Chicken wings are an essential Super Bowl food, so Chef May reached out to the best of the best for the Players Tailgate.
The Blind Rhino — a sports bar with locations in South Norwalk and Bridgeport — recently won the best chicken wings in America at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo, New York.
On its tailgate menu were four different types of wings: classic Buffalo, garlic parmesan, togarashi brown sugar, and plum Sriracha — which won Best in Show at the festival.
"These are the four flavors that have put us on the map and really get people to turn heads," co-owner Casey Dohme told me. "It seemed like a simple choice."
But the magic isn't just in the sauce.
"Everybody precooks their wings, some people bake them, some people smoke them. We wanted to make a great product before we even fried and sauced them," Dohme said. "So we made a great house rub that seasons the chicken and makes it an unbelievable piece of chicken."