Who Really Created the Buffalo Chicken Wing?

[@giraffesinc.2193]

'The competition must have been stiff ...' This narrator is fantastic! Deadpan humor at its best!

[@newcheesegrater]

Always found the narrator's voice to be a delight. It feels like I'm hearing a 50s-60s commercial.

[@TurbulenttJuice]

And after listening to hundreds of videos, his voice becomes comforting and familiar.

[@Excessive_complaining]

Reminds me of watching the food network with my grandma, unwrapped comes to mind.

[@Lupine.]

Me: "I bet he looks like John Wayne mixed with Walter Cronkite." Actuality: Filipino guy with dreadlocks and a beard. (Probably)

[@blondie9293]

Lol I won't watch these programs if the have the girl narrate. No offense just don't like her voice so much

[@GuntherVerheugen]

Maybe its just so good because the female voice is so extremly bad. But then again i cant complain, seems good enough and not annoying

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

Many years ago, I remember being in upstate NY at a bar and getting Buffalo wings for $0.10 each. The Bartender pulled them out of the fryer, tossed them into a pan with butter an Frank's. Last I saw, BWW was charging $2.00 each. Damn those were fun days!

[@jamesmcmahonii8433]

We'd go to a place called Casey's every Sunday. They did all you can eat wings. Sit there and eat BBQ all day.

[@everylastcrumb]

Would love those prices back hahah

[@charles-y2z6c]

I live in Western NY. There are still bars that will give them and pizza away on a packed Sunday afternoon watching football. But yeah, it’s ridiculous at BWW I have eaten many times at anchor bar

[@MyTexanHeart]

there used to be a place in my hometown that did .25 wing Wednesdays that was the best! now i'm lucky to find like an 8 piece meal under $15 somewhere 😂

[@christophercole8114]

My thought as someone who spent the majority of his life in WNY and has been to many of the best wing establishments there, my suggestion would be to give John Young the credit for making the wing more than just a throw-away piece of the chicken and, to a degree, making it a palatable local dish. Give the Anchor Bar credit for pioneering what the chicken wing has become (and no, a "Buffalo Wing" is not an authentic Buffalo wing) as in separating it into drums and flats and taking it beyond WNY's borders.

[@Xzorton]

Duffs Char-BBQ. Or Bar Bill. Both great. Heck any of the 500+ local pizza places wings are generally solid!

[@saqueas]

Right?! You have multiple options even within a square mile in WNY

[@Peccs91]

If you are not from or familiar with Buffalo and are looking to get wings, I strongly urge going to 1 of hundreds of other wing places not named Anchor Bar. Like literally any ole dive bar in Buffalo is surely to serve up some killer wings.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

When life gives you wings, Eat them with delight.

[@theupliftchannel]

Love this channel. It’s not a bar food but I’ve always wanted to know how Munchos Potato Chips are made.

[@nazmulahmed5853]

Omg that’s our fav chips

[@nollypolly]

Omg I haven't had them in years and completely forgot about them! I'd imagine they're made in a similar way that Pringles are (i.e. not an actual slice of potato but a mash).

[@theupliftchannel]

@@nollypolly you’re right. They probably are. For quite awhile I didn’t see them so I thought they were discontinued but a few years ago they popped back up here in Maryland. They are saltier than I remember but then again so am I! Lol

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

It has something to do with "vacuum", as far as they're made... and, "Munchos" have gone the way of "Fiddle Faddle" and "Screaming Yellow Zonkers"... 😮

[@theupliftchannel]

@@giuseppelogiurato5718 I see fiddle faddle from time to time at dollar tree. Not sure about screaming yellow zonkers

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

Buffalo Wings are good [albeit I can only handle mild, and low levels of spice. Funny considering I can handle Rico's Nacho Sauce and Pepper Jack Cheese], and the lore behind buffalo wings sure is spicy [🥁]! Speaking of food lore, Weird History, a video on Domino's Pizza and all the crazy stuff that's happened would be really cool, especially if you tackle the mascots. There's already wild stories with The Noid, but I feel like Donny Domino [who is technically still around, but only in walkaround form] should also be talked about, with the Ollie VS Domino's Pizza Inc lawsuit surrounding him. I'd also like to see Jack In The Box's history, especially the 1970s era with the animated characters [voiced by Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger], and how the company bounced back from the infamous 1993 E Coli Outbreak.

