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Chicken wings calories per drummette: 65–71 across 3 of 5 named USDA examples

Across 3 of 5 named USDA examples, a drummette contains 65–71 calories. Each included example lists 22 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data. The remaining 2 specifically named examples do not list that exact household measure.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 140 g

395calories

Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant

Protein
17.4 g
Carbs
28 g
Fat
23.7 g

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The 5 exact records in this guide report 259–395 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 232–323 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Chicken "wings", begin by separating “Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant” from “Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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How chicken "wings" records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources 232 kcal
    232 kcal
  2. Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant 282 kcal
    282 kcal
  3. Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked 294 kcal
    294 kcal
  4. Chicken "wings", plain, from other sources 314 kcal
    314 kcal
  5. Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant 323 kcal
    323 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 5 direct matches. All sit within “Chicken, whole pieces.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 5 records together under the exact grouping key “chicken wings.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Chicken "wings", this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2706079 through FDC 2706075. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

88–140 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.6× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

91 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources”; the higher is “plain, from fast food / restaurant.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

416 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “from precooked” (461 mg) and “boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant” (877 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every chicken "wings".

Important: “Lower” begins with Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked; “higher” ends with Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every chicken "wings" meal.

Full comparison

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For Chicken "wings", serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Chicken "wings" nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant Direct name match 140 gUSDA reference amount 395 kcal 282 17.4 g 1.3 g 1,228 mg FDC 2706079 ↗
Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources Direct name match 140 gUSDA reference amount 325 kcal 232 16 g 2.1 g 1,158 mg FDC 2706080 ↗
Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant Direct name match 88 gUSDA reference amount 284 kcal 323 15.7 g 0.3 g 742 mg FDC 2706072 ↗
Chicken "wings", plain, from other sources Direct name match 88 gUSDA reference amount 276 kcal 314 15.8 g 0.3 g 642 mg FDC 2706078 ↗
Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked Direct name match 88 gUSDA reference amount 259 kcal 294 16.4 g 0.3 g 406 mg FDC 2706075 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 88 to 140 grams—a 52-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 259 calories for “from precooked” to 395 for “boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant.” At a fixed 100 grams, “boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources” is 232 calories and “plain, from fast food / restaurant” is 323—a fixed-weight separation of 91 calories. For Chicken "wings", the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant”, “boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources”, “plain, from fast food / restaurant”, “plain, from other sources”, and “plain, from precooked”. The source formulations contain 11 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include breading or batter as ingredient in food, salt, table, sauce, barbecue, and sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper, tabasco. On this Chicken "wings" page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Chicken "wings"” cannot resolve the differences between Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant and Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 88–140 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant”, “boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources”, “plain, from fast food / restaurant”, “plain, from other sources”, and “plain, from precooked”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    11 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Chicken "wings", …, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Chicken "wings" unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that chicken "wings" is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant”, “boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources”, “plain, from other sources”, and “plain, from precooked”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Chicken "wings" source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 5 exact records behind Chicken "wings" source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources is higher in total sugars per 100 g

Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources reports 6.1 g versus 0.1 g for Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant: a 6 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant is denser; Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant is higher in its source amount

Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant reports 323 kcal per 100 g and 284 kcal in USDA source amount (88 g). Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant reports a lower 282 kcal per 100 g but a higher 395 kcal in USDA source amount (140 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant” from “Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Chicken "wings" source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

5 context records in this source topic Chicken, whole pieces

Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant and Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Breading or batter as ingredient in food

USDA input 99995000 appears in 2 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–5 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 2 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.6–0.6 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Dietary fiber: density and serving context

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0.3 g in Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant to 1.5 g in Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 17 mg in Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant to 61 mg in Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706079 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 5 records share this broad food family Meat & poultry: broader category context

Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant and Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources, plus 3 more are assigned to Feast’s Meat & poultry editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

Follow this evidence path