Buffalo Wings

[Dubya C Dubya]

I never thought baked wings would be any good but anyone that likes wings should try this in the winter when you can't grill out, or anytime honestly. I actually will never eat them any other way since they are brown and crispy outside and tender on the inside. Absolutely amazing. Have made them two dozen times and they are as good as any wings I've ever eaten.

I get the wings fresh at the Whole Foods meat counter, but any wings would work.

I set them on a steel oven thing that has lots of holes in it to drip. I spray it with Pam cooking spray so they don't stick and set that tray above a cookie sheet that's covered with Reynolds wrap so they can drip onto the Reynolds wrap and I don't mess up the cookie sheet.

Preheat oven and then cook them on 250 for 30 minutes, turn them after 15 minutes.
Turn oven up to 425 and cook for another 45 minutes. Start the 45 minutes as soon as you adjust the temperature from 250 to 425. Turn them a second time after 23 minutes.

I take them out and toss them in Sweet Baby Rays Mild Wing sauce.

I like ranch and love Ken's Farmhouse Ranch.

Best damn wings you'll ever eat! I guess slow cooking them is why.

 

[thabigbluenation]

Very under appreciated very solid tv show.

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

 

[Dubya C Dubya]

Vegan nation, lol.

 

[DSmith21]

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Just me I suppose, but I've never quite understood the appeal of buffalo wings. Lots of work and mess for such a small amount of meat. Same with crab legs.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

Just me I suppose, but I've never quite understood the appeal of buffalo wings. Lots of work and mess for such a small amount of meat. Same with crab legs.

You, sir, are wrong. Both are amazing. Like Chik-Fil-A on a Sunday, sometimes scarcity enhances a dish.

Also, both wings and crab legs allow for copious amounts of garlic butter -- which is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

 

[Dubya C Dubya]

Just me I suppose, but I've never quite understood the appeal of buffalo wings. Lots of work and mess for such a small amount of meat. Same with crab legs.

I can see that. I do all- drums so as to get more chicken. The Buffalo sauce is music to my taste buds, so that’s a big part of it for me. A cold beer tastes that much better with wings as well, IMO.

 

[8titles_rivals270261]

BTW. The best wing sauce is a 1:1 mix of Texas Pete wing sauce and Sweet Baby Ray’s. The two together give it some extra kick and more vinegar “wang”. Lovely.

 

[cricket3]

I can see that. I do all- drums so as to get more chicken.

Amateur

 

[weused2luvhim2]

Flats are where it’s at

 

[krazykats]

Most don’t know how to eat a Flat.

1- pull one bone off and clean the other easily.

2- smaller flats I just get the whole wing in, clamp down and pull out allowing all the chicken to slide off the bone. This way is cleaner as sauce isn’t dripping all over the place.

 

[Dubya C Dubya]

Amateur

Love the flats and that actually the better meat, but there's not enough on there for me. I like the protein.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

BTW. The best wing sauce is a 1:1 mix of Texas Pete wing sauce and Sweet Baby Ray’s. The two together give it some extra kick and more vinegar “wang”. Lovely.

You meant a 1:1 mixture of Louisiana Red and clarified butter.

 

[Dubya C Dubya]

BTW. The best wing sauce is a 1:1 mix of Texas Pete wing sauce and Sweet Baby Ray’s. The two together give it some extra kick and more vinegar “wang”. Lovely.

I'll try it!

 

[cricket3]

Love the flats and that actually the better meat, but there's not enough on there for me. I like the protein.

Slide the bones out and eat everything that’s left. Just as much or more meat than a drum.

 

[Dubya C Dubya]

Slide the bones out and eat everything that’s left. Just as much or more meat than a drum.

I know how to eat wings. I personally don't like that much skin.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Nice food staple up by me. You don't ever need to make wings when there's 10 places that make great wings within a mile of you.

 

[Dubya C Dubya]

Nice food staple up by me. You don't ever need to make wings when there's 10 places that make great wings within a mile of you.

That's cool. Many of us like having them at home at times.

 

[phunterd]

Nice food staple up by me. You don't ever need to make wings when there's 10 places that make great wings within a mile of you.

Love wings and I tend to agree with this. Never have been able to make really good ones at home and it costs double by the time you’re done. They’re one of the few meats I’m just not good at grilling or smoking. Easier to just grab some out. I’m envious of those who do make good ones though.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Love wings and I tend to agree with this. Never have been able to make really good ones at home and it costs double by the time you’re done. They’re one of the few meats I’m just not good at grilling or smoking. Easier to just grab some out. I’m envious of those who do make good ones though.

Exactly.. and no problem with people who can/try to make them at home. I also think good wings are somewhat regional. Upstate NY, from Buffalo to Albany, is pretty similar in terms of popular foods. So wings have always been big by me. Wing-offs, Wing events, AYCE wing nights. My local watering hole is always trying new wings, and they've even gone into desert wings. They actually have special releases.

The "right" way to make wings is also to fry them. That doesn't mean Smoking/Oven/AirFryer can't be good on their own. But if you want to make wings the way a bar makes them, you need to fry them, and that's a pain in the *** to do at home.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

I like them smoked the best. I also like them with minimal breading.

 

[Beatle Bum]

I like them smoked the best. I also like them with minimal breading.

Do you pan sear them after smoking?

 

[Get Buckets]

Do you pan sear them after smoking?

No

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

Before Covid made going out to restaurants a hit or miss experience, I would agree that they're not worth making at home.

BW3 - back in the day (circa 94-95) had great wings. With the way they expanded it's not consistent at all.

There was a place in Charlotte called Township Grill. We'd order them "moderately crispy and wet"... that was the truth.

I make them at home now. I have a fryer that I put outside. It's easy to cook, but the cleanup pisses me off.

Don't cook them indoors or your house will smell like K-Lair for a couple days.

 

[Beatle Bum]

I like the wings from Smokey Bones.