Food Theory: Boneless Wings Are NOT What You Think! (Buffalo Wild Wings)

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Buffalo Wild Wings has been selling boneless chicken wings for YEARS, but one man dared to ask, "is this a legitimate chicken wing?" So ARE they chicken wings? And is there something suspicious about the way these chains, such a BWW, Domino's, and Papa Johns name their boneless meats. Let's find out exactly what these restaurants are hiding from us...
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[@derpykat5]

Food theory idea: what made Breakfast foods come to be considered Breakfast foods and why are they always so isolated from every other food/ meal group? Most restaurants that serve Breakfast foods either refuse to serve them past a certain time or advertise that they are available all day. Lunch and Dinner are usually interchangeable, but why not Breakfast? Why does no other meal get this treatment?

[@33pandagamer]

I want to know that too

[@dscarmo]

They dont serve it after breakfast time because all the prep work required to serve them is not worth it outside of the peak breakfast hour since there is very low demand later in the day

[@nicolechafetz3904]

Been done all over the Internet.

[@33pandagamer]

@@dscarmo, Thank you for informing me. I didn't know this was the case before now.

[@grn1]

@@dscarmo That's certainly part of it but then why are breakfast food, breakfast foods in the first place? Why do we collectively think of pancakes and waffles as something you only eat for breakfast but hamburgers can be lunch or dinner? Nowadays I'd imagine most restaurants just prepare a bunch of batter for pancakes and waffles ahead of time and freeze it so there's not really any more prep that needs to be done compared to most others foods.

[@girphantom2960]

I worked at Buffalo Wild Wings and most of everything came in frozen. The only thing that isn’t frozen are the sauces and veggies. Their prices are outrageous for the quality. They don’t make any of their sides and even though the guacamole says it’s made in house, if they’re out they will store buy it. They are a glorified fast food restaurant

[@Darke_Exelbirth]

"glorified fast food restaurant" is basically my understanding of what a sports bar really is though, so that's not shocking.

[@rars0n]

That's the vast majority of restaurants, especially big chains.

[@Not_Ciel]

Literally any chain restaurants though. As much as I know it, Bdubs still slaps some nights.

[@Tin_bAnger]

I knew everything that you just said, but I still bought there because of the BOGO. I was able to buy a bit of food that'd last me two evenings, especially when I was working long hours. It was great when I could order delivery, but then they cut back and made it pick up. But what made me stop returning was "$.99 order in pick up fee" they implemented. You're going to charge me to pick up my own food? I told the poor girl to let corporate know they lost a customer for life over such a greedy thing. I've been pretty vocal over it and hope they either learn or go under.

[@ShapesWithoutColors]

When I worked there the wings were never frozen. We'd get dozens of cases in every Monday, and they took up most of our walk in fridge. But we had two walk in fridge, one for meat, and one for veggies. The quac was made by adding pico to some premashed avocado mix that came frozen in bags. But this was in 2008, and I left in 2009 and they had been going down in quality the whole time I worked there. I left when they tried to make the employees pay for food waste.

[@bartman64]

I remember ordering Wendy’s boneless wings in 2009. The cashier turned around and grabbed a clamshell box of nuggets, poured sauce on it, shook the box and placed it in front of me. It felt like I paid a couple extra dollars to have my nuggets shaken.

[@paulj6756]

Shaken not stirred?

[@the1nf3r10rone]

@@paulj6756lmao

[@BPTNY]

At least the sass was free.

[@DoctorX17]

Maybe the sauce was made from angel tears or something else rare and expensive

[@BrenGamerYT]

I would like my nuggets shaken, not stirred.

[@facepalm18]

I work at papa johns & the poppers were just discontinued and replaced with...boneless wings 😂

[@notmousse]

First Poppa, now this...

[@Rarkss]

@its-timewhy do people do this ruining content I can’t go into any popular KZbinrs comment section without this happening

[@nathangamble125]

@@Rarkss Bots.

[@blackcatpoe4716]

Boneless breasts.

[@insertname941]

Papa johns poppers are the worst to manufacture😂ask me how i know

[@ellewhy3560]

I have never actually thought about this before. I had always assumed boneless chicken wings were just simply chicken meat, as in not specifically that of the wings. And accepted it.

[@Marc0lol]

literally yesterday i was at slim chickens and they were out of boneless wings... so my dad asked for chicken strips and for them to put it in a saucer, it looked and tasted the exact same as the regular boneless wings.

