Chicken Kitchen
Chicken Kitchen's Florida stores average -0.20 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.40 to +0.01), below the county baseline. Rank 8 of 9 chicken brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.
The food: where these dishes come from
Chicken Kitchen is known for citrus-marinated grilled chicken (mojo). The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.
By fiscal year
Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.
Most-cited violation codes
| Code | DBPR description | Chicken Kitchen | Florida | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean | 46.4 | 43.6 | 1.06x |
| 03 | Food Out of Temperature | 44.7 | 35.0 | 1.28x |
| 36 | Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved | 34.6 | 39.9 | 0.87x |
| 31 | Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed | 33.0 | 42.0 | 0.78x |
| 23 | Non-food contact surfaces clean | 30.7 | 23.6 | 1.30x |
Outcomes
Emergency closures
No Chicken Kitchen store appears in DBPR's weekly closure extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06).
Other chicken brands
| Rank | Brand | vs county | 95% interval | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KFC | -0.71 | -0.77 to -0.65 | 239 |
| 2 | Chick-fil-A | -0.67 | -0.73 to -0.61 | 262 |
| 3 | Wingstop | -0.63 | -0.71 to -0.55 | 162 |
| 4 | Pollo Tropical | -0.52 | -0.61 to -0.43 | 132 |
| 5 | Popeyes | -0.42 | -0.49 to -0.34 | 213 |
| 6 | Chicken Salad Chick | -0.41 | -0.55 to -0.24 | 38 |
| 7 | Zaxby's | -0.27 | -0.39 to -0.13 | 122 |
| 8 | Chicken Kitchen | -0.20 | -0.40 to +0.01 | 33 |
| 9 | PDQ | +0.06 | -0.16 to +0.30 | 52 |
Store-level matching: a store counts for Chicken Kitchen when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.