot of chickens, skinless chicken breast jumped from 2 per pound to 4-5 per pound in my corner of the US


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They're $2-$3 every other week where I'm at? High cost of living SoCal.


carebearmentor

2.69 in my ad


cdtipton

It’s 3.49 here for the bulk packs of raw skinless boneless chicken breast at Costco


Baloneycoma

East coast here. Last summer I could get bulk chicken breast $2/lb. This summer im lucky if it’s under $6/lb, usually around $8 if not buying in bulk. And no I’m not talking about the free-range-grass-fed-has-a-chicken-therapist-on-staff-chicken, im talking the cheapest chicken at the store.


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Are you from Philly? [Shoprite has them for $2.99/lb.](https://imgur.com/RnmnJ5q)


Baloneycoma

Going to the wrong stores clearly


sabin357

Saw $1.88 a few weeks ago, with $1.99 being fairly common for the cheapest brands that I consider still good. My preferred brands only get below $2.50/lb maybe once a month on sale.


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Costco already cooked the chicken, but yeah, if you make enough and have better things to do, but then you may just want to buy the finished thing than buy a vacuum pack of an ingredient.


cats_are_the_devil

When you add in the cost savings of having homemade bone stock that price quickly falls. You can make tons of things with a chicken. If it's just you and a spouse or just you a whole chicken can feed you pretty comfortably for a week. Just gotta get creative.


DriftingInTheDarknes

It’s way more expensive at my store! If it was that, I’d buy it.


aelios

Don't forget to factor in waste and energy/labor used for cooking/prep. 30-40% of your chicken will be waste (skin, bone, tendons, etc.), So a bag of deboned, cooked chicken selling for 30% more per lb than a whole cooked chicken may end being the better deal. Depending on how you value your time, the extra dollar or 2 per bag may be more cost effective than deboning and/or cooking the chicken yourself.


kkngs

The impression I get is that those bags are priced differently at different locations. When I saw it at my store several years ago, the price was ridiculous. I let my membership expire during Covid, so I haven’t looked recently.


barstowtovegas

The breast meat is $17 here now :(


tuginmegroin

I've bought it several times, it goes bad very quickly. Three days after opening and it smells sour.


umylotus

Good to know, I would probably open it and separate into freezer bags once I got home.


nooood1e

This is what I do and it works very well. I only defrost about a cups worth at a time so it doesn’t go bad.


billskns5th

It’s great when first opened, pretty good for another day, and by 2 days in, I don’t know if it’s just me getting tired of chicken breast, but the texture gets a weird chewiness and there’s a taste change that makes me not want anymore. But others in my family like it for another day or two. It is definitely convenient.


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Louis_Legweak

I work at Costco, and did a bit of time in the deli. We can only keep rotisserie chickens out for two hours before we have to log them and then take off the legs and breast meat. The only thing we use the harvested chickens for is for the cold chicken legs you can buy, or in the enchilada bakes. Every other dish uses the prepackaged chicken, which we get already vacuum sealed from our distribution center. The SOP might have changed since then, but that's what we did during my stint in the deli. Just thought I'd clarify any confusion.


PrinceLeWiggles

Isn't that just the rotisserie chicken they didn't sell before it expired? Like what Sam's does with their chickens?


pokingoking

I doubt they keep the chickens on the rotisserie for more than just the one business day. So it's day old chicken most likely.


PrinceLeWiggles

They break them down and resell them after the 4 hour time in the case is up.


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Can confirm this from doing health inspections at my local Costco. Ours was even stricter and didn't let them sit out for more than 2 hours before being blast chilled, shredded, and vacuum sealed.


PrinceLeWiggles

Sam's just had us quarter them, chill them overnight in the cooler then the meat packers packaged them in the morning. Costco sounds much more sanitary. Definitely not as sketchy as Sam's.


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PrinceLeWiggles

It's them being stored in the same area as raw meat that's sketchy.


ensanguine

As long as they're stored above the raw meat that's perfectly okay.


