♪ I want my baby back, baby back, baby back ♪ ♪ I want my baby back, baby back ♪ ♪ Chili’s baby back wings ♪ It’s ribs. We’re talking about wings today. ♪ It’s Chili’s baby back ribs ♪ ♪ Wings ♪ This is “A Hot Dog is a Sandwich”. Ketchup is a smoothie. Yeah, I put ice in my cereal. So what? That makes no sense. A hot dog is a sandwich. A hotdog is a sandwich. What? Welcome to our podcast, “A Hotdog is a Sandwich”, the show where we break down the world’s biggest food debates. I’m your host Josh Scherer. And I’m your host Nicole Enayati. And Nicole, today we are taking on the two wing behemoths. We are doing Buffalo Wild Wings versus Wingstop. I know what you’re saying. Didn’t Rhett and Link do this already? Yeah, but we’re not Rhett and Link. That’s right. We’re not. We’re entirely different. We’re totally different. And we have the pedigrees of professional chefs. So we can analyze the minutiae that Rhett and Link cannot. Minutiae? Check this out. Check this out. Who is Minutiae? Subcutaneous fat. I wasn’t expecting that one. What are you doing? I was thinking of any other food term and I couldn’t think of it. You subcutaneous Emulsified sauces. I’m sorry. Did you say subcutaneous fat is a food term? Yeah, subcutaneous fat. That’s actually, okay, so one of the things I look for in a good wing It’s a body term. Nicole, these are literally bodies that we’re eating. We have dismembered and broken down animal- You’re gross. Into commodity- You’re gross. To feed our bodies, to fuel us for work in the content mines. Okay. And yes, this is the only thing we could feed ourselves. But no, Buffalo Wild Wings and Wingstop, I’ve never eaten these, like, side by side by side by side. Cool. Me either. I’ve eaten a lot of both. Cool. I have not eaten a lot of both. I’ve actually only gone to a Buffalo Wild Wings once. Oh, what do you do during football season? I cry in a corner. What do you mean? Aw, while David neglect you for the Packers? Yeah. Jordan Love’s looking good. David, I hope you guys do well this year. I love, I mean, I mean, I like to, like, watch alongside him, but sometimes I get really bored and I just wanna go back to my, you know, beauty content. Well, I like going to Buffalo Wild Wings during football season. This sounds like an ad. It’s not. They just do a really great job of having 1 million TVs everywhere. They have so many TVs and so many beers. Unbelievable. However, in my heart of hearts, I think that I prefer Wingstop wings, but again, never had them side by side. I grew up on Wingstop. Wingstop was like a revelation to me. I didn’t even think I liked Buffalo wings until I went to Wingstop the first time. Are you for real? Because, because, because most of the Buffalo wings that I had eaten, you know, like, you go to the deli at a major grocery store? And they have wings in it. They have just, like, it’s, like, next to the rotisserie chicken. Yeah, sure. And there’ll just be these wings that are, like, stained red. Flacid. They’re flacid. They’re flacid. They’re flaccid. They are flaccid wings. What are flax? Flaxen hair? The word, no, no, not flaxen hair. The word is pronounced flaccid and everybody pronounces it flaccid. Is it actually flaccid? Yeah, so much so that now the word is just pronounced flaccid because so many people, it’s like riffling, to riffle through a drawer as opposed to rifling through a drawer. You know? That’s crazy. Or like champing at the bit instead of chomping at the bit. You’re supposed to be champing at the bit? It’s supposed to be champing. But again, these have gotten naturalized through years of misuse or. This is fricking incredible. Isn’t it? So anyways, the flaccid wings, they’re like soft and fatty and I thought I didn’t like Buffalo wings- Shocking. Until I had a proper crispy wing from Wingstop, the Original Hot there with the Ranch dressing because their Ranch is unbelievable. Wingstop Ranch is iconic. Even just the size. Look at the size of the container for those- I think that’s the Blue Cheese or is that Ranch? On audio only. Blue cheese and Ranch is the same thing. Blue cheese is. I’m gonna punch you in the face. Ranch is the mother sauce and Blue Cheese is the derivative. Oh my gosh. This is what I believe. Welcome to American cooking. They got the big containers. I’m really stoked to get into this. Okay. Tell the people what we have in front of us, Nicole. Okay, well, from both chains, we have gotten five classic Buffalo wings. Classic Hot Buffalo. And then we have five Mango Habanero, bone in. And then we have five Lemon Pepper, bone in. And then