Chickos is a fast food shop located in Figtree, NSW, Australia. It primarily specialises in chicken, but also offers a wide variety of alternatives, including salads, pasta dishes, and cakes. A catering service is also available.
Chicko's is notable for its pioneering use of internal vibrational frying (IVF), a technique developed specially for the business by University of Wollongong Professor Tim McCarthy. The technology is currently in its trial stages, with a full paper describing its principles expected to be published shortly.

Chickos is also recognised for its contributions towards Autism Australia. With each purchase of a $10 benefit CD, you receive a free schnitzel burger. The profits are donated to the society.

Menu Items

Burgers

Perhaps the most popular item on the Chicko's menu is the Schnitzel Burger. It is available in four different varieties; original, sweet chilli, hawaiian and coleslaw. A sweet chilli burger with mayonnaise is a popular alternative to the offered items, as the original sweet chilli burger does not contain mayonnaise. All burgers are at least the size of your head, and come with a free can of soft drink.

The popularity of these burgers has been expressed in recent publications of The Illawarra Mercury. The article, "Just chicken around" (7/10/06), contains exerpts of an interview with founder and proprieter Gary Misovic. Misovic states that "schnitzel burgers are by far our most popular item. We go through about 500 chickens per day, about half of which contribute to burgers. Last week we sold 2000 schnitzel burgers alone."

Chips

The chips at Chicko's are unique in that they are the first in the world to pioneer internal vibrational frying (IVF). The chips are heated within a plastic basin via a proprietary magnetic induction device, which causes tiny vibrational oscillations in trace metals present within the potato centre. The vibrational motion of the metal particles increases the heat at the core of the potato chip, slowly cooking it from the inside out. The chips are then flash fried in the conventional manner, to ensure that the outside is uniformly crisp.
Although this technology is ground breaking, it is presently only viable on a smaller scale, due to the developing nature of the project. As such, IVF-cooked chips are currently only available during the monday morning time period, as the store is quietest at this point, and therefore the demand is not as high.

During other time periods, the chips available are cooked via conventional deep frying.

Chicken Wars

In 1992, a new chicken shop opened in Towradgi known as Caesar's. It became popular due to its good prices, juicy deep fried chicken, and superb salty chips. Ten years later, the owners of Caesars sold it, and began construction on a new store in Figtree. Construction was halted for several months for unknown reasons (presumably monetary), but when it finished Chicko's was opened. A debate ensued over which chicken shop was the best. Many people complained that since the original owners sold it, Caesar's had gone downhill, citing reasons such as smaller portions and soggy chips as the causes of its demise. Meanwhile, Chicko's quickly gained a reputation for its large and most excellent burgers, and crispy chips. However, defendants for both sides remained, and as such ensued the great chicken wars, remnant of the Cola Wars of the late 80s. The heat cooled when people realised that if they lived closer to Chicko's, they could go there, whereas if they lived up north they could just go to Caesar's and wouldn't really suffer that much.

Truancy

Since the opening of Chicko's, truancy rates at Figtree High School have risen exponentially. This is, in part, due to the location of Figtree High School being almost directly opposite Chicko's. The two are separated only by a business block and an intersection. It is common practise for students to leave the school grounds and walk to Chickos, which is against school policy. In the Figtree High School July 2006 Newsletter, principal Steve Bouvet was quoted as saying "Our school has a policy that does not permit students to leave its gates before 2:58 pm. Any student caught leaving the school grounds, especially for the purpose of visiting Chicko's, but also for any other reason, will be immediately reprimanded. Punishments may involve contacting parents, suspension, and in serious cases, expulsion". It is noted that this has had little effect on the students, as many can still be seen milling around Chicko's between lunch hours, as well as at various other times of the day.

There has been speculation by University of Wollongong Economics Professor Mario Fernando over the effects that this may have on business at Chicko's. Fernando estimated that as much as 10% of the sales of schnitzel burgers per day were due to purchases by high school students during school hours. If truancy rates dropped to zero, these sales would be lost, and could additively have a large financial impact on Chicko's themselves.

Danielle Chiaverini now lives as a pigeon, hithering in the fortress currently known as "Brower's Moutains". Due to unfortunate events concerning her infested wasp feet which had been considered as the new century plague of 2007, she has enjoyed the recent success of winning Bird Photography Week. Danielle's portrait has had quick rising fame but recently was questioned by the likes of Norma, Hayes and the talented artistry of former US President Hasselhoff who strongly believe in conserving the rights of Norma in the wildlife. The title of the work "Pigeons Neck" is expected to become one of the most famous works ever to be published by the Chicko's corporations. I wish I was that hardcore.

Angela Ludlow, possibly the second best burger maker in the shop, has been voted 2006's Australian Mum Sucker of the year. Most of Chicko's employees are well aware of her "other persuasion" and she has dated and become an exraordainarily suffiecient lover to most of the employees mothers. taking great pride in her role as a mother-lover, angela also has her services offered by mail order.


DELIVERY BOY'S

CHICKO'S is renowned for its rather high standard of strapping young men hired to carry out the highest of responsibilities, delivering chickos goodnness to the worl (or just the illawarra)........
while cassandra (danielles chiverines close friend akak BBFL) has been rather infactuated with "BARTON" for some time now, the relationship has seemed to go nowhere. after barton graduated in 2006 cassie longs for his surf wax scent and blonde dredlocks, the essentials that his little bro lacks, after having spent many months wondering what to do about the subject cas has made the daring change to the queer old asian delivery boy, know known as "snakes on a plane"..............
then theres mike, by now im pretty sure we are all awear that the air-con is working.