A fried chicken place in Dothan, Alabama, made the best chicken I have had. It was Ron’s Fried Chicken. I once asked him the secret and he said they marinated the chicken over night. They called it “flavor to the bone”.
Unfortunately he fired and employee for stealing and the Black community in Dothan boycotted him. I think it then failed but not certain.
I used to love Harold’s Fried Chicken in Chicago. But I fry a pretty mean chicken myself!