Awards & Credits
2013 |
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| 2013 Entrepreneur Magazine’s 34th Annual Franchise 500 Ranked #324 |
2013 Fiery Food Challenge BBQ Sauce: Cayenne- Consumer Ready 3rd Place: Buckeye BBQ |
2013 The Forum Best Wings Fargo-Moorhead |
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| 2013 PRNews Social Media Icon Awards Honorable Mention for "Mayor of Lube Nation" Campaign |
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| 2013 PRSA Awards Pittsburgh CEO Communicator of the Year John Longstreet |
2013 PRSA Awards Pittsburgh Social Media Campaign under $25,000 Sauce Boss & Mayor of Lube Nation |
2013 Cranberry Eagle Community Choice Awards Best Wings Cranberry, PA |
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| 2013 Trib Total Media Reader’s Choice Awards Best Wings/Chicken - Gold Best Sports Bar - Bronze Pittsburgh, PA |
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2012 |
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| Akron Beacon Journal Beacon's Best 2012: Food & Dining: Best Wings, Canton, OH |
Pulse! Magazine Best of Loraine County: Best Wings & Best Bike Nite, Cleveland, OH |
Syracuse Hottest Chick-N-Wing Festival People's Choice: Best Tasting Wing in Syracuse, Syracuse, NY |
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| The Daily News 2012 Reader' Choice Awards: Best Restaurant in West Mifflin/ Pleasant Hills, Pleasant Hills, PA |
Taste of Baldwinsville People's Choice Award: Best Overall Menu, Syracuse, NY |
Westword's Best of Denver Reader's Choice: Best Wings, Westminster, CO |
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| Menu Masters Best Limited Time Offer: Shake Wrap & Roll |
Addy Awards Best Sales Promotion: 2nd Place Bar Tune Up Kit |
Zest Fest Condiments Asian/ Stir Fry Sauce, Consumer Ready: 3rd Place Thaisian Hot Sauce Medium, Consumer Ready: 2nd Place Haute Parmesan |
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| Erie's Best Wings Chicken Wing Cook Off Best Non-Traditional Wing: Haute Parm, Best BBQ Wing: Louisiana Lickers®, Most Creative Wing: Thai-Cajun |
Pittsburgh City Paper Best Wings Pittsburgh: 1st Place, Pittsburgh, PA |
Dunedin Kiwanis Rib Fest Judges Choice Best Ribs: Dusted Mango Habanero Mixed with BBQ Sauce |
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| 9th Annual Best Wings Cook-Off Best Non-Traditional Wing (Haute Parmesan) Best Bar-B-Que Wing (Louisiana Lickers®) Most Creative Wing (Thai Cajun) Erie, PA |
Festival Favorite National Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, NY |
1st Place Creative Sweet Sauce - Dusted Mango Habanero National Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, NY |
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| 1st Place X-Hot Sauce - Triple Atomic National Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, NY |
Top Social Media Companies Award from Entrepreneur Magazine | People's Choice Runner Up Dusted Mango Habanero Mixed with BBQ Sauce, Clearwater FL |
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2011 |
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| Cheers Beverage Excellence Award for 2012 Best Beverage Merchandising, Bar Jars Cheers Magazine |
Best Wings – Sticky Fingers Wing Eating Contest Waukesha County Expo, 102.9 the HOG and Classic Rock 96.5 New Berlin, WI |
Traditional Hot Category – SuperCharged Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, NY |
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| 2nd Place for Ribs - Rib Cook-Off Washington, Pa. Wheeling, WV |
Best of Lorain County – Wings Cleveland Magazine Sheffield, OH |
Best Presentation - Arizona el Camino Burger 3rd Annual Western Lake County "Battle of the Burger" Mentor, OH |
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| Best of the Burgh Readers' Choice - Best Wing Night 2011 Pittsburgh Magazine Pittsburgh, PA |
Best of the Best – Restaurant for Wings, Best Pub Town Crier Newspapers – Reader's Vote Austintown, OH |
