$10.98 buys the two filets in a Double Down; bacon and cheese carry no price.
A KFC Double Down is two fried filets holding bacon, cheese and sauce, with no bun, and KFC US stopped selling it after four weeks from 6 March 2023. No filet is sold on its own here, so two KFC Chicken Sandwiches at $5.49 each are the cheapest route to the chicken: $10.98, with the buns discarded. Bacon and cheese carry no published price, which leaves the finished sandwich without a total.
KFC Chicken Sandwich price and band · KFC Spicy Chicken Sandwich price, for the spicy route · A La Carte Original Recipe Tender price · KFC secret menu — official in Australia, folklore in the US
What you need
8 itemsRoutes to the chicken, and the parts with no price
| Route | Components and prices | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route to two filets | KFC Chicken Sandwich $5.49 × 2 | $10.98 |
| The spicy version | KFC Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.99 × 2 | $11.98 |
| Tenders instead of filets | A La Carte Original Recipe Tender $2.79 × 4 | $11.16 |
| Bacon and cheese on top | Neither carries a published price | No total |
| Triple Down, three filets | KFC Chicken Sandwich $5.49 × 3 | $16.47 |
How it works
Accept that the name is gone from the till
The last US run ended four weeks after 6 March 2023. Nick Chavez, then chief marketing officer at KFC US, framed that return as four weeks only, and nothing has replaced it.
Buy the filets inside sandwiches
KFC US lists no boneless filet on its own, so two KFC Chicken Sandwiches at $5.49 each are the route. That is $10.98, and two buns go in the bin.
Ask for bacon and cheese as additions
Both are things a restaurant may or may not carry loose. Neither has a published price anywhere in this corpus, so the bill is a surprise until the crew ring it up.
Consider tenders if the bun waste bothers you
Four A La Carte Original Recipe Tenders at $2.79 each come to $11.16, which is 18 cents above the sandwich route and arrives with nothing to throw away.
Do not expect a Triple Down anywhere in the US
That one launched on KFC Philippines' secret menu on 25 April 2023 and has also been placed on KFC New Zealand's menu. A third filet would take the sandwich route to $16.47.
If something goes wrong
The Double Down is not on the menu
- Cause
- Its last US run finished four weeks after 6 March 2023
- Fix
- Order the components. Two filets, bacon, cheese and sauce, no bun, is a description every crew can follow even without the name.
There is no way to buy a filet on its own
- Cause
- KFC US lists boneless filets only inside sandwiches
- Fix
- Buy two sandwiches at $5.49 and discard the buns. Paying $10.98 for bread you throw away is the cost of the name.
Nobody could quote a price for the bacon
- Cause
- No published US listing carries a figure for bacon or a cheese slice at this chain
- Fix
- Ask before the order is rung up. Any total quoted online for a finished Double Down is a guess with two blanks in it.
Staff had never heard of a Triple Down
- Cause
- It has never been a KFC US product
- Fix
- It launched on KFC Philippines' secret menu on 25 April 2023, and one account places it on KFC New Zealand's menu. Three sandwiches here would be $16.47.
The tender route seemed better value
- Cause
- Tenders at $2.79 each put four pieces within 18 cents of two sandwiches
- Fix
- $11.16 against $10.98 buys four pieces instead of two, with no bun to waste. Texture is the trade, since tenders are thinner than a sandwich filet.
One restaurant built it and another refused
- Cause
- 99% of KFC restaurants worldwide are franchised
- Fix
- No central ruling exists to appeal to. Yum! Brands runs the brand from Louisville, Kentucky, and it leaves assembly decisions to the operator.
What’s fixed, and what actually varies
Chicken prices settle. Everything stacked between the two filets does not, because KFC US publishes no figure for any of it.
Fixed
- The Double Down is not on the KFC US menu
- Its last US run was four weeks from 6 March 2023
- A KFC Chicken Sandwich was recorded at $5.49 typical
- Two of them come to $10.98, the cheapest route to two filets
- No published price exists for bacon or a cheese slice here
Varies
- The sandwich itself, recorded inside a band from $4.99 to $7.91
- Whether a restaurant carries bacon loose at all
- Whether crew will assemble a bunless stack or hand over two sandwiches
- What the spicy filet costs, recorded from $5.49 to $6.71
- What a franchisee charges for any addition
Add two KFC Chicken Sandwiches to a basket in the app with your restaurant selected, then look for bacon in the modifiers on either one. A price there is the only bacon figure that will ever apply to you. Its absence tells you the counter conversation is the whole of your answer.
The buns are the part you pay for and throw away
KFC advertised the Double Down heavily, twice, which is a strange history for something now filed under secret menus. Two fried filets in place of bread, with bacon, cheese and sauce between them. The last US run began on 6 March 2023 and lasted four weeks, framed at the time by KFC US marketing chief Nick Chavez as four weeks only.
Rebuilding it runs into a supply problem rather than a recipe problem. Every component is stocked, but the boneless filet is not sold on its own anywhere on the US menu. It exists inside a sandwich. So the cheapest honest route to two filets is two KFC Chicken Sandwiches at $5.49 each, which is $10.98, and two buns you did not want. Mike's Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich is the same $5.49 if you would rather the sauce came built in. The spicy route is $11.98.
What cannot be priced is everything between the filets. No published US listing in this corpus carries a figure for bacon or for a slice of cheese at KFC, so the finished sandwich has no total, and any site quoting one has filled two blanks from imagination. The priced part is $10.98 and stops there.
Tenders offer a way round the wasted bread. Four A La Carte Original Recipe Tenders at $2.79 each come to $11.16, eighteen cents above the sandwich route, with nothing to bin. They are thinner than a sandwich filet, so the stack behaves differently.
The Triple Down is the version that travels furthest from the facts. American lists put it at most locations; the datable accounts place it on KFC Philippines' secret menu from 25 April 2023 and on KFC New Zealand's menu. Three sandwiches here would be $16.47, and the recorded band on a single sandwich already runs from $4.99 to $7.91.
Questions people ask
How much does a Double Down cost to build?
$10.98 for the chicken, adding two KFC Chicken Sandwiches at $5.49. Bacon and cheese have no published price, so the finished build has no total.
Can I still order one at KFC?
Not as a listed item. Its last US run ran four weeks from 6 March 2023, so the order has to be described component by component.
Why buy sandwiches if the bun is not wanted?
Because KFC US sells no boneless filet on its own. Buying the bread is the only route to the chicken inside it.
Is the tender route cheaper?
No, and it is close. Four tenders at $2.79 come to $11.16 against $10.98, an 18-cent difference for four pieces rather than two.
What about the Triple Down?
It was a KFC Philippines secret-menu item from 25 April 2023 and has been placed on KFC New Zealand's menu. Three sandwich filets here would be $16.47.
Are there calorie figures for any of this?
Not in these rows. No KFC item page in this corpus carries a company calorie count, so no calorie total is offered anywhere here.
Can this site tell me the price at my local KFC?
No, and no published list can. About 99% of KFC restaurants are franchised, and the recorded band on one sandwich already runs from $4.99 to $7.91.