KFC Deals and Specials: Every Standing Offer, Priced Against the Menu
KFC’s real discounts sit in five places. The $10 Bucket of the Day is a weekday lineup that replaced $10 Tuesday in May 2026. The standing value formats on the board (the $4.99 Taste of KFC plate, the $5 bowls, the $7 to $11 Box Feasts, the $5.99 Fill Ups and the $20 Build-A-Bucket) are permanent prices dressed as promotions. KFC Rewards pays 10 points a dollar on app and website orders. App-only offers rotate weekly and differ by account. And the receipt survey pays a printed offer for five minutes of feedback. This page prices every one of them against the standing menu, then gives the floors any offer has to beat, so a deal in front of you can be judged in a few seconds.
Every standing deal, priced
| Deal | What you get | Price | The same food at standing prices | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 Bucket of the Day, Tuesday | Eight drums and thighs | $10.00 | $18.99 for the eight-piece bucket | $8.99 less (47%) |
| $10 Bucket of the Day, Thursday | Eight tenders, four sauces | $10.00 | $15.35 for the eight-tender box and sauces | $5.35 less (35%) |
| $10 Bucket of the Day, Monday and Friday | 24 nuggets, four sauces | $10.00 | $16.34 for two 12-piece orders and sauces | $6.34 less (39%) |
| $10 Bucket of the Day, Wednesday | Ten wings, two sauces | $10.00 | $21.08 for ten whole wings and sauces | $11.08 less (53%) |
| 1 pc. Chicken Fill Up | Breast, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuit, two pie poppers, medium drink | $5.99 | $14.31 bought as separate items | $8.32 less (58%) |
| Taste of KFC 2 pc. Deal | Drum and thigh, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuit | $4.99 | $10.16 as separate items | $5.17 less (51%) |
| Taste of KFC 4 pc. Meal | Four pieces, two mashed potatoes with gravy, two biscuits | $10.00 | $17.66 as pieces, sides and biscuits | $7.66 less (43%) |
| $7 Box Feast | Snacker, five nuggets, fries, medium drink | $7.00 | $12.47 as separate items (full-size fries) | $5.47 less (44%) |
| $9 Box Feast | Two Snackers, five nuggets, fries, medium drink | $9.00 | $15.47 as separate items | $6.47 less (42%) |
| $11 Box Feast | Classic Chicken Sandwich, five nuggets, fries, medium drink, two sauces | $11.00 | $16.14 as separate items | $5.14 less (32%) |
| $20 Build-A-Bucket | Eight dark-meat pieces or eight tenders, four sides, four sauces, four biscuits | $20.00 | $29.99 for the 8 pc. Chicken Meal | $9.99 less (33%) |
| $10 Popcorn Chicken Bucket | About 16 oz of popcorn chicken, four sauces | $10.00 | $17.33 for three large popcorn orders and sauces | $7.33 less (42%) |
| Meal for Two: 5 pc. Chicken | Five pieces, two sides, two biscuits | $15.99 | $20.03 as pieces, sides and biscuits | $4.04 less (20%) |
| $5 Mashed Potato Bowl | The bowl alone; the combo adds a medium drink | $5.00 | Standing price point; the combo’s drink costs $1.99 against $2.99 alone | $1.00 on the drink in the combo |
| KFC Rewards | 10 points per dollar on app and kfc.com orders, redeemed from the Secret Recipe Vault | Free to join | Counter price of the redeemed item | Roughly 4 to 6 percent of spend, more with challenges |
| Receipt survey offer | The offer printed on the receipt after the MyKFCExperience survey | Five minutes | A free side, cookie or drink is worth $1.49 to $3.89 | The printed offer, usually with a purchase |
Reference prices on the review date; participation and prices vary by restaurant. Standing comparisons use the closest à la carte items; the Box Feasts carry a 3 oz fries against the full-size portion priced here, so their true saving is a little smaller than the column shows.
