It depends on the number of guests and the number of other food options. The more other food choices, the fewer wings you need/person. I would guess you need around 10 wings/person to be safe.
Gonna need a guest list with their height, weight and current cholesterol level to make that call. I did 50 (free) wings in a sitting once but that was in my “performative eating” days.
Usually 5-10 so 8 as an average per person. But only if there's pizza too. Otherwise, 10-15 per person so average 12 or 13 per person. Plus chips. Maybe charcuterie. And doritos. Or tortilla chips with that queso dip...
If wings are your one real food snack and the rest is bags of chips and veggie platter, you have to go big. Imagine 10-15 per.
If also having hot dogs, pizza, shark coochie, burgers, and other main-course type foods, you can go 3-4 per person and some will skip and some will eat 3x their "portion"
Between 6 and 8 if they are jumbo. Approximately a pound a person is a good serving size for any kind of bone in meat, and though you'd usually want more for something like wings, the abundance of other food options should let you stretch that a little
Why don't you impress everyone and make deviled eggs, then stand over the plate with a fly swatter, making sure there is a 2 serving limit like the cartons in the store....
10 wings per person. Some folks will eat more, yes I am one of them. But that's ok cause Ben hogs the dip and Cathy can't do spicy. It all averages out in the end.
Exactly my answer. MOST are going to eat less than 10 with other food available, but you always have a couple people that will absolutely put down an obscene amount
I'm gonna say 9 per person. I'm assuming other food like chips and dip will be there. A lot of folks could probably easily eat 12 or more if that's all they're eating. Smaller appetites gonna eat between 4 & 6. Averages out roughly to 9, in my mind.
- Without any specifics
- Assuming you're ordering from a place with mediocre-sized wings
- Assuming "reasonably safe" means no one runs out but you're OK with a moderate level of leftovers
- Assuming other food present
Using data from the thread itself I’d say 8 per person at the low end, but considering this seems to be a 12 hour event I’d go with about 12-14 per person and just use whatever leftover wings you have after for other eating
so if its 70% dudes and those dudes are 180lbs+ I'd estimate 6-10 wings a piece IF there are also sides, which I'd assume there are. I'd also only pre-sauce a mild buffalo and do plain with dips as well
Dependent on flavor and heat profile imo. Mild garlic parm ended up being the most popular at last super bowl party but that was because it was the alternative to hotter choices/variety.
How many people? Male to female ratio? Are we talking kids too? What are the sauce options to consider? Where are you ordering from? Is the majority of attendees office, chair, or outdoor people? Athletes, beer drinkers, or both? And Length of time you want people to stay? Till these are answered
One factor not being mentioned is how many flavors are being offered? Just buffalo? 8-10 per person is probably sufficient. Are you doing 4 or 5 different sauce/rub options in addition to buffalo? I'd budget 3-4 per style per person which could bring your total up to 15-16 per person.
I've also found serving whole wings gives you an option to reduce the amount of wings needed. People are less likely to load up and are typically content with 3-4 per person.
I watched Ravens-Steelers at a friend's place a few weeks ago and I had 5 but that was a compliment to the large pizza my friend ordered so I housed 3 slices on top of that
Also depends on the crowd and location. For example, GenXers and some late Boomers in a private residence in a legal marijuana state? Double those numbers, maybe treble to be safe.
6-8 depending on other foodstuffs. I recognize that some have greater wing capacities that I do, but sharing a dozen and then getting something else is usually plenty for me.
not to do gender essentialism but the composition of the crowd matters a lot. when i go out to get wings with my guy friends i am shocked at how much they put away
also depends on how many other appetizers there are, the pizza factor, etc. i prefer to be flexible. but im pretty confident in saying that the Buffalo Standard Number is either 10 or 12
me personally? my instinct is to assume people (men especially) overestimate their capacity for wings especially if pizza is involved. i would lean towards 8 in such a situation
Lotta variables to consider coach. If there’s another meat option on the table, 8 to be safe. Pizza is meat in this case. If they’re the primary option then I think a dozen may cut it, but 15 a head to be safe. This math is all for a drum or a flat being 1 wing. Now if you have a lot of adolescents
Just to be sure, a wing = either a drumette or a flat?
I usually make them at home, so I am dealing with different quantities, ie 3 or 6 lbs but I'd guess around a dozen per head.
Also, I am very excited about the salad I am making tonight featuring meat pulled from leftover wings.
I will try to do a more thorough write up tomorrow, but basically mandolin, carrot and cabbage, basil, mint, scallion, fried shallots, peanuts, crumbled, sesame, crackers, and leftover wing meat, tossed with nuoc Cham.
My experience is that if you put plates of wings where they can be easily reached, people will nosh down as many as you make. If they have to get up to go to the kitchen for them, they eat less.
Caveat: my kids were teenagers when this experiment happened.
Depending on what else you've got going, 7-10 pp, especially if you've got a crockpot of meatballs, and pulled pork sliders, crab and spinach dip, chips and crackers, maybe a cheese platter, hell, the sky is the limit. How many people? What time should we be there?
normally you'd order wings based on the entire experience, but this year it's worth paying close attention to the halftime show, so I would reduce the normal per capita wings order by about 10%
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You need at least 10 of each for breaded/unbreaded and each flavor
Equation should look like this:
(BEx16)+(SEx4)=TW
The timeline matters
Anyway...I'm smoking 24 for the two of us.
This accounts for drunk/high binging and human garbage disposals like me
So like 15/person to be safe and responsible.
I budgeted beer/wine for open bar at my wedding. Planner said 1 per person usually covers. I went with 1.5 b/c I know my family. Came out to 1.2
Are there other appetizers/dips?
The math of averages never fails to surprise
If also having hot dogs, pizza, shark coochie, burgers, and other main-course type foods, you can go 3-4 per person and some will skip and some will eat 3x their "portion"
Heat makes a difference.
Or the broken down pigeon joints lol
If they're boneless, 9.
But I think 6 wings per person is a safe number that will make sure you have enough to cover everyone's needs
Non-Louisianans? 3 lbs/person
Louisianans? min. 10 lbs/person
Does your wing place have a "just fill up a couple of bus pans" option? Because that's where you're at
Common courtesy tells me to get 6 and wait until 4th to get more
Korean fried chicken wings = 20
Hot?
Come in ranges of heat?
Are the mutant gmo or normal sized?
Need answers first
- Without any specifics
- Assuming you're ordering from a place with mediocre-sized wings
- Assuming "reasonably safe" means no one runs out but you're OK with a moderate level of leftovers
- Assuming other food present
I would go with 10 per person
You have x (guests) + y (the number of other entree options) dovided by z(other appetizers) plus 2 = cwpp
As a side? 5-7
Safe: 10
You enjoy living dangerously: 6
As a meal? 10-12
I watched Ravens-Steelers at a friend's place a few weeks ago and I had 5 but that was a compliment to the large pizza my friend ordered so I housed 3 slices on top of that
me from five years ago: this is the way
Bocce's has a second mortgage on my house.
If there is a lot of other food, then 6-8 wings per person is enough.
If wings are the main meat feature, and there are a lot of guys/big eaters attending, plan on 10-12 wings per person.
Or just get as many wings as you can. They make good leftovers.
I usually make them at home, so I am dealing with different quantities, ie 3 or 6 lbs but I'd guess around a dozen per head.
Also, I am very excited about the salad I am making tonight featuring meat pulled from leftover wings.
Me more about this salad
(I do want to hear about this salad.)
Caveat: my kids were teenagers when this experiment happened.