Rotisserie vs. Raw Chicken: Which Is Cheaper? We Have The Official Verdict Right Here!

Rotisserie vs. Raw Chicken: Which Is Cheaper? We Have The Official Verdict Right Here!

We Know Which One We'd Rather Buy!

Most of us would probably assume that it costs more to buy cooked food than to buy it raw and take it home and cook it ourselves. We certainly believe this to be the case when it comes to rotisserie chicken vs. raw chicken, because in general we pay for the convenience of prepared foods by shelling out more at the checkout. However, looking at the price tag on a rotisserie chicken can suggest otherwise, because for just a few bucks customers get a fully cooked and seasoned chicken without investing all of the time and effort. But how can this be true?

Well, the folks over at website Priceonomics took a long, hard look at the issue and found that in general, the price tag “per chicken” for rotisserie chicken seems cheaper than raw chicken, but the raw chicken in the meat aisle actually has a lower cost per pound. If that all sounds a little confusing, don't worry, because we have the full explanation for you right here.

To Learn Why Rotisserie Chicken Appears To Cost Less Than Raw Chicken Please Head On Over To The Next Page For The Full Story… 



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26 Comments

  1. Jim Bruns
    Jim Bruns August 21, 22:53

    If price is your only concern you need to ‘re-evaluate what and why you eat. Roasting a chicken at home can take as little as half an hour, you controlled the spices and SALT. Here in Chicago I have NEVER gotten a store roasted or rotisserie chicken that wasn’t way over cooked and dry and incredibly stay
    The exception is Costco. But even there I buy the bird and do it myself.

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  2. Jane Lucido Wesley
    Jane Lucido Wesley August 22, 00:25

    I agree totally. Roasting a chicken is so easy! Doing it at home let’s you control the end product.

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  3. Sue Williams Perkins
    Sue Williams Perkins August 22, 01:18

    When I buy raw it’s only skinless, boneless breast and thighs. The Rotisserie chicken has skin, bones, wings and backs that I’m not going to eat.

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  4. Janie Hazelbaker
    Janie Hazelbaker August 22, 02:44

    I woukd rather do my own rotisserie chicken. I season it to our liking and I put it in my set it and forget it and in about 2 hours 15 minutes its done. That’s for a 5 pound bird. We always have enough leftover to make another meal. I get them for $0.99 per pound. So it’s roughly $2.50 per meal. I have a family of 3.

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  5. Brian E Mayle
    Brian E Mayle August 22, 09:40

    I’m lazy, Costco yard bird is the the way for me @ $4.99

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  6. Barbara Boertzel Di Bella
    Barbara Boertzel Di Bella August 22, 22:58

    Janie Hazelbaker love my “Set it & forget it”, too

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  7. Yasmine Ali
    Yasmine Ali August 23, 05:11

    Ok, but I will buy mine raw and make it my way in whatever way my taste buds tell me to that day.

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  8. Mary Clark
    Mary Clark August 24, 11:49

    Our local store the chickens are so small they look like pigeons . and they don’t fill the container. better to do your own

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  9. Donna Lavoie
    Donna Lavoie August 24, 17:00

    Costco sells a large rotisserie for $4.99!! And it is really good, so I don’t know how much cheaper you can get to that! And no electric from the oven. When finished, becomes broth for soup!!

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  10. Jeanne Zollar Jugovich
    Jeanne Zollar Jugovich August 24, 23:58

    And the cost of my work involved in prep and clean up!!!

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  11. Kendall Shipley
    Kendall Shipley August 25, 04:41

    Raw whole chicken in Memphis is 9 bucks …..

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  12. Harriet Marcus
    Harriet Marcus August 25, 12:54

    I rarely buy them,they are delicious!!!

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  13. Janet Treadwell Franklin
    Janet Treadwell Franklin August 25, 15:47

    I make the best chicken soup with a rotisserie chicken! !

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  14. Gordon Ramsay Recipes
    Gordon Ramsay Recipes November 18, 04:30

    Important Post !

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  15. Bruce Ostrander
    Bruce Ostrander June 11, 21:18

    ROTISSERIE is, $4.98 for a 4+ pound chicken at Sam’s Club

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  16. Gander6
    Gander6 June 11, 21:19

    Cook your own. Beer can chicken!

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  17. Florence Callahan
    Florence Callahan June 11, 22:06

    raw is much larger then any rotisserie chicken.

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  18. Danny Ainsworth
    Danny Ainsworth June 11, 23:43

    Chickens are packed with an allowable moisture pick up of 15%, most whole birds are packed with a gib pack inside, when you cook them you cook out the moisture pickup plus natural juices in the process. So having said that by the time your done trimming, removed the gib pack, cooked out juices, you are close to a wash on eatable home cooked chicken, plus you had to invest your time. Kroger or your favorite grocery do great jobs cooking them!

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  19. Anthony Cortijo
    Anthony Cortijo June 12, 03:02

    Try Costco. The chickens are the biggest I’ve ever seen

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  20. Cedric Anderson
    Cedric Anderson June 12, 03:21

    Don’t matter why buy one when you can make your own seasoned the way you want

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  21. Sadie Parker
    Sadie Parker June 12, 04:29

    Rotisserie chicken

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  22. Melanie Mullins Rudolf
    Melanie Mullins Rudolf June 12, 06:54

    I cook my own. Yes it takes time but I have specific seasonings that I use. My grown daughters won’t eat anybody else’s. 🙂

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  23. Jeanne Holcombe
    Jeanne Holcombe June 12, 12:40

    Love the rotisserie chicken and very economical .

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  24. Charmaine Kolasa
    Charmaine Kolasa June 12, 16:11

    Love Sams Club chicken…

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  25. Marie Peterson
    Marie Peterson June 13, 12:24

    People are forgetting the electric costs also!

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