The Sun Herald 03/24/2005 Frozen Hooters wings: Good, not the real thing

It looks like Hooter's forray into the frozen food aisle needs a bit more work. I love the concept of bringing wings into the mainstream with a Hooters branded version, but why bother really? Anyone who knows anything about wings knows that no frozen store-bought version could ever perform all that well. Wings are meant to be cooked fresh and eaten right away. If you aren't going to your favorite wing joint or making them on your own from scratch, don't bother!

Peace, love and grease!

Scott "The Cluckbucket" Roth
www.cluckbucket.com

Wings make it to Portland!

Cheap Eats

Here's a quick little review from the Portland, OR newspaper about the first true wing joint that opened up earlier this year. The place is a nice little spot, the owners are huge wing lovers and big fans of the Cluckbucket. They really know their stuff when it comes to wings and make up some mean chicken! They have a great range of sauces and have really good side-dishes. Their french fries are money! They even have deep fried twinkies.

Make sure you check out their offical review in the Internet Hot Wing Database.

Peace, love, and grease!

Scott "The Cluckbucket" Roth
www.cluckbucket.com

Buffalo Wings and Rings plans expansion

Greetings wing lovers, solid news coming out of the Cincinnati area today. Apparently a few franchisees gathered together to purchase the company and are looking to boost up their expansion plans. This is a breath of fresh air because apparently their growth had been pretty slow of late. I love the idea of franchisees taking over the mother ship because they have the hands on knowledge of what it takes to run the restaurant. It's interesting also that 40% of their revenues come from carry-out. This is promising as that is a high margin area and there is a lot of room for taking money from pizza companies in the carry-out/delivery category.

Let's just hope they continue to focus on cranking out good wings!

Peace, love, and grease!

Scott "The Cluckbucket" Roth
www.cluckbucket.com

Hi folks, I'm still out here, I'll post more later this week.

Looks like Papa Johns is now serving wings. BBQ Chipotle and Buffalo style. There's no mention of them on their website though so I'm not sure what the deal is...

Greetings wing lovers! I've decided it's time for me to get serious about my love of the chicken wing (oh crap that's a scary thing). I love the fact that the popularity of chicken wings has really taken-off across the entire US, but I also sense that we still need someone to be the world's biggest wing activist and why not me?

I've been eating wings since a pretty early age and feel as if I've got a lot of worthless knowledge to instill in the lives of others. Some people are passionate about politics, some religion, some sports, well, I'm pretty passionate about the wing.

Not only have wings grown to be a major player in the appetizer category, but they are also competing with other center of the plate proteins. Wing focused restaurants like Hooters, the Wing Zone, the Wing Stop, BW3, etc are popping up everywhere. This is indeed a great time for the wing but I truly believe that this is just the beginning. Long live the almighty chicken wing! ;-)

Check out the new Cluckbucket.com Wing Sauce review page: Cluckbucket: Chicken Wing Sauces and BBQ Sauces too!

Post a comment and let me know what you think.

New home page design for the Cluckbucket. Check it out!

I know it's still ugly, but at least now it's clean...

Cluckbucket: Chicken Wings, Buffalo Wings; It's not just chicken, it's a way of life!

Here's a great new article about Sonya Thomas and her competitive eating abilities.

She's Small, But She Eats Big | theledger.com

The IFOCE has finally given its nod to the Wing Bowl. Here's a quick read... :|: IFOCE :|:

Excellent article recently posted in an attempt to demystify competitive eating. This article was as a result of a 20/20 special on the sport that aired last Friday. ABCNEWS.com : Competitive Speed Eating

Sorry to see the Rams lose, but hopefully that will help the fine people of St. Louis focus on chicken wings for the rest of the winter!

Greetings Cluckbucket fans! So, I for some reason found myself at an Applebee's late last night and had a pleasant surprise. In addition to their new boneless buffalo wings, Applebee's now has tiered wing pricing for the wings on their appetizer menu. I couldn't believe my eyes, what a wonderful treat. I forget the exact price (and I'm told it varies slightly by location) but they offered wings in quantities of 10, 20, or 30. Rock on!!! Here's a link to their appetizer menu, it doesn't show the tiered wing pricing, but trust me, it exists. And, here's the biggest kicker, their wings actually aren't all that bad. They are naked with a nice Red Hot/butter type sauce...

Final bonus, from 3-6 and 9-close the wings, and all other appetizer are 1/2 price. Score!

Applebee's Menu

Greetings friends of the Cluckbucket! Long time no speak. First let me clear some things up. Yes, contrary to popular belief I am alive. I'm currently trying to work my way through about a foot of snow and an inch of ice in downtown Portland (worst storm in 10 years and first time I've seen snow in the city since I've been here), but yes I have alive.

Sorry there hasn't been much activity on the Cluckbucket lately, I've been pretty busy with work and I think that the lack of an active "wing scene" in Portland has stolen a little bit of my mojo. Nonetheless, I have good news to report in that category. Portland is set to get its first Hooters sometime by the end of this month. Now, I know that a lot of people have issues with Hooters wings and their non-traditional style (breaded), but I still love a good batch of Hoots, although I fully admit that at times they have some quality control issues. Hopefully I can get in good with the cooks early at this Hooters and assure that they are making fresh wings, not partially pre-cooking and then re-frying. A mistake I've seen done at some other Hooters in an effort to save time.

Well, I'm starting to work on some re-design stuff for the site and hope to have some changes out to the world by the end of the month. Stay tuned, and keep on clucking!!!

Peace, love, and grease!

Scott "The Cluckbucket" Roth

I haven't read the News Rocket in a while, man this is a great periodical!!!

The only news source you need!

Here's a great new article that rates some of the world's best wings in the world's best and original buffalo wing city, Buffalo, NY. Enjoy!

Buffalo News - Buffalo'a best:

The IFOCE just posted a press release highlighting the upcoming wing championships in Buffalo: Buffalo's Wing Eat-Off Ranks Among America's Greatest Eating Contests It will be really interesting to see how this one plays out since some of the world's finest eaters will be there...

There are some great new articles posted on the News Rocket this month. The only news source you need! I suggest you check them out but don't read them all at once, they only publish once a month. Also, be aware that "International John Appreciation Day" is on 8/12. Congratulations to Johns everywhere...

Just wanting to say hi to everybody. Today is a great day for the Cluckbucket. We got picked up by CNN/Money in one of their daily newsletters as the "Fun Site of the Day". How sweet is that? I'll have the newsletter posted on the site shortly...