Do they have a Duff’s place in New York? I am meeting a load of mates from Wales in Feb and I want to take the lads to a real good wing place as they are not as popular back home as here (Vancouver). Does anyone know for somewhere similar? Many thanks!

Yes!! Depends where in New York you are. If you go to Duff’s web-site it will give you the address in Buffalo.

Good Luck!

Why didnt I think of that!? Thanks mate.

Ha, the guy who wrote this article must have dead or dying tastebuds, because all of my friends, and I included, love spicy foods, but when I ate 5 Armageddon wings, I thought my tongue and lips were literally on fire. I had finished 2 pitchers of water and ice just to put out the fire in my mouth. Every bite was followed with great agony. My whole face turned red, my eyes watery, and my body was shaking and convulsing. After 5 wings I couldn’t even think of going near those Armageddon wings. My stomach felt like there is something cooking in it. I will never go through the torture of the Armageddon wings again. Ever. Not even for $50 (which I got from my friends after finishing the 5 wings )

Alon T on 9/27/2006 at 3:44 am said:

Ha, the guy who wrote this article must have dead or dying tastebuds, because all of my friends, and I included, love spicy foods, but when I ate 5 Armageddon wings, I thought my tongue and lips were literally on fire. I had finished 2 pitchers of water and ice just to put out the fire in my mouth. Every bite was followed with great agony. My whole face turned red, my eyes watery, and my body was shaking and convulsing. After 5 wings I couldn’t even think of going near those Armageddon wings. My stomach felt like there is something cooking in it. I will never go through the torture of the Armageddon wings again. Ever. Not even for $50 (which I got from my friends after finishing the 5 wings )

Hahaha - I wrote the article. Yes the wings are hot. I just disputed how hot they actually were. They are closer to 400,000 Scovilles than 850,000 SHU. I had a conversation with one of the owners and told them that their calculation of the SHU was wrong. I do suspect some extract in there though. In that case 850,000 is plausible. But still doubtful. Almost no one would be able to eat one if it was 850K. I have eaten the Armageddon wings quite a few times and find the heat vicious yet pleasant.

i had the hottest wings that they serve–suicidal in buffalo..they were excellent and i strongly recommend them to anyone who is up for a challenge

Anthony on 9/27/2006 at 7:42 am said:

Hahaha - I wrote the article. Yes the wings are hot. I just disputed how hot they actually were. They are closer to 400,000 Scovilles than 850,000 SHU. I had a conversation with one of the owners and told them that their calculation of the SHU was wrong. I do suspect some extract in there though. In that case 850,000 is plausible. But still doubtful. Almost no one would be able to eat one if it was 850K. I have eaten the Armageddon wings quite a few times and find the heat vicious yet pleasant.

Anthony,
how do they compare to the Oblivion prototype sauce I sent ya.?
Does it need to be hotter?

Scotty B

Scotty B’s Hot Sauces on 10/28/2006 at 11:48 pm said:

Anthony,
how do they compare to the Oblivion prototype sauce I sent ya.?
Does it need to be hotter?

Scotty B

Scotty, the Oblivion is in between the Death and Armageddon.

Don’t change the Obliveon it is pretty much perfect (I recently finished off the massive bottle you sent me).

So no - dont make your Oblivion hotter. The taste and heat is perfect. One of the best super hots out there!!! And it is definately HOT!!!!!!!!

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I have eaten at Duff’s many, many times over the years and I have to say that the Armageddon wings are really not all that they are made out to be. They are hot but they are very manageable. That being said, I have been eating chiles since I was about 9-10 years old (I’m now 38) so I do have somewhat of a tolerance. My friend who works in a lab that does many different kinds of food testing (and is also a chile head) has done testing on all of the sauces and none of them rate any where near what Duff’s claims. The Armageddon came in well under 400,000 (I think it was around 325,000). I know of several places that claim Scoville heats of a high number but they add all of the Scovilles of all the chiles they use. This is cheating in my book.

There is actually a hot sauce you can get, which is Called Blairs 16 Millon, and it is indeed fact 16, Million SHU. It compares that to eating of it, to that of a coke high.

