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.

Most Awards
33
Legend Larry's
Most 1st Places
18
Legend Larry's
Festivals
22
2002 – present
Restaurants
113
in the database

Records & Achievements

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

Browse by Year

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

Leaderboard

All restaurants →
RestaurantTotal
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.