Buffalo wings are pure, unadulterated, crispy, greasy, hot & vinegary nuggets of awesome. So given that we're going to be eating so many of the suckers, isn't it our national duty—our duty to the birds, even—to make each and every one the best it can possible be? To not—pardon the terrible pun (and all the terrible puns to follow)—simply wing it? I've had my share of greasy, dry, flaccid, burnt, tough, gristly chicken wings. My only goal today is to figure out how to get the best out of each and every drumette and flat, to create a Super Bowl snack worthy of its American heritage. A bird we could really flip for. More

Other than the crowd of little league soccer players and their parents after Saturday morning practice, Buff's biggest claim to fame are their wings ($4.95 per half order; 8.95 per whole). You can get them on or off the bone, and doused with one of 10 different hot sauces. It's not actually the variety that impresses me; call me a curmudgeon, but Buffalo wings are Buffalo wings, and I start to wonder about a place that offers as many different flavor varieties as Baskin-Robbins. More

So it's five minutes before the kick-off on Sunday and you're expecting a massive posse in your living room, and you only have one bowl of guacamole. To split 32 ways. Luckily you can always order fast-food wings. We tasted a mess of them with all different sauces (Buffalo, Honey BBQ, various spicy levels) from KFC, Domino's, Papa John's, Popeyes, and Pizza Hut. The winners, revealed. More

The basic components of Buffalo wing sauce are hot sauce and butter. Heat plus fat. But not just any old hot sauce will do. They've got to be made with the slightly thick, spicy but not blow-your-head-off, super vinegary stuff. We tried seven sauce variations in pursuit of the most finger-lickin' good. More

Can Buffalo wings be baked instead of fried and still retain all their finger lickin' flavor and crispy skin goodness? They sure can. Plus you won't have to stand over a pot of bubbling oil while everyone else is on the couch nursing a beer and watching the Super Bowl. More