Anthony Dedmon never made or even tried a chicken burger before coming up with the idea for Chixen KC, a ghost kitchen based at 1407 Southwest Boulevard, where he serves up the city’s first chicken burgers for pickup or delivery. After the pandemic forced his business, Distrikt Biskuit House, to close, Dedmon was looking for a way to pivot and landed on the concept chicken burgers as an alternative to beef. Chixen KC’s patties are made from dark-meat chicken he grinds and seasons before smashing them onto a butter-laden flat top. Dedmon’s personal favorite is The Chief, a whopping one-pound burger featuring four patties, plus classic burger fixings, bacon, and house sauce, but the kitchen serves up a host of others, plus salads, waffle cornbread and jerk chicken chili.