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

I'm not sure if you have done a video on it yet or not, but since you asked for bar food suggestions, how about pretzels? I love the hot soft pretzels best (plain with generous amount of liquid cheese sauce), but do enjoy the crispy ones too.

[@mikehudsonrocks9585]

A local guy (Brantford, Ontario) used to challenge people to eat his "Dumba@@" wing. Couldn't measure the heat. Some people literally left in ambulances after a couple bites. I was at his shop to get takeout one time and he actually was preparing said wing for a challenger. Staff were wearing towels over their mouths. I had to temporarily leave until the air cleared somewhat. Tears, voided air, etc. The challenger bit into the first wing.. "You call this hot?!?" LOL!!!

[@melissacooper8724]

Did he have his challengers sign a waiver before trying his wings?

[@jackruaro]

The John Young buffalo wing invention claim really grinds my gears. If I ordered buffalo wings and got served a whole breaded plain wing with a sweet, slightly spicy sauce on the side, I'd complain and ask for them to actually make me wings. But here comes this guy's daughter claiming credit for something to try to cash in on it. It's like Ray Croc claiming to have invented the Philly Cheesesteak except the meat was formed in a patty and the bun is round. It's a similar concept but a completely different dish.

[@lookoutforchris]

He’s another black guy trying to appropriate someone else’s culture. He probably invented the cell phone and the airplane and taught white peepo how to Clorox they chicken. Is anyone else fatigued?

[@1coachtone]

You all steal everything

[@blackway643]

Yt person logic

[@jackruaro]

@@blackway643 Says a person on youtube who's only believing a liar because he's black. THAT is YT logic.

[@caseysmith544]

My mom's hometown Dunkirk NY has the beat wings at Pizza Village that are proper Anchor like wings in Mild, Hot and Extra Hot, where the sauce is runny as well as a BBQ that has a Hot and Extra Hot. I like the standard in a hot and it can end up being sticky too on some of the wings the sauce dripped off of onto the others. The Extra Hot is like a Dominos Nuclear or Pizza Hut Atomic.

[@alanrowley6402]

Dunkirk is is great Jamestown Is better

[@makingroceries77]

Could you please do an episode on how Quaker Steak and Lube got started? Thank you! 🙏☮️❤️

[@Chron-sl4nd]

"Steak" or "State"?

[@michellemire8462]

The delivery of this narrator is always on point! No hate to others but he is on par with "aLegendly" Simon Whisler in my opinion

[@woltersworld]

Whoever made it deserves sainthood

[@TurbulenttJuice]

And to think the wings used to just be discarded and thrown out. Crazy

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Awesome topic! I wondered why they were called buffalo chicken wings.

[@angelitolibrero6123]

I always imagine that whoever invented the buffalo wings will be an angel with a pair of chicken wings and a face of a buffalo

[@Jobrill]

Do Nachos count as bar food? A Nacho episode could be fun.

[@btetschner]

I second one about Nachos.

[@caczech]

Well... Good to know there's more than one NACHOS comment!

[@btetschner]

@@caczech Three people wanting the same video...now that is a popular topic!

[@Beyonder369]

The length of time it took me to figure out the perplexing origin of how buffalo wings are made. Especially never running across any Buffalo in New York as a kid.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

KID: Since when did a buffalo got wings,dad? DAD: When someone got hungry

[@melissacooper8724]

Woman( commenting on the Buffalo wings) : Tastes like chicken! Me: It is chicken, you knumbskull!

