Ok franks is good if you are a two year old. No spice what-so-ever. If you are eating wings, whether you call them "buffalo or hot" they need to have a kick. Franks is like drinking sweet tea, no spice. I personally make all my own wing sauce, but a staple in all my recipes is Dave's insanity sauce. Doesn't matter which style, I have used all from temporary insanity to ghost pepper blend. Stop taking the easy way out using franks or some store bought crap, that I could beat in a taste test blind folded.

This looks like a nice sauce. Sadly people seem to HAVE to detract from that. Use whatever Cayenne Pepper Sauce you want. Saying that if you don't use "Frank's" is like saying if you don't use heavy cream from the same cow as the guy who invented garlic cream sauce, then it is not garlic cream sauce. Frank's Cayenne Pepper Sauce may be the original base hot sauce that was used in the original recipe but ANY Cayenne Pepper Sauce will work. Cattlemen's made a CPS sauce that made the best wing sauce I have ever tasted, but the same company bought both products and discontinued the Cattlemen's version. I also noticed that at Anchor Bar... they call themselves "Home of the Original Buffalo Wing." They also have a Bbq style. I tried this recipe and it was pretty decent. I do something very close to this but I toss in a little coriander, paprika and onion powder, and without ketchup. It was nice to try a buffalo wing sauce that was not the same old same old.

And New Yorkers wonder why people can't get along with them. The guy shares a wing sauce rec. which was very good btw and all they want to do is say how its all wrong.

My teen daughter and I LOVE hot wings (no matter what they are called) and I'm excited to try this recipe. How hot is this recipe? We like them with medium heat, so wondering if I need to cut amount of peppers?

I havent tried them but they sure sound good! And stop all this fighting! Franks may be original, but I have Louisiana and its good! BTW you can make it HOWEVER YOU WANT!!!!!

I know franks franks franks blah blah blah, i'm not a big fan of franks original but franks hot buffalo or franks extra hot is what I tend to use. Sriracha for Mexican Indian and Asian. As far as buffalo wings go it really seems to depend on the preparation of the chicken itself. The sauce is just the heat and complimentary flavor. If the chicken isn't done right that's a deal breaker, the sauce is much less important, as long as its hot.

And dawn from Indiana. Saying you love hotwings and then saying you like yours medium is saying I love medium wings.

Oh and blue cheese period guys :P ranch is a big no no

I'm going to try this sauce, it sounds terrific! I don't care about brand names of sauce, just whether I like it or not. And by the way, there are those of us who prefer RANCH dressing because bleu cheese makes me nauseous. I worked on salad bar for a restaurant for a YEAR and cannot stand being near bleu cheese. After all, what matters is what you LIKE. :)

Daniel (Iowa) You commented that there are 15 ingredients to the "true" sauce. Yet you only shared some of those 15 and didn't give measurements. Care to elaborate? Would love to try the recipe.....

Thanks for the recipe! And for those saying "it's not real buffalo blah... blah..." - Yes, some recipes may taste better than others, but hot wings are hot wings. Three basic components: Fried chicken wings, butter, hot sauce. Possibly add other ingredients like crushed pepper, minced garlic, habenero chunks, etc.

Franks was the original hot sauce in "Buffalo" wings, but that doesn't disqualify these other variations. IMO, Franks is a good base, but as far as heat and flavor, there are far better choices out there.

And as far as Blue Cheese vs. Ranch - That has nothing to do with the wing recipe. Its what wimps use to dip in when their mouth is on fire from my habenero sauce. I'll use ranch WAY before I'll put moldy cheese in my mouth.

Hey, I live in Germany and I don't even know what hot sauce is. Something like Tabasco?

I just made this, but substituted bird's eye pepper s for the cayenne since I can't get cayenne peppers here. It turned out nicely, but really, really hot. Keep up the good work.

Dennis Davis, I lived in Columbus, Ohio for several years & Roosters was my favorite too. Now I'm trying to duplicate the taste but here in Jakarta we don't have Frank's only Louisiana Wing Sauce. I'm still perfecting the taste. Cheers.

Buffalo wings never have honey or ketchup. I'm not saying some people might not think these are tasty, but call them spicy honey garlic wings or something. Butter, franks or similar, maybe vinegar. That's it. Don't add in a bunch of other stuff and let people think they are getting buffalo wings. Annoys me so much when I order them and they come out tasting like sweet spicy Chinese wings. Grrr!

Jill (Calif).. chicken wings are what they are... whether, bland, with "Franks" or another hot sauce. (I have made my own sauce w/o Franks) and are amazing! Cayenne peppers soaked in water, fresh tomatoes, onion, jalapeno peppers, fresh parsley, chives, green onion, pinch of sugar, S&P to taste. Adjust to taste; Cook down and blend in Blender or Food Processor & adjust to taste, again. Yummy!

Wondering if anyone knows why Franks started serving Buffalo wings, why and where. Just a little trivia!

Thanks for all the comments and the belly laughs. "Wings" people sure are passionate about this tummy delight. I wasn't sure if I should wear armor or not reading all the banter. At any rate ... thanks for a great recipe and heighting my awareness to new levels in the Buffalo Wing world! Cheers!