Alec

I had Duffs Death last night … very tasty and great wings. No way however they are 500,000 scoville units - they seemed maybe twice the heat of Defcon 1 - I have a 500,000 scoville sauce at home and that’s much hotter and wouldn’t be tolerable on a full food order. That said - I do recommend them - its a very nice heat with lots of flavour.

Ken on 8/12/2007 at 10:08 am said:

I had Duffs Death last night … very tasty and great wings. No way however they are 500,000 scoville units - they seemed maybe twice the heat of Defcon 1 - I have a 500,000 scoville sauce at home and that’s much hotter and wouldn’t be tolerable on a full food order. That said - I do recommend them - its a very nice heat with lots of flavour.

I agree. I actually called them on it. They played dumb (but the owners are nice guys). Also if you try their Armageddon wings, it smells EXACTLY like MegaDeath (which rates at 550,000SHU). They say they don’t use extract but its pretty obvious they do.

I put their Death Wings at around 100,000SHU. Still plenty hot and very tasty. The one thing I have to say is that they definately know how to cook the wings properly.

I’ve had Duff’s Armageddon wings (in Toronto) a few times. The first two were a couple of years back. I do remember them being scorching hot. I think I had to cap it at 3 wings after my entire mouth was on fire, and was sweating buckets. I went to Duff’s again last night and could EASILY eat 5 of their Armageddon wings. I’m actually upset I didn’t order more Armageddon (me and my buddy ordered 10 Armageddon, and 20 Hot to split). While he showed the usual symptoms of Armageddon wings, I wasn’t phased one bit! I was able to eat my 5 without breaking a sweat, and without the slightest bit of a runny nose. I’m either a champion, or Duff’s has lowered the heat in their wings. Still a great meal though. Next time I’m there I will definitely do 10+ Armageddon. Like the author of this topic said, if I could physically eat 40+ of these wings, I’d be on their wall.

Darryl O on 11/4/2007 at 9:38 am said:

I’ve had Duff’s Armageddon wings (in Toronto) a few times. The first two were a couple of years back. I do remember them being scorching hot. I think I had to cap it at 3 wings after my entire mouth was on fire, and was sweating buckets. I went to Duff’s again last night and could EASILY eat 5 of their Armageddon wings. I’m actually upset I didn’t order more Armageddon (me and my buddy ordered 10 Armageddon, and 20 Hot to split). While he showed the usual symptoms of Armageddon wings, I wasn’t phased one bit! I was able to eat my 5 without breaking a sweat, and without the slightest bit of a runny nose. I’m either a champion, or Duff’s has lowered the heat in their wings. Still a great meal though. Next time I’m there I will definitely do 10+ Armageddon. Like the author of this topic said, if I could physically eat 40+ of these wings, I’d be on their wall.

I have also noticed that they have also removed the scoville ratings of their wings. The owner and I had a big conversation about how they came up with the SHU. I also suspected extract in there as well. Either way the wings were not the reported 850,000 SHU but closer to 400,000 SHU.

Regardless of that, they make some of the best wings ever.

I haven’t been in awhile - been meaning to check out their new location at Bathurst and College.

Anthony on 11/4/2007 at 4:15 pm said:

I have also noticed that they have also removed the scoville ratings of their wings. The owner and I had a big conversation about how they came up with the SHU. I also suspected extract in there as well. Either way the wings were not the reported 850,000 SHU but closer to 400,000 SHU.

Regardless of that, they make some of the best wings ever.

I haven’t been in awhile - been meaning to check out their new location at Bathurst and College.

Hmm…when I was there last night they definitely had the SHU’s posted. I’m referring to the Bayview/Eglinton location.

Darryl O on 11/4/2007 at 5:00 pm said:

Hmm…when I was there last night they definitely had the SHU’s posted. I’m referring to the Bayview/Eglinton location.

That’s the one I usually go to. I guess they only took the SHU’s off their web-site. http://www.duffsfamouswings.ca/home.html

Too bad you missed the Toronto Defcon Day. It was incredible.

Anthony on 11/4/2007 at 5:39 pm said:

That’s the one I usually go to. I guess they only took the SHU’s off their web-site. http://www.duffsfamouswings.ca/home.html

Too bad you missed the Toronto Defcon Day. It was incredible.

