I Fell Into a Burning Ring of Fire...

There are two different schools of thought when it comes to the composition of hot wings.

The batter coated wing - These wings are done by taking the chicken wings, covering them in batter, frying them up, and then dousing them in wing sauce. Hooters hot wings are a good example of this kind of wing.

The naked wing - The more classic of the two styles. These wings are simply fried as is, and then doused in wing sauce .

Both kinds yield tasty wings, but no matter how many different kinds of hot wings I have tried, I have never found wings that were as tasty (or hot) as the wings I was able to get in this little hole in the wall place while I was going to college in Milwaukee, WI.

These wings from Zaynas Pizza were absolutely the hottest wings I have ever had in my life. What made these wings special, was that their hotness didn't come from a wing sauce, but rather from a very special cayenne pepper oil that the wings were fried in. The oil, had bits of cayenne pepper in it, which would stick to the wings and make them even hotter. What made these so especially hot compared to conventional wings was that the oil permeated the meat itself...the ENTIRE wing was hot all the way through. They could almost be described as oral punishment. We use to eat them (Even Whackly had them)...once or twice a week as a late evening study break. Reminiscing about them...I think we were crazy...but at 19 who isn't? Here's the lessons we learned about uber hotness that will burn your ass and anything that it passes through.

1. Milk is a great calming agent - as a friend of mine discovered after drinking an entire 6 pack of A&W Rootbeer, and running to the water fountain, water based beverages don't do diddly squat in calming the pain.
2. Wash your hands afterwards - For God's sake, don't take your contacts out of your eyes with the cayenne pepper juice on your fingers. Then next day your eyes will burn for a good couple of hours. You won't be able to see where you are going on your way to class.
3. Never scratch your head while eating - It will leave a ginormous welt on your head where you scratch.
4. Don't ask if if it tastes like chicken - The hotness will consume you so much, they could be frying cow chips and you won't know what you are eating. Don't ask don't tell doesn't necessarily just apply to the military.

These lessons being said. I've tried wings from many different places since those glorious years...and haven't found anything that come remotely close to the Zayna's Experience.