Best Showmanship (Booth) United Way Wing King Sharon, PA |
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| Best of Pittsburgh - WINGS KDKA Pittsburgh Restaurants |
Readers Choice – Best of the Best for Best Wings Tribune Chronicle Austintown, OH |
Best of the Best - Best Wings, Best BBQ, Best Atmosphere Lorain Morning Journal Sheffield, OH |
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| Reader's Choice – Best of the Best for Wings and Tavern Sharon Herald Sharon, PA |
Voted Top Social Media Company B2C Marketing Insider (Ad Age Power 150) Online Competition |
Reader's Choice - Best Wings – Best of Denver 2011 Westminster, CO Westword Magazine |
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| People's Choice – FOP# 43 Chiliblaze.com Pinellas Park, FL. |
Hot Pepper Awards, 2010 Wing Sauce – The Hot Pepper Award Overall- SuperCharged Wing Sauce: Hot to Extra Hot 1st Place- SuperCharged Hot Sauce: Ethnic 3rd Place- Thai 'R' Cracker |
Best Wings – Gold The Community Choice Award Cranberry Eagle, Cranberry Twp. |
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| Reader's Choice for Best Wings/Chicken South Hills-Pleasant Hills Area Tribune Review, Pleasant Hills |
Best Wings in Cleveland –"King of Wings" WEWS News Channel 5 Valley View, OH |
Renaissance Award - Social Media Campaign: Less than $25,000 Triple Atomic Tough PRSA, Pittsburgh Chapter |
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| Fiery Food Challenge ~ Zest Fest 2011, Golden Chile Awards Barbecue Sauce Soy Based – Consumer Ready Category 1st Place – Asian Sesame Hot Sauce: Specialty - Consumer Ready Category 1st Place- Dusted Chipotle BBQ Hot Sauce: Asian-Style - Consumer Ready Category 1st Place - Thaisian Hot Sauce: XXX Hot (w/Extract) - Consumer Ready Category 2nd Place - Triple Atomic Condiment: Asian/Stir Fry - Consumer Ready Category 2nd Place - Thaisian Barbecue Sauce Sweet Base - Consumer Ready Category 3rd Place – BBQ |
Award of Merit, Social Media Campaign: Less than $25,000 Lube Nation Vacation PRSA, Pittsburgh Chapter |
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2010 |
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| IABC Golden Triangle Awards 2010 Communications Management – Social Media Triple Atomic Tough Challenge |
First Place Wing Sauce/Extra Hot Category SuperCharged Hot Pepper Awards |
Third Place Hot Sauce/Ethnic Category Thai 'R' Cracker Hot Pepper Awards |
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| First place for the Best Wings Best of Pittsburgh Readers Poll Pittsburgh City Papers |
Best Wings Daily Press Choice Awards Newport News, VA |
Best Specialty Item – Beverage Lube-N-Ades Metro North Chamber of Commerce 10th Annual Taste of the Chamber Westminster, CO |
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| Best Wings Sticky Fingers 2010 Middleton, WI |
"…As long as you win, you walk out of there, you smile, we get the chicken wings that they have in the arena -- they got some of the best chicken wings that the NBA has…" Miami Heat Guard Dwyane Wade on QS&L Wings National Basketball Association |
Hottest Wings The Short List, The Tampa Tribune Pinellas Park, FL |
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| Festival Favorite National Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, NY |
Triple Atomic Tough Challenge Facebook Initiative 31st annual IABC Awards (International Association of Business Communicators) Social Media Category |
2009 Reader's Choice Award – Restaurant with Best Wings Warren Tribune Chronicle Sharon, PA |
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| Pilot Media Reader's Choice Award Best of Hampton Roads – Bronze Winner Best Locals' Hangout Newport News, VA |
Best Wings – Hot Category – "Triple Atomic" Best Wings – Hot Category – "Triple Atomic" Sharon, PA |
Best Wings – Signature Category – "Arizona Ranch" United Way Wing Cook-Off Sharon, PA |
