@rockntrumpet: Perhaps we should eat them instead. Alien Overlord nuggets with a milk shake....hmmmmm

tamoko

It would be nice if it came with a strap. Then we wouldn't have to use our hands. Like a feedbag.

jdhuck

Uh, I say DO NOT WANT to warm soda that tastes like chicken nuggets (70% of taste is actually what we smell).

blackti3

Didn't McDonald's try something similar called the McBLT? A giant monstrosity of styrofoam that single handedly created it's own ozone hole, but all in the name of keeping the 'cool side cool' and the 'hot side hot'. Of course, when you actually opened it to put the two together, you had difficulty telling the two sides apart (either in temperature or food substance).

Monty

I welcome our alien overlords.

rockntrumpet

@Eli Reusch: If that dude represents "The Peak", we are all in deep trouble.

'Ladies beware. I've got some nuggets and a milk shake for you....hmmmmmm."

tamoko

That's it. We can finally stop evolving. Mankind has reached its peak.

Eli Reusch

Hot chicken, cold drink. What is wrong with this picture? Hmmm...

duckandcover

It needs a spot for some dipping sauce.

jennyfur

Someone was watching a bit too much Drake and Josh when he invented this (in reference to the episode where Megan invents the cupastuff- a popcorn bucket with a side tray to hold candy and sealed pocket that holds the drink)

xeijix

is there a breakfast version for my coffee? might be harder unless we start sipping coffee through straws, but I guess it could work for OJ and cereal.

wilmawonker

They better have the patent on that shiz. Every ballpark/monster truck show/nascar/disney on ice/movie house/etc etc will have these things.

Chili Cheese fries and a Coors light. Shit, I'd buy one. Needs a handle...

halfro

@xj_4x4 and ARP: Crap and double-crap.

Crap for the brainmelt.
Double-crap for not working Spalding Gray into it.

92BuickLeSabre

Where this would really be handy is at the movie theater. Popcorn on top, pop on bottom. Popcorn is generally not 'hot' enough to cool down the drink on the bottom.

And I always hated having popcorn in one hand and drink in the other, then they ask you for your ticket which is in your pocket. /sigh

KodyRoss

@ARP: "Isn't the title "Holiday in Cambodia?" Regardless..."

Swimming to Cambodia is a monologue written and performed by Spalding Gray. He has done several monologues and they are all great entertainment.

It's too bad he ended it all :(

xj_4x4

How About Coffee and Hashbrowns? But who drinks coffee through a straw anyways?

Albishor

(As already observed...) It needs a sidecar for dipping sauce.

Also, I forsee tragic outcomes when going for your free selfserve soda refill ;-)

xj_4x4

Chicken getting cold? How long do you really think is takes to eat that many chicken nuggets? 2 minutes?

This is great if you live in a WALKING city like Manhattan.

Albishor

@Kaiser-Machead: Hot coffee+chicken nuggets=gross. Weirdly though, coffee+chicken biscuit=delicious. So is ice coffee+popcorn, but I've only ever seen that in Japan.

matt buchanan

Hot coffee would probably suit this better, since the hot nuggets can keep the coffee hot, and vice versa. Too bad the coffee would probably taste like shit.

Kaiser-Machead

@92BuickLeSabre: Isn't the title "Holiday in Cambodia?" Regardless sir, I tip my hat to your efforts to involve the Dead Kennedys in any 6 degrees game (or post for that matter).

ARP

@Worf: shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Paradise

on a related note; duchess>life

discounteggroll

that mass of man looks way too happy. apparently he has found true love.

Paradise

So it's a way to give you less soda and less chicken nuggets for the same price?

Worf

Chicken Nugget --> Chik fil A --> Col-Pop --> Pol Pot --> Cambodia --> Swimming to Cambodia --> DK

Now that my friends, is an awesome 6 Degrees.

92BuickLeSabre

@Matt Buchanan: I have thought of doing a regular food gadget post, but might have trouble finding stuff as consistently fun as the Col-Pop. That thing really landed in our laps, since BBQ Chicken is just around the corner from our office here at Serious Eats. I do know I'll have to lose some weight before appearing in any more food-gadget photos and/or videos. (Though the "Woz's son" comment was kinda funny.)