[@insertname941]

How people havent figured this out is crazy, i work for the place that makes most places "boneless wings" our breading between all the types of chicken is often interchangeable 😂

[@chimeron260]

the frozen ones at wal-mart actually have an intersting way of getting around this naming predicament. The bone-in wings are named normally, "Chicken Wings", but the boneless are "Boneless Chicken Wyngz", with a Y and a Z.

[@lauramchel]

2:20 Ahh Theorista you're backk!! Glad to see you are still alive 😅

[@PupTwunk]

I always got made fun of for eating boneless chicken of any description lol for some reason alot of people think boneless chicken is only meant for little kids and once you become an adult you gotta switch to boned otherwise your a weirdo. Oh also adults can't enjoy Peanut Butter and Jelly either for some reason.

[@MasterRJMC]

misery loves company, once you become an adult, you have to stop enjoying simple things

[@LethalShadow]

You gotta love it when people try to dictate what you should or should not like, especially when it comes to food. Enjoy your boneless chicken my friend! Meanwhile I'll continue to enjoy dipping fries in mayo, and dipping pizza crust in ketchup.

[@PupTwunk]

@@LethalShadow The dipping pizza crust in ketchup I've actually never had before I gotta try that sometime 🤩

[@matiduarte5237]

It’s basically the idea that boneless wings are adult chicken nuggets and because of that association it’s a kid meal or something

[@yugimuto1639]

if someone says that stuff some chicken in their mouth until they shut up

[@Enjoymentboy]

It never fails to amaze me how many of these lawsuits could be prevented with the simple inclusion of quotation marks in the correct location. Boneless wings is NOT the same as boneless "wings".

[@emilyschroeder8079]

Could you cover the optimal way to do the DougDoug Fast Food Challenge? I would adore that! Thanks for the amazing content ❤

[@williambeisel5686]

As a kid I always thought “boneless wings” were like seedless watermelon😅

[@StuffandThings_]

You know, with genetic engineering... maybe someday we'll have boneless chickens?

[@blackcatpoe4716]

But chances are you won't be able to have healthy chickens, because the bone and the muscle have to work together to make chickens able to move.

[@MrBeatlesfan117]

Logic checks out tbh

[@luxvita2815]

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2 another bot spamming propaganda...

[@luxvita2815]

@@blackcatpoe4716 how will a "boneless chicken" develope any muscle lol (or a shape?)

[@dannymartial7997]

If boneless wings were made with thigh meat instead of breasts, maybe there'd be less complaints. The thigh and wing are nearly indistinguishable since they're both dark meat.

[@josiahjacinto4156]

Did you say breasts I'm getting hot in here

[@christophersparkman]

Brilliant idea 👍

[@rrecherei9092]

But would people buy "Buffalo Wild Thighs"?

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

​@@rrecherei9092yes lol

[@benwagner5089]

@@rrecherei9092 Sounds like a place you might get ID"d trying to get into lol.

[@ebogar42]

I always thought boneless wings were from chickens that were born with no wing bones and flew worse than the chickens with bones in their wings.

[@BONEHEADSbro5625]

Matpat your gonna get sued some day

[@authorlacey]

I'd say with added labor costs of deboning a chicken wing the prosecutor has a strong case against the defendant.

[@Women_Respecter]

Dip your fried chicken pieces? Chicken nugget. Fried chicken pieces are PRE-dipped? Boneless wings

[@HOURLYSNIPES]

Finally, everything is done time to sit and relax and watch some Food Theory.

[@Kazzy954]

10:26 that’s weird bc where I live in Wisconsin we (my family and I) seemed tk notice chicken getting more expensive. The prices were raised at stores, and local bars raised the prices too bc they weren’t getting near as much wing meat. It got to the point a few bars near me stopped getting actual wings and instead turned to bites.

[@thediamondphantom7717]

Day 3 of asking for batmans diet

[@KJaxDragon]

His diet is clearly pure ballsacks

[@MrGrimdul]

wild wings renamed their boneless wings to boneless nuggs to avoid this

[@willswenson3169]

You can see this with the boneless "wings" at grocery stores as well. The GV brand calls them chicken "wyngs", the Tyson brand calls them chicken "bites", etc.

[@trackk1951]

Food theory idea: Is Breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

[@TheOnlyOneWhoComments]

if I were to show you boneless wings and chicken tenders would you be able to guess which one is which?

[@yamlanki825]

THEY'RE NOT MADE OUT OF BUFFALOES?!?!?!?

[@NoahVercetti]

Is that a joke.

