Chicken Wings and Super Bowl XLVI

INFOGRAPHIC: Chicken Wings and Super Bowl XLVI. The Super Bowl has a long history of good food and huge celebrations. Over the years, chicken wings-hot, mild, spicy, tangy or plain-have become a staple of any Super Bowl Party. hot wings first 1964 served at the Anchor Bar in Super Bowl I 1967 Packers vs Chiefs Buffalo, NY 23% of game watchers will eat chicken wings 1988 Bill Belichick & Tom Coughlin both coach for the NY Giants 1990 under Bill Parcells to 1990 to 1993 four consecutive Chicken wings gain in popularity when the Buffalo Bills make appearances in the Super Bowl NY Giants fans & Mid-Atlantic states are 24% more likely 32% of fans will eat dips & spreads with chips & veggies to order wings than the National Auerage The first U.S. 2002 National Buffalo New Englanders & Patriots fans Wing Festival USDA publishes its fırst Super Bowl poultry report are 6% less likely 2006 Giants & Patriots face each 2008 other in Super Bowl XLII, fans eat 930 million wings 111 million viewers eat an average of 9 wings each while 2011 making Super Bowl XLV the most watched program in television history 2 out of 5 people watching the game are not football fans. 2012 They're just there for the food. 1.25 billion chicken wings weighing 100 million lbs will be eaten Super Boul weekend Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest food day for Americans, right behind Thanksgiving. Sources: National Chicken Council, USDA Market News, Wikipedia, National Buffalo Wing Festival, Supervalu Snack Down Survey by Harris Interactive, the NPD Group, USDA National Nutrient Database USDA Agricultural Marketing Service