{"id":117,"date":"2026-10-18T07:38:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:38:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group fm-section fm-about-story\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82308574 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large fm-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit.webp 1600w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/hero-spit-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Cumberland Hen started<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A grandmother&#8217;s cast iron skillets, a used rotisserie from a shuttered grocery and a cinder block building on Gallatin Avenue. Cumberland Hen opened in 2011 serving hot chicken out of the front and spit-roasted birds out of the back, because the family could never agree on which was better.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We still brine every bird for a day, still fry in the same skillets, and still argue about whether the medium should be hotter. It should not. The Reaper is there for people who think it should.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium fm-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers.webp 1600w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-fryers-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we insist on<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Whole birds from Tennessee and Kentucky farms, cut in house<\/li><li>24 hours in a sweet tea brine, dredged by hand, fried in cast iron<\/li><li>Cayenne paste mixed every morning with the fat from the fryers<\/li><li>Rotisserie birds over oak only, two hours, never held longer than one<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who cooks<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A kitchen of seven. Three on skillets, one on the spit, two on sides and bread, one on the window. On a Saturday the skillets do not get a break between 11 and 9.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium fm-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste.webp 1600w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/10\/about-paste-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.wpslash.com\/foodmaster-chicken\/menu\/\">See the menu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group fm-section fm-faq\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e26063a9 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good to know<\/h2><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>How hot is Hot?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mild is a warm hum, what most first-timers should order. Medium has a kick. Hot makes you sweat. X-Hot hurts, and the Reaper is a habanero and ghost pepper paste we make you ask for twice.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Can I order a whole rotisserie chicken ahead?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. Birds come off the spit at 11, 1, 4 and 6. Pick a time at checkout and yours is carved, or left whole, when you arrive.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What is not hot at all?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Classic Fried Chicken, every rotisserie plate, the grilled sandwich and the chicken salad. Order anything else at Southern and it comes with no cayenne.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Is anything gluten-free?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rotisserie chicken, collards, slaw, beans and the salad without croutons. The fryers and dredge are shared, so the fried chicken is not.<\/p><\/details><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Cumberland Hen started A grandmother&#8217;s cast iron skillets, a used rotisserie from a shuttered grocery and a cinder block building on Gallatin Avenue. Cumberland Hen opened in 2011 serving hot chicken out of the front and spit-roasted birds out of the back, because the family could never agree on which was better. 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