What Are the Heat Levels at Prince’s Hot Chicken?
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Prince’s runs from plain, with no heat, up to XXX-Hot. Garden & Gun reported in March 2025 that the family’s chicken comes in eight heat levels, from plain to XXX-Hot (Garden & Gun). In a 2020 interview, owner André Prince Jeffries said the original BBQ Chicken Shack had made it only one way, mild, and that she changed it to plain, mild, medium, hot, and extra hot (Resy). The two accounts list different numbers of levels, and the 2025 one is more recent, so check the menu board when you order. Her advice on choosing: “Most people order it, if they want it hot, they order it medium because our medium is pretty hot.”
The Scale, as Reported
| Source and date | Levels named |
|---|---|
| Resy interview with André Prince Jeffries, September 2020 | plain, mild, medium, hot, extra hot (her own list of the variations she added) |
| Garden & Gun, March 25, 2025 | eight heat levels, from plain to XXX-Hot |
Prince’s own menu is posted as an image on its site (Prince’s menu), so read the current names at the counter or on the menu board.
How to Choose a Level
- First visit: start at plain or mild, since Jeffries describes the medium as “pretty hot.”
- If you eat spicy food often: medium is the level she says people order when they want it hot.
- Going higher: the levels above hot are the extra hot and XXX range; order those once you know how Prince’s medium and hot feel.
- Have milk ready rather than water; why milk helps is in how spicy hot chicken really is.
Where to Find Prince’s
Prince’s site lists locations at 5814 Nolensville Pike, 5055 Broadway, 4060 Cane Ridge Parkway near the Tanger Outlets off I-24, Nashville International Airport (BNA), and Jefferson Street (Prince’s locations). Other spots to compare are in the best hot chicken spots in Nashville.