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A screenshot of a Bluesky post by Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) dated September 10, 2026.The text of the post reads: "With an average saucey:nuggie ratio of .1375, we really are talking about egregious levels of sauce preciousness here. Bonkers that the 10 piece nuggie gets a 0.2 saucey:nuggie ratio, but the 40 piece falls to a baffling 0.1. A 0.2 ratio or below should really be considered borderline criminal."

Below the text is a chart titled "SAUCE POLICY."

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[–] 12 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Let's see... I recall 40 piece coming with 6, so I already know 0.1 is off. That's 40:6, so 0.15.

That said, you can get pretty good nugget coverage with 6 nuggets to a sauce. I recently asked for one of each sauce when getting a 40 and that was 7 sauces, and they didn't charge more cause I clearly was ordering with the curious whimsy of someone who had never had a 40 pack before. After all, this wasn't a planned visit, fates simply lead us there that evening.

With a ratio of 0.175, there was plenty leftover, although popular sauces Honey Mustard and Ranch did almost run out. I imagine even with a 0.1 ratio, there should be enough sauce to satisfy all but the most gluttonous sauce abusers, assuming you only get sauces people are willing to eat.

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  • [–] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

    I think you can write a letter to Nature to make them amend the results of the previous study. The peer-review process failed on this one.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago

    Ideally, sauceologists should run a meta-analysis to definitively determine the ideal ratio. There is a possibility of a regional difference, and older studies might have higher ratios to compare to, and we're lacking data on special limited edition sauces.

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  • [–] 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    What were your favorite sauces? Least favorites?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

    Honey Mustard is probably number one, Ranch is well received but may be up to the taster. For me, ranch is second, followed by BBQ sauce.

    After that... Sweet and Sour, Hot Mustard, Buffalo, and finally there was some sort of hot sauce I forgot what they called. None of it was bad, but I found the spicy ones less appropriate, especially Buffalo which I associate with wings.

    To my knowledge, none of these are seasonal or a special event sauce, but a seasoned nugget specialist may know more.

    (Outside of this, Sriracha is actually my favorite sauce for chicken nuggets, but that was not part of this particular experience.)

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago

    I remember one time some hs friends and I had no money and we drove my friend's mom's car to a mcds and each only got fries, and "one of every sauce". The consensus was that every sauce was surprisingly palatable with fries except honey.

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