[@edkeaton]

Always a big fan of this channel and the content. You always manage to learn something new every day. Please do a history of both the Garbage Plate and the Hawaiian Plate lunch. Thanks. 😎👍

[@NaNa-j7b2q]

Of course im out of friggin spicy chicken nuggets!😢 thanx for remindin me to add on grocery list!😂

[@steakcrust558]

Anchor bar or bust. They are the ones. Everyone else is just pretending. You also owe it to yourself to go to Buffalo for the wing festivities. Best time of my life hands down

[@xerorenegado15]

They suck

[@julieneff9408]

The real question: Drums or flats? I'm team flats.

[@SkylarTrahan]

Drums

[@afenismama]

Flats ❤

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Never knew Hooters had a TV show. Did have a cousin who worked there in the mid 1990's though

[@jeremycline9542]

Is that Pedro Pascal in that Hooters commercial?

[@michaelduttry182]

Lived just south of Buffalo NY for 30 years. Love the beef on weck with a little horseradish .

[@afenismama]

That kimmelweck roll is salty as heck 😂

[@michaelduttry182]

@@afenismama love them with some roast beef

[@Bay_Area_Content]

Stolen recipes nothing new this is American history… John is a legend

[@teleiosdawyz4044]

Sadly my favourite wing place is no more. It was a local dive bar which served an unbreaded mild wing with sauce made from Frank's (of course) and melted real butter along side was celery, carrots and Bleu cheese dressing. Gawd I miss that joint. Been so many years I can't even remember the name of the joint any more. They had a sammich called the Lenny of Pastrami topped with a thick slice of salami and Swiss cheese broiled till bubbly on a bagel with cream cheese. Such drunk food has not been seen since!

[@jamessnee7171]

Let this Buffalo boy give it to you straight. Start with really hot oil. 500 degrees at least. Absolutely necessary. It has to be hot to make the chicken skin crisp up right. While keeping the meat inside moist. I worked at a Pizza and Wing shop in Buffalo and when it got busy the deep fryer was in constant use and that would bring the temp in the fryer down so that the wings did not crisp up properly. You have to make that skin pop and expand, almost like popcorn. Drown in Frank's Hot Sauce and melted butter. That is Buffalo style. If you are not bleeding from the butt by the end of the night you are doing something wrong.

[@RonBaker456]

Breaking them into parts and the buffalo sauce (NO breading) is what makes a buffalo wing a Buffalo wing to me. I'm going with the Anchor bar.

[@chriss1757]

The John Young story is largely bunk. Nobody ever claimed that Teressa Bellisimo invented a wing with sauce on it or that nobody had ever served fried chicken with sauce on it before her. She created the Buffalo Wing, a wing cut into sections, fried without breading, and dipped in a sauce made primarily from Frank's Red Hot and butter. That is a Buffalo Wing and she created it. The fact John Young breaded and fried whole chicken wings and covered them in a spicy BBQ sauce called "mumbo sauce" has nothing to do with it other than he tried to grab some fame for himself when her idea took off.

[@redneckroy8947]

Kind of like they are giving food history the Disney treatment. It is tiresome.

[@BNOBLE.]

THANK YOJ. I was born and raised in buffalo and my fam has been their for 125 years and Young is a lie

[@1coachtone]

​@@BNOBLE. Caucasians steal everything

[@hoodiek6802]

Were u their

[@rci30]

There is a HUGE difference between a Delicious chicken WING and then what is known as the Buffalo Wing. To name just a few... The Cut or served as a whole. Another, the spice and vingar ratio. Yet another is the accompanying of bleu cheese and chilled vegetables (celery and carrots). And if these werent enough, Young's whole chicken wings were breaded. John Young made a Chicken Wing delicious. The similarity ends there. You have 1 chicken breast. Chicken fried chicken is Much different than Chicken piccata. Its chicken, the style is how the food is prepared and presented. John Young - delicious Chicken Wing Anchor Bar - delicious Buffalo Wings

[@tremorsfan]

I went to Hooters once and ordered their wings. I'm still miffed that they charged me for blue cheese.

