What brand of hot sauce is traditionally used in Buffalo wing sauce?

Frank's RedHot is the brand traditionally associated with Buffalo wing sauce.

Buffalo sauce is typically made by combining cayenne-based hot sauce with melted butter and vinegar. Frank's RedHot became the familiar national reference for this style, and many home recipes and commercial sauces use it as their base. The finished sauce can range from mild to very hot, depending on the butter-to-hot-sauce ratio and added seasonings such as garlic or Worcestershire sauce.

The dish itself originated in Buffalo, New York, where deep-fried chicken wings became associated with Anchor Bar in 1964. Frank's RedHot is often described as the original sauce ingredient, although historical accounts suggest the exact hot sauce used in the first Anchor Bar recipe may not be certain. That detail does not change the conventional quiz answer: Frank's is the canonical brand linked with Buffalo wings.

A common mix-up is confusing Buffalo sauce with hot sauce generally. Tabasco, Cholula, Crystal, and other sauces can produce tasty variations, but they are not the standard brand answer for this question. Buffalo wings are traditionally served with celery and blue-cheese dressing.