$13.19 to $13.49 is the recorded KFC 5 piece tenders box band, above the $12.99 combo.
The KFC original recipe 5 piece tenders box price was recorded at $13.19 and $13.49, thirty cents apart, and both figures sit above the combo carrying the same five tenders at $12.99. A 2 per cent disagreement is the tightest anywhere in the tenders section. What nothing published explains is why the box should cost more than the combo for an identical tender count.
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What you need
4 itemsOriginal Recipe 5 Piece Tenders Box price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Recipe 5 Piece Tenders Box | varies | $13.19 – $13.49 | — |
If something goes wrong
Why does the box cost more than the combo?
- Cause
- The box was recorded at $13.19 and $13.49 and the combo at $12.99, for the same five tenders. No readable source states what the box adds.
- Fix
- Ask at the counter what each contains. Where the answer is nothing obvious, the combo is the cheaper order.
Why do the two box readings differ by 30 cents?
- Cause
- One came from an item-level listing and one from a category listing, both in the same published set. Thirty cents on thirteen dollars is a 2 per cent gap, the tightest in the section.
- Fix
- Either figure is safe to plan around. This is one of the few rows where the disagreement is small enough to ignore.
Is a big box meal different from a combo?
- Cause
- Nothing readable from the company distinguishes them. In the fried chicken section a 3 Piece Box and a 4 Piece Chicken Combo were both recorded at $12.99, with the box holding less chicken.
- Fix
- Compare contents rather than format names, since the names do not track size reliably on this menu.
A tight band on the wrong side of the combo
What's in it
Five Original Recipe tenders packaged as a box. The name comes from KFC's own published sitemap, and the company's item page could not be read, so no contents list or calorie count is available here.
Is it worth it
Start with the good news. Two readings, $13.19 and $13.49, thirty cents apart. As a percentage that is 2 per cent, and no other row in this section agrees with itself so closely. Compare the three-piece combo, whose two readings sit 58 per cent apart, and this row looks positively well documented.
Now the awkward part. The Original Recipe 5 Piece Tenders Combo carries the same five tenders and was recorded at $12.99. Both box readings sit above it, by 20 cents and 50 cents respectively. Same count, higher price, no published explanation.
Per tender the box works out at $2.64 to $2.70 against $2.60 for the combo. Neither is a bad rate by this section's standards, where a single tender costs $2.79 and the eight-piece box comes to $2.75. What matters is that a customer choosing between two rows with the same tender count is being asked to pay more for one of them without being told why.
This is not the first time format names have crossed on this menu. In the fried chicken section a 3 Piece Box and a 4 Piece Chicken Combo were both recorded at $12.99, meaning the box held one piece less for identical money. Boxes on this brand's menu are not reliably larger, cheaper or better value than combos, and the only way to tell is to ask what is in each.
For anyone feeding more than one person, the eight-piece rows change the picture again. Build A Bucket 8 Tender Meal was recorded at $20.00, which is $2.50 a tender and the best rate in the section, while the standard eight-piece tenders meal was recorded at $29.99 for the same nominal count.
The useful summary for this row is short. Five tenders in a box is a reasonable order at a reasonable rate, and it is never the cheapest way to buy five tenders. Twenty or fifty cents is not a scandal, but it is money handed over for a word on the menu rather than for anything on the tray.
Prices vary by restaurant and the company shows none of its own until a location has been selected on its ordering site.
Original Recipe 5 Piece Tenders Box at a glance
- KFC price
- not published
Questions people ask
How much is the KFC 5 piece tenders box?
Published readings gave $13.19 and $13.49, thirty cents apart. That works out at $2.64 to $2.70 for each of the five tenders.
Is the box or the combo cheaper?
The combo, which was recorded at $12.99 for the same five tenders. The box sits 20 to 50 cents above it depending on which reading applies.
What does the box include that the combo does not?
Nothing readable from the company says. Its item pages build themselves in the browser and return no contents list for either row.
Is this the tightest price agreement in the tenders section?
Yes, at 2 per cent between the two readings. The 2 Piece Tenders Kids Meal comes next with three readings ten per cent apart.
Is this page an official KFC price list?
No. Both figures come from published US price listings recorded in August 2026; the item name comes from KFC's own published sitemap.
Can this site tell me the price at my local KFC?
No. Operators set their own prices. With only thirty cents between the two recorded readings, though, a local figure far outside that band is worth querying.