1.45 Billion Chicken Wings Will Be Eaten During the Big Game (2024)

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1.45 Billion Chicken Wings Will Be Eaten During the Big Game? ›

In its 2024 wing report, the National Chicken Council estimates that 1.45 billion chicken wings will be consumed during the Super Bowl this weekend. According to the report, 1.45 billion wings is enough to give four of them to each man, woman and child in the United States.

Each year, the National Chicken Council announces how many chicken wings will be consumed during the Super Bowl through its annual Chicken Wing Report. In 2024: 1.45 billion (yes, with a B) wings will be consumed while professional athletes run up and down the field and Swifties enjoy glimpses of Taylor in the stands.

According to the National Chicken Council's (NCC) 2024 Wing Report, Americans will consume over a billion wings when the Chiefs and 49ers kick off in Las Vegas. 1.45 billion, to be exact. Tom Super, a spokesman for the NCC, said football and wings go hand-in-hand.

Breaking it all down

1.45 billion wings is enough for every man, woman and child in the United States to eat four wings each.

What Happens To The 725 Million Wingless Chickens After The Super Bowl? Chicken wings are, without a doubt, the most popular Super Bowl food. The National Chicken Council estimates that 1.45 billion chicken wings will be eaten during the 2024 Super Bowl played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

According to some estimates, 1.25 billion dollars' worth of chicken wings are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday, which would equate to 162.5 million pounds of chicken on that day alone. Rather depressingly, this would account for around 500 million chickens being slaughtered.

The National Chicken Council's 2023 report also estimated 1.45 billion wings would be consumed — which was then a record-breaking amount. The 2022 report estimated 1.42 billion chicken wings would be consumed during that year's Super Bowl.

1 In 7 Americans Order Take Out

"But what are people ordering for their Super Bowl watch parties?" is a question you may ask yourself because you're looking to create a game day menu. The three most popular Super Bowl dishes people order are pizza, chicken wings, and chips with dips.

The American Pizza Community (yes, it's a thing) said that over the last few years, about 12.5 million pizzas are ordered, baked, and delivered to football fanatics on Super Bowl Sunday.

Binge drinking and overconsumption are common during the Super Bowl. It has been estimated that over 325 million gallons of beer are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. With the increased alcohol consumption, the risks of injury, impaired driving, and death increases drastically.

What is the biggest day of the year to eat chicken wings? ›

Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest day for eating chicken wings, when more than 1.25 billion wings are eaten in America on this day each year.

A Sydney man has tasted global glory after devouring the competition at an international eating competition in New York. James Webb stunned observers when he downed 276 chicken wings in 12 minutes during the Wing It On!

But, in 1964, the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York decided to turn the typical soup-stock staple into a spicy finger food to feed a hungry crowd. For a few years after they first served them, wings gained popularity in the bar scene — then came Super Bowl I, turning them into a sporting event tradition.

Even with 65 billion chickens consumed each year, the creature still outnumbers the population of any other bird on the planet with sheds housing 20,000 to 40,000 chicks at a time. Yet these are not the fowl of yesteryear. The modern broiler chicken has been bred to grow more rapidly.

How Many Chickens Does McDonald's Kill in a Year? McDonald's is the second-largest purchaser of chicken in the world. Around the world, the company is responsible for the deaths of billions of chickens every year. In the UK alone, McDonald's serves over 30 million chickens every year.

For chickens, the daily count is extremely large – 202 million chickens every day. To comprehend the scale, it is better to bring it down to the average minute: 140,000 chickens are slaughtered every minute. The number of fish killed every day is very uncertain. I discuss this in some detail at the end of this article.

People chow down on more than 11.2 million pounds of potato chips on Super Bowl Sunday alone, followed closely by 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips for all your guac and salsa needs and 4 million pounds of pretzels. Speaking of guacamole, folks will eat more than 8 million pounds of guac on the football holiday.

1 In 7 Americans Order Take Out

"But what are people ordering for their Super Bowl watch parties?" is a question you may ask yourself because you're looking to create a game day menu. The three most popular Super Bowl dishes people order are pizza, chicken wings, and chips with dips.

So what's the link to football? The buffalo chicken wing got lots of coverage during the early 1990s when the Buffalo Bills played in the SuperBowl for four consecutive years. Today, chicken wings are a staple of the SuperBowl experience.