- Today Buffalo Wild Wings and Wingstop
go beak to beak.
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
Good mythical morning.
- Now we have taste tested feuding food chains
for over a year,
but we have never actually successfully started
a food feud until now.
- Yeah, we've been stirring the pot on Twitter for a while
between Red Lobster and Joe's Crab Shack we tried to do it,
but all that came back was crickets.
- Yeah, but this time the people over at Buffalo Wild Wings
and Wingstop were game to a throw down,
and it all started when we tweeted this.
"Hey Wingstop, we heard Buffalo Wild Wings
"said you're called Wingstop because
"customers have one wing
"and they want to stop.
"Care to comment?"
- They did care to comment with a sick
hot saucy burn, tweeting
"y'all crowned us king, and so did Twitter.
"Hashtag check the tape."
And then they put a picture of you.
Guys, this is by far the best wing I've tasted.
- That is me.
I am wearing a blindfold,
but I do know that's me, I recognize myself.
Because a couple years back Wingstop was crowned
the Lord of the wings during our blind original taste test,
but BWDs was a close second.
And who knows maybe our pallets have changed in two years,
and today we're not just doing wing to wing,
we're going deeper.
- But we weren't done tweeting.
Next we tweeted "Hey Buffalo Wild Wings,
"Wingstop said that if you both were cast
"in the classic buddy comedy "Twins,"
"Wingstop would be Arnold Schwarzenegger
"and Danny De Vito,
"and you'd still be a restaurant no one wants to go to.
"Thoughts?"
- okay we braced ourselves for what was gonna come next.
They responded with this.
A picture of Link and this guy has jokes.
- Oh a little snarky.
So they're both using us against ourselves.
- Well we made that pretty easy.
- So now we're gonna put them against ourselves
against our mouths.
- We're gonna put you against our mouths.
- Trying to find out which mother clucking wings
are sky flapping
and which ones are plain crapping.
It's time for Food Feuds, Buffalo Wild Wings
versus Wingstop.
- All right we're gonna taste test
some classic dishes from each restaurant,
we're gonna rate them on a scale of one to 10,
and the restaurant with the most points at the end
will be crowned The Lord of the Wings Return of the Wing.
- Yes.
- And will have a chance to sponsor a GMM episode,
that's what you really want.
- Now we've ordered from both locations,
but they're both running late.
So maybe we should check in.
Stevie, can we call Buffalo Wild Wings
and put them on speaker?
- [Stevie] Sure, let me dial the number now.
- Okay.
- Hmm, great.
(phone dialing)
(phone ringing)
- [Dirk] Hello, thank you for calling Buffalo Wild Wings,
this is former Domino's employed B-Dubs Dirk speaking,
how can I service you?
- Hey Dirk, it's Rhett McLaughlin
from Good Mythical Morning,
do you remember me when you came on the show?
- [Dirk] I'm sorry your name is Rutt McCaskin?
- Rhett McLaughlin from Good Mythical Morning.
Don't worry about it.
Listen, we ordered some food from you guys,
we have not received it yet,
so can you tell us where it is.
- [Dirk] Oh, you're Rhett.
Yeah, yeah, I see your order right here.
It'll be like two minutes.
It's two minutes away.
I'm sorry, I'm all over the place today.
Me and my girlfriend Patty, we had a fight. (crying)
- Dirk I am--
- Is he crying?
- Yeah, I think that's,
he's either in pain,
he's in emotional pain.
- [Dirk] I'm in pain.
- Is there anything that we can do to help?
- [Dirk] If you happen to talk to her,
could you tell her that she's my butterfly sugar baby?
It's a 90's song.
- Okay butterfly sugar baby.
We can do that.
- All right we can wait two minutes.
- Bye Dirk.
- [Dirk] Bye.
- Stevie, can you ring Wingstop?
Let's see what's happening over there.
- [Stevie] Yep, I have them on speed dial.
Here we go.
- Okay.
(phone ringing)
- [Patty] Hello, thank you for calling Wingstop,
this is former Pizza Hut employee Patty.
How can I help make this phone call wing stop
so I can go on my break?
(laughing)
- Patty, we're trying to track down our order status.
This is Link.
- [Patty] Oh hey, I remember you.
You and your friend really love dead chicken meat.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Patty, it's me, Rhett, the friend.
And I have a message for you from Dirk.
He wants me to tell you you're his butterfly sugar baby.
