Dave’s Hot Chicken menu prices cover tenders, sliders and a cauliflower range built the same way. Spice goes on after the fryer, which lets one kitchen serve seven heat levels from a single batch. Everything else on the tray sits beside that chicken.
Heat climbs from No Spice through Lite Mild, Mild, Medium, Hot and Extra Hot to Reaper. Calories move with the build rather than the burn. What a build declares holds steady across all seven levels.
The short answer
The Dave’s Hot Chicken menu runs on tenders and sliders, both dry-rubbed at one of seven heat levels. A cauliflower range mirrors every chicken build, and fries, mac, slaw, shakes and slushers fill out the tray. Each table below carries the calorie count beside the item.
Dave’s Hot Chicken menu at a glance
$3.50
single tender price
$4.99
single slider price
$10.99
slider combo price
7 levels
no spice to reaper
440
regular fries calories
$5.49
vanilla shake price

Dave’s Hot Chicken Menu Prices and Calories
The Dave’s Hot Chicken menu splits three ways: chicken, cauliflower and the sides that travel with them. Tenders and sliders share a rub, so bread is what separates them. Cauliflower shadows the chicken list almost build for build.
Sizes appear on the Dave’s Hot Chicken menu wherever an item genuinely offers them, and the calorie count sits beside every price. Heat level changes neither column, so the Dave’s Hot Chicken menu reads the same at No Spice as it does at Reaper.
Dave’s Hot Chicken Tender and Slider Prices
Tenders arrive dry-rubbed, the spice going on after the fryer rather than into the batter, which is what lets one kitchen serve seven heat levels. Single Slider sets that same tender on a brioche bun with pickles and sauce. Mini Sliders shrink the same build for a lighter order.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single Tender | 550 | $3.50 |
| Single Slider | 680 | $4.99 |
| Dave’s Mini Slider | 360 | $4.49 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Combo Prices
Dave’s Hot Chicken menu combos pair tenders or sliders with crinkle-cut fries, then finish the tray with kale slaw and a drink at most counters. Kale Slaw and fries stay constant across all four builds. Count and bread separate them.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Slider + Fries | 900 | $10.99 |
| 2 Tenders + Fries | 980 | $12.99 |
| 1 Tender & 1 Slider + Fries | 1,310 | $13.99 |
| 2 Sliders + Fries | 1,270 | $14.99 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Hot Mozz Prices
Hot Mozz applies the house spice rub to fried mozzarella sticks rather than to chicken, and the heat ladder still applies. Portions climb from a single piece through three and five, and the meal versions bring crinkle-cut fries alongside for a full tray. Hot Mozz Slider folds that same cheese into a brioche bun with pickles instead.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Mozz 1 Piece | 120 | $2.99 |
| Hot Mozz 3 Piece | 360 | $7.99 |
| Hot Mozz 5 Piece | 600 | $12.99 |
| Hot Mozz 3 Piece Meal | 800 | $9.99 |
| Hot Mozz 5 Piece Meal | 1,040 | $14.99 |
| Hot Mozz Slider | 520 | $7.99 |
| Hot Mozz Slider w/ Fries | 860 | $10.99 |
| Hot Mozz Hot Box | 2,400 | $55.00 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Mini Slider Prices
Mini Sliders come by the tray rather than one at a time, which makes them the usual choice for sharing. Cauliflower versions mirror the chicken build exactly for anyone skipping meat, running 100 calories lighter across the serving. Both scale into a Hot Box sized for a table rather than a single order.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dave’s Mini Sliders | 720 | $7.99 |
| Dave’s Mini Sliders w/ Fries | 1,140 | $10.99 |
| Hot Box of Minis | 3,600 | $40.00 |
| Dave’s NOT Chicken Mini Sliders (Cauli) | 620 | $7.99 |
| Dave’s NOT Chicken Mini Sliders (Cauli) w/ Fries | 1,040 | $10.99 |
