Personally, I always just season my wings with salt, pepper & garlic powder then smoke them over high heat (325-350) and then toss them in sauce.
I make it easy and get the store bought wing sauce. We like the spicy garlic, sweet chili and any BBQ sauce that I have.
Wow, lots of folks voting for franks. I like Franks original as well for the flavor, but haven't tried the wing sauce. Going to put in an order for habanero salt this week or maybe try the HDD i see everyone on here rave about.
Wings......wings.
Man, you've just kicked up a craving that's going to end in my having to cook some wings today or tomorrow.
I like a quality wing rub and this is my second pound bag of Mad Hunky wing rub. It is great on wings and chicken and I love layering on a second type of rub over this, too.
I like Mad Hunky first and then something sweet over it. Perfecto !!!!!
Once they are good and crispy I'll brush on a good sauce....it ranges in type....usually a quality hickory sauce that I cut a bit with apple juice.
Sometimes I'll go an entirely different route and bread them in some House-Autry Hot breading and grill them.....grilled-fried wings are killer !!!!!!
Try injecting the split breasts with pickle juice and Frank's Red Hot before dredging through the House-Autry Hot breading.
Wings are one of our favorite grilling foods !!!!
Edit to my last post: I grow and make my own sriricha sauce from the garden with 7 kinds of hot peppers and horseradish root.