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Buffalo Wild Wings Sauces Ranked: Heat Chart & Flavor Guide
Buffalo Wild Wings is famous for one thing above everything else: sauce variety. With more than 20 signature Buffalo Wild Wings sauces and dry rubs, including fan favorites like Honey BBQ, Asian Zing, Mango Habanero, and Blazin’, B-Dubs (also known as BWW) lets you build your own flavor experience on every visit, ranging from sweet and mild to seriously fiery hot. Whether you’re trying Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time or you’re a regular looking to push your spice tolerance, this complete sauce guide breaks down every sauce and dry rub by heat level, flavor profile, and ingredients, so you know exactly what you’re ordering before you sit down or place a takeout order.
Wet Sauces vs Dry Rubs
BWW gives you two ways to flavor your wings:
Wet sauces
Wet Sauces are tossed directly on the wings for a saucy,
sticky finish, think Honey BBQ, Mango Habanero,
or Blazin’ Knockout.
Dry rubs
A dry rubs seasoning blend with no sauce gives a crispier wing with bold flavor. Try Lemon Pepper, Salt & Vinegar, or Desert Heat.
If you like your wings crispy rather than saucy, go with a dry rub. If you want that classic messy-finger wing experience, pick a wet sauce.
Sauce Spotlights
Every sauce, grouped by spice level.
No Heat / Sweet Honey BBQ, Sweet BBQ, Teriyaki, Honey Garlic, Parmesan Garlic
Mild Original Buffalo, Mild, Lemon Pepper, Sweet Chili Crisp, Buffalo Ranch
Medium Medium, Asian Zing, Caribbean Jerk, Jammin’ Jalapeño, Orange Chicken
Hot Hot, Mango Habanero, Nashville Hot, Spicy Garlic, Golden Fire, Thai Curry
Extra Hot / Blazin’ Wild, Blazin’ Knockout
Sauce Spotlights
Four sauces worth knowing before you order.
Blazin' Knockout : The Hottest Sauce at BWW
This is the top of the heat chart. Blazin’ Knockout is built for spice lovers who want a real challenge, not a sauce for beginners. Many locations require you to sign a waiver before ordering it, so ask your server if you’re trying it for the first time.
Mango Habanero : Sweet Heat Favorite
A fan-favorite for a reason. Mango Habanero blends tropical sweetness with a real habanero kick, making it one of the most balanced hot sauces on the menu.
Honey BBQ : The Crowd-Pleaser
If you’re ordering for a group or aren’t sure who likes spice, Honey BBQ is the safest bet. Sweet, smoky, and universally loved, it’s consistently one of BWW’s most-ordered sauces.
Lemon Pepper : Best Dry Rub Pick
A go-to for anyone who wants bold flavor without sauce or heat. Tangy, peppery, and crispy, works great on both bone-in and boneless wings.
Best Sauce Pairings
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Wing Style
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Recommended Sauces
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Traditional bone-in
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Honey BBQ, Mango Habanero, Lemon Pepper
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Boneless wings
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Asian Zing, Parmesan Garlic, Nashville Hot
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Crispy Chicken Dippers
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Sweet BBQ, Buffalo Ranch, Original Buffalo
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Frequently Asked Questions About Buffalo Wild Wings Sauces
Blazin’ Knockout sits at the top of BWW’s heat scale.
A dry rub is a dry seasoning blend with no sauce, for a crispier wing. A wet sauce is tossed on for a saucier finish.
Most locations allow split-sauce orders on larger wing counts, check with your local BWW.
Buffalo Wild Wings offers over 26 signature sauces and dry rubs. Popular options include Honey BBQ, Lemon Pepper, Medium, Mild, Asian Zing, Mango Habanero, Parmesan Garlic, and the extremely hot Blazin’ Carolina Reaper. Sauces range from sweet and mild all the way to fiery and intense, so there is something for every spice level.
BWW arranges its sauces on a heat scale starting from mild (Sweet BBQ, Honey BBQ), moving to medium (Mild, Medium, Honey Hot), then hot/extra hot (Hot, Spicy Garlic, Caribbean Jerk), and finally extreme heat sauces (Blazin’ and Wild) at the very top.
Popular sauces include Sweet BBQ, Honey BBQ, Teriyaki, Parmesan Garlic, Mild, Medium, Honey Hot, Spicy Garlic, Caribbean Jerk, Asian Zing, Mango Habanero, Hot, Blazin’, and Wild. Check our full list on Bufflowwildwings for detailed flavor notes.
Ingredients vary by sauce, but the common base includes cayenne pepper, vinegar, butter or oil, garlic, and sugar or honey (for sweeter variants). Spicier sauces add habanero or extra chili extracts.
Many copycat recipes are available online that try to recreate the taste of BWW’s famous sauces (like Honey BBQ or Parmesan Garlic), though the original recipes remain proprietary to the company.
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