Slice

@Brian B: any day with the Dead Kennedys in your head is a good day in my book!

dubsar

@Noobs-R-Us: We know a Republican came up with this, because a Democrat designed version would have a flip-flop top.

AmishJohn

@jdhuck: Great, now I'll have "Holiday In Cambodia" running through my head all day ... not that there's anything wrong with that.

Brian B

gotta eat more - gotta eat faster - rampant consumerism ftw!

dubsar

YESSS!!! A big gulp of Brawndo and nuggets.

gokor

@Slice: Hey Adam, thanks for stopping by. I've updated the post with your latest findings. Have you thought about a regular food gadget feature?

matt buchanan

@mandarin: Don't you mean Krazee-Eyez?

Slice

Wow, so this is what our GREAT nation has to show for itself!

trailingedge

Man this guy has crazy eyes...

mandarin

Matt: Adam Kuban here. Thanks for the link -- but more so for exposing holes in my reporting. You're correct to point out that temperature equilibrium is a real danger. I've updated my Col-Pop post to answer your concerns, but I'll summarize here for you and your readers:

Temperature/Texture concerns: After 15 to 20 minutes, condensation appeared in the bottom of the chicken caddy. However, I think that since most people will snarf the hell out of these in about 5 minutes, it will only come into play among the slowest of eaters or on the hottest of days.

Taste: Have you had popcorn chicken? Then you've basically had Col-Pop's nuglets. They're hot and crisp, made with all-white-meat chicken and are about the size of a Gobstopper. The real magic of BBQ Chicken (besides the amazing future cup tech) is in its regular fried chicken, which is killer. Beats Popeyes by a landslide and makes the Colonel look like a chump.

Slice

Aside from the intuitive bad feelings I get thinking about a cup of nuggets and carbonated beverage...

The threat of ending up looking like that guy is reason enough to give this the thumbs down!

ideaman2020

Looks like they just boosted the margin on pop from "great" to "ludicrous". Same size cup with an insert displacing the pop. Bet they even charge more for the novelty.

balloondoggle

Gimmy some of your tots!

NZRUSS

I was going to sacrifice my GI tract in the name of investigative reporting, but I can't justify driving 75 minutes north for chicken nuggets.
I am curious though - would like to find out how well these work in the real world.

rexplex

if I blow bubbles will it make the nuggets dance?

discounteggroll

@tamoko: Mmmm, popplers.
"Whoa, they are great! They're like sex, except I'm having them!"

BMErdin

we're all going to hell. Straight down the pipe to the hot place.

bramachari

We're through the looking glass here, people.

xboxishuge

How did you guys find a picture of Woz's son?

Kaiser-Machead

Heart attack in a bio-disaster cup.

VNSROCK

This is why we'll fail in the end. Isn't this the second sign of the fatoclypse?

m4x

Will it Blend?

jrubzer

I'm going to have to agree with the video; the future is now and it tastes like chicken! This really is the best thing since the spork. For all you health conscious yuppies, feel free to fill the bottom with a nice gazpacho and the top with balls of couscous or focaccia. Me and my red-blooded American Patriots will take the coke-n-fried-whatever combination to go - and don't forget to Super-Size!

weatherman

@Monty: haha! I think I repressed my memory of that atrocity. Time to go back to the therapist.

wilmawonker

@schrutebuck: That is one of the most poignant things I've ever read, indeed revealing the complex philosophical juxtaposition of man, nugget, and carbonated fizziness.

jibbly

Look at that FF sucking and masticating will ya!?
Finally, a space age suggestion and a apropos, honourable use of the Gizmodo slutword ...

BLEND!

ANoel

You're all missing the bigger question!

less Soda and less waste? Or 72oz of carbonated, teeth rotting, belch creating goodness and more waste from the boxes that would hold the nuggets?

faabshaam

So where does the sauce go?

Knirfie

Is there a purpose in keeping them separate?

schrutebuck

What Republican came up with this "nugget" of ingenuity?

