Wingaddicts BLOG
Having been a competitive and (fairly) high-level athlete in my younger years, I completely understand the concept of striving to be the very best. Having also been a rabid sports fan for ALL of my life, I also understand the definitions of words like loyalty, rivalry, and delusion.
Read MoreAt the beginning of my senior year in high school, in the fall of 1981, exactly zero people went into a Connecticut restaurant and ordered a plate of chicken wings. They simply weren’t on anybody’s menu. And why would they be? While some restaurants used them for soup stock, chicken wings (like chicken necks, backs and feet today) were a part of th...
Read MoreWhen you think about a chef, do you conjure up images of the TV celebrity chefs like Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay, Alton Brown, Giada, or the Pioneer Woman? Over the years, especially since 2020, it seems like the Food Channel shows have become more popular than ever, many of them featuring cooking challenges and highlighting top chefs from...
Read MoreWhat Constitutes a “Wing Joint?” As we soldier on in our quest to change the way the world thinks about chicken wings, the Wingaddicts have run into interesting questions to ponder along the way. Who has the best wings? What is your favorite flavor? What’s the best cooking style?
Read MoreSean Evans has gained fame through his series called “Hot Ones” on the First We Feast YouTube channel. There, he interviews celebrities while taking them through a series of ten very hot wings as they sweat, laugh and cry. I mean it’s funny to watch people suffer, right? It just is.
Read MoreHey Wingaddicts!!! So, as 2021 comes racing to an end we now look back on 68 different restaurants we visited this year, the 404 plates of wings we destroyed, and all the new flavors as we ran our two-year total to 357! Can you even fathom 357 different flavors of wings? We had SO many great times, met so many great owners, and enjoyed so many diff...
Read MoreHey Wingaddicts!!! So, as 2021 comes racing to an end we look back on 67 restaurants we visited this year, the 399 plates of wings we destroyed, and all the new flavors as we ran our two-year total to 354! Can you even fathom 354 different flavors of wings? We had SO many great times, met so many great owners, and enjoyed so many different wings bu...
Read MoreHey Wingaddicts!!! So, as 2021 comes racing to an end we look back on 66 restaurants we visited this year, the 396 plates of wings we destroyed, and all the new flavors as we ran our two-year total to 351! Can you even fathom 351 different flavors of wings? We had SO many great times, met so many great owners, and enjoyed so many different wings bu...
Read MoreWhen we started Wingaddicts in February 2020, we had a vision of creating a Facebook (and social media) community of people who love chicken wings as much as we do. Well it’s been a labor of love and, thus far, mission accomplished. As an entrepreneur who has done business all over the world, I’m not naive. I know what happens to any group of peopl...
Read MoreDid you ever watch a Wingaddicts episode, get excited, go to that particular restaurant, and hated the wings? “What the hell are these guys talking about?” I’ve had a few instances over the past few years where people would reach out to me and complain about the wings they had. “You guys said they were top notch on your video! Doni said ‘hands down...
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