Judged Categories
Scored on sauce and flavor. Most are judged blind; those marked booth-judged are scored by judges visiting each restaurant's booth. Both count toward award totals.
Traditional Medium
23 festivals 32 restaurants
All-time leader
Legend Larry's 5×
2026 champion
Wing It On!
Traditional Hot
23 festivals 34 restaurants
All-time leader
Legend Larry's 9×
2026 champion
Legend Larry's
Creative Sweet
23 festivals 42 restaurants
All-time leader
Wing Zone 3×
2026 champion
Anchor Bar
Creative Spicy
23 festivals 38 restaurants
All-time leader
Buffalo Wild Wings 3×
2026 champion
Just Wingin It
Traditional BBQ
22 festivals 27 restaurants
All-time leader
Bocce Club Pizza 11×
2025 champion
Double Dubs
Traditional X-Hot
21 festivals 33 restaurants
All-time leader
Legend Larry's 4×
2024 champion
Wing It On!
Creative BBQ
17 festivals 38 restaurants
All-time leader
Hard Rock Cafe 2×
2021 champion
Wings Army
Best In Show
booth-judged
9 festivals 15 restaurants
All-time leader
Just Wingin It 3×
2026 champion
Just Wingin It
Dry Rub
8 festivals 14 restaurants
All-time leader
Anchor Bar 2×
2026 champion
Buffalo Wild Wings
Craft Wings
booth-judged
5 festivals 9 restaurants
All-time leader
Booty's 1×
2025 champion
Pizza Cutters
Savory
2 festivals 5 restaurants
All-time leader
Wing It On! 1×
2026 champion
Side Biscuit
Traditional Mild
1 festival 1 restaurant
All-time leader
Danny's 1×
2003 champion
Danny's
Sweet Heat
1 festival 3 restaurants
All-time leader
Legend Larry's 1×
2026 champion
Legend Larry's
Sriracha
1 festival 3 restaurants
All-time leader
Pizza Cutters 1×
2024 champion
Pizza Cutters
Overall Best Creative
1 festival 1 restaurant
All-time leader
Cap'N Morgans Sports & Seafood 1×
2005 champion
Cap'N Morgans Sports & Seafood
Kid's Choice Award
booth-judged
1 festival 3 restaurants
All-time leader
Anchor Bar 1×
2026 champion
Anchor Bar
Italian Wing
1 festival 1 restaurant
All-time leader
Swings 1×
2003 champion
Swings
Cajun Wing
1 festival 1 restaurant
All-time leader
Bocce Club Pizza 1×
2003 champion
Bocce Club Pizza
BBQ
1 festival 3 restaurants
All-time leader
Legend Larry's 1×
2026 champion
Legend Larry's
Special Awards
These are not scored on sauce or flavor, so they are tracked separately and excluded from award totals.