The $10 Bucket of the Day, by weekday
Since 4 May 2026 the Tuesday bucket has been one day of five. The lineup runs Monday to Friday at participating restaurants, in the restaurant, on kfc.com and in the app, and not on third-party delivery platforms. Two add-ons ride alongside: two individual sides and biscuits for $5, or two large sides and four biscuits for $10.
| Day | The bucket | Price | Per piece | Same food at standing prices | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 24 nuggets, four sauces | $10.00 | 42¢ | $16.34 | $6.34 less (39%) |
| Tuesday | Eight pieces, drums and thighs | $10.00 | $1.25 | $18.99 | $8.99 less (47%) |
| Wednesday | Ten wings, two sauces | $10.00 | $1.00 | $21.08 | $11.08 less (53%) |
| Thursday | Eight tenders, four sauces | $10.00 | $1.25 | $15.35 | $5.35 less (35%) |
| Friday | 24 nuggets, four sauces | $10.00 | 42¢ | $16.34 | $6.34 less (39%) |
Prices and participation vary; supplies last; tax extra. Wednesday is measured against whole wings à la carte, a larger piece than a wing segment, so treat its saving as an upper bound.
The Bucket of the Day page measures every day’s bucket for calories, protein and sodium per head and prices the add-ons.
Standing value formats on the board
The formats below are not promotions with an end date; they are menu prices that happen to be low, which makes them the reference for every offer above. The 1 pc. Chicken Fill Up at $5.99 is the cheapest complete meal with a drink (entrée, side, biscuit, dessert, drink), and the Taste of KFC plate at $4.99 is the cheapest complete plate without one. The $7, $9 and $11 Box Feasts, launched 30 March 2026, are the sandwich-and-nuggets ladder; the two-dollar step from $7 to $9 buys a second Snacker, which is the best marginal buy on the ladder. The $5 bowls are the single-plate floor. For a table, the $20 Build-A-Bucket (eight dark-meat pieces or eight tenders, four sides, four sauces, four biscuits) feeds four at $5.00 a head, and the 16 pc. Tenders Meal feeds eight at $4.00 a head, the lowest per-head figure on the whole board.
| Family format | Price | Feeds | Per head | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 pc. Tenders Meal | $31.99 | 8 | $4.00 | 16 Original Recipe tenders, 4 large sides, 8 biscuits |
| $20 Build-A-Bucket | $20.00 | 4 | $5.00 | 8 dark-meat pieces or 8 tenders, 4 sides, 4 sauces, 4 biscuits |
| 8 pc. Tenders Meal | $19.99 | 4 | $5.00 | 8 Original Recipe tenders, 2 large sides, 4 biscuits |
| Taste of KFC 4 pc. Meal | $10.00 | 2 | $5.00 | 4 pieces mixed fried chicken, 2 mashed potatoes with gravy, 2 biscuits |
| 6 pc. Chicken & 12 Nuggets Family Meal | $24.99 | 5 | $5.00 | 6 pieces mixed fried chicken, 12 nuggets, 2 large sides, 4 biscuits |
| Fan Favorite's Box | $25.00 | 4 | $6.25 | 4 pieces mixed fried chicken, 12 nuggets, Secret Recipe fries, 4 biscuits, 4 sauces |
| Double Mash Meal | $20.00 | 3 | $6.67 | 7 pieces mixed fried chicken, 2 large mashed potatoes with gravy, 4 biscuits |
| 12 pc. Chicken Meal | $39.99 | 6 | $6.67 | 12 pieces mixed fried chicken, 3 large sides, 6 biscuits |
| 12 pc. Tenders Family Meal | $26.99 | 4 | $6.75 | 12 Original Recipe tenders, 2 large sides, 4 biscuits, 6 sauce cups |
| 16 pc. Family Meal | $54.99 | 8 | $6.87 | 16 pieces mixed fried chicken, 4 large sides, 8 biscuits |
| 8 pc. Chicken Meal | $29.99 | 4 | $7.50 | 8 pieces mixed fried chicken, 2 large sides, 4 biscuits |
| Meal for Two: 5 pc. Chicken | $15.99 | 2 | $8.00 | 5 pieces mixed fried chicken, 2 sides, 2 biscuits |
Per-head figures divide the reference price by the number of people the format is built to feed. The meal prices page ranks every family format live.
