Best Bird: Our Award-Winning Rotisserie Chicken

In its inaugural year, racketmn.com (the digital news publication launched by former City Pages editors) named Kowalski's Rotisserie Chicken "the best bird in town." Just 10 years prior, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine had come to the same conclusion.

In our mind, it's never really been much of a contest. No one offers a bigger bird. Period. Listed at 2.25 pounds, almost all of our birds weigh more than that, never less. Our rotisserie bird has a crispy skin and a tender, juicy, delicious inside. And, of course, it's naturally raised. This vegetarian-fed chicken is humanely raised on Gerber's Amish Farm, and, like all of our Naturally Raised products, these chickens receive no growth stimulants or antibiotics – ever! It's seasoned with our Signature Rotisserie Rub, which was developed by our Chief Merchandising Officer, Terri Bennis.

"Kowalski's: Chicken off the rotisserie here is plump, golden and juicy. While other birds we tried were too salty, these chicks had a meaty flavor and nice balance." — Stephanie March, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, November 2011

"'The Best Bird in Town,' indeed. Kowalski's cockiness is indeed earned with this fall-off-the-bone masterpiece made from Gerber's Amish Farms chickens. The oven-kissed skin is coated with the high-end grocer's proprietary rub, and those notes seep deep into the juicy tenderness below. Exploding with flavor and expertly cooked, the chicken we greedily scarfed was placed out at 5 p.m. – less than an hour before we arrived. At 2-plus pounds, Kowalski's bird is the plumpest on this list … yielding towering piles of premium protein that taste almost as good cold the morning after." — racketmn.com, October 13, 2021