"Buffalo Wild Wings with Matt Selman" is Episode 19 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger, with Matt Selman. "Buffalo Wild Wings with Matt Selman" was released on September 18, 2015.
Synopsis[]
Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the hottest chain restaurants in America. Longtime Simpsons writer and self-described foodie Matt Selman joins Doughboys to review “B-Dubs”. Plus, the Wiger Challenge!
Nick's intro[]
Buffalo's Anchor Bar
The origin of Buffalo wings is cryptic and disputed, but is generally credited to Teressa Bellessimo of Buffalo, New York's Anchor Bar, sometime in the 1960s.
In 1982, college friends Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery opened a restaurant around these cayenne-spiced wings, as well as a second regional New York state delicacy, the beef on weck sandwich. The weck didn't last, but the wings were a hit, and ever since CEO Sally Smith took over in 1996, the company has experienced record growth, expanding from 300 locations to over 1000 in the past decade alone.
In an age when many sit-down chains are struggling and contracting, this casual restaurant's trademark three-pronged focus on "wings, beer, sports" has made it a Mecca for bros. According to Bloomberg, customers at these restaurants consumed over eleven million wings this past Super Bowl Sunday alone. With over twenty spices and sauces, it has a laboratory of flavors to pair with the omnipresent ballgames on its walls of big-screen TVs.
This week on Doughboys, we take on the place they call "B-Dubs": Buffalo Wild Wings.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Peach Smash | 4 forks |
| Mike Mitchell | Black Cherry Mojito | 4 forks |
| Matt Selman | beer | 4.33 forks |
| shared |
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| order | wing type | sauce 1 | sauce 2 | sauce 3 | sauce 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traditional wings | Salt & Vinegar | Honey Mustard | Honey BBQ | Caribbean Jerk |
| 2 | Traditional wings | Asian Zing | Mango Habanero | Thai Curry | Spicy Garlic |
| 3 | Boneless wings | Parmesan Garlic | Desert Heat | Hot | Blazin' |
Nick, Mitch, and Selman went to Buffalo Wild Wings together (with Jordan Morris). They had a strategy to try every available BWW sauce. Selman and Mitch seemed to like the Salt & Vinegar the best, and Nick declared Thai Curry the "Wing of the Match."
Also in this episode, Selman invents the 'tine' system, but emphasizes his rating is of a 3-tined fork. (In most future episodes, forks generally have 4 tines.)
With these scores, Buffalo Wild Wings becomes a member of the Golden Plate Club (though it will later be removed).
Wiger Challenge[]
Squirt
In the Wiger Challenge, Nick presents Mitch and the guest with a mystery beverage and they try to guess what it is. The closest guess is declared the winner.
For this episode, the mystery drink was Squirt.
| guest / host | guess | result |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell | Squirt | winner! |
| Matt Selman | strange Korean soda in a dark blue can |
Quotes[]
| “ | Doughboys is the only thing separating you from tickle porn? Because if so, the podcast is over after tonight. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell, to Nick | ||
| “ | I'm over everything. I'm over this podcast by this point. We're nineteen episodes in, I'm pretty much done with it. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | If you're like me and you're not a Heat Chaser...I'm not a guy who wants to go out and eat super spicy food. | ” |
–Nick Wiger is NOT a Heat Seeker | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Ahoy, Doughboys! I'm an ex-pat living in Prague and I've noticed that the reputation of American food here is very poor. I often hear comments about the low quality and lack of diversity in American chain restaurants. Which leads people to believe that American food is only hamburgers and fried items. Places like Cracker Barrel or perhaps Boston Market offer more regional home-style dishes. I was wondering what chain you would choose to be a representative of the broader spectrum of American food. Thanks, s pozdravem! | ” |
–Lindsay Phillips | ||
| guest / host | chain to represent America |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Cracker Barrel |
| Mike Mitchell | In-N-Out or Five Guys |
| Matt Selman | a local spot |
Restaurants[]
| official visit | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Burbank, CA | Nick, Mitch, and Selman went together to this location (with Jordan Morris) |
| restaurants referenced | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor Bar | Buffalo, NY | in Nick's intro |
| Fresh Brothers | - | Selman gives Fresh Brothers 0 forks (unofficially) |
| Hot Wings Cafe | Los Angeles, CA | Nick mentions this LA chain as a place he's had wings |
| Kyochon Chicken | Koreatown, LA, CA | Selman mentions this place as having the best wings |
| Ye Rustic Inn | Los Feliz, CA | Mitch mentions how popular it is for its wings |
Related Episodes[]
| Buffalo Wild Wings episodes | Matt Selman episodes |
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