Buffalo chicken wing RESULTS

Two contenders, both near Halsted Street, in fair Chicago where we lay our scene. From buffalo chicken wing biases break to new arguments, where spicy buffalo sauce makes hands unclean.

Seriously. These wings were both finger-licking good, even if they hailed from two very different families... er, I mean, restaurants. Buffalo Wild Wings is known around the country, whereas DeLux wings can only be tasted in Chicago.

So, which came out on top and won the first buffalo chicken wing food fight?



DeLux beat out Buffalo Wild Wings in the biggest food fight landside yet. Every single category! I don't think this gives enough credit to Buffalo Wild Wings, because the wings weren't bad... they just weren't as good, especially in regards to the quality of the meat.

Do you agree with the results? Will you check out DeLux restaurant now that they've won?

If these two wings don't top your buffalo chicken wings list, what does?

Ribs WINNER!

Similar to the deep dish food fight, all the ribs looked a bit similar. Sure, the meat was cut differently, their shapes weren't the same, but line them up and it's hard to tell which rib is from which restaurant.

Yet, there's no questioning how every rib tasted different depending on the cut of meat, the way it was cooked, and the barbecue sauce that topped it off. My friends and I argued back and forth - after moments of silence to finish eating each rib - but in the end their was one clear winner who won the prize of official ribs food fight champion.

(Note: When I told people they didn't need to vote using 'round' numbers, they interpreted that quite liberally).

THE OFFICIAL RESULTS

Smoque BBQ baby back ribs WINS!

Smoque clearly came out on top. Maybe it had an unfair advantage, considering it had two chances with two different slabs of meat, but what made this food fight tons of fun - other than the choice of food - was that all of the ribs tasted completely different.

While BBQ took home the coveted prize, not all agreed with the results. Despite Russell's poor showing, some of the eleven eaters/friends stood by Russell's, claiming that it should have at least done better than Honey One, mostly because of the awesome sauce.

Do you agree with the results? Where do you go when you want a hunk of messy ribs?

Contender #1

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Contender #4

Deep dish winner!

All deep dish pizzas are not created equal. They may look alike, but hiding under the sauce and stuffed inside the crust are a variety of flavors and all sorts of different fillings. Even the sausage tastes different from one pizza to the next. Some offer a sausage patty, others offer crumbled. And the sauce, too, changes depending on what spices are added. Gino's proved lackluster and cheaply made, whereas both Uno and Lou Malnati's fought head to head, making this one of the closest food fights to date.

THE OFFICIAL RESULTS

Lou Malnati's wins!

Do you agree with these deep dish results? Or do you have another deep dish favorite that deserves to be a food fight contender?