[@reetusbeetus]

My local wings restraunt literally just serves chicken fingers for boneless wings, But their texture is the exact same as the wings somehow

[@Moa-metall]

I asked already but you should do a food theory on why Chios such as Fritos are included so much when nobody likes them

[@jasonvigil7336]

Who says people don't like them? Everybody I know likes Frito's. Even Frito Pies at restaurants are super popular.

[@StuffandThings_]

Some of the flavored Fritos are alright, and I've even grown to somewhat like the plain ones though they're certainly not my top pick. Also maybe its nostalgia? Cause as far as I'm aware Fritos used to be much more popular decades ago.

[@Beathisat7]

Imagine being so spoiled in life that you get upset that you were mislead by a naming convention that you decide to sue.

[@darthtequila3741]

film theory idea: how long would the the bad guys ACTUALLY be in jail/what are the fines they would have to pay or any other punishment they'd have to endure?

[@OhHeyItsMattyD]

Before watching how I see it a boneless chicken wing would be kind of like a chicken nugget but not ground chicken but not large chicken tenders.

[@LegoWormNoah101]

BTW, it seems that the lawsuit is being dismissed, but it is hard to tell as many news sites are still outdated on the subject

[@byconite]

The supreme court threw that last point out with Creative LLC v. Elenis

[@psychic2021]

Something to note: Boneless wings are also usually priced higher than their boned counterparts at these types of establishments, which CAN be attributed to higher priced meat, but the LABOR that goes into de-boning a regular wing could also be considered for the mark-up. Idk if that means anything but it is some food for thought (pun not intended but 100% appropriate)

[@JacobBowlin]

As a Ex-Employee of BWW Patrons are 99% of the time too drunk to realize "these are Chicken Nuggets"

[@IWasHereSometimeOrOther]

The theories just keep getting better with no end in sight. Bravo, MatPat

[@AvocadoAndStuff]

2:57:they’re from Belgium most of Belgium speaks French so they called it French frys

[@tegn9ne]

I have noticed most the wing places I've visited sell the boneless for cheaper where I'm located

[@teoengchin]

I always thought buffalo wings were kinda sus since I'd never seen a buffalo with wings before

[@mr.vinceable130]

So when are we gonna get a theory on the best way to prepare a chicken wing? Between smoking grilling baking frying and my crazy college roommate who tried to microwave Chicken wings. There's just a lot of ways to make one. And I want to know what the best one is.

[@peeersunnh]

why are food theory videos just the best videos to have playing when you are playing video games.

[@N.definite]

So I can sue Zaxby’s for selling chicken fingers when clearly they’re not the fingers of chickens

[@elaeka3685]

But Chinese Gooseberries (Kiwifruit) really did originate in China. I think the confusion here is that people think kiwifruit came from New Zealand.

[@willhallfilms]

Please do an episode on the Dr Pepper commercial lore…there is some crazy stuff going on in “fanville”!

[@chuckmckendry194]

Ever since they started selling boneless wings. BWW has always had a disclaimer stating that the boneless wings DID NOT CONTAIN wing meat

[@sharaheartsixx]

The fact that someone genuinely wasted their time sueing over this is actually ridiculous.

[@TheHeroHaven]

3:04 when the name hamburger comes from Germany and the buffalo in buffalo wings is because of Buffalo New York…

[@sammythewitch]

Matpat, you should do a video about the evolution of diet culture! Where it began and where it's at right now. I think that would be really interesting

[@mo0n.chicken]

1:08 Did you forgot about Happy meatfarms

[@CatDevz]

This is why I personally call boneless wings "big boy nuggies"

[@IC4N7C]

At Zaxby’s, I used to get the Wings & Things. It comes with tenders, and wings, which can be traditional, or boneless. The boneless wings were good but a buy small. They changed their wings, and they were a bit skimpy. I just started ordering a chicken tender basket, with a cup of wing sauce for dipping.

[@senorpepper3405]

Uh, we don't talk to people from the south🤚

[@andrewstrong9213]

I remember when I was younger, I used to call boneless wings "adult chicken nuggets".

[@Demsky83]

Wings are now priced higher than ever.

[@jocelynisweird6667]

You should make a theory on if the machine from cloudy with a chance of meatballs is possible to do in real life

[@squidcrusher1485]

the intro was the best part of this whole video

[@FourthQuill]

Could you do a food theory on the best soda combination ex: Coca Cola + Sprite, Dr. Pepper + Pepsi, I think that would be pretty interesting.

