Hall of Flame | El Pollo Loco

September is National Chicken Month - the perfect excuse to celebrate everything you already love about El Pollo Loco.

Welcome to the Loco Hall of Flame - a month-long tribute to the moments, menu items, and our amazing community of fans.

Get ready for the inaugural National Grilled Chicken Day, a new Loco Hall of Flame Challenge, plus deals on some of your favorite menu items all month long – plus, a few loco surprises along the way. Let’s go.

Welcome to the Loco Hall of Flame Challenge. We provide the beat – you bring the Loco.

One winner will receive FREE CHICKEN FOR LIFE.*

Here's how to enter:

1) Use this audio to make something amazing! Show that El Pollo Loco fire-grilled chicken love and get Loco: could be a pic, video, duet, remix, stitch, AI video - let that fire-grilled chicken be your muse. But all entries must include this banger of a beat.

2) Post it on your public social profile with #lococontest in the caption and tag @elpolloloco

3) Follow @ElPolloLoco so we can be friends, duh Love for our fire-grilled chicken should be front and center. We want to see some unique and engaging visuals, humor, an innovative concept, plus visual quality should be good. Get creative! Let our fire-grilled chicken be your muse – all you need to make sure is that you use that beat. Sing a hook, write a verse, shred a kazoo, animate a music video, perform an interpretive dance – the more Loco the better.

Loco Hall of Flame Challenge - Meet Kaelin Ellis

Meet the man who dropped that Loco beat.

Kaelin Ellis is a multi-platinum producer, multi-instrumentalist, and content innovator known for his collaborations and real-time beat-making on social media.

Raised on a diet of homegrown Gospel, Madlib, J Dilla, Flying Lotus and various other influences, multi-instrumentalist and producer Kaelin Ellis straddles the labels of funk, hip hop, electronic music and space age jazz for a sound as fresh and exciting as the young producer himself.

Already a Multi-Platinum musician with over ten years of experience, the genre-defying creator has already worked on music with Lupe Fiasco, Danny Brown, Saba, Joyce Wrice, Duckwrth, and many more.

In 2023, Kaelin was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album and he has received praise from the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine, USA Today, Okayplayer, NPR Music, HYPBEAST, Pitchfork, Complex Magazine and many more over the years.

FAQ

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- Where can I find the Loco track to use in my entry?
  - Visit El Pollo Loco’s Instagram or TikTok profile – you'll see the official Loco Hall of Flame Challenge post pinned to the top of the feed that includes the audio to use.
- What do you mean by "Get Loco" with my entry?
  - Great question. Love for our fire-grilled chicken should be front and center. We want to see some unique and engaging visuals, humor, an innovative concept, plus visual quality should be good. Get creative! Let our fire-grilled chicken be your muse – all you need to make sure is that you use that beat. Sing a hook, write a verse, shred a kazoo, animate a music video, perform an interpretive dance – the more Loco the better.
- How do I Remix the audio?
  - Here’s how to Remix with both audios playing:
    1. Start the Remix — Find the Reel you want to duet, tap the three dots (⋯), and select Remix this reel.
    2. Wear headphones/earbuds while recording — This is the key trick. When you wear headphones, the original Reel's audio plays in your ears so you can hear it and sing/perform along, but it doesn't bleed into your microphone recording. Your mic captures only your voice/audio.
    3. Record your part — Hit record and perform your audio on top. The original video plays side-by-side (or in another layout you choose).
    4. Use the "Mix Audio" slider — After recording, tap the Audio or Mix Audio option in the editor. This gives you a volume slider that controls the balance between:
    - The original Reel's audio
    - Your recorded audio - Set both to audible levels so the final product has both layers playing together — like a duet/remixed song.
    
    Tips for Best Results
    • Headphones are essential — Without them, the original audio plays through your phone speaker and gets picked up by the mic, creating echo/distortion.
    • Adjust the mix before posting — Play it back and tweak the slider so neither audio overpowers the other.
    • Choose a layout — You can pick side-by-side, green screen, or other Remix layouts depending on how you want the visual to look.
- Does my social profile need to be public?
  - Yes, in order for us to see your entry post, your Instagram, Facebook or TikTok profile needs to be public during the contest period.
- When does the Loco Challenge end?
  - Great question! You need to post your entry by Wednesday, September 23, 2026, by 6 pm PST.

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