KFC Rewards, priced
Rewards is the one deal that applies to every order placed through the app or kfc.com: 10 points per eligible dollar, redeemed against rotating items in the Secret Recipe Vault, with challenges and personalized offers on top. Measured against the counter prices on this site, a well-chosen redemption returns roughly 4 to 6 percent of what was spent, which is worth less than a good app offer but stacks with all of them, including the Bucket of the Day when it is ordered in the app. Points come from app and website orders only; a counter receipt earns nothing, and neither does a third-party delivery order. The Rewards page prices the Vault item by item.
App-only offers and how they rotate
The Offers tab in the app changes weekly and differs by account, which is why no page can list today’s. What it can do is name the shapes and the floors. App offers arrive as a free item with a minimum spend, a percentage off an order, a flat discount on a family format, buy-one-get-one on a sandwich or bowl, or a free-delivery window. Each is worth exactly its arithmetic against the standing board, and the table below is the board reduced to the numbers an offer must beat.
| Category | Standing floor | Best standing format | An offer is a deal when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone-in chicken, per piece | $2.00 in the 16-piece bucket | $1.25 in Tuesday’s bucket | Below $2.00 on any other day |
| Tenders, per tender | $1.44 in the 16-piece tenders box | $1.25 in Thursday’s bucket | Below $1.44 on any other day |
| Nuggets, per nugget | 53¢ in the 36-piece bucket | 42¢ on Monday and Friday | Below 53¢ on any other day |
| A complete plate for one | $4.99 Taste of KFC plate | $5.99 Fill Up with drink and dessert | A meal offer below $4.99 with a drink is rare |
| Dinner for four, per head | $4.00 in the 16-piece tenders meal | $5.00 in the Build-A-Bucket | A family offer above $7.50 a head is the 8 pc. Chicken Meal at full price |
| A sandwich | $5.49 Classic or Spicy à la carte | $11.00 inside the $11 Box Feast with nuggets, fries and a drink | A sandwich offer is a deal below $5.49 |
| A bowl | $5.00 Mashed Potato Bowl | $6.99 as a combo | The $5 bowls are already the floor |
| A side | $2.79 for slaw, corn, beans or mashed potatoes | $1.29 biscuit | Add-on side offers below $2.79 are worth taking |
Floors are computed from reference prices and move when prices move; the price change log records each change.
Coupons, mailers, senior discounts and the survey
Paper coupons survive as regional mailers and inserts, and they are the last place a plain percentage off a family meal appears; they are franchise programs, so a coupon from one operator can be refused by another, which the small print states. Senior, military, student and first-responder discounts are not published nationally; individual operators run their own, typically a small percentage or a free drink, and the only way to know is to ask at the counter. The receipt survey pays whatever offer the receipt prints, usually a free side, cookie or drink with a purchase, worth $1.49 to $3.89 at the board.
Delivery deals, read carefully
Platform listings for this menu run about 15 to 35 percent above the counter price before fees, so a “20 percent off” banner on a delivery app often returns the order to the counter price rather than below it. The Bucket of the Day is not sold on third-party platforms at all. Delivery inside the KFC app stays closest to counter prices and earns points; the delivery page computes the markup on real orders and ranks the four routes.
How to pay the least at KFC this week
- Start from the weekday. Monday and Friday are nuggets, Tuesday is drums and thighs, Wednesday is wings, Thursday is tenders, each for $10 in the restaurant, on kfc.com or in the app.
- Decide whether you need sides. If not, the bucket alone at $10 is the cheapest chicken of the week. If so, the $5 add-on (two individual sides and biscuits) beats buying them separately, and the $20 Build-A-Bucket matches a bucket plus the $10 add-on on any day of the week.
- Order in the app. The order earns 10 points a dollar, the Offers tab may hold a free item or a discount on the same order, and the app shows your restaurant’s participation and price.
- For one person, use the standing formats. The $4.99 Taste of KFC plate, the $5.00 bowls and the $5.99 Fill Up are the floors; an app offer has to beat them.
