It’s very messy and dealing with large amounts of oil has to be done with care. Plus it’s difficult for a novice to know the correct doneness often leading to undercooked chicken.

It can be easier to do fried chicken tenders from scratch since you can shallow fry them in less oil.

Deep frying is easy in theory. Nothing technically hard about it. But in practice it’s a hassle to do and a big mess to clean up.

Plucking the feathers out of your teeth.