[@michaelaugust4313]

How do you not know that Mat Pat and everybody in the right mind know they’re not really wings

[@tjthedogtrainer]

Wait, so how did the lawsuit end? lol

[@roobie_not_ruby]

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, boneless chicken wings are just premium quality chicken nuggets

[@SirZyPA]

Fun fact, Hamburgers not containing ham isn't misleading at all, since it's not a reference to the type of meat, but rather the place of origin, that being the town of Hamburg in germany.

[@kennethkight2844]

HE NEEDS TO BE A FOOD LAWYER!!!!hes too awesome!

[@shawncarlson2508]

LOOL unless chickens fly with their thighs wings will alwaysbe misleading

[@kristophershell4452]

Matpat have ever thought of being a lawyer

[@kch8919]

his puns are getting worse and I'm all here for it

[@NuthinButTrubble]

At Stroud's North, in Kansas City, Missouri, we actually take the chicken tenders and cut them into chunks and call them "Chicken Bites". Definitely using whole meat! :)

[@hamorger5351]

it should be impossible to sue an industry for millions of dollars just because your product looked slightly different that it did in the ad

[@theiaraine]

Buffalo wings aren't even named after the animal lol. They just chose to have a buffalo as their mascot

[@keithdennis6932]

It blows my mind that people have seen boneless wings and thought they were wings

[@crimsonrayquaza]

never thought of this but now it's making me confuse but normal chicken wings with bones are better

[@L.S-D]

Boneless Pizza was not mentioned once, not sure if im disappointed in that or not

[@Clowning.today101]

This guy should be the lawyer of this case

[@HansonHan-f6w]

food theory idea : is it dinner or supper?

[@X123Monster]

Dude I SWEAR I saw you at buffalo wild wings like a week or two ago.

[@buddyj1299]

I've been working in the restaurant business for 15 years now and if you're dumb enough to be under the impression boneless wings are wing me you're genuinely lucky to be alive still

[@Elkay_J]

The alliteration here was a thing of legend!

[@El_DoorsGoblino]

banban really loves sweet bread

[@beckydyk1770]

Mat making fries with no skin is called frenching

[@reubenoakley5887]

That opening is so unrealistic. I refuse to believe that anyone would receive chicken nuggets and decide they want a salad instead 😤

[@Itsrunzo]

I always thought boneless wings were deboned wings this is new to me

[@ichudi1]

So boneless wings are EXACTLY what I thought they were. Got it.

[@K4YV4N]

Bro became a lawyer for 11:28 minutes

[@GoofyAhhMods]

Its seems like a Buffalo leg would be a better idea than a wing

[@ahaggar]

Imagine someone putting this on in court

[@kevingarnier]

Dude just wanted some money

[@billykepner4938]

At Dominos, we used to call them chicken kickers. 😂

[@Alaxion]

Wait but Chinese gooseberry (kiwifruit) DOES originate in China (2:50)

[@divinedelaware7541]

Wow. Nuggets, tenders, boneless. Difference

[@ShhhdiBen]

2:53 I should’ve not search that up

[@Ladyfire745]

I work at Arby's and when we have are boneless wings they are our nuggets dipped in sauce. They are the same nuggets that would would order any day.

[@Unbeatablerizzler]

How long would you survive in a abandoned mall

[@BioToxin]

unless the pricing reflects the reality in which case you're over paying for it. also it's not unreasonable to expect that since you get what you ask for with regular wings that the boneless wings would follow suit

[@Calilily123]

We literally had to write a whole DBQ(document based question) essay on this exact thing “are boneless wings just chicken nuggets” in my world history class last year

[@mrdylanavery9239]

Just got an add for chicken wings... THEY'RE WATCHING ME!!!!!!!!

[@OverlordMMM]

Here's what I don't understand about wings. To my knowledge, the bulk of the per pound cost comes from the bones, not the meat. Which means we are paying extra for parts that simply will not be consumed or even used. Why are we paying extra for that?

[@drautch]

I have never ordered boneless wings and thought i was getting wings

[@paulzito4163]

cover the dirt from Wyoming that is in all our food!!! It is called Bentonite!!!

[@HubbaBubbaD]

But what are bone-in wings then? They are like little drumsticks and definitely not actual wings

[@jordanstark5924]

Papa John's actually does call them boneless wings. At least they do here

[@Spiiderdude64]

It doesn't matter if they're serving a more expensive cut of meat, they're still lying to their customers.

[@BenjaminLee-ik8zr]

The show where nothing is too saucy 💀💀💀💀💀

[@brad2751]

Considering boneless "wings" cost less than actual bone-in wings at the restaurants, they can make the case that they are overcharging for the lower quality meat. BW's charge $12.99 for 10 boneless, while the bone-in is $15.49.