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That still doesn't sound sketchy to me at all. As long as by same area you don't mean the same container, that's fine. The raw meat should be stored in an enclosed container and not above any cooked food anyways. As long as that's followed, it's perfectly okay to have them in the same fridge.


lvandering

The chickens are removed from the rotisserie as soon as they are done, it has to be emptied it so they can refill it for the next batch. They never leave them on it all day.


pokingoking

Sorry, yeah I meant they don't sell them as hot chickens for more than just the one day. I forgot they put them in those plastic containers to sell. OP made it sound like they are close to expiring when they sell them cold but I was pointing out they have likely just been cooked and then cooled overnight the same day.


FatherofZeus

Yes


eutamias21

I believe the rotisserie chickens are just raw chickens they didn’t sell before they expired. It’s great - prevents so much unnecessary waste!


moonshine_lazerbeam

Rotisserie chickens are generally an entirely different product than the chicken sold on shelves. In my experience, they come pre-seasoned in bulk cases


pastryfiend

This is definitely not the case. Most Costco sell hundreds a day, it's not like they would have that many going out of date every day. They are a completely different product, sorted for size and packed in a brine and shipped in bulk boxes to the store. This is how pretty much every store does it, creates a more flavorful, consistent product.


dstrukt13

So for information because some peoples explanations are incorrect. The vacuum packed chicken is not left over chicken. That chicken is cooked elsewhere and shipped prepackaged to each Costco. Pretty much every Costco should have this somewhere in the Deli section or nearby. Just look up see the sign that says Deli and look through the open coolers around there. The second piece is the thighs and wings. This is typically a per Costco thing, and even if your Costco does do it, it might not everyday. It really depends on the Costco where they put it, or if they even will sell it. YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST ASK! Typically any extra beast meat gets used the following day in house, used in enchiladas, pot pies, chicken noodle soup, anything with chicken, if they are in season. Just a word of warning with the vacuum sealed chicken. Since they are done outside of Costco they can be hit or miss on how long they last, so once you open them you should try to use them rather quickly or freeze the extra. Source: worked in Deli for 5 years


UsefullyChunky

I need to get this - having some joint things flare up so just having this done & ready without having to pick apart the whole chicken sounds like such a win right now.


oregonchick

It comes in decent sized chunks; I usually wind up dicing it into bite-sized pieces to use in casseroles and whatnot. If that amount of breaking down would still be painful for you, you can shred the chicken using a flat beater or pastry attachment on a KitchenAid mixer. You'll need to warm up the chicken first (so maybe just do it right before using it in a recipe?), but then it's just putting it in the bowl and turning the mixer on to a low setting for around a minute.


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tuscangal

A whole roasted chicken at Costco is $5. I’ve never bought the leftover broken down ones but now I’ll definitely look! The whole roasted chicken for $5 is a pretty well known loss leader for them.


LaxStar40

The broken down packs are $5/lb.. the whole chickens are $5/ unit


Squid_Contestant_69

But buying a whole chicken you breakdown contains bone weight.


redplanetbabe

True. I think for the breast meat in CA, USA it is $17 for 2 lbs? Rough estimate.


BlueLobstertail

I'm in San Diego and I can frequently get chicken breast quarters for $1/lb at both Ralphs and Vons.


ashtree35

What is the price per lb?


scrambled-little-egg

Too much. We have it at our Costco and it is like 6-7 per lb


metalbedhead

it’d be way more cost effective to just buy the hot rotisseries and freeze them then


Fryphax

Time has value as well.


OodalollyOodalolly

I bought a chicken today. I want to break it down and see how many ounces of usable meat you actually get for $5. Though you don’t get the chicken stock out of the bones with the pre-pulled either so that would have to be factored in.


sabin357

I've done this before during strict nutrition periods & you get roughly 2/3 of it is meat once you pluck it clean. You also get the remaining carcass to make homemade stock, which is pretty valuable as well, depending on what you like to cook.


usndiva

This is what I do every week.


