re: Thrillist's First-Ever Fast Food Awards

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Best Fried Chicken Sandwich

Popeyes - Chicken Sandwich
Chick-fil-A - Chicken Sandwich
McDonald’s - Buttermilk Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Carl’s Jr. - Big Fillet Chicken Sandwich
KFC - Crispy Colonel Sandwich

Best Burger

Culver’s - ButterBurger Cheese
In-N-Out Burger - Double Double
McDonald’s - Quarter Pounder With Cheese
Whataburger - Double Meat Whataburger
Wendy’s - Dave’s Double

Best Plant-Based Burger NO

White Castle - Impossible Slider
Carl’s Jr. - Beyond BBQ Star
Carl’s Jr. - Beyond Famous Star With Cheese
A&W - Beyond Burger
Burger King - Impossible Whopper

Best Fries

Arby’s - Curly Fries
McDonald’s - Fries
Chick-fil-A - Waffle Potato Fries
Taco Bell - Nacho Fries
Checkers/Rally’s - Famous Seasoned Fries

Best Taco

Del Taco - The Del Taco
Taco Bell - Crunchy Taco
El Pollo Loco - Chicken Taco Al Carbon
Jack in the Box - Taco
Taco John’s - Crispy Taco

Best Dessert

Yoshinoya - Cheesecake
Taco Bell - Cinnamon Sticks
Wendy’s - Frosty
Culver’s - Vanilla Custard
Jollibee - Peach Mango Pie

Best Chicken Tenders

Raising Cane’s - Chicken Fingers
Popeyes - Tenders
Culver’s - Original Chicken Tenders
Chick-fil-A - Chick-n-Strips
Long John Silver’s - Chicken Tenders

Best Breakfast Sandwich (should be Whataburger Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit)

Subway - Bacon, Egg, and Cheese
Chick-fil-A - Chicken Biscuit
Wendy’s - Breakfast Baconator
Taco Bell - Breakfast Crunchwrap with Bacon
McDonald’s - Bacon, Egg, and Cheese McGriddle (sausage is superior)

Best Sauce

Culver’s - Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese Sauce
Chick-fil-A - Chick-fil-A Sauce
Raising Cane’s - Cane’s Sauce
McDonald’s - Honey Mustard
Whataburger - Spicy Ketchup

Best New Menu Item of the Year

Popeyes - Chicken Sandwich
Burger King - Impossible Whopper
KFC Kentucky - Fried Wings
Taco Bell - Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme
Chick-fil-A - Mac & Cheese

??????Best Coffee

Culver’s
Chick-fil-A
McDonald’s
Sonic Drive-In
Jack in the Box

Regional Chain of the Year

Culver’s
In-N-Out Burger
Del Taco
Whataburger
Bojangles'

Chain of the Year

Popeyes
Burger King
Chick-fil-A
Wendy’s
White Castle

Menu Item of the Decade

Taco Bell - Doritos Locos Taco
KFC - Double Down
White Castle - Impossible Slider
McDonald’s - Szechuan Sauce (can’t choose it despite the memes)
Popeyes - Chicken Sandwich

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