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What part of the chicken do restaurants use to make Hot wings?

so here's the deal; my girlfriend swears up and down that the 'drumstick' part of the chicken used to make 'hot wings' at restaurants such as Wing Stop, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc. is actually part of the wing. I'm telling her that it is and actual drumstick. So, which is it??? Do they only use parts of the wing, or are the 'drumsticks' actually drumstick from the leg area?

Public Comments

1. They are wings... thus the name "Hot WINGS"
2. Your girlfriend is correct. That little drumstick thing is part of the wing NOT part of the leg.
3. A chicken wing is made up of 3 parts. The wing tip which is discarded normally, the flat and the drumett. It looks like a small chicken leg but it is in fact part of the wing. The drumett is attached to the breast hence the reason for this part having white meat.
4. They're wings. The upper part of the wing looks like a little chicken leg. Now go give your girl a hug and thank her for loving you.
5. They are from the wing and the "drumstick" is actually a "drummette". Basically remove the tip, then separate the jointed area. I've done it many times when making chicken wings at my previous jobs. If you look at the picture closely.. remove the tip on the right side. Then at the joint cut there. Voila.. chicken wing and drummette.
6. DUDE!!!!! ITS A HOT WING!!!! hence they are made from wings okay? the wing has three joints the tip has very little meat and is usually thrown away, the second section is similar in shape to your forearm and the third is similar in shape to the leg or "drumstick" part of the bird the reason they call it a drumstick is because it is shaped like a drum stick the wing portion shaped that way is usually referred to as a drummie
7. Wings, the little "drumstick" is the midportion of the wing/
8. I always thought they came from Buffalo! You are both correct: Wings or Drumettes of chicken.