Irene Jiang / Business Insider
I ate wings from five chains to see whose was best.
- $4 are always in season.
- I tried the wings at $4, Hooters, $4, Bonchon Chicken, and $4 to see who had the best chicken wings.
- Turns out Korean import Bonchon had the best chicken wings: immaculately crispy and bursting with flavor.
- However, $4 was a close second place, and also offered the best chicken wings with a more traditional American flavor profile.
- $4.
Chicken wings are never out of season.
There are enough sports seasons to make them relevant year-round. Football season? Wings. Baseball season? Wings. Basketball? Wings. Just craving wings? Wings.
As Business Insider's resident taste-tester, I had a sacred duty to try all of the wing chains within a reasonable travel distance from our office to find the best chicken wings.
Over the course of a week, I ate wings from Buffalo Wild Wings, Hooters, TGI Friday's, Bonchon Chicken, and Wingstop to see who had the crispiest, sauciest, juiciest chicken.
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I never want to smell another chicken wing again. But my sacrifice was not for naught: after dozens of wings dreadful and delicious, I found the holy grail of chain restaurant wings.