(crying)
- [Link] Now she's crying.
I just want wings.
- [Patty] I'm sorry, that's so beautiful.
Your order will be there like now by the way.
- Oh good.
- Okay great.
- So we're starting with original wings from both places.
What do we have here, Stevie?
- [Stevie] On Rhett's side are Buffalo Wild Wings
original buffalo sauce wings.
They rank as hot on their menu's spicy meter
of mild, medium, hot and wild.
A basket of 10 wings costs $15.49.
- These are good wings.
- Not too hot, not too not hot.
It builds up a little bit
over the course of eating this one flat.
- It doesn't seem like it's got a lot
of sauce on it,
but it gets you.
- And look how much redder the Wingstop's are.
- [Rhett] Yeah Wingstop went super red.
- [Stevie] On your side, Link,
are Wingstop's wings with original hot sauce.
They're roughly medium level spicy
according to their scale.
And a basket of 10 wings costs $9.59.
- Like six dollars less for 10.
There's a chickeny taste.
That really comes forward.
- That's true.
- Do you know what I'm saying
a chicken taste?
- I'm a big fan, you know,
big fan of Wingstop.
Big fan of that Wingstop ranch,
I just got some of that too.
Let me just go straight wing.
- Why did we not do hot versus hot?
What was the rationale there?
- [Stevie] They're both original,
their original sauces,
it's just that the Buffalo Wild Wings sauce
is a little bit hotter than the other one.
- [Link] And if you look at size, I mean--
- Pretty comparable.
- Yeah I mean I happened to grab a bigger one,
but,
I don't know, 'cause there's a lot
of variability there.
- And these are a little bit moister, do you notice that?
- Yeah, the Wingstop is drier.
- Well let's go at 'em one at a time.
This is a really good wing, very solid.
I'm gonna give it an eight.
- I agree.
I'm gonna give it an eight.
And just because of the dryness over here.
And it's a little less flavorful.
Oh man, it's close though.
- I'm going with a seven. - Seven.
- So eight over here
and seven over here for both of us.
Okay so now we're moving on to some dry rub wings.
I was gonna grab that one.
- I got it first, it looks good.
- [Stevie] So on Rhett's side
are Buffalo Wild Wings Chipotle Barbecue dry seasoned wings.
They are medium in spice,
and you can buy 100 of these for $119.49.
- Mm, this is kind of taking me to Memphis
with that dry rub.
- It's super subtle.
- [Stevie] So on Link's side are Wingstop's Louisiana's
dry rub wings.
They're a medium spice level.
And you can buy 100 of these for $88.99.
- It's got more of a kick.
- More flavor.
- The Wingstop, it has like an Old Bay seasoning kick to it.
You feelin' that?
- I just feel like this has got more flavor
and more of the flavor that I want
out of a dry rub.
I'm gonna give,
these are not my favorite, I'm gonna give 'em a six.
- I really like these,
but for me, man, shoot.
- You're feeling the pressure, aren't you?
- I know.
I'm gonna give 'em an eight,
'cause I really like it.
But then this just soars over the top.
And with the first one you get that kick,
but then you,
I gotta eat another piece.
- [Rhett] I'm going with eight on these over here.
- It's more flavorful,
but you know, I'm gonna make it a tie.
I'm giving these an eight as well.
- So they equal the same.
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All right so we're in the bonus round.
Stevie, what's happening?
- [Stevie] On Rhett's side are Buffalo Wild Wings
boneless mango habanero wings.
This sauce is ranked wild,
which is the spiciest end of the spice meter.
And 10 boneless pieces cost $13.29.
- Starts out sweet, starts to get wild.
- Josh, you have some inside information
about these sauces here, right?
- [Josh] I do.
So I am a large patron of both
of these restaurants,
and Buffalo Wild Wings
has had mango habanero for a last time,
anecdotally for me since 2008,
and confirmed by Yelp reviews,
whereas Wingstop debuted them in 2013
as proven by a press release on prnewswire.com.
- So they stole it from them.
- [Josh] They stole it from them.
- So, Stevie, what do you know?
Is there a difference here?
- [Stevie] So those are Wingstop
boneless mango habanero wings.
They rank hot on their spice scale.
Wow, having trouble.
And you can buy 10 of these for only $8.49.
- Wingstop not as hot.
Wingstop a little drier on the inside.
- It's a fruitier sauce, but really, really good.
- I'm gonna have to eat a carrot.