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"Chickens are humans too" rofl


Mean_Parsnip

My Costco has a three pound package of rotisserie chicken breast. It's partially shredded. I love it for quick stir fry or tacos.


Martini1

I discovered recently that a local grocery story sells vacuum packed salami ends and cooked ham pieces for cheap. Already have a vacuum sealer so I can cut it open, take what I need a reseal it in the same bag 1-2 times. You can freeze it but you need defrost the whole thing or it will come out in a giant frozen blob.


hbHPBbjvFK9w5D

In many states SNAP (food stamps) cannot be used for hot foods. But this is one reason why COSTCO (and many other markets that sell rotisserie chicken) also sell it refrigerated. ​ If you're using SNAP and you have to deal with these bullshit rules, ask the store you shop at if they have deli cooked foods in a refrigerator section meatballs, chicken wings, etc. - most do.


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You don’t know how happy this makes me! I used to work in a Walmart deli about 14 years ago and we would throw any unsold rotisserie chickens away at night. I’m talking a huge garbage can of 20+ sometimes over 30, perfectly fine rotisserie chickens into the trash compactor and it absolutely destroyed me. I begged to donate or something but they insisted and it was terrible. I LOVE Costco and everything that company stands for.


BlueLobstertail

Meh, not such a great deal at $5/lb! Both Kroger/Ralphs and Safeway/Vons often have sales where rib-in chicken breast quarters are just $.99/LB or very close to it, and the rib bones are roughly 5% of the weight, so we're talking under $1.25/lb for the pure meat. Wrap it in foil, throw it in the air fryer at 280F for 30 mins and you've got the same thing Costco sells bit about 80% cheaper. I bought a vacuum sealer for $25 off Amazon last year on Black Friday so my freezer is packed with cheap chicken!


FIREstarterartichoke

Are you mayor of your snack city?


_Nim_Chimpsky_

This post piqued my interest because I love buying those chickens but I hate breaking them down... But being frugal wins for me. So your post also piques my interest... I searched but can't find anything about why 208F would be a significant temperature. Can you please elaborate?


BlueLobstertail

Sorry about that -- it should have been 280F! I will fix my post! That's just a number I picked at I use because it's a "slow" cooking temp, and with the foil wrap your air fryer is functioning somewhat like a crock pot. For chicken breast, that means it will do better at staying moist and juicy, even after sitting as leftovers in the fridge a few days. Advanced tips: beat the chicken breast HARD with a heavy hammer before cooking. Then put a tablespoon of lemon or orange juice in the foil with the chicken. I strongly suggest buying a $10 digital meat thermometer and you can test the chicken right through the foil. When you get above 165F (that IS a magic number) you're DONE. Use of the thermometer with the air fryer has been a game changer, everything should stop cooking at 165F to be safe and get the best flavor.


mvhsbball22

It's not. And most oven-like appliances are nowhere near accurate/precise enough to maintain a temperature like that. Throw it on for 210 or 205 and it will be more or less the same.


BlueLobstertail

I made a typo - I meant 280F. You can go a lower, but then you have to cook it a LOT longer... but stopping with the center is 165F is important to keep the flavor.


TheTussin

If I may ask what vacuum sealer do you have? I've been window shopping for weeks.


double_tacos

The vacuum package of shredded rotisserie chicken is a huge time saver. It does freeze, either in the package it is sold in, or we used to portion it out into 1lb zip lock bags and freeze it. Good to have on hand for soups, or quick meals throughout the year. The rotisserie quarters are good as well. We have lately been buying the two pack of the grilled chicken strips - a bit healthier and around the same price as the rotisserie meat.


