the great buffalo wing sauce "wing-off"...

the kitchen is standing by –

the time has arrived to settle a long-time family 'difference': the wings have been bought and all the ingredients to create the finest wing sauces known to us are on the table.

main ingredients – the hot pepper sauces in contention from l-r: defcon 2, franks redhot extra hot, franks redhot original, louisianna gold and lea & perrins

two families: garrick flying the flag for the fauls and the ogdens represented by darren and glynn; friends in every respect except when it comes to chicken wings! and in the left field, mre with his dynamic defcon 2...and the centre: jono and patrick, the two non-aligned judges.

pat 'n jon ("we're only here to drink beer and eat wings") stay outta the kitchen and get down to some big screen playstation

and there they are ladies and gentlemen: chicken wings, chicken wings and more chicken wings...

team ogden in the mix: strictly local ingredients

kicking off the competition the ogdens get right down to their complex multiple component mix, stirred up by darren with comments and direction from brother glynn.

buffalo wings: formula ogden - slooshy, thick, not too hot and a little sweet

ok, but just a just a little taste then...

garrick coats his last batch in the franks mix while that lovely orange defcon 2 sauce warms up, patiently biding its time...

meanwhile, jon an' pat, beer and braai meisters, take care of the grilling

when wings are braai'ed they are coated afterwards – the traditional faul method. nice, definitely healthier, but nowhere near as crunchy tasty as fried!

traditional buffalo wings faul style (altho these were fried): franks redhot, extra hot and margarine.

blue cheese dip ogden style: glynn keeping it smooth...

wings freshly drenched in defcon 2 - damn, i'm drooling!

garrick whips up a storm - chunky, creamy and oh so cheesy...

garrick's chunky sauce seemed to just pip the post in the blue cheese sauce category (thanks to the gorgonzola) but then glynn's wasn't too bad either.

the harvest: team mre/defcon, team ogden, team faul

and so the munching began...needless to say all of wings were consumed and no real conclusions reached! judging no longer seemed so important any more after such a fantastic feast. me, i reckon defcon was the winner, with the franks® mix a surprisingly close second and the local concoction third (just a little too sweet for me). but then i'm biased...

wings ready to serve: glynn, darren, garrick and mre serve up the wings and the blue cheese dip...

all in all – a great evening of snacking and cold beers. definitely we will have to do this again, maybe next time we have to come up with all different recipes? meantime, i am going to order some defcon 3 and 1 to check them out too, defcon zero seems a little too rare but who knows? and, uh, what other sauces are out there...

its all over! about 130 chicken wings washed down with a few litres of cold beer...burp! and uh, thanks chickens...

and hey, über thanks to dawn and karl for the franks and 'the creator' for the defcon 2!

mre
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