
Successful contestants will be allowed to crow for a year as the results are out for the ninth annual Biggest Little City Wing Fest in Reno.
Five different winners won top prizes for the five different categories in this year’s competition. This year’s categories were People’s Choice, Celebrity’s Choice, Best BBQ Wing, Best Dry Rub Wing and Best Unique Wing.
The Biggest Little City Wing Fest was held in downtown Reno from the 28th-29th. July and had 19 participants this year. It also attracted a ton of attendees eager to try traditional staples like buffalo and barbecue wings as well as more offbeat offerings like strawberry cheesecake and salted caramel wings.
The event expected to make more than 20,000 pounds of wings in two days.
The Reno Gazette Journal also entered this year’s Celebrity’s Choice contest again, sampling 19 different wings in the process.
Here is a list of this year’s winners from The Row for the Biggest Little City Wing Fest by category.
2023 Biggest Little City Wing Fest People’s Choice
- 1st place: Wing champion
- 2nd place: Paulies
- 3rd place: Slater’s Ding-a-Wing
2023 Biggest Little City Wing Fest Celebrity Choice
- 1st place: Maui Jane’s Hawaiian BBQ
- 2nd place: Aloha Shack
- 3rd place: Git-R-Smoked
2023 Biggest Little City Wing Fest Best BBQ Wing
- 1st place: Slater’s Ding-a-Wing
- 2nd Place: On-Street Concessions
- 3rd place: Git-R-Smoked
2023 Biggest Little City Wing Fest Best Dry Rub Wing
- 1st Place: Club Cal Nevada
- 2nd place: Royal Wings
- 3rd place: Fury Hot Wings
2023 Biggest Little City Wing Fest Best Unique Wing
- 1st place: Paulie’s
- 2nd place: Maui Jane’s Hawaiian BBQ
- 3rd place: Boulevard