Priceonomics broke down the cost of rotisserie vs. raw chicken at several major stores. The verdict? In most cases, consumers are actually better off buying raw chicken and cooking it at home.
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The data-driven site decided to run an experiment and test seven rotisserie birds against seven raw chickens that they dressed and cooked-all from seven different grocery stores. They then weighed the roasts against one another, and the results were staggering: After being prepared and cooked, the bird from the refrigerated case almost always weighed more than its prepared counterpart. And that includes the cost of oil and seasonings you’d be using at home.
The only exception was at Costco and Smart & Final, where it appears you can get a pre-cooked bird for less than cash per pound.
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While raw chicken certainly appears to be the more affordable choice, we've all had days where we just need something quick and don't have the time or energy to cook. In that case, feel free to splurge a little for the sake of convenience.
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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.
I agree totally. Roasting a chicken is so easy! Doing it at home let’s you control the end product.
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.
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.
I’m lazy, Costco yard bird is the the way for me @ $4.99
Janie Hazelbaker love my “Set it & forget it”, too
Ok, but I will buy mine raw and make it my way in whatever way my taste buds tell me to that day.
Our local store the chickens are so small they look like pigeons . and they don’t fill the container. better to do your own
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!!
And the cost of my work involved in prep and clean up!!!
Raw whole chicken in Memphis is 9 bucks …..
I rarely buy them,they are delicious!!!
I make the best chicken soup with a rotisserie chicken! !
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ROTISSERIE is, $4.98 for a 4+ pound chicken at Sam’s Club
Cook your own. Beer can chicken!
raw is much larger then any rotisserie chicken.
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!
Try Costco. The chickens are the biggest I’ve ever seen
Don’t matter why buy one when you can make your own seasoned the way you want
Rotisserie chicken
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. 🙂
Love the rotisserie chicken and very economical .
Love Sams Club chicken…
People are forgetting the electric costs also!