National Buffalo Wing Festival
Award History · Buffalo, NY · Since 2002

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
23
2002 – present
Restaurants
193
across all years →

Records & Achievements

Most Awards
33
Legend Larry's
14 festivals · 18 first places
Most 1st Places
18
Legend Larry's
33 total awards
Best Awards-Per-Festival
2.7
Duff's
3 festivals · 8 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
23
Anchor Bar
2002–2025

Browse by Year

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Browse by Category

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Traditional Medium Traditional Hot Traditional BBQ Festival Favorite Creative Sweet Creative Spicy Traditional X-Hot Creative BBQ Rookie of the Year Spirit Best In Show Dry Rub Craft Wings Wing King Award Traditional Mild Sriracha Savory Overall Best Creative Italian Wing Cajun Wing

Leaderboard

All restaurants →
RankRestaurant
1Legend Larry's33
2Bocce Club Pizza31
3Anchor Bar26
4Buffalo Wild Wings22
5The Old Union Hotel21
6Quaker Steak & Lube19
7Booty's17
8Millie's16
9Double Dubs15
10The Blind Rhino13

*Spec: special/non-judged awards (Festival Favorite, Wing King, etc.) not included in Total.