| NOT CKN Mini Slider Hot Box | 3,100 | $40.00 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Saucy Bites Prices
Saucy Bites toss bite-sized chicken through sauce instead of leaving the dry rub on the outside. A Flight widens that to several sauces across a single order, which suits a table splitting one plate between them. Fries join either version and add roughly 420 calories to the tray.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Saucy Bites | 480 | $8.99 |
| Saucy Bites w/ Fries | 900 | $11.99 |
| Flight of Saucy Bites | 960 | $14.99 |
| Flight of Saucy Bites w/ Fries | 1,380 | $17.99 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Feed a Crowd Prices
Boxes in this group are built for a table rather than one person, and each calorie figure covers the whole box. Hot Box Roulette hides the heat level across the pieces, so nobody at the table knows which tender they have picked up. A Box of Fries travels alongside any of them at 900 calories.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Box of Fries | 900 | $11.99 |
| Hot Box — Dave’s Bites | 3,600 | $44.99 |
| Hot Box — Tenders | 4,900 | $54.99 |
| Hot Box — Sliders | 6,800 | $64.99 |
| Hot Box Roulette — Tenders | 4,900 | $54.99 |
| Hot Box Roulette — Sliders | 6,800 | $64.99 |
| Cauli Slider Hot Box | 5,400 | $90.00 |
| Cauli Bites Hot Box | 2,400 | $30.00 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Cauliflower Menu Prices
Dave’s NOT Chicken swaps the tender for a battered cauliflower fillet, then seasons it with the same rub at the same seven levels. Numbered Cauli Dave’s combos mirror the chicken combos step for step, from a single slider through to two tenders with fries. Cauli Tender Bites break that fillet into ten pieces at 680 calories.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single Cauli Tender | 550 | $3.29 |
| Single Cauli Slider | 620 | $4.49 |
| 1 Cauli Slider w/ Fries | 850 | $10.49 |
| 2 Cauli Tenders w/ Fries | 800 | $12.49 |
| 2 Cauli Sliders w/ Fries | 1,100 | $13.49 |
| 1 Cauli Tender & 1 Cauli Slider w/ Fries | 1,080 | $13.49 |
| 10 pc Cauli Tender Bites | 680 | $7.49 |
| 10 pc Cauli Tender Bites w/ Fries | 1,270 | $11.49 |
| Cauli Dave’s #1: 2 Cauli Tenders w/ Fries | 1,150 | $16.99 |
| Cauli Dave’s #2: 2 Cauli Sliders w/ Fries | 1,400 | $18.99 |
| Cauli Dave’s #3: 1 Cauli Tender & 1 Cauli Slider w/ Fries | 1,300 | $17.99 |
| Cauli Dave’s #4: 1 Cauli Slider w/ Fries | 950 | $12.99 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Cauliflower Loaded Fries and Mac
Cauliflower Top-Loaded Fries bury the crinkle cut under battered cauliflower, cheese sauce and pickles. Spicy Buffalo Cauli Mac does the same over macaroni, with buffalo sauce through it rather than the dry rub. Both step through Small, Regular and Large, roughly doubling in calories from one end to the other.
| Item | Size | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cauliflower Top-Loaded Fries | Small | 720 | $6.99 |
| Cauliflower Top-Loaded Fries | Regular | 1,080 | $11.29 |
| Cauliflower Top-Loaded Fries | Large | 1,560 | $16.49 |
| Top-Loaded Spicy Buffalo Cauli Mac | Small | 760 | $6.99 |
| Top-Loaded Spicy Buffalo Cauli Mac | Regular | 1,140 | $11.29 |
| Top-Loaded Spicy Buffalo Cauli Mac | Large | 1,620 | $16.49 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Bites Prices
Dave’s Bites break the tender into ten pieces without changing the rub. Fries turn the same order into a full tray. Heat level applies to the bites exactly as it does to a tender.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10 pc Dave’s Bites | 820 | $7.99 |
| 10 pc Dave’s Bites w/ Fries | 1,180 | $11.99 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Top-Loaded Fries Prices
Top-Loaded Fries pile chopped chicken, cheese sauce and diced pickles over the crinkle cut. The portion changes how much arrives on the tray, never the seasoning underneath it. Three sizes cover a snack at 570 calories through to a shared plate at 1,230.
