Best place to buy chicken wings?

[SarahInMinneapolis]

So much for planning ahead. Going to make Buffalo Wings for the Big Game. Where's the best place (and cheapest) to buy good chicken wings?

[SarahInMinneapolis]

I'm impressed by those marinating. Never occurred to me to do that for fried wings. But definitely for fried chicken.

[Fudist]

Buy a bucket from Shamrock's. Best in the city.

[SarahInMinneapolis]

I ended up buying from Runyon's. Not as good as I remembered, but it fulfilled the need for the "fix," and clean-up was a snap. :) The place was seriously short-staffed. Dirty tables everywhere and a witchy "woe-is-me" bartender. Now, granted when I walked in, she was the only wait person in the whole joint. Eventually a manager started helping her...and he was nice to the customers. I got what I deserved. Bottom line? Next time I need the "fix," I'll make them from scratch.

For those who marinate...buttermilk? And do you really think it makes that much of a difference?

[ibew292]

I marinate mine in Hot sauce, vinegar and a little oil

[The Chowhound Team]

Hi Everybody. If you have a good method and/or recipe for marinating chicken wings, please post it on the Home Cooking board. You can always leave a "pointer" letting the folks here know where to look. Thanks so much!

[Fudist]

Shame about Runyon's. I have heard good things about those wings.

[Lincster]

Wings are still great. Service can be great or overwhelmed.

[ibew292]

The Wedge has great wings and they are priced pretty good. I marinate mine with a vacuum sealer and can do it in 45 min.

[BigE]

Seconded. I walked through on Saturday and though I passed them up, they looked great and were somewhere around $1.79/pound (fresh at the meat department), IIRC.

[justalex]

I don't know about the best, but the cheapest I've seen is a 3 pound bag of frozen wings for $6.99 at Cub. You could possibly quick thaw them under cold running water in the sink or on defrost mode in the microwave. I hope others have better ideas for you.

[The Dairy Queen]

Don't know about cheapest, but Whole Foods had marinated wings on sale yesterday... Since you've skipped the "marinating overnight" step...

~TDQ