[@WastedTalent-]

A lot of places do. I moved to rural Upstate NY and all of the pizza places (there are 3 in town where you can throw a rock at the others while standing in front of one) and they all charge for blue cheese. Around $2 for a little cup that you can barely dip a leg in when you've got 15 wings sitting in the box. I end up ordering 3 extras just to get through an order. I got wise though, and started buying blue cheese dressing to keep on hand in the fridge.

[@jimmyispromo]

I love that i was able to eat at the original location

[@Vontroll]

Hooters had the best wings, but then, about 10 years ago, they changed their recipe to be like Buffalo Wild Wings. Around that time, they closed the two Hooters in my area. I heard someone say they changed back, but I haven't been to one since the change.

[@seanwebb605]

Beef On a Weck is available at the Buffalo Bisons baseball stadium. Comes with a pickle.

[@caseysmith544]

Also available at the Sabers Games too or was.

[@seanwebb605]

@@caseysmith544 Oh cool. I have never been to Buffalo for hockey. Several times I have tried to convince my uncles to go. One is a Canadiens fan and we have been up to Montreal for games, but not nearly as many as he would like. The other is a Leafs fan that has only ever been to two games in his life. He complains that the ticket prices are too high. So I always tell him we could go to Buffalo, get good seats at a regular price and avoid Toronto traffic. Nope. Not the same he says. People are weird. Beef on a weck please.

[@humblehummingbird2011]

I don't crave these things, but when I feel the need for some, I stick with mild/medium sauce and ranch. I'd rather enjoy eating them than fighting the extreme hot sauce.

[@Thrillhou]

I really enjoy the flavour of a good hot sauce, but if it's just heat for pain's sake, I'm not interested. When we go for wings, what I used to do was get one plate of suicide wings for the table, first, and after one or two of those, the rest of the sauces don't really overwhelm with heat so you can enjoy the flavour profile without the uphill battle. Also depends on what kinds of peppers you like. Personally, i love scotch bonnet but can't stand Chipotle, just for example. But I hope you give them a chance!

[@scottmansfield626]

Don't let the propaganda fool you. The mighty Bison created Buffalo wings.

[@wadeadams4263]

I believe the Anchor bar was first because my old boss used to hang out there back in the day.

[@MisterE-yi2es]

gotta hand it to Colbert.... he's REALLY didicated to his side-hustle!

[@btetschner]

@6:14 The mascot of The Doane Owl, oldest continuous University newspaper in Nebraska, is the same as Hooters. Maybe their staff should start to go there...

[@TaaxiCaab]

I like my wings hot enough to make me cry when I eat them, and cry again the next morning when they come out.

[@MrRezRising]

Was that _Musical Youth_ at 5:23??? Wow, been about 40 years...

[@goobah1389]

On deh left hand side

[@mattjensen5358]

I'm from buffalo and I ve never heard of these stories lol

[@fnjesusfreak]

I'm from Niagara Falls. Heard the Anchor Bar story, never the other one.

[@tonyfourpaws4511]

there are 2 things I can eat every day and not get tired of. Hot wings and.... I won't mention the second one.

[@grimpmann4068]

8====D

[@AlexisMaria]

Ohhh wow! That lady is ALL over the training materials and employee team posters at Hooters haha (this was years ago!) Interesting! Yes one of the girls at my store had a page in the calendar ! Good ol days haha. A tv show and everything wow. Who knew it was so big before I was even born haha wow.

[@starrseed2687]

Pedro Pasquale sighting !!! Rhett and Link sighting!

[@btetschner]

@7:16 Went to an Outback Steakhouse when I lived in Charleston, South Carolina. My friend's car was wrecked and he took me there to thank me for the daily rides I would give him. Apparently near 42% of the population reports that they have no friends or family to ask for help or a ride if they need it.

