The paper analyses the effect of cooling/heating rate of chicken meat (Pectoralis major) on the crystallization temperature (T c on, T c , T c end), melting temperature (T m on, T m , T m end), crystallization enthalpy (ΔH c) and melting enthalpy (ΔH m). Chicken meat samples were scanned by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at five rates (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 °C/min), from 20 °C to-40 °C, and then from-40 °C to 20 °C.The results of the statistical analysis show that the fastest cooling rate (20 °C/min) significantly (p<0.05) affects the mean enthalpy value (-202.87 J/g) compared to other analysed rates. The cooling/heating rate affects the crystallization temperature (T c on, T c , T c end) and melting temperature (T m on, T m , T m end) (p<0.05). The heating rate of chicken meat highly correlates with T m , T m end and ΔT m (the correlation coefficients were 0.993, 0.998 and 0.998, respectively).