- Keep the receipt. The survey offer on it is worth a side, cookie or drink on the next visit.
- Skip the platform “deal”. Unless the discount takes the platform price below the counter price, ordering ahead in the app for pickup is cheaper.
Deals that changed shape
| Then | Now |
|---|---|
| The $5 Fill Up | The Fill Up line returned at $5.99 to $7.49 with the same shape: entrée, side, biscuit, dessert, drink |
| $10 Tuesday (eight-piece dark meat, from 2025) | The $10 Bucket of the Day, five weekdays, since 4 May 2026 |
| $20 Fill Up Box | Renamed; its successor and the $20.00 Build-A-Bucket carry the four-person price point |
| Taste of KFC 6-piece and larger deals | The $4.99 plate and the $10.00 four-piece meal remain |
| Dunk It Bucket | Rotates: on the app some weeks at $7.00, resting others |
Retired formats keep their pages on this site with their last listed price and full nutrition.
More KFC guides
QuestionsKFC Deals and Specials FAQs
What deals does KFC have right now?
The standing ones are the $10 Bucket of the Day (Monday to Friday), the $4.99 Taste of KFC plate, the $5 bowls, the $7, $9 and $11 Box Feasts, the Fill Ups from $5.99, the $20 Build-A-Bucket and KFC Rewards. App offers rotate weekly and differ by account.
Is the KFC $10 Tuesday deal still on?
Yes, as part of a weekday lineup. Tuesday is eight drums and thighs for $10; Monday and Friday are 24 nuggets, Wednesday ten wings and Thursday eight tenders, at participating restaurants and not on third-party delivery apps.
What is the cheapest meal at KFC?
The $4.99 Taste of KFC plate (two pieces, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuit) without a drink, and the $5.99 1 pc. Chicken Fill Up with a drink and dessert.
What is the best KFC deal for a family?
By price per head, the 16 pc. Tenders Meal at $4.00 a head for eight, then the $20 Build-A-Bucket and the 8 pc. Tenders Meal at $5.00 a head for four. On Tuesday, the $10 bucket plus the $10 add-on feeds four for $20 with dark meat.
Does KFC have a senior discount?
Not a national one. Individual operators run their own, usually a small percentage or a free drink; ask at the counter.
Does KFC have a military discount?
Not a published national policy. Some operators offer one on request with ID; it varies by restaurant.
How do I get KFC coupons?
The app's Offers tab is the main source, refreshed weekly. Regional mailers and inserts carry paper coupons from individual operators, and the receipt survey prints an offer for the next visit.
Are KFC app deals better than in-store deals?
Usually. App offers are the only place percentage discounts and free items appear regularly, and app orders earn Rewards points. The Bucket of the Day and the standing formats cost the same in the app and at the counter.
Are delivery app deals real savings?
Rarely below the counter price. Platform prices run about 15 to 35 percent above the board before fees, so a discount often only returns the order to counter price. Ordering ahead in the KFC app for pickup is the cheaper route.
Does KFC still have the $5 Fill Up?
The line returned as the Fill Ups at $5.99 to $7.49: entrée, side, biscuit, dessert and drink.
Do KFC deals work with Rewards points?
Yes. Any order placed in the app or on kfc.com earns 10 points a dollar, including a Bucket of the Day order and orders with an app offer applied.
What is the cheapest chicken per piece at KFC?
$1.25 a piece in Tuesday's $10 bucket of drums and thighs. On other days, $2.00 a piece in the 16-piece chicken-only bucket.
Where the facts on this page come from
- KFC U.S. press release, 4 May 2026: $10 Bucket of the Day weekday lineup, not on third-party platforms, participation varies
- Restaurant Dive, 5 May 2026: weekday bucket add-ons sides and biscuits add-ons at $5 and $10
- KFC press release, 6 February 2024: KFC Rewards launch 10 points per dollar, Secret Recipe Vault, challenges
- KFC app and kfc.com menu listings reference prices on the review date
- MyKFCExperience survey (operated by SMG) survey code and time of visit fields