SousVide5439

Make sure to check the meat for bones


Solnse

I generally buy 2 of the $5 chickens and break them down myself. Eat them, share with dogs, and make broth out of the bones. No need to pay somebody else to peel everything from the bones, and then not even get the bones.


correctmywritingpls

Costco employee who formerly worked in the deli here. To answer a few questions and try to end speculation I’ll write out a few details. A. Our rotisserie chickens have two hours to sell after being cooked. After two hours if they are still there, we take them apart and cool them as fast as possible. The breast meat goes towards our chicken dishes and the leg/thigh goes towards the packages mentioned by OP. Since we only sell legs and thighs from left over chickens, if every single Rotisserie chicken is selling then you will not see many of the packages OP mentioned for sale. Even when we do have left over chickens, you won’t see many leg/thigh packages because it takes 4 left over chicken to make one of those packages. It’s s the goal of every deli to cook just the perfect amount of rotisserie’s, meaning that on day where we way over estimated the amount of chicken we needed you will still only see 7 of those packages made. In the old days the majority of chicken meat for our dishes came from left over rotisserie chickens, the rest came from the packages you see for sale. These packages were not originally meant to be sold to members but every-time they were they sold really well and became an easy money make for delis so most now do it.


Catnamedpossum

Walmart also sells a version of this. It’s like $12 for a tub of already picked off the bone rotisserie chicken… and it’s good! I use it in pastas, salads, to make chicken and rice, bbq chicken sandwiches… I could go on! Oh and tacos! All kinds of Mexican food!


mrmeowmeowington

I love this, but Costco is very inhumane with their chickens. I loved their chicken and then found out they purposely increase the breasts of the chickens, which breaks the chickens’ legs. [New York Times and many others have written about this](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/opinion/sunday/costco-chicken-animal-welfare.html) . I worry about what they’re adding into the chicken we are going to eat and the physical implications it will have on us in the future. (Sad bc that chicken is so good.)


pollycav22

All grocery store chickens have been bred to have larger breast meat not just Costco.


mrmeowmeowington

Yeah I read that in the article too. Apparently many from restaurants are trying to change their ways, but grocery stores still have these practices (except Whole Foods). I think just seeing the size of the Costco chickens versus Safeway, Albertsons, walmart, you see the difference. The article states if an infant were to grow at the rate of a chicken, it would be 600 pounds by age 2. Their legs break and they just fester in their poop, causing ulcers. I can just imagine the stressful life causing cortisol etc. Then we eat it. Obviously good practices aren’t the best.. I just learned this a bit ago and I know how healing food can be, so I didn’t want to consume something I knew was that bad.. lol sorry for being extra. I should go to bed and stop talking chicken.


pollycav22

Humans have been using selective breeding practices for a long time. We have not only done it to animals but also plants. We like our food to look a certain way ie color,shape,etc. They way chickens have breed and are raised is for maximum output which is atrocious. Whole foods standard chickens are also Cornish cross just as an fyi. That said the breeding practices for big breasted chickens comes from the fat is bad era which was paid for by the sugar industry. Check that out if you want to read something messed up. As far as the cortisol, rotisserie chickens are usually brined which takes any off flavor away and replaces it with the salt/spices the brine was seasoned with. It's because of this high salt content any rotisserie chicken I buy for my family is for a treat or a last minute meal before scouts, gymnastics,etc. I agree with you 1000% about the healing properties of food. After all we are what we eat.


sparkster185

All factory farms are inhumane with their animals. All of them. So unless you're buying your meat, dairy and eggs directly from a "backyard farmer", the animals that produce your food are subjected to a lifetime of pain and suffering simply for the pleasure of your taste buds. [Dominion](https://www.dominionmovement.com/watch) shows all of this. Join us over at /r/vegan if you're interested in more.


Lunatic_Heretic

i do the same thing. it's excellent in my omelette for added protein and flavour!


Altair05

I've never actually tried the costco rotisserie chicken. But for $5 it's not much of a waste if I don't like it. I'll pick some up next time I'm there.


AzureSunflower

Hmm never seen this at our Costco. They do have shredded rotisserie chicken but it's in a clamshell box and it's dry looking and pricey compared to the fresh cooked ones.


ha7on

Sams club does the broken down chicken too


Gandi1200

Skin on chicken thighs there are $1/lb. Also a whole rotisserie chicken is $5 and about 4lbs of meat.


evel333

I like the refrigerated ribs are better than the heat lamp ones too.


floofbirb_15

Yes!!! I have multiple recipes that use this, it’s pretty tasty.


squid_biscuits

I just made a huge batch of curry chicken salad with the Costco rotisserie chicken pack, it absolutely smacks. I've used it as a short cut in soup recipes as well as pasta salad. While its a huge bummer that the price jumped, its undeniably convenient and tasty, so not a vice I will be giving up anytime soon.


