[jjsheridan5]

It’s just too expensive. Why pay 7.99 lb for “organic” chicken when “inorganic” cost .79 lb and tastes the same off the grill?

I don't know about "organic" chicken. But the basic .79/lb chicken is just nasty beyond description. Seriously, if you cannot tell the difference between a healthy and an unhealthy chicken, buy a new set of taste buds. Unhealthy chickens have a very different fat composition, and the muscle meat of unhealthy chickens is just slimy. By contrast, a chicken that runs around eating bugs all day will be some of the best meat you can ever eat.

For a really interesting comparison, do a blind taste test of hardboiled eggs from free-range, versus unhealthy. The first will taste buttery and delicious, whereas the second is tasteless and chalky. To top it off, the nutritional content of the two is completely different, as well.

Having said that, I have never paid 7.99/lb for chicken in my life. Most farms will part with chicken for under 5. At least near me.

[SamAdams76]

I like the air-chilled chicken. You can really tell the difference.