Noobs-R-Us

@blackti3: I totally want a warm chicken soda. Especially if the carbonation fizz tasted like gravy.

Elvisisdead

@jdunns4: Nothing says love like a gift from Uncle Pol Pot. Thanks for the laugh. Pretty bad that I laugh at a Pol Pot reference.

jdhuck

when i first read this i thought 'Pol Pot holds your soda' ? he's doing quite well i thought. but wait, no, it's just a way to get americans fatter. damn you pol pot!

jdunns4

Heat rises, cold sinks right? So all they need to do is create an insulating layer (a somewhat thin air pocket - air is great insulation) on the bottom of the nuggets holder and voila, hot nuggets and cold beer...uuuh I mean soda.

Two snacks, one cup?

jibbly

...as soon as they figure out how to prevent the soda from becoming fish soup, and the chicken nuggets into breaded styrofoam... then and only then this is the most awsomest invention in our pixel size spot on the Galaxy...

xint

I JUST DRANK YOUR MILKSHAKE.
and will eat your delicious chicken next.

mitchel_stevens

just blend and make a chicken nugget/cola SHAKE.

FThorn

BBQ Chicken is a fried chicken Korean franchise (Website here bbq.co.kr)

encoree

@AmishJohn: The flip-flop top would be called a "Romney-ite."

berribrand

Get fat with more efficiency than ever!

Benjo

@schrutebuck: Only because we as a species are not yet advanced enough to handle the awesome power of the Cokenugget tm.

zenpoet

@berribrand: and the takeout version would be served in a NYC carpetbag.

AmishJohn

@monty.... i'm afraid they did. no idea why i remembered the name, but a quick search for "McDLT" and:

McDLT - The McDLT (McDonald's Lettuce and Tomato) was sold in a novel form of packaging.[2] The meat and bottom half of the bun was prepared separately from the lettuce, tomato, American cheese, pickles, sauces, and top half of the bun. Both were then packaged into a specially designed two-sided container. The consumer was then expected to finalize preparation of the sandwich by combining the hot and cool sides just prior to eating. The company discontinued the sandwich in 1990 due to the move away from the environmentally unsound styrofoam packaging which was integral to the McDLT "experience". The McDLT is perhaps best remembered for its marketing, which focused on variations of the theme "Keep the hot side hot, and the cool side cool." A 1985 commercial released to market the new sandwich featured a young Jason Alexander.

moosiest

"Fast Food Technology of the Future." This will be just as cool as Dippin' Dots.

Ledsled

The next logical step is to have the chicken nuggets conceal a small pocket of cola, a la fruit Gushers.

WorkingOnYourInvoice

@tamoko: Hell yes!

The Pink Zepp

@Git Em SteveDave:
I wonder if Jason Alexander wishes You Tube didn't exist :o

From a different video, Ronald Mc Donald's "daughter" is hot! ;-)

xj_4x4

Oh that's not far from my school here in NYC. I'll check out those soggy nuggets in a soda cup later this week.

Trowble

lol the avg american

Arsenal6

@moosiest: younger and thinner. Maybe he got lifetime comp meals there. It would take a lot of money to make a commercials like this [www.youtube.com]

Git Em SteveDave

Saw this concept in japan a while ago, except they had a traditional squid ball in the top compartment..

Ry079

they should use this at DQ to keep everything cold! Brilliance!

Aceoage

this should be used at dq too keep everything cold!

Aceoage

@AmishJohn: Humm, would that be called a Romney or a McCain?

Noobs-R-Us

skip this...just gimme some Diet Coke flavored dipping sauce.

CEOself

Pffff.. this is nothing new.. The BBQ's here in korea have had this for a couple years now only they sauce it up. mmmmmmm chicken.

Cliff_Dangers

This thing is amazing.

But, I'm surprised that a coffee mug with built-in ash tray didn't come first...

photophile

Put two of these in a beer hat... add secondary tubes to suck down the chicken nuggets. Hands-free! Oh, and fill the drinks section on one cup with BBQ or ranch, problems solved.

ctlemonade