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This has to be the best thing in fast food convenience since the freakin' straw: A cup that holds your chicken nuggets AND your soda. Nuggets on top, soda on bottom—hand to nugget, straw to face. AT THE SAME TIME. Amazing.
Adam's vivisection of the Col-Pop shows that the material between the pops and the pop is a thin membrane, but he doesn't comment on the effectiveness of keeping the two separate. I mean, the obvious problem with this triumph of science over nature is that piping-hot chicken nuggets will water your Dr. Pepper down to Diet Coke-like consistency, while cold soda will turn your steaming nuggets into tough, lukewarm chunks of breaded styrofoam. The chain offering this plastic marvel, BBQ Chicken, has locations in NY, NJ and NC—can any Giz readers offer a review?
Update: Adam goes diving a little deeper for us, revealing that pokey eaters will indeed be dealing with some soggy chicken, especially on a hot day. Check it: 
That said, I sooo hope Chik-fil-A is on this thing, pronto. [Serious Eats via BBG]
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It needs a spot for some dipping sauce.
Hot chicken, cold drink. What is wrong with this picture? Hmmm...
That's it. We can finally stop evolving. Mankind has reached its peak.
@Eli Reusch: If that dude represents "The Peak", we are all in deep trouble.
'Ladies beware. I've got some nuggets and a milk shake for you....hmmmmmm."
I welcome our alien overlords.
Didn't McDonald's try something similar called the McBLT? A giant monstrosity of styrofoam that single handedly created it's own ozone hole, but all in the name of keeping the 'cool side cool' and the 'hot side hot'. Of course, when you actually opened it to put the two together, you had difficulty telling the two sides apart (either in temperature or food substance).
Uh, I say DO NOT WANT to warm soda that tastes like chicken nuggets (70% of taste is actually what we smell).
It would be nice if it came with a strap. Then we wouldn't have to use our hands. Like a feedbag.
@rockntrumpet: Perhaps we should eat them instead. Alien Overlord nuggets with a milk shake....hmmmmm
...as soon as they figure out how to prevent the soda from becoming fish soup, and the chicken nuggets into breaded styrofoam... then and only then this is the most awsomest invention in our pixel size spot on the Galaxy...
Heat rises, cold sinks right? So all they need to do is create an insulating layer (a somewhat thin air pocket - air is great insulation) on the bottom of the nuggets holder and voila, hot nuggets and cold beer...uuuh I mean soda.
Two snacks, one cup?
when i first read this i thought 'Pol Pot holds your soda' ? he's doing quite well i thought. but wait, no, it's just a way to get americans fatter. damn you pol pot!
@jdunns4: Nothing says love like a gift from Uncle Pol Pot. Thanks for the laugh. Pretty bad that I laugh at a Pol Pot reference.
@blackti3: I totally want a warm chicken soda. Especially if the carbonation fizz tasted like gravy.
What Republican came up with this "nugget" of ingenuity?
Is there a purpose in keeping them separate?
Saw this concept in japan a while ago, except they had a traditional squid ball in the top compartment..
So where does the sauce go?
You're all missing the bigger question!
less Soda and less waste? Or 72oz of carbonated, teeth rotting, belch creating goodness and more waste from the boxes that would hold the nuggets?
Look at that FF sucking and masticating will ya!?
Finally, a space age suggestion and a apropos, honourable use of the Gizmodo slutword ...
BLEND!
@schrutebuck: That is one of the most poignant things I've ever read, indeed revealing the complex philosophical juxtaposition of man, nugget, and carbonated fizziness.
@Monty: haha! I think I repressed my memory of that atrocity. Time to go back to the therapist.
I'm going to have to agree with the video; the future is now and it tastes like chicken! This really is the best thing since the spork. For all you health conscious yuppies, feel free to fill the bottom with a nice gazpacho and the top with balls of couscous or focaccia. Me and my red-blooded American Patriots will take the coke-n-fried-whatever combination to go - and don't forget to Super-Size!
Will it Blend?
This is why we'll fail in the end. Isn't this the second sign of the fatoclypse?
Heart attack in a bio-disaster cup.
How did you guys find a picture of Woz's son?
We're through the looking glass here, people.
we're all going to hell. Straight down the pipe to the hot place.
@tamoko: Mmmm, popplers.
"Whoa, they are great! They're like sex, except I'm having them!"
if I blow bubbles will it make the nuggets dance?
I was going to sacrifice my GI tract in the name of investigative reporting, but I can't justify driving 75 minutes north for chicken nuggets.