[@joeystikes]

I'm from buffalo..... Nobody does wings like we do here !!!!

[@SigmaNuHE481]

Now I want some Buffalo chicken dip

[@greensombrero3641]

I love you so - chicken wings. and don't underestimate the beef on weck. horseradish!

[@KevinWindsor1971]

Beef on Weck, Syracuse salt potatoes, Texas Hots, Spiedies, Cornell Chicken, and Chicken Riggies. NY State has so much good original food.

[@greensombrero3641]

@@KevinWindsor1971 Bravo

[@caseysmith544]

😋

[@gee-fe2sq]

Never knew Buffalo had wings. You learn something new erday.

[@btetschner]

@2:32 A halo, in religious iconography, is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light that surrounds a person in art. (wikipedia)

[@melissacooper8724]

I love Buffalo wings! I usually make my own Buffalo wings at home using Frank's hot wing sauce on them!

[@ryanr7423]

We need a history of wine video!

[@lobsterlarry6481]

It’s interesting to me how American fast foods places all sell wings over seas but you rarely see it in the states

[@rohnbanks6501]

Very interesting indeed! Btw the weck could have been derived from the German word for roll, as they use the same reference.

[@Nuttyirishman85]

“Hooters, Hooters, Hooters.”

[@AiydnnCantu]

I wonder what the conversation was like for weird history to decide which Wing to use as the thumbnail comedy drum, or the wing LOL😅

[@jonathanwalton9205]

Love the video, but when Buffalo was called Upstate New York, I couldn't help but laugh, haha. My favorite wing growing up in Buffalo was from Quaker Steak & Lube or just your typical dive around town. Mandy's was always a great choice.

[@mattdsoares]

Buffalo is Upstate NY. The specific region of Upstate is Western New York.

[@lookoutforchris]

Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany are all Upstate. Heck, anything north Putnam and Rockland Counties is upstate. If you can’t commute on the train to the city you’re Upstate.

[@paintslinger16]

No one that lives upstate calls it upstate, it WNY or CNY or NNY, ADK, Capital district etc. that’s just what NYC calls anything above the 5 boroughs

[@fnjesusfreak]

@@paintslinger16 I've always referred to WNY, CNY and the North Country as upstate (and grew up in all three).

[@btetschner]

@0:03 Jennifer Lawrence was also a date on the web series Chicken Shop Date. From the Hot Ones chicken wing challenge to a chicken shop date, she must be the world's best new promoter of chicken! Maybe she should be the new face of Kentucky Fried Chicken, she is from Kentucky...

[@texdoc89]

Out of all the big chains, Wingstop is easily the best hands down. Bdubs wings are so damn tiny it's like they got them of a damn pigeon or something, also like how they left off the Atomic wings from Wingstop which are also better than their blazing wings lol. But whatever you do don't EVER try DaBomb sauce.... you'll thank me if you ever see anyone eating it lol!

[@twisted2291]

My gut cant handle the spicy stuff anymore these days. But good old Butter and Garlic wings are great.

[@maryaltshuller885]

How about doing a bit on frozen treats: here in St. Louis we have Ted Drewes which makes their famous frozen concretes (tastes like ice cream to me ... but, whatever), frozen custard, Dairy Queen's Dilly Bar, fudge-cicles and orange dream-cicles.

[@colonelyungblonsk7730]

as a New Yorker, Buffalo NY will always be the cradle of the buffalo chicken wing, no other city has claim to it, the buffalo wing belongs to Buffalo

[@nicholaswhorley8343]

I have to say that despite the fact that chicken wings are a pretty firmly American tradition, the best wings I have ever had without question, we're in South Korea.