- You'll be all right.
- Dip it in some ranch.
- Man, that is really good.
- I mean we're definitely in the realm
of best chicken nuggets I've ever had.
'Cause I can't call these boneless wings,
I just can't.
Right?
I know you talked about this on your podcast.
- [Josh] I am firmly team that these are not nuggets,
and I think of you less as a person for calling them that.
- Ah, man, okay, these are good.
These are better than I thought they were going to be.
I'm going eight on these.
- I'm just going by smell at this point.
- Smelling, okay.
- I mean it smells like it's gonna burn your innards.
- [Rhett] They taste so good.
- I like the Buffalo Wild Wings a little bit more.
I'm gonna give 'em a six.
And then I'm gonna switch over to a five over here.
- What happened to your scale?
- I don't like 'em as much as the other stuff I've eaten.
I like bones,
and if it's a wing I want it to actually be wing meat.
- This is really difficult for me.
These are a little bit spicier.
These are a little bit fruitier.
And I think that in ways
that I didn't really anticipate
I'm leaning towards the spice.
So I'm actually gonna give these a seven.
So now we're moving beyond wings
to the wing side kick, french fries.
- I need these.
- [Stevie] So on Rhett's side are Buffalo Wild Wings
regular size natural cut french fries
with customizable toppings.
We chose cheddar jack cheese,
Queso, and desert heat dry seasoning.
And the price for this pile of glory is $5.59.
- You have to kind of take yourself back
to what these would have been like
right out of the fryer
'cause they've kind of turned into,
you know, I mean.
It's just the cheese man, it's the cheese.
You know, cheese.
- Put you've got the sprinkle stuff
that was on round two, I believe.
- They're good, but I gotta say,
I've had a love affair with Wingstop fries.
- [Stevie] So these are Wingstop's Louisiana Voodoo fries.
They're cut fresh from Idaho potatoes,
covered with cheese sauce, ranch,
and their signature Cajun seasoning.
And the regular side are $3.79.
- They really hold up to the test of delivery
a lot better than Buffalo Wild Wings.
- They're a little bit soggy at this point.
That's why, when you get takeout at Wingstop,
you can get 'em extra well done, the fries,
there's like a checkbox, always check that box.
- You can see the freshness of the cuts.
Like you can visualize--
- [Rhett] (mumbles) cuts man, all day long.
- You can visualize the potato
just wrapping around this puppy.
- These are fine,
five.
- Four.
- There's something really, really special.
- They're next level.
Seven.
- You're tough man, you're tough critic.
What would it take to be a,
to get a 10 from you?
I'm not about to give these a 10.
- Fine I'll give it an eight,
'cause that, the combination--
- This keeps getting better.
- Is killer.
Yeah, I can't stop eating them.
- I'm going with a nine.
- All right, eight and a nine.
- All right, final round, desserts.
- [Stevie] So on Rhett's side
is Buffalo Wild Wings chocolate fudge cake,
and you can have all of that for $6.29.
- All of that cake.
- [Stevie] All of that cake.
- That is a nice, thick,
it's like a Devil's food cake kind of vibe.
- [Stevie] Okay, you can order vanilla ice cream
and chocolate sauce on top of this,
but we didn't put on it
'cause we wanted you to taste it
so it's more comparable to Wingstop.
We just, wanted it to be as fair as possible.
- It's a good cake.
It's not, I mean I've had a lot better cakes.
That's the only thing I'll say.
- It looks a little better
than it is so you get your hopes up.
Now this doesn't look great at all,
it looks like a dried out brownie.
- [Stevie] It's Wingstop's only dessert option,
the triple chocolate chunk brownie.
The menu says it's the perfect blend
of chocolate chips and chocolate chunks,
and it's only $1.99.
- It's a good brownie.
- [Link] It looks dry,
but it is very moist.
- [Rhett] It's very moist.
- When a brownie's bad it's real bad,
but when a brownie's good it's better than good cake.
- Okay.
- I'm gonna give, this is good, I'm gonna give it a five.
- I'm gonna give it a six.
- But this brownie over here, I gotta give this a seven.
- I'm giving it a seven as well.
Very good, very solid brownie.
- So there we have it, all of the scores are in.
Stevie, where did we land?
- [Stevie] It looks like
your favorite wing restaurant is Wingstop.
- Ladies and gentleman Wingstop comes out again on top,
and retains the title of Lord of the Wings.
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