7537 Highway 64
Memphis, TN 38133
(901)388-1047
A routine stop to a place we have never been left my brother and I in amazement. We were surprised that we had never been here and that they had some extremely hot wings. All Star Hot Wings is on Highway 64, in the same shopping center as East End Grill, close to the Appling intersection. It's only a 5 minute drive from my home which would make it one of the closest places to get wings on any given evening. It was a Saturday night that we dropped in after discovering the place a few weeks earlier and discussing a visit sometime.
The dining area was a good size and they had a TV in the back with Sportscenter on. They weren't very busy, although people were picking up their take-out orders frequently. We reviewed the menu where I saw several choices of sauces; the usual selection. What I did notice different from other places, however, is that they had a "hot", a "xtra hot", and a "suicide". Most places don't have sauce in between their hot and the hottest that they've got. My brother asked the lady at the register if their suicide wings were the hottest they can make. She looked at us in shock, was taken back and didn't have an answer right away. Apparently that has never been asked and after a long pause and a short "ahhhhhh, yeah", we placed our orders. I got a 5-piece of whole wings with Suicide sauce and fries while my bro got the same but dry seasoned. It was then told to us that they were out of ranch dressing, carrots and celery. I thought, no big deal. I won't need anything to cool them down because they won't be what I consider "suicide". As it turned out, I was very wrong.
They gave us our order to go but I assumed they might do this for all orders, then you decide if you are dining in. We sat down and as I opened up my container, I was instantly taken back. The wings were heavily coated in a thick, dark red, paste-like sauce that was completely smothered with some type of crushed pepper flake. I grabbed the first one and took a bite. I instantly began to sweat and knew I was in for a very long, painful experience. During the first one, I took in the texture of the wing and the flavor of the sauce before my tongue went numb. The wings were a tad overcooked, fairly dry. The sauce was so hot that it was hard to really taste it. It had lots of black pepper, not a whole lot of butter, and what appeared to be an extract of some sort. I could be mistaking, however, but one thing I am not incorrect about is the heat of these things. They were HOT! After my long pause, I looked at the four remaining wings and did what anyone should do when consuming super hot food: eat it fast. I got the hiccups after the second one that I barely controlled throughout the continuing torture. After I was completely finished, I was in pain. My fingers were stained red and there was nothing that the thin napkins supplied to us would do about that. After departing, it took a good 30 minutes for the feeling to come back to my lips but it took a few hours for my tongue recover. It was a good topic the remainder of the evening in which I concluded that these wings are within the top 3 of what I have had on the heat chart around Memphis thus far. Go burn your mouth on some!
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