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| Reader's Choice – Best Wings Daily Press Newport News, VA |
Phoenix Award – Growth/Large Service Shenango Valley Chamber of Commerce Sharon, PA |
People's Choice Award Wheeling Health Right, Inc. 17th Annual Chefs' Auction, "A Night of International Delight" Wheeling, WV |
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| Best of the Best – People's Choice Best Burger, Wings and Tavern Sharon Herald Sharon, PA |
First Place as Best Appetizer, Wings Annual Taste of Greene County Beavercreek, OH |
2010 New Business Vermilion Chamber of Commerce Vermilion, OH |
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| Gold, Best Chicken/Best Wings Trib Total Media/Pennysaver Paper South Hills/South Hills Record Edition Pleasant Hills, PA |
2010 Community Support Vermilion Chamber of Commerce Vermilion, OH |
Best Wings The Voice, Student Newspaper at Bloomsburg University Best of Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA |
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| Gold, Wings Category The Cranberry Eagle Cranberry, PA |
Gold, Best Chicken/Best Wings Trib Total Media/Pennysaver Papers, City/Trib PM Edition Pleasant Hills, PA |
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2009 |
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| City Paper, Reader’s Choice 1st Place - Best Wings Pittsburgh, PA |
Third Place, Louisiana Lickers American Royal BBQ Kansas City, KS |
Chipotle BBQ "Condiment/Table seasoning category" 3rd Place Golden Chile Award Fiery Food Challenge ~ Zest Fest 2010 |
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| The Valley Advantage Best New Restaurant Scranton, PA |
The Times-Tribune Reader’s Choice 2009 Best New Restaurant Quaker Steak & Lube Scranton, PA |
2009 Daily Press Choice Awards Best Wings Winner! Newport News, VA |
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| 2009 People's Choice/Top Sales Award The Greer Wing Fling! Greenville, SC |
Third Place "Best Creative Spicy Category" Chipotle BBQ National Buffalo Wing Festival |
Second Place "Hottest Category" XXX Atomic National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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| 2009 Best Wings – BBQ Category United Way Wing Cook-Off Sharon, PA |
2009 Silver Award for the Best Happy Hour Tribune Reader’s Choice 2009 Southland |
2009 Best Booth & Hottest Wings (Atomic) - 1st place Peek 'n Peak Wing Cook-off |
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| Best Wings/ Chicken - GOLD Reader’s Choice 2009 Tribune Papers, Cranberry Township |
Fiery Food Challenge, 3rd place, Chipotle BBQ | |||
2008 |
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| Best Wings in Pittsburgh Students of Pittsburgh University |
Creative BBQ category – Dusted Chipotle BBQ, 3rd Place National Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, NY |
Best Wings Readers of the City Paper Best of Pittsburgh, Readers Poll, 2008 |
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| Cook-Off – Food – Wing Sauce Extra Hot 2nd Place – Super Charged Zest Fest 2009 | Consumer Ready – BBQ Sauce Specialty 3rd Place – Asian Sesame Zest Fest 2009 |
Cook-Off – Food – Dry Seasoning/Rub 1st Place – Dusted Chipotle BBQ Zest Fest 2009 |
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| Wing Category – Best in the Valley for "Wings" Valley Magazine Youngstown, OH |
Best Creative Toppings - The Lube® Burger 3rd Place National Hamburger Festival Akron, Ohio |
Cook-Off, Beverage – Margarita/Specialty 3rd Place – Quaker Steak & Lube® Rootbeer Zest Fest 2009 |
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| Best in the Valley – Best Chicken Wings & Best Sports Bar Charleston Gazette, Annual Readers Survey Charleston, WV |
Best Creative Wing United Way Wing Cook-Off Sharon, PA |
Best In The Valley – Best Onion Rings Charleston Gazette, Annual Readers Survey Charleston, WV |
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