# Buffalo Wings **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 18, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815 "2002-10-18T13:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GeniusInc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@GeniusInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeniusInc)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/1 "2002-10-18T13:14:33Z")
I have yet too see a buffalo with wings…Why don’t they just call them BBQ chicken wings??😕 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/2 "2002-10-18T13:16:53Z")
They were invented at a bar in Buffafo, NY you big silly. They are not the same at all as barbecue wings if made correctly. Here is the whole story: [http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/buffwing.htm](http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/buffwing.htm) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/3 "2002-10-18T13:17:31Z")
Buffalo is a city in New York state where the modern chicken wing appetizer was perfected. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/4 "2002-10-18T13:19:01Z")
Oh, and barbecue wings are sweet. Buffalo wings are picante. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/5 "2002-10-18T13:27:30Z")
They’re named after the city of Buffalo, N.Y., where they were first popularised (supposedly). They don’t call them barbecue chicken wings, because they’re not barbecued (slowly smoked in a hole in the ground) and they usually don’t used barbecue flavouring. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/6 "2002-10-18T13:27:40Z")
They’re named after the city of Buffalo, N.Y., where they were first popularised (supposedly). They don’t call them barbecue chicken wings, because they’re not barbecued (slowly smoked in a hole in the ground) and they usually don’t use barbecue flavouring. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/7 "2002-10-18T13:29:34Z")
I believe the original (and IMHO, best) Buffalo wing sauce is just hot sauce (Frank’s) and butter. Wings deep fried and tossed with the sauce. Simplicity. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/8 "2002-10-18T15:51:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cheesesteak \* > **I believe the original (and IMHO, best) Buffalo wing sauce is just hot sauce (Frank’s) and butter.** And from what I understand - a small bit of white vinegar. It’s the vinegar that gives the sauce its piquancy. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/9 "2002-10-18T15:57:49Z")
Frank’s Hot Sauce already has vinegar in it. (My source for that fact: the label on the bottle in my cupboard.) Would it really be necessary to add more? ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/10 "2002-10-18T15:58:26Z")
You can have original Anchor Bar Buffalo Wings shipped to you as well - see their website for ordering instructions. The best thing to come out of Buffalo - aside from my wife. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/11 "2002-10-18T18:06:18Z")
The wings fall off the buffalo when they are very young. That’s why they’re so small, and that’s why you’d never see bison soar o’er the horizon. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/12 "2002-10-18T22:25:58Z")
Here’s an old thread where we’ve discussed this before. Do a search in the archives on the terms “Buffalo” and “Wings” and you’ll probably find a few more such threads: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49533](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49533) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wings/132815/13 "2002-10-19T01:07:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mske \* > The best thing to come out of Buffalo - aside from my wife. Nah. The best thing to come out of Buffalo is the [air conditioner](http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2001/williscarrier.html). Still kinda makes you wonder why someone from Buffalo would want to invent a contraption to make things even _more_ cold. 🙂