we also have barbecue boneless. Yeah, including boneless in this, that was a choice. Yeah, I think it’s one of their most popular menu items for both of these establishments. We can’t ignore the will of the people. I think it’s only fair. I love boneless wings. They’re delicious. If you go to a wing spot like this, do you order boneless wings ever? No, I don’t. That’s what I’m saying. If I go to, well, Wingstop delivers, right? Yes. Yeah, because of, it was, like, with Domino’s, right? Is that what it was? No, that was so, I don’t know if Domino’s uses, so Pizza Hut had something called Wing Street. Wing Street. Wing Street. And Wing Street was a separate franchise. But yeah, but I mean, Wingstop and Buffalo Wild Wings were both part of this massive global wing explosion. There are Wingstop franchises in the Philippines now. Incredible. Yeah, Philippines are like the second home of, like, fried chicken in the world. Yeah, that makes total sense. So yeah, Wingstop went over there. But Buffalo Wild Wings founded in 1982. Two Ohio transplants, who were originally from Buffalo. Nice. They were like, “We want to have our Buffalo staples.” This is a fact that I did not know until reading about this. It was originally called Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck. No way. And Weck. I love me some on Weck. Tell the people what on Weck means. Beef on Weck is one of the nation’s great sandwiches. It really is. And it’s so underrated. It hails from Buffalo, New York and Weck is short for kummelweck. Yeah. Which is a type of like rye roll or no, it’s not a rye roll. It’s a caraway and salt roll. Correct, correct, good. I’m glad you corrected yourself. Caraway and rye, they go together like lamb and tuna fish. But they originally served beef on Weck. And I’m so mad that they don’t have that on the menu anymore ’cause I would get that. And then the beef is just, like, thinly shaved roast beef and there’s horseradish on it, right? Yes, there is. And that’s it. It’s like a simple incredible sandwich. But anyways, that opens in 1982 and then they gradually start franchising around and now there’s 1,200 locations in the US. Wingstop founded in, I believe, 1994. It’s either ’94 or ’96. Wingstop is 1994 by Antonio Swad. Antonio Swad in Texas. Correct. And then now they have expanded to 900 locations- Incredible. Worldwide. So, like, they’re kind of close to each other. However, we don’t have the data on this, but I bet same store sales for Buffalo Wild Wings. I bet they make a ton, a ton, a ton of money because they have all those alcohol sales. Yeah, and when I think about Wingstop, no one, like, eats at a Wingstop. Do they? I do. I hate getting takeout. I love eating inside a restaurant. And I love crispy, hot, fresh wings. And so I have eaten in many Wingstops. They have whole paper towel rolls they just plop down on your table. And is it, like, busy when you go? No, almost nobody’s eating inside a Wingstop. But a Buffalo Wild Wings is always bumping, always popping. Buffalo Wild Wings is a party. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s a good time. It’s a good time. You know? So we can factor that in. But, like, right now I think we gotta go just wing for wing. Okay. You wanna start? Should we dive in? Yeah. God, I’m so excited to do this. I’m chomping at the bit. I am gonna rifle through all these wings. I have to grab the Ranches though. I got side table Ranch. We’re keeping the Ranch underneath the table. Well, yeah. Sorry, Joshie. Come on. What are we doing? Okay, so in front of us, we got the Original Hot from Wingstop and Buffalo Wild Wings. Let’s see if we can, like, analyze any differences here. Hold on. Okay. You wanna analyze both? Well, I can see a difference in the size and the glaze of wing. What are you seeing? ‘Cause on the left, I got the Buffalo Wild Wings. This is a bigger wing. Bigger wing. Both of these are a naked fry on the wings, which is proper Buffalo technique. Which I prefer, yeah. It’s always fun to, like, you go to Hooters, you get the I’ve never been to Hooters. You respectfully go to a Hooters. I wanna go to Hooters so bad. They’re just doing their jobs. I wanna go to Hooters. Can you take me Hooters for my birthday actually? Yeah, I can do that. 31st birthday at Hooters. Yeah, actually there’s, I’m sure there’s a Hooters around here, right? How many Hooters are there? I don’t know. Hooters was not part of this discussion. Their wings are, like, good. Are they breaded? You can get them breaded or naked. And then, like, the server always makes like a bit of a salacious comment about like, “Do you like it naked?” And you’re like, “I am respectful, but yes. I wanna go to Hooters. It sounds like so much fun. It’s like a strip club with chicken. I will say, Buffalo Wild Wings, my couple experiences that I’ve had there, eating wings, like going there to remember the wings and not just to drink beer and watch football. You know what I mean? I remember the wings being a little bit flaccid, being a little bit less crispy than I wanted to. Which if you’re serving a ton of people, you sometimes get the itch to take it out of the fryer early. Well, let me tell you. I kind of like my wings to have a little bit of meat and girth on them. I don’t like them, like, shriveled up and crispy. I don’t like it like that. And that happens at Wingstop sometimes. Yeah, yeah, which I don’t like. So Wingstop, I believe it is like franchise code to fry them for 14 minutes. That’s a long. It’s a long-ass time to fry a chicken wing. At what temperature? I don’t know what temp they fry at. I would imagine it can’t be. Like 450. No, it would’ve to be lower if they’re frying it for that long. Well, when they come out, like, crisp to a crisp. No, fair, fair, fair, fair. But they almost get like confit inside. So I don’t know, it’s kinda like, would you rather have an overcooked or undercooked? I’d probably go overcook on wings. Okay, should, yeah. Okay. Those wings stuck together in the fryer. It did. It did. Ah, okay. So we’re eating Buffalo Wild Wings first? Yeah. I’m just gonna lick it. It’s the Original Hot, the Original recipe. It’s pretty spicy. It’s good. Spicy. A little chew. Definitely very meaty. It’s a big meaty wing. It’s nice and chewy. Mm, spicy. It is very well-salted. That is a well-salted wing. It’s wonderful. The meat inside also tastes really, really delicious, I must say. Are you getting any seasoning on the actual chicken? I’m not, but I don’t think either place seasons their chicken. You don’t need to. I don’t think they have to. You don’t need to when you’re saucing it and they’re such small bites. Pretty damn delicious. It’s a good-ass wing. Should I dip it? Can I put my wing back? Oh yeah, you can dip. Can I double dip? Mm. No, fine. I won’t. I hate this place. Do you want to? We each have our own Ranch, don’t we? No. Why? Josh, you have to learn manners. What do you give that on a scale of 1 to 10? A six. But I haven’t had a wing in a long time. Fair. Get a wing, here do you want a Yeah, you can fist one. I’ll fist one for you. Thanks. Are you giving me all the flats? Yeah. You’re my best friend. Wait, yeah, you’re flats over drums, right? You’re my best friend. Thank you. Yeah, all these drums are gonna go to the dogs and by the dogs, I mean our editors, Taylor and Hitch, you get what you can get. I like how I said them and not you, Maggie. I’m sorry. I know you edit the podcast as well. Maggie, you can also have scraps. I dipped that in Ranch, but I shouldn’t have. Okay. Which one? Oh no. This isn’t even close. What do you mean? I just ate the Wingstop one and it is not even close which one’s better. I like the Wingstop one more. Really? Yeah. There’s so much more chili flavor on, which is to say more Buffalo flavor, right? ‘Cause Buffalo sauce is just butter or some sort of liquid fat mixed with, and it should be clarified butter, mixed with hot sauce, and then I think the OG recipe had like onion powder and garlic powder in it, right? Do you see how I’m cradling my arm around the microphone? I hug the microphone. The Wingstop wing is- Better. To me, seriously lacking in flavor. No way. There’s simply, like, not enough sauce. Also, look at this wing. This is completely shriveled. This is overfried. It’s so dinky. But this wing from Buffalo Wild Wings is a monstrosity. Yeah, that’s too big. But this one’s too small. We need our Goldilocks. Who’s our Goldilocks? The Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Sauce is so much more prominent and it’s spicier. I think I like the whole, I think the sauce is better here. But I like the fry on this one a little bit more. You like the fry on the Wingstop one? Uh-huh. Contradictory. It’s a lighter fry. In the wing’s that we got, it is a lighter fry. What do you rate that out of 10? The Wingstop one? Yeah. Damn, I don’t know. I think I’m also gonna give it a six for now. You have a tie. I have a tie right now. To me, it in terms of which wing, if these are, like, sitting out, especially sitting out for four hours, you’re at a football party, right? They’re sitting out. I’m going for the Buffalo Wild Wing wing every single time. And I did not expect that for myself. ‘Cause still, I love Wingstop. I love the branding of it. I love everything about it. Do I have anything on my face? No, you’re good. That’s a little spicy too. That’s a little spicy. I like the spice on that. Yeah, I’m into it. What do you wanna try now? Mango Habanero? No, we gotta give our pallets a break. Okay. Go Lemon Pepper. Go Lemon Pepper. So this is interesting. The Lemon Pepper at Wingstop is a dry Lemon Pepper that they just put on fried wings, right? It’s like a seasoning. It’s like a seasoning. And then they got like the Lemon Pepper Wet, which is like an Atlanta staple, right? They got the Lemon Pepper Wet over a Buffalo Wild Wings, which I believe had a big moment after the- “Atlanta”, the show. The show, “Atlanta”. Can I have some of that sauce over there? Yeah, dude. Yeah, dude. Hey, we’re just hanging out, eating. We’re just vibing. Lemon Pepper. Do you get Lemon Pepper? Wrong sauce. I sauced incorrectly. No, I never get Lemon Pepper. I like it as a change-up. My wing ordering strategy is I always get half Original Buffalo or Cajun, which is just Buffalo with Cajun dust on it, which is great. And then the rest of the half, I get a plurality of various flavors that I enjoy, like Mango Habanero, like a Lemon Pepper. They got something like a Hawaiian. Sometimes they’ll have like a, it’ll be called something like vaguely racist. Just like Sticky Sweet Asian. You’re like, ooh, that’s weird. Zingy Asian. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Asian Zing is still a sauce they have. This is underseasoned. The Wingstop wing is underseasoned, Nicole. It is. It is. It’s under-Lemon Peppered, it’s underseasoned. It’s not an enjoyable eating experience. Try a drum. This one’s more seasoned. No, I don’t want it. Come on. Why not? Why are you yelling? Sorry. I didn’t mean to yell. It’s still perfectly fine. It’s a good, yeah, it’s good for a crowd. Yeah. It’s yummy. I don’t wanna lick my fingers. You can lick your fingers. Let’s go with the Buffalo Wild Wings. So the Buffalo Wild Wings Lemon Pepper. Wow, it’s so glossy. She’s gorgeous. Oh, that is strange. What is the sauce and why is it so thick? I don’t like it. There’s a thick gloopy coating on the Buffalo Wild Wings Lemon Pepper in a way that, to me, sort of like maybe shows Buffalo Wild Wings hand a little bit. Like I feel like Wingstop has more of a mom and pop feel to it. I know it’s a franchise thing. It does, it does. I agree with that sentiment. Troy Aikman is a big, Troy Aikman, UCLA Bruin, long time Dallas Cowboys quarterback. He’s franchised a ton of Wingstops and does commercials for them. Goals. But it still feels like more of like a local mom and pop shop that’s doing things, you know, I don’t wanna say like the old fashioned way, but compared to Buffalo Wild Wings, which is in, like, every luxury mall, right? You know? Or not luxury mall, you’re not going to, like, a Prada store. What’s a luxury mall? No, it’s in, like, the newer malls that would have, a mall that would have a PF Chang’s. Will have a Buffalo Wild Wings. Will have a Buffalo Wild Wings, you know what I mean? I don’t like this one very much. I think the Lemon Pepper goes to Wingstop. Yeah, I hate this. There’s like a weird, it almost feels like a gravy. It’s not enjoyable. No, this is not. The wet on this is bad. It’s like this gloopy corn starchy sauce. It doesn’t say anything Lemon Pepper about it. There’s no acid. There’s no lemon, no. The freshness of the lemon is completely killed. It’s gone. That’s fascinating. Boo! Edge goes to Wingstop on that one for sure. Okay. Not only that, that to me, tips the scales in favor of Wingstop entirely. 100% you’re correct. ‘Cause that wing bummed me out so much. That was a depressing chicken wing. Hot dang. We gotta go Mango Habanero or are we going boneless? I think we go Mango Habanero. Let’s go Mango Habanero. So what’s interesting about Mango Habanero, Wingstop initially had about like eight different sauces on the menu. Ooh, that smells good. Mango Habanero was not one of them. Mango Habanero became a very, very popular sauce at Buffalo Wild Wings. Trademarked. And then they trademarked it? Certainly, you can’t trademark the term Mango Habanero though. It had a TM when I ordered it off of Uber Eats. Interesting. I wonder if they did that because Wingstop copied them. But, like, you can’t trademark common use. I’m sure they’ve trademarked something about it, right? But you can’t trademark, like, common use ingredients. That’s why I believe, I know Frosted Flakes is not trademarked. Mm. Other cereals are. Rice Krispies is trademarked. The spelling of that. That’s why generic cereals have to call it like Crispy Rice Cereal. Crispy Rice. Whereas Frosted Flakes, you can have a generic Frosted Flake. These are intense. Can you pass me a Ranch? Yeah. Is that the Ranch or the Blue Cheese? It’s Ranch. Pretty good. This is incredibly sweet. Pretty good. It’s a well-fried wing. Mm-hm. Super spicy. The Wingstop one is super spicy. I think it’s sweet. I think it’s balanced. I like the fry on these. What’s wrong with me? You guys ever just take, hold on, you guys ever just take your empty wing bone and you soak it in Ranch and then you use it like a ring pop? No, I have standards of living. Are you impressed, Maggie? So impressed. Thank you. That’s too sweet to me. It’s too sweet. It not salty enough. It’s a Mango Habanero wing. Oh, I know the ingredients in it. So do you remember when we did fancy fast food Wingstop? Yes. And Lily initially made the Mango Habanero sauce and it was good. No, it was V. V made it. And then I tasted it and I was like, “This is really good, but check this out.” And I chucked like a handful of salt into it. And it made it better. And it made it better. When people are cooking sweet things- It needs salt. It needs salt. Like even sweet savory sauces, like Panda Express orange chicken style sauce, which this is, like, very reminiscent of, you know what I mean? Yeah, there would be, it’s like orange chicken in terms of, like, lacquer, not in taste though. You got something funky in there? No, no, no. I was deep in thought. But I also do have chicken stuck in between my teeth ’cause we’re eating chicken wings. But I was also deep in thought. I have a conspiracy theory. Go ahead. So Wingstop copied Buffalo Wild Wings on the Mango Habanero, but they used to have a flavor, they still do called Hawaiian, that is just, like, a sweet sticky glaze. I think they just put a little bit of habanero hot sauce in their Hawaiian. Wingstop? What? Yeah. Buffalo Wild Wings Mango Habanero looks and feels so much better. It’s iconic. This is the best looking piece of food I’ve ever had in my life. Is anybody? This is like a jewel. It’s glowing. It’s beautiful. It’s beautiful. It’s like amber. Their spice level is much higher than Wingstop. Nicole, if you will humor me, you don’t have to. Can you grab one of the Wingstop Mango Habanero Wings and lick it and then lick the Buffalo Wild Wings one to get the sauce? Will I become a meme? No. I thought you said Amin, like a person named Amin. We met a friend named Amin last night. We did. Try it. Lick that. Here, I’ll lick one too. Or you want that one to lick? Sure. Side by side? Yeah. Okay, you’re licking the Wingstop one. Now lick Buffalo Wild Wings. So much more salt. Oh my God. Oh my God, the Buffalo Wild wings one. Woo! It’s not even close when you compare- Oh my God. Actual seasoning to it. Wow, it’s phenomenal. It is. No, the Buffalo Wild Wings Mango Habanero is maybe the best damn wing sauce in the game. Holy crap. And side by side, it shows. Oh my God. What an incredible thing. That’s what I’m saying. Also, the fry on mine is, like, absolutely perfect. Also, I’m just mangling these. Dipping Mango Habanero in Ranch, like, is not the move. I feel like there needs to be another sauce for it, but I don’t know what it would be. I don’t think the sauce needs to exist. No. I don’t think it needs one. The spice level of the Buffalo Wild Wings is insanely spicy too. I think it’s delicious. Lost a tooth? No. I got chicken stuck in my teeth. I have a temporary crown in right now. And you’re just living your truth, huh? Wow, we’re demolishing these. The scales tip- It’s so crazy. It’s whiplash. In the favor of Buffalo Wild Wings, right? Yeah, now I’m Team Buffalo Wild Wings. My nose is watering. Something between the Lemon Pepper from Buffalo Wild Wings, which is bad, and the Mango Habanero from Buffalo Wild Wings, which is Which is good. Both of these are two sides of like the corporate R and D coin. Sure. On this side, you’re like, they balanced the salt levels until they got it perfectly right in the focus groups. Yeah. You know what I mean? They kept going. Yes. Whereas Wingstop was just like, “Screw it. Chuck it out there.” But this Lemon Pepper one, they probably got data that was like, “People think Lemon Pepper’s too dry. We need a sauce on it.” And they’re like, “Well, how do we make a lemon sauce that’s shelf stable?” They’re like, “Chug a bunch of like cornstarch and a little bit of shelf stable lemon juice in there. Get it on.” Sucks. It’s bad. Sucks. This just needs to be a beurre blanc. It needs to be lemon juice and butter. You can’t bottle burre blanc, man. You can’t bottle that. It’s not stable. No. You know what I mean? That’s crazy. Are you dying? Yeah, it’s really spicy. Okay. It’s habanero. We gotta go boneless now. Okay. We got the boneless barbecue. Okay, let’s start with Wingstop. We’ll start with Wingstop. It looks good. Boneless wings are not Wait, hold on. The sauce ratio is unfair. Yours is so saucy. Mine is so not saucy. Sucks to suck, Nicole. This is a great barbecue sauce. Mm. That is a good savory, smoky barbecue sauce. There’s a ton of liquid smoke in there. And I love liquid smoke. Mm-hm. Liquid smoke is like truffle oil, where some people are like, “I hate it. It tastes like chemicals.” And I’m like, “I grew up drinking diet Slurpees after every basketball practice. You think any chemical can even register on my palate anymore? No. I want it.” That’s phenomenal. What an exciting little bite of food. That’s an incredible boneless wing. I’m a little bit bummed though, the ratio. I think one thing about Wingstop is whenever you get, like, six wings, two of them will be perfectly sauced and then some of them will be naked without any sauce on it, which kind of bums me out. I’ve had that at Buffalo Wild Wings too. Yeah? That’s just a wing thing? You can’t, like, adjust for how hungover, you know, a 21 year old employee is- Sure. On the day they’re trying to toss your wings and get a bunch of orders out there, right? Sure. Are you on Buffalo Wild Wings? No, I ate another Wingstop boneless wing, which are so good. Well, that says something about it. Well, I wanted to check the seasoning on the chicken. The chicken is very, very tender. The breading, it’s substantial, but light. It holds up to the sauce. Very light. It’s not falling off. Yeah. I mean, the fact that you went in for two is kind of a testament to how good it is, right? I also had salad for lunch and now I’m hungry again. All right, let’s check out Buffalo Wild Wings. How does this compare? I will say, it’s a lot less saucy and I feel like it’s more heavily breaded. Are they breading these in house? ‘Cause these look, like, suspiciously identical. And I imagine, like, they’re not just getting frozen nuggies, are they? It’s highly possible. Maybe it depends by, like, franchisee to franchisee, you know? Do you see a difference between these? Not on the inside. On the outside though, definitely. The sauce. Is this the same sauce? I mean, it’s the same. I mean, they sell their sauce. Does Wingstop sell their sauce? I don’t think it’s the same sauce, Josh. Hold on. I’m cooking here. Let him cook. Dude, the sauces are eerily similar. Really? Try it, Nicole. Nicole, if you will humor me. So you’re gonna make me lick again? If you will humor me, just Josh is making me lick again. Just suck on the wing. Yeah. Okay, give me that one. Yeah, yeah. This one. Okay, this one’s real saucy though. That is so wet. Oh boy. Josh, your fingers are freaking disgusting. I’m sorry. I’m a gross man. I know, like, some people think I’m, like, suave and debonair, you know? And like a gentleman. No one has ever thought you’re debonair. No, I think there’s, if you have ever thought that I was debonair or as I pronounce it, deb-boner, please comment below. Go, “Josh’s deb-boner”. Like a goblin. I’m sweaty too now from the wings. The sauce is eerily similar. Similar, not the same. More liquid smoke in that one. More liquid smoke on that one. They’re both great, to be clear. I’m leaning more towards the Buffalo Wild, I’m leaning more towards the Wingstop experience. The extra liquid smoke in there, that is coming through. But to me, they’re so similar that, like, if I’m going out for wings, again, I do love boneless wings. If I’m ordering for the table and people are like, “Screw it, Josh, just go to town.” I’m like, yo, give me a couple pitchers of Miller Light. And then I’ll get a smattering of wings and, like, a third of them will be boneless. ‘Cause people like them and I will nosh on them. I don’t prefer them. What the hell happened? You think you’re debonair? Men on the internet think I’m sexy. Oh my God. Ugh. Ugh. Josh, why didn’t we get carrot sticks? What? Where’s my celery? I love celery and carrot sticks. I like to dip them in the sauces. One of the most, like, coastal elite moments that Julia and I have had is when we were visiting my family in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and we were just going around, like, Philly eating all the cheese steaks and all the pizza that we ever wanted. And then we go out to Allentown and it’s late at night, maybe like 11:00 P.M. when we roll in. We hadn’t had dinner yet. We go to this, like, sports bar. It’s, like, Sunday at 11:00 P.M. And we roll in and we’re like, maybe they’ll have like a salad on the menu. They did not, there was nothing. But they had wings. And I was like, “Hey, we really need vegetables right now. Can we just get like, just give us all the celery and carrots that you have.” And they were like, “Yes.” And we just sat there and we ate a bunch of celery and carrots. That’s very sweet. As Julia drank a glass of white wine at a sports bar in Allentown, Pennsylvania- She rocks. Right across the street from their minor league hockey team. That’s a great little anecdote. Thank you for sharing. It’s a fun little anecdote. Thanks for sharing. What do you think is the winner? I think you’re just eating to eat. Yeah, dude, that’s why I got into this job. Do you think it was passion? You think it was a passion for digital media, Nicole? No, I wanted to dip my Lemon Pepper wings in the barbecue sauce. Okay, well, I think what we’ve learned is the Buffalo Wild Wings Classic is incredible. Yeah. The Lemon Pepper goes to Wingstop. Yeah. The Mango Habanero goes to Buffalo Wild Wings. And then you think that Buffalo Wild Wings and Wingstop have the same barbecue little, what are these called, boneless wings? I’m sorry. I feel drunk. God, these little, little boneless wings. I mean, sign me up. Hold up. I just found a wing at the bottom. This is Wingstop’s Lemon Pepper. I ate half of it. Do you wanna eat this? This is a great wing. I ate half of it and if that’s too gross for you. Your hands are just so disgusting. But it’s just more wing sauce on my hands. No, but you’ve been licking. Yeah, I’ve only been licking my left. Like how, you know, in like a Muslim home, you only eat with your right hand. Right hand. This is a great Lemon Pepper wing. This is the ideal Lemon Pepper wing. Mm. I don’t know if it changes anything for me in my final decision, but that is a great freaking wing. And I would have that any day. But they’re so dinky. They’re not dinky, they’re discreet. And you know, some people actually prefer a more discreet wing. Sometimes they think the big wings, they’re boastful, you know? And sometimes it’s like, how do you even Like what? In like Greco-Roman times? Yeah, like how do you even, you know, fit that in your mouth sometimes? They want something that can slide in and out easily. You know what I mean? And you say you don’t make eye contact with people. How can you say that? How can you say that? No, but I’m being serious when I mean that. Like wing size really doesn’t matter to me. I’m fine with a small wing. I know you’re getting less value ’cause you pay by the wing. I’m paying, yeah, you gotta think about it this way. Yeah, hear me out. Wait, you should, wait, yeah, that’s BS. Yeah, what? That you pay by the wing. You should pay by weight. This man knows what he’s talking about. It should be total. It should be like at Yogurtland. I should be able to get a cup and just fill it with all the wings that I want and come plop it down on a scale. I think you’re right. You know? And then they still have marshmallow topping and hot fudge. Oh, I would dip. And sprinkles. You know, I would dip. We should do pumpkin spice wings and dip them in marshmallow fluff. I think we made that once. We made it? I definitely made pumpkin spice wings. Oh. I don’t know. Who do you think is the better spot? Who do you think wins in the battle royale? Buffalo Wild Wings or Wingstop? I don’t think I made pumpkin spice wings at Mythical though. Oh. When did you make them? I think it was like a column for, like, Maxim or Thrillist or something. Anyways, a lifetime ago. My ultimate decision, it is impossible to eat this plate of, I’m gonna choke on these wings. My final decision, it is impossible to eat both of these troughs of food and say that Wingstop is better. To me, with what we experienced today, I have to give the edge to Buffalo Wild Wings. The Mango Habanero, that’s one of the best wings I ever eaten. I think their Original Hot is significantly better. The Lemon Pepper, chuck it, don’t need it. Boneless wings are great. However, I think I’m still gonna order from Wingstop. Yeah. When I wanna go watch a game and I wanna sit down and really just like, I wanna spend five hours at a Bdubs, right? Yeah. I’m gonna go there. I’m probably gonna get some like spinach artichoke dip too. Get a couple beers, whatever. But for a quick lunch, for delivery, whatever, I’m definitely going to Wingstop, you know what I mean? Gotta do it again. I’m sorry. I really like it. Also, I’m getting the Cajun. I like the Cajun. You know, maybe even might get the Atomic. Nicole, can you keep wiping my face? I need it. Yeah. Come here. I’m here. Disgusting. Thank you. Thank you. I can’t believe you’re in charge. Ultimately though, I think they both do a really good job. I’m gonna keep going to both, but, like, wing for wing, pound for pound- I will say. Buffalo Wild Wings. And then they also have 98 more TVs per location. So that’s big for me. I will say, yeah, yeah, yeah, I think Buffalo Wild Wings as an experience is better. But the wings at Wingstop, they’re pretty damn good. So you know, there’s no right answer. Which camera am I speaking to? You? I’m gonna speak to you. No matter what wing place you go to, just make sure you’re sharing it with a friend. Don’t go by yourself. Eating six wings by yourself is depressing. You can go, no, you can go by yourself. I ate 50 wings at Wingstop by myself once. That’s real. I was 12. Oh, wow. I’m serious. How much was that? So they used to have 25 cent Wing Wednesdays. Wow. But now they don’t. Thanks, Joe Byron. Yeah. Also, this was $42 and then this was like 30, like $26. Well, yeah, because you’re paying, when you order delivery, you’re paying for the rent that Buffalo Wild Wings is spending- Yeah. On all their TVs. Yeah. Stop ordering delivery from sit down restaurants. Like, that is the worst decision. You’re paying for them to keep the lights on for the TVs. I just burped. We can’t finish the podcast till all these wings are gone. Oh no. Cut. Wanna know the best way to cook frozen chicken wings? Justine from Sporked tried cooking them in an oven, a toaster oven, an air fryer, and a microwave to find the best method. Head to Sporked and search chicken wings to find out which way worked the best. All right, Nicole, we’ve heard what you and I have to say. Now it’s time to find out what other wacky ideas are rattling out there in the internet. It’s time for a segment we call. “Opinions Are Like Casseroles”. And for everybody watching on the YouTube, we are moving “Opinions Are Like Casseroles” to audio only. So go check that out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. My tummy made a noise that came out from the top. Oh, big. Sorry. Sorry. Huge. Huge. All right, Maggie, cue up that first opinion. Hello. Hello. I’m still reeling from the voicemail, but- Thank you. I’m calling to ask- Very sexy. Is it normal to put hard boiled eggs on pasta? Oh. My mom did this for me growing up. She is Italian. Whoa. But other Italians have told me that it’s wrong and sinful and disgusting. Sinful? And I need to know- Italians are very Catholic. Is this a valid Italian food or was my mom lying to me? Thank you. Was this person’s mother lying to her about being an Italian sinner? Go check it out wherever you get your audio podcasts. Spotify, Apple Podcasts. What are the other ones called? Like- I don’t know. Slooper. I literally have no idea. If you use Slooper. If you don’t use Slooper, I’ll hit you up with a free Slooper discount code. Type in “Hotdog” for 10% off at Slooper. Okay, that’s not true. Maggie, can you look to see if Slooper’s anything? Geez Louise. Uh-oh. It might be a dirty site. What is it? What the hell? What’s the Slooper Society? Oh, it’s a Norwegian. It’s a Norwegian, Mayflower people we’re called Sloopers. I hate you so much sometimes, like- You love to see it. Like, I don’t like when you do that. It pisses me off. On that note, thank you so much for stopping by “A Hotdog is a Sandwich”. We’ve got new episodes out every Wednesday, audio version. Every Sunday, video version. Full “Opinions Are Like Casseroles” only on the audio version now. Please be nice to us about that. There were many factors that went into the decision to do that. Yeah, there’s a choice. There’s a reason why we’re doing it. We’re not just doing it to, like, pull your chain, man. No, man. It’s ’cause it’s the algorithm. Yeah, but if you want to be featured on “Opinions Are Like Casseroles”, you can give us a call and leave a quick message at 833-DOG-POD1. The number again is 833-DOG-POD1. I don’t know what an algorithm is, but I know that everything I do is because of it. And I know that one day when I die, I get to float up in the clouds and I get to live with the algorithm when I go. So thank you, Papa. And I kiss the algorithm when I get up to Cloud Heaven. Anyways, we’ll see y’all next time.