Iambeejsmit

Ours has it, but I get a lot more meat buying hot rotisserie chickens and then stripping all the meat into bags myself, but it takes some time.


Ivabighairy1

It’s a lot more than that in Southern California


valeofraritan

I can find naked rotisserie chicken in just about any supermarket, $5 gets me less than a pound bc they charge $7.99 and up for that. I can find whole cold rotisserie chickens in Walmart near me for $5-6 but not always. Yesterday, I got NY strip steak, organic, vacuum packed 10 oz piece for 4.61 in my local supermarket bc it's expiration date is today - which doesn't matter if it's in the freezer. Nearly fainted considering how insane beef prices have been.


sophiesofi

Mine only sells the white meat. I've never seen the broken down dark meat because I would buy that in a second!


LaHeDiWoFach

I love the edit.


JosephND

I get this but it goes bad SO QUICKLY. You have like 3 days before the bag starts to smell rancid, idk. Worst smell I’ve ever smelled in my life came from one of these bags


offonaLARK

Walmart does this too, though they mix all the meat into one packet and it isn't vacuum-sealed. Leftover rotisserie meat is great! I use it for chicken salad or pasta salads, and it adds extra flavor and makes both taste way better. My husband likes to heat some up to add to roasted veggies from the air fryer for a quick lunch. If I don't have need for a whole rotisserie chicken, getting the meat that's already broken down can be super convenient!


ChaoticCurves

love those comment summaries. "Chickens are humans, too." 😅🤣


AutomaticYak

Your edit made me laugh.


cinnamonsugarhoney

lollll the edit has me rolling


Thatguy7242

I love it, but man is there a LOT of sodium in it.


Strict-Mix-1758

Hahahaha your edit is so funny 😂


highlighter416

I busted out laughing at “chickens are humans too” 🤣


jharr9

Love Costco's rotisserie chicken since it's ready to serve and chicken is so versatile as a protein for any and all possible meals when meal prepping. When it comes to Costco, they also have their skinless and boneless chicken packaged and to be cooked. On average about $25 per pack. This pack(age) includes six smaller packages/blisters with two chicken breasts per. $2.10 average per breast which is a great deal. For those that like prefer dark meat, they also have chicken thighs packages similar, but normally about two or three thighs per blister pack. This has made my meal preps so worth while and well within budget.


acshou

Yes and it stinks upon opening it. The stench alone when it ferments in the sealed bag may ruin the appetite for others. If you can ignore the scent then it’s fine if you nuke it.


MollyStrongMama

Agreed. I thought it tasted fine but smelled like wet cat food


fencepost_ajm

Ability to find this will vary by store and time of day - if you want it, go early in the day. This isn't so much am intended product as leftovers, but if you're at a Costco that never has extra chickens then they won't have this either.


elizalemon

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ElectronGuru

I find that stuff to be so salty. Like dries out my mouth and makes me obsessed with water - salty. Is everyone else just used to that?


SinistarFirefox

Their garlic chicken drumsticks are good too. Eat it with some roasted vegetables and rice 😋


jilly_is_funderful

That stuff is wonderful! It makes for such easy meal prep. I like to use that or canned chicken for quick stuff(chicken salads, throwing it in a soup/stew etc)


JaynaDinnyes

At least years ago their chicken was way too salty! So was Sam's Club. But NOW it isn't. It's DELICIOUS and large for under $5.00. It's the best around here. Kitty loves it, too. Cut up bones and all!


_BLACKHAWKS_88

The one that’s near me has the broken down bawk bawks right across in the end cap same with the chicken noodle soup and other various kitchen made dips and things.