It’s time…for the Fried Chicken review! @Walt_RealFlavors generously gave me a bottle of the extract / super concentrate in mid-November. It’s still not for sale on the site, but should be after New Year’s. (Correction: you can buy it here now!) So…yeah!
Let’s start with Walt’s original description in Facebook.
OK so…there’s that. Are we ready? Let’s go.
Fried Chicken
Mixed on: November 15, 2016
Amount: 400 drops
PG: 70% | VG: 30%
Flavouring: 1.5%
Nicotine Level: 22 mg/mL
Device: ProVari (2.0)
Atomizer: Nautilus (crosshatch metal-and-glass replacement tank) with a 1.8 ohm head
Both the extract itself and the mixed liquid are clear in colour and have remained so throughout. They both initially smell very much like the juicy chicken in chicken noodle soup. Which is…fine, but it’s no KFC. So i wasn’t sure how this would go. Kept putting it off until 10 days had passed.
After 10 days’ steep: [quote]“Started vaping it at 6:30am. At first all i got is the chicken in chicken noodle soup. By 7-ish i started tasting hints of the spicy crispy breading.” “8am now and i’m getting more of that spice-seasoned, fried breading. Vapour production is good. At this stage it’s still more ‘chicken soup’ than fried chicken but the spices & breading are coming up…so we’ll see.”[/quote]
Those were the initial thoughts that i wrote down. i smelled the liquid from time to time over the next weeks. The spicy smell that matched far more with actual KFC grew considerably stronger as the steeping progressed. Today marks the 4-week steeping point, so despite being a tiny bit stuffed up what with the cold weather, i vaped it again. (Because i knew you people were waiting! )
After 4 weeks’ steep: [quote]It’s definitely KFC now. Not exactly spot-on. i’d say…more like 90% there. Being a vape, it lacks the full-on greasiness of fried chicken (though there’s some there in the mouthfeel…i could be imagining that). Also the full in-your-face saltiness isn’t really there (though pepper and the other spices are well-represented here). i would say this is pretty damn as close as one can get to Fried Chicken in a vape. For some this might be more akin to a Shake 'n Bake Chicken, if you know what i mean. The main difference between the two actual foods is the grease. i think it’s a safe bet that some flavour components in the grease arise when deep-fried fat and chicken meet…and those are likely difficult to replicate in a vape-safe flavouring. At least fully.
The flavour felt like it had mellowed a bit in strength after 4 weeks, but not much…like not super noticeably. i could be imagining it. Then again i’m a little bit stuffed up at the moment too, so it could be that.[/quote]
Final thoughts for now: This is surprisingly vapable! And surprisingly accurate / realistic too. Excellent throat hit. It’s not revolting or disgusting…it’s tasty and good. i wouldn’t deem it an all-day vape, but when the mood strikes you…why not? If nothing else, it will be a savoury conversation starter haha. And if you’re looking for a chicken soup vape, don’t steep it. Just shake & vape it fresh. It’s two flavours in one!
i should warn you that this extract is very, very strong. 1.5% was more than enough. On the same note, i doubt i will ever be able to get the Fried Chicken scent out of this particular Nautilus tank. i must’ve rinsed, blasted and soaked it in water a hundred times over 2 weeks…hot water, cold water, overnight, all day. Despite having only vaped Fried Chicken for a few hours 3 weeks before…the empty tank still smelled like it. i will try again to clean it out, but expect i’ll have to leave it for Fried Chicken, and any experiments using it. So if you intend to vape this, consider using a dedicated dripping atomizer or even an old-fashioned (bottom-coil) cartomizer. Or a tank if you’re flush with money! (i am not )
Planning to experiment a bit more with this. i have the RF Baked Bread and Tomato extracts / super concentrates now…at some point i thought this could make a nice juicy chicken sandwich vape, lol. Am i insane? Perhaps. i hope some of you find this review helpful in deciding whether to buy a bottle yourself in 2017!
Thanks again Walt and Merry Christmas.
P.S. Walt, you gotta let me help you with editing stuff. Current description text reads: “Seasoned chicken skin with salt, pepper and dredge in the a secret seasoned flour. Yup… There is a Fried Chicken Flavor…” i humbly suggest the following change: