As requested by @spidercrab , a quick trip report on Magic City Wings (via Goldbelly).
First, the ordering process. The site has a pretty easy interface and you can search by a specific restaurant or food item (wings, pizza, bagels, etc.), or filter a number of different ways (state/region of the country, style of food). They also do a pretty good job of telling you how much food you will get (although you should probably assume the low end of their “serves 4-6” estimates), and how you will prepare the items once you receive them.
I also like that you can schedule ahead, so, if they are running a sale (and, with their prices, you’ll want to wait for a sale or find a coupon/referral bonus), but you want the food for an event in a few weeks, you can tell them to ship it in a few weeks instead of having to store it yourself. I placed the order about 2 weeks ago, scheduled the delivery for Friday the 5th. Shipper tracking shows the package was picked up on Thursday, and it arrived midday on Friday with the ice packs still frozen. So, no complaints there.
Goldbelly pirate (?) protecting my wings
Instruction card for storage and heating. (Air fryer and conventional oven directions provided)
You order in groups of 25, so you can mix and match flavors. The LouWill wings went into the fridge to get ready for the SuperbOwl, other flavors went into the freezer for future weekend munchies.
Prebake wings. Not sure how the sense of scale will translate, but these wings are on the small side. Kinda what you’d expect from the places that run 25 or 50 cent wing night. On the plus side, a bag that was supposed to be 25 wings actually had 30, so they made it up in volume, I guess?
Finished product. 20 minutes in the oven to get hot, then hit 'em with the extra lemon pepper.
Final verdict: wings reheated very nicely (skin got crispy and not tough) and had very good flavor. Sweet, spicy, pleasantly acidic (from the lemon pepper). Not the best wing I’ve ever had, but well above average, which is pretty good for something that was frozen, shipped, and reheated. Given the price point (list price is $139 for 75 wings, but Goldbelly runs sales fairly regularly), I won’t be in a rush to order again, but it was a fun treat.