I am curious though - would like to find out how well these work in the real world.
Gimmy some of your tots!
Looks like they just boosted the margin on pop from "great" to "ludicrous". Same size cup with an insert displacing the pop. Bet they even charge more for the novelty.
Aside from the intuitive bad feelings I get thinking about a cup of nuggets and carbonated beverage...
The threat of ending up looking like that guy is reason enough to give this the thumbs down!
Matt: Adam Kuban here. Thanks for the link -- but more so for exposing holes in my reporting. You're correct to point out that temperature equilibrium is a real danger. I've updated my Col-Pop post to answer your concerns, but I'll summarize here for you and your readers:
Temperature/Texture concerns: After 15 to 20 minutes, condensation appeared in the bottom of the chicken caddy. However, I think that since most people will snarf the hell out of these in about 5 minutes, it will only come into play among the slowest of eaters or on the hottest of days.
Taste: Have you had popcorn chicken? Then you've basically had Col-Pop's nuglets. They're hot and crisp, made with all-white-meat chicken and are about the size of a Gobstopper. The real magic of BBQ Chicken (besides the amazing future cup tech) is in its regular fried chicken, which is killer. Beats Popeyes by a landslide and makes the Colonel look like a chump.
Man this guy has crazy eyes...
Wow, so this is what our GREAT nation has to show for itself!
@mandarin: Don't you mean Krazee-Eyez?
@Slice: Hey Adam, thanks for stopping by. I've updated the post with your latest findings. Have you thought about a regular food gadget feature?
YESSS!!! A big gulp of Brawndo and nuggets.
gotta eat more - gotta eat faster - rampant consumerism ftw!
@jdhuck: Great, now I'll have "Holiday In Cambodia" running through my head all day ... not that there's anything wrong with that.
@Noobs-R-Us: We know a Republican came up with this, because a Democrat designed version would have a flip-flop top.
@Brian B: any day with the Dead Kennedys in your head is a good day in my book!
@Matt Buchanan: I have thought of doing a regular food gadget post, but might have trouble finding stuff as consistently fun as the Col-Pop. That thing really landed in our laps, since BBQ Chicken is just around the corner from our office here at Serious Eats. I do know I'll have to lose some weight before appearing in any more food-gadget photos and/or videos. (Though the "Woz's son" comment was kinda funny.)
Chicken Nugget --> Chik fil A --> Col-Pop --> Pol Pot --> Cambodia --> Swimming to Cambodia --> DK
Now that my friends, is an awesome 6 Degrees.
So it's a way to give you less soda and less chicken nuggets for the same price?
that mass of man looks way too happy. apparently he has found true love.
on a related note; duchess>life
@Worf: shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
@92BuickLeSabre: Isn't the title "Holiday in Cambodia?" Regardless sir, I tip my hat to your efforts to involve the Dead Kennedys in any 6 degrees game (or post for that matter).
Hot coffee would probably suit this better, since the hot nuggets can keep the coffee hot, and vice versa. Too bad the coffee would probably taste like shit.
@Kaiser-Machead: Hot coffee+chicken nuggets=gross. Weirdly though, coffee+chicken biscuit=delicious. So is ice coffee+popcorn, but I've only ever seen that in Japan.
Chicken getting cold? How long do you really think is takes to eat that many chicken nuggets? 2 minutes?
This is great if you live in a WALKING city like Manhattan.
How About Coffee and Hashbrowns? But who drinks coffee through a straw anyways?
(As already observed...) It needs a sidecar for dipping sauce.
Also, I forsee tragic outcomes when going for your free selfserve soda refill ;-)
@ARP: "Isn't the title "Holiday in Cambodia?" Regardless..."
Swimming to Cambodia is a monologue written and performed by Spalding Gray. He has done several monologues and they are all great entertainment.
It's too bad he ended it all :(
Where this would really be handy is at the movie theater. Popcorn on top, pop on bottom. Popcorn is generally not 'hot' enough to cool down the drink on the bottom.
And I always hated having popcorn in one hand and drink in the other, then they ask you for your ticket which is in your pocket. /sigh
@xj_4x4 and ARP: Crap and double-crap.
Crap for the brainmelt.
Double-crap for not working Spalding Gray into it.
They better have the patent on that shiz. Every ballpark/monster truck show/nascar/disney on ice/movie house/etc etc will have these things.
Chili Cheese fries and a Coors light. Shit, I'd buy one. Needs a handle...