Is Tumble 22 Hot Chicken Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11 Austin, Texas
Current status
As of October 2026, Tumble 22 Hot Chicken is listed open on tumble22.com, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Tumble 22's own locations page, last modified August 27, 2026, lists active Austin-area and Houston-area restaurants, but the coordinates given for this record match a Houston location rather than an Austin one. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 11, Episode 13
- Address Austin, TX
- Website tumble22.com
We have not confirmed map coordinates for this address yet.
What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate's episode "Fried and Gone to Heaven" featured Tumble 22's hand-breaded, twice-fried hot chicken, tumbled twenty-two times to build its crust. Tumble 22 is a Texas-based hot chicken restaurant chain that grew from a single food trailer into multiple brick-and-mortar restaurants across the Austin and Houston metro areas. The company's own website, tumble22.com, last updated its locations page on August 27, 2026, listing active Austin-area restaurants on Burnet Road, Lake Austin Boulevard, and elsewhere, along with several Houston-area locations. The specific Austin location tied to this episode has not been identified, but the chain itself remains in operation in both metro areas.
The episode
Also in Season 11
Season 11: 79 of 96 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 12Faidley Seafood
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Ep 13Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q
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Ep 13Pizzeria Toro
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Ep 13Proxi
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Ep 13Salo-Salo Grill
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Ep 13Straw (Salt & Straw)
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Ep 13The Dabney
Open
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Sources we checked
- tumble22.com https://tumble22.com/locations/
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Record btiea-0902 · checked by Cal Marchetti.