The 3 Questions Everyone’s Asking About the First 2025 Boneless Wing Showdown Semifinal

The Sauce Showdown Heats Up: Chick-Fil-A vs. McDonald’s in a Nugget Battle for the Ages

If you’ve been following the 2025 Boneless Wing Showdown, then you already know things are heating up—literally and figuratively. But if you haven’t jumped in yet, don’t worry. You can catch all the saucy matchups over on my YouTube channel. This week, we tackled the first semifinal: Chick-Fil-A vs. McDonald’s, and it sparked a LOT of questions.

Here are the top 3 most common ones I’ve received after posting the showdown that pitted Chick-Fil-A Sauce against McDonald’s Sweet ’N Sour.

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1. Why did you only compare ONE sauce from each restaurant?

Great question. In a perfect world, I would have lined up every single sauce from both chains and done a full-on flavor tournament. But realistically? That would have been chaos—and a very sticky mess.

So, I took a shortcut. I asked ChatGPT to tell me the most popular sauce from each restaurant. Chick-Fil-A Sauce was no surprise. But McDonald’s Sweet ’N Sour? I didn’t see that coming. Honestly, I expected BBQ or maybe even the Spicy Buffalo. But I gave it a shot, and you know what? I was pleasantly surprised. The Sweet ’N Sour held its ground.

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Time to turn on the paywall for #2 and #3.