I'm from the home of the wing and let me tell you, Frank's is not the original sauce. real sauce is made from butter, vinegar, cayenne pepper, and a few other things like lemon juice. this recipe is not the real thing but it would taste OK for the at-home cooks.

I have found that Louisiana hot sauce, butter (NOT MARGARINE), vinegar and a touch of sugar makes the most excellent wings but I am willing to try Frank's if it is sold in NC.

You should avoid Tabasco because it is simply disgusting. It's bad pepper, not even red cayenne, and it's punky from being so overly mass-produced. It's not really stronger than Frank's Louisiana Red Hot Sauce (the straight-up version of Frank's Wing Sauce, but Tabasco profits are higher from selling you much smaller quantities at a higher price/ounce.

This is a great recipe. I love Tabasco, but I only use a tablespoon of Tabasco to accent my wing sauce. I stick with Franks for the base. It is the authentic sauce first used by the woman who made the first batch in Buffalo. It has a great flavor, and it makes the best base for my own sauce. I start with this recipe and I add little touches of mustard powder, garlic powder, and the tablespoon of Habanero Tabasco.

What is Dave's Insanity sauce? AND where can I get it in NY, Brooklyn?

I'll say one thing about this recipe Dave's Insanity is the fire burns so good, so good in fact that it gave a man i know a heart attack course it was a bet that he wouldn't drink a double shot of it guess he earned that $40.

Chef weighing in... have hosted many hot sauce tastings and find that palettes are different. Too much heat, and that's all you get.. not 'flavor' at all, but 'burn.' Dave's Insanity is like this, and Dave's makes even hotter sauces. No use arguing original wings being better or worse based on sauce. You can argue 'authentic' but as for taste, it's the tongue of the taster that finds one recipe better than another based purely on the pepper factor.

1/2 to 1 tsp Insanity Sauce?? Good lord. I am a spice junkie and I still can't handle more than a single drop or two in a sauce. Tip of the hat to you!

Franks and Tabasco are flavorless. Fire and vinegar at best. For a good hot sauce, Texas Pete is the way to go. Enough heat with a good balance of flavor. If the regular Texas Pete isn't hot enough for you they have an extra hot version. Enough quibbling about the two lousy sauces afore mentioned.

If you're going to use Frank's hot sauce... just go buy Frank's buffalo Sauce...

Lousiana Hot Sauce is more tolerable for wings. Tabasco and Franks make for too much bite and not enough flavor. Best wings ever were from the Crooked Board in Slatterville Springs, NY. Outrageous flavor.

Are any of you even FROM Buffalo? I am. Authentic Buffalo Style Wing Sauce starts and ends with Frank's Hot Sauce. Of course if you can't get it where you live that's a problem. You will have to be content with a wing sauce that is a wann-be to the real thing. Sorry!

Frank's Red Hot Sauce is better for making wings than Tabasco. Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE fan of Tabasco, I use it on everything: eggs, pizza, hamburgers, hotdogs, sandwiches...but not for wings, Frank's is better. To each his own however.

As far as what was the original hot sauce used to make wing sauce, no one knows that except the person that came up with the idea of, "Hey, I'll mix some butter and hot sauce together for some chicken and...." Probably a mother trying to feed some hungry teenagers, who knows. Just glad they did.

Tabasco sauce is not hot, only chiming in about 7,500 scoville units on it's best day. If you want wings that burn but still have flavor use any type of "wing sauce" add the butter and a little vinegar. Then add to taste some of Dave's ghost pepper sauce. It is made with the naga/bhut jolokia pepper. Used to be hottest pepper. But as I said, Tabasco is for little kids! Try a truly hot pepper, eat some fresh habeneros, or some Thai dragons!

Experience is king - Tabasco doesn't make good wing sauce. Franks, Chohula, or any thicker tomato based sauce works. well. Finally my advice: try Siracha sauce / butter / sugar. simple as that the best wing sauce ever. easy on the sugar though, just enough to cut the sours.

I love the Franks Wings sauce. And someone mentioned the Hooters wing sauce. I have been combining the both the Franks extra hot wing sauce and the Hooters sauce for about 10 years at a Half and Half mixture and WOW. I love the combined flavor. And I have also used a lot of Texas Pete. Those are all three of my favorites.

No tabasco, come on. I agree with Frank's but a little tabasco never hurt anyone. I have never added vinager to mine. the Tabasco takes care of that. I also like a little red pepper and cyan pepper to get a little after kick. I have eaten in some of the major players in Buffalo and my wing sause holds up to their's, I personally love the giant size wings they seem to get in Buffalo, chickens must be bigger in that part of NY.

Franks is good, although I usually prefer Louisiana. Tabasco is not a wing sauce and never will be...

This recipe works well, although you'll make any hotter by going lighter on the butter. I rarely half the two.

I'd go for a great tasting milder wing sauce over a flaming hot bad tasting one. I kinda eat wings cause they taste good, not cause I got something to prove. I know some people who eat potent hot wings, but the sauce makes you want to puke. What's the point?

Ya gotta find that perfect blend, and the way to do that is go grab some hot sauce, and butter...throw it in a pot and get it all melted and blended in.

Keep adding butter, until you find the right taste. If you are like me, you'll find that the bigger the batch, the saltier it tastes, so I usually do half unsalted butter.