[@jamesroy791]

😭 The early 1920s just have been mad times imagine no sandwiches burgers wings tacos WHAT THE HE'LL DID AMERICA EAT IN THE 1800S

[@tracysemonik7040]

Hooray! As shared on my socials, today on In the Kitchen with Tracy, it's pineapple pork bbq and buffalo chicken strips for buffalo chicken salad. Homemade coleslaw and maybe cannoli. Jinx! Buy me a Coke!

[@davidweaver766]

Was that The Mandolorian at 9:28?

[@CwL-1984]

Who ever invented buffalo wings, needs e Noble Prize.

[@loganjohnson8356]

Outback definitely has hot wings

[@phcusnret]

I don't know, but all those poor flightless buffaloes...

[@ChiefMacio]

John young clearly

[@btetschner]

@5:02 When I worked as a CNA (Certified Nurse's Aide) and MA (Medication Aide) at the Waterford, our facility went to Buffalo Wild Wing's to watch UFC fights. The Waterford is an assisted living facility around the Lincoln, Nebraska area.

[@alexgeorge501]

The Spiciest is the only way to go for MY wings! Thanks for uploading!

[@johannsterner8173]

We need a History of hooters video

[@profoundwanderer1441]

To be fair.. New Yorkers like to claim they invented EVERYTHING. "Yeah, i'm the one who said why not add a the pepperoni's to the pizza's!" -Some New Yorker born in the 70's 😂

[@ScarfaceCamonte]

Couldn't agree more. NY likes to claim fame to a lot......

[@logical_thinker]

True that, they are credit obsessed.

[@cnowakwittmann]

Beef on wreck is absolutely just as popular in Buffalo as wings!

[@troyshilanski380]

I remember when bars out here had 5 cent wing nights, then in the 90s they went up to 10 cents a wing, now i dont even order em anymore, i aint that rich.

[@btetschner]

@5:45 Buffalo Wild Wings really should be the official wings of Big 10 Football.

[@changkwangoh]

There’s a joint here called Friendly Confines and they sell “death” wings 😂

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

My favorite flavor :D

[@ShortsAndSpookies]

The narrator sounds suspiciously like actor/voice actor Harry Shearer. It's like Kent Brockman from the Simpsons with a bit of Ned Flanders thrown in.

[@josephgaviota]

5:30 Wow, I thought those were mouse um, "presents" on the bun.

[@Ziggy405]

These are the questions we need answered!

[@notmitch2891]

The Chicago sauce is called Mild Sauce and it’s really good if anyone ever visits the city to try it out

[@earth9544]

The only place you can get good wings is Buffalo or Upstate NY

[@fnjesusfreak]

Allegedly, kek... it might not have taken off outside the area but beef on weck is absolutely still a Western NY institution. 😜 (Source: I've lived here since 1995.)

[@briansinger5258]

A black guy and a white guy were arguing about who invented something and Huffington Post didn't beat this story to death in 2015? Commies be slackin. Thanks for the trivia, boys.

[@sdb9884]

Outback does have wings now. Kookaburra Wings.

[@AyoMillz]

When you think about the history of creation and/or innovation , even in food, it's hard not to believe, John Young, created the "Buffalo Wing" and was then robbed of the glory.

[@btetschner]

@1:53 Oliver Twist was the first child protagonist in an English novel. (wikipedia)

[@MrVictoriousGaming]

Two thumbs up from this Buffalonian!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

A goddamned hero, that's who!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🌶 #WeirdHistoryFood #FoodHistory #BuffaloWings #BuffaloSauce

[@caczech]

Okay... Since we're on the subject of bar food... Nachos anyone?

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

I like to see the Young / Bellissimo situation as an unofficial joint effort. Young came up with the original concept while the Belissimos came up with the variation. The real issue is forgetting or ignoring Young completely and putting all the credit on the Bellissimos.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

The Problem Is Neither Invented It They just Helped Popularize and Spread It

[@DogSpeak]

If you're ever near J Timothy's, in Plaiville Ct. Treat yourself to their 'Dirt Wings"!