| Item | Size | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-Loaded Fries | Small | 570 | $5.49 |
| Top-Loaded Fries | Regular | 780 | $6.49 |
| Top-Loaded Fries | Large | 1,230 | $8.49 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Sides Prices
Cheese Fries take the salted crinkle-cut base and pour cheese sauce over it. Kale Slaw brings the only raw vegetable, and Mac and Cheese arrives in a cup beside anything on the Dave’s Hot Chicken menu. Both sides travel well in a bag.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Fries | 440 | $3.49 |
| Cheese Fries | 460 | $4.99 |
| Mac & Cheese | 290 | $3.99 |
| Kale Slaw | 270 | $3.49 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Shake Prices
Shakes blend soft serve thick enough to hold a straw upright. Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry make up the classic three, while top-loaded versions fold Oreo, M&M or Fruity Pebbles through the top. The M&M build is the one that declares peanuts. Mint Oreo closes the list.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Shake | 740 | $5.49 |
| Chocolate Shake | 760 | $5.49 |
| Strawberry Shake | 760 | $5.49 |
| Oreo Top-Loaded Shake | 750 | $6.99 |
| M&M Top-Loaded Shake | 740 | $6.99 |
| Fruity Pebbles Top-Loaded Shake | 800 | $6.99 |
| Mint Oreo Top-Loaded Shake | 760 | $6.99 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Slusher Prices
Slushers freeze soda into a spoonable drink built on Powerade, Hi-C or Minute Maid syrups. Creme versions blend dairy through for a softer texture and a slightly higher figure. Both sit lighter than any shake on the menu, topping out around 320 calories.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Frozen Powerade Mountain Berry Blast | 180 | $3.99 |
| Frozen Hi-C Orange LavaBurst | 230 | $3.99 |
| Frozen Hi-C Flashin’ Fruit Punch | 290 | $3.99 |
| Frozen Minute Maid Strawberry Lemonade | 320 | $3.99 |
| Rocket Creme Slusher | 280 | $4.49 |
| Orange Creme Slusher | 290 | $4.49 |
| Strawberries & Creme Slusher | 180-200 | $4.49 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Drink Prices
Fountain drinks pour over ice in a single cup size at the counter. Bottled options cover water alongside a 20 oz range of Coke, Sprite and Dr Pepper. Zero-sugar builds hold at nothing a bottle, and Bottled Water does the same.
| Item | Calories | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Soft Drink | 0-330 | $2.49 |
| Bottled Water | 0 | $1.99 |
| 20 oz Coke | 210 | $2.49 |
| 20 oz Diet Coke | 0 | $2.49 |
| 20 oz Coke Zero | 0 | $2.49 |
| 20 oz Sprite | 220 | $2.49 |
| 20 oz Dr Pepper | 230 | $2.49 |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Heat Levels
Heat is chosen per item at the counter, and one rub covers tenders, sliders and bites alike. No Spice opens the ladder and Reaper closes it, with five steps between them that change seasoning rather than cooking. Crews will also build a handful of off-menu orders on request.
| Heat level | Where it sits |
|---|---|
| No Spice | 1 of 7, mildest |
| Lite Mild | 2 of 7 |
| Mild | 3 of 7 |
| Medium | 4 of 7 |
| Hot | 5 of 7 |
| Extra Hot | 6 of 7 |
| Reaper | 7 of 7, hottest |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Hours
Doors open late morning at most restaurants and close around eleven through the week. Friday and Saturday run roughly an hour longer. Franchise owners set their own trading hours, so a local check saves a wasted trip. Kitchens take orders until the posted close.
| Day | Typical hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Thursday | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Friday | 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
| Sunday | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
Dave’s Hot Chicken Locations
California holds more Dave’s Hot Chicken restaurants than any other state, by a wide margin, and Texas and Florida follow with New York close behind. Illinois and Massachusetts tie further down. The estate leans toward large metros. Openings continue across the Midwest.
| State | Restaurants |
|---|---|
| California | 76 |
| Texas | 36 |
| Florida | 24 |
| New York | 23 |
| Illinois | 14 |
| Massachusetts | 14 |
| Colorado | 12 |
| Ohio | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 |
| New Jersey | 12 |
What to Expect Inside a Dave’s Hot Chicken
Order at the counter, choose a heat level for each item, then wait for a number. Dave’s Hot Chicken dining rooms stay small and loud, built around a short list rather than a long one. Graffiti-style murals cover most walls. A drive-thru runs alongside at the newer builds.
Heat is the decision worth thinking about. Staff will usually steer a first-timer one step below whatever they had in mind. Reaper sits far enough up the ladder that many counters ask twice before ringing it in.
Dave’s Hot Chicken Menu FAQs
About the author
Sophia W. Steadham writes MenuQuill. She is a food blogger and restaurant review expert who has spent years eating her way through American chain menus, from small-town drive-thrus to national roll-outs.

