America's best hot wings are served by The Blind Rhino of Connecticut, poultry pundits declare

National Buffalo Wing Festival founder "Wing King" Drew Cerza said his Labor Day weekend event was inspired by the 2001 movie "Osmosis Jones," which featured a fictional festival celebrating the beloved Buffalo bar food.

America’s best hot wings are dished out by The Blind Rhino of Connecticut. 

That judgment was handed down by an esteemed panel of poultry pundits at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo, New York, over the long Labor Day weekend. 

The Blind Rhino is a popular sports bar that boasts brick-and-mortar locations in both Bridgeport and Norwalk. 

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It topped an elite list of dozens of finalists in various categories from hot-wing hotspots around the country in a blind tasting on Saturday at Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills.

The Blind Rhino won best hot-wing honors at the festival last year, too.

The Blind Rhino of Norwalk and Bridgeport, Connecticut, was voted America's best hot wing at the 2022 National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo, New York, on Labor Day weekend (Sept. 3-4, 2022).  (Courtesy The Blind Rhino)

"Our sauce begins as a classic Frank’s Red Hot and butter Buffalo sauce," Blind Rhino owner Casey Dohme told Fox News Digital. 

"But then we take it up a notch and add ghost peppers, habanero peppers, roasted garlic and a couple of other interesting ingredients. It gives our sauce great flavor and heat and takes it to the next level." 

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Double Dubs of Wyoming and Archer’s Tavern of Ohio finished second and third, respectively, in the 2022 National Buffalo Wing Festival, America's premier showcase of the hot-wing arts. 

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