Kaila White

The Republic | azcentral.com

Get your bibs ready.

One Chick-Fil-A location in Tempe is hosting an "All You Can Eat Nugget Night" from 6 to 9 p.m. March 31. As in, you can literally eat as many nuggets and waffle fries as you can shove in your mouth for just $12.

Chick-Fil-A posted the event on Facebook on Wednesday, and by Friday afternoon it had more than 3,000 people interested in it.

The event has happened before, and it's a veritable phenomenon.

To be clear: The offer is only for the Chick-Fil-A location at University Drive and Mill Avenue. Do not show up at your neighborhood chicken shack looking for this.

However, you're welcome to drive across the country to prove to your friends that you can eat more than 100 nuggets. That's your prerogative.

Can you break their 100+ nugget record?

The most someone has eaten is at least 100 nuggets and three large orders of fries, said Cary Willis, director of operations at that location. She's likely referring to one Arizona State University student who ate 106 nuggets as part of an "epic cheat day" fitness video. That's more than 6,000 calories.

Think you can do better? Here's how it works:

Get unlimited classic nuggets (no grilled nuggets!), unlimited waffle fries and a medium beverage with free refills for $12 per person plus tax. There is no additional charge for sauces, so mix that dish up as you please.

At first you'll get 12 nuggets, a medium order of fries and a medium beverage. From then on, if you want more of something, you wave a cow-head cutout fan, much like being at an auction, and an employee stocked with warming bags full of nuggets will deliver them straight to you in batches of six.

The offer is dine-in only and no sharing is allowed, though we won't tell if you go Napoleon Dynamite style and put some in your pockets.

It sounds unreasonable, but the restaurant has done this twice before. Employees set up folding tables and chairs inside and outside the restaurant. This year, you can eat under the stars in the parking lot.

It usually attracts 300 to 500 people, Willis said. Some just get 20 nuggets and leave, while others stay for more than an hour.

"A lot of people see it but don't believe it’s actually a thing," she said.

Well, it is.

Some of the best posts so far about the event include: