7th annual Wings of Death Challenge / Wingfest

[ssandy_561]

Last Saturday was our 7th annual Wings of Death Challenge / Wingfest. It was a great time as always.

Friday I picked up 80 lbs of jumbo cut party wings and 20 lbs of whole wings for $230.

I packaged up all the cut wings in bags of 12 pieces and separate the flats and drummers. I ended up with 32 dozen wings. These wings were quite “Jumbo”



We just had our new refrigerator delivered earlier in the day last Friday so I broke it in with 80 lbs. of wings.

Here are the 12 sauces I chose for the wing challenge.



They ranged from 1800 scoville units for the Hot Ones Classic Buffalo Hot Sauce on the left to 2,693,000 scoville units for The Last Dab Xperence on the right. I’ll post a review of these sauces later in this post.

Here is the button one could get if they finished all 12 wings.



I decided on a fire tornado for the theme since last year during Wingfest there was a tornado warning. This year we had beautiful weather.

Here was my set up Saturday for cooking the wings.



Three 4 liter deep fryers above and all the wings below.


My PIC for Wingfest ran three dedicated circuits so we could use all three deep fryers without tripping breakers.




We started out with 28 participants and all 28 lasted through the first 9 sauces.


Here is my other PIC for Wingfest enjoying one of the early wings.




Here is his son after receiving the wing with Da Bomb on it. He knows what’s coming next.



The band showed up and played us through the final 5 wings.




There were only 12 of us who finished all 12 wings this year. Sauces 8 - 12 were especially brutal this year. I took a lot of SH*T last year for the challenge being too easy. I made sure I didn’t make the same mistake this year. 😈




We are looking forward to next year for the 8th annual challenge.



Me on the left with my two PICs for the Wings of Death Challenge.

[barelfly]

Outstanding!!!!!! What a great time to have with friends!!! Thanks for sharing!

[58limited]

Looks like great fun!

[Michael_in_TX]

That really does look like a stupid amount of fun! Man, that is a lot of wings!

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

I couldn't do the hottest ones, but I would love trying with friends like that every year!

[Jerod Broussard]

100 freaking pounds of wings.

[texastweeter]

Jerod Broussard don't you work for soul stealing chicken companies?

[Jerod Broussard]

texastweeter nope, never worked for a chicken company.

[texastweeter]

Coulda swore I saw you at mother cluckers anonymous...lol

[itsnotmyfault]

Nailed it

[captainlee]

Oh so hot. Looks like a great time.

[Purc]

Great tradition with great friends and thanks for sharing.

[jecucolo]

What a great idea! Looks like you have a well oiled cooking machine. Congratulations!

[djl]

What no fries? Looks like everyone had a great time! I remember you mentioning this challenge before. Glad it is still going,

[Andrrr]

That is so cool, what a fun yearly tradition!

[Mosca]

I love it! I probably would have punked out at Da Bomb; at a certain point the only thing that keeps you going is knowing the burn won't last forever, and you have to ask if the payoff in flavor and endorphins is worth continuing for.

[STEbbq]

Any sauces good enough to make repeats for future years or is it a one and done deal?

[ssandy_561]

Most sauces are one and done for the wing challenge. I’ll buy some of the sauces again and use them at home. I’ll give a review of the sauces later this evening in this thread

[STEbbq]

Cool. I was thinking next year could be like the “biggest hits” from the first 7 years.

[Michael_in_TX]

...you going in knowing the burn won't last forever, and you have to ask if the payoff in flavor and endorphins is worth continuing for.

In education we have an interesting saying: "A school year is a lifetime to a child." That burn may be relatively brief, but some of those hotter ones sure seem like a lifetime to me!