Wing Festival
Award Archive
The National Buffalo Wing Festival has been held annually in Buffalo, NY since 2002, drawing restaurants from across the country to compete in dozens of sauce and style categories. This is an unofficial archive of every award on record.
Find out more about the festival at buffalowing.com.
Festivals
24
2002 – present
Restaurants
194
across all years →
Records & Achievements
Most Awards
37
Legend Larry's
15 festivals · 21 first places
Most 1st Places
21
Legend Larry's
37 total awards
Best Awards-Per-Festival
2.67
The Old Union Hotel
9 festivals · 24 awards
Most Awards in One Year
5
Center Street Grille
2021 festival
Longest Win Streak
6×
Bocce Club Pizza
Traditional BBQ · 2013–2018
Most Festivals Attended
24
Anchor Bar
2002–2026
Browse by Year
Browse by Category
View all → Traditional Medium Traditional Hot Festival Favorite Creative Sweet Creative Spicy Traditional BBQ Traditional X-Hot Creative BBQ Rookie of the Year Spirit Best In Show Dry Rub Craft Wings Wing King Award Savory Traditional Mild Sweet Heat Sriracha Overall Best Creative Kid's Choice Award Italian Wing Cajun Wing BBQ
Leaderboard
All restaurants →| Rank | Restaurant | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legend Larry's | 37 |
| 2 | Bocce Club Pizza | 31 |
| 3 | Anchor Bar | 29 |
| 4 | Buffalo Wild Wings | 25 |
| 5 | The Old Union Hotel | 24 |
| 6 | Quaker Steak & Lube | 19 |
| 7 | Millie's | 18 |
| 8 | Booty's | 17 |
| 9 | Double Dubs | 15 |
| 10 | The Blind Rhino | 15 |
*Spec: special/non-judged awards (Festival Favorite, Wing King, etc.) not included in Total.