When and where will the next one be? I’d definitely like to go!

Darryl O on 11/4/2007 at 6:40 pm said:

When and where will the next one be? I’d definitely like to go!

Don’t think there will be an “official” Defcon day for the next while.

I can always contact Bishop and the Belcher where the first one was held and see if they would want to hold another one though. Would also have to get in touch with the Creator and see his thoughts.

You can always drop by Taste the 4th Sense on the Danforth and pick some Defcon Wing Sauce up! Tell them the HSB sent you!

Anthony on 11/4/2007 at 7:24 pm said:

Don’t think there will be an “official” Defcon day for the next while.

I can always contact Bishop and the Belcher where the first one was held and see if they would want to hold another one though. Would also have to get in touch with the Creator and see his thoughts.

You can always drop by Taste the 4th Sense on the Danforth and pick some Defcon Wing Sauce up! Tell them the HSB sent you!

Cool deal. Will definitely swing by there. Thanks!

Anthony on 11/4/2007 at 7:24 pm said:

Don’t think there will be an “official” Defcon day for the next while.

I can always contact Bishop and the Belcher where the first one was held and see if they would want to hold another one though. Would also have to get in touch with the Creator and see his thoughts.

You can always drop by Taste the 4th Sense on the Danforth and pick some Defcon Wing Sauce up! Tell them the HSB sent you!

We will probably be doing another one next year. The last one was a lot of fun, and by the looks of everyone there, the feeling was mutual. I have tried to get a hold of Gerry at “Taste”, as I’ve been told he is out of stock, but no reply as of yet.

DEFCON Creator on 11/5/2007 at 7:43 am said:

We will probably be doing another one next year. The last one was a lot of fun, and by the looks of everyone there, the feeling was mutual. I have tried to get a hold of Gerry at “Taste”, as I’ve been told he is out of stock, but no reply as of yet.

Creator, you should also get in touch with Stephen at the Instant Caterer.

So how does Defcon Zero stack up with Duff’s Armageddon?

Darryl O on 11/5/2007 at 8:12 am said:

So how does Defcon Zero stack up with Duff’s Armageddon?

Defcon 0 was much hotter!!!

If you really like the Armageddon sauce, try Blair’s Mega Death sauce. They are almost identical.

Anthony on 11/5/2007 at 8:36 am said:

Defcon 0 was much hotter!!!

If you really like the Armageddon sauce, try Blair’s Mega Death sauce. They are almost identical.

I’ve gone ahead and ordered Blair’s Jersey Death, and a few extracts to get my collection started. Aside from hsb.com, where can a newb like myself go to learn more about the more popular super hots?

Darryl O on 11/5/2007 at 9:29 am said:

I’ve gone ahead and ordered Blair’s Jersey Death, and a few extracts to get my collection started. Aside from hsb.com, where can a newb like myself go to learn more about the more popular super hots?

Your best bet would be to visit Taste the 4th Sense on the Danforth. You can sample anything you want there and there collection is quite good.

Also The Instant Caterer in the Lower Level of the St. Lawrence Market has an excellent amount of sauces. Unfortunately you can’t sample them (except for Saturdays).

If there is something particular you are after let me know.

Anthony on 11/5/2007 at 10:02 am said:

Your best bet would be to visit Taste the 4th Sense on the Danforth. You can sample anything you want there and there collection is quite good.

Also The Instant Caterer in the Lower Level of the St. Lawrence Market has an excellent amount of sauces. Unfortunately you can’t sample them (except for Saturdays).

If there is something particular you are after let me know.

Do you mind sending me your email? I would love to discuss things. kidkutz@hotmail.com

How about an HSB aft at Duffs to hold us over till the next deathmatch! I’d be up for a Sat lunch sometime.

Ken on 11/5/2007 at 8:01 pm said:

How about an HSB aft at Duffs to hold us over till the next deathmatch! I’d be up for a Sat lunch sometime.

Ken,

I think that is a great idea! I am going to post this in the forum and see what the interest is like. I am sure Sporto and Darryl would be in on this. Perhaps we can do and HSB Armageddon team challenge and get the HSB on the wall of pain.

You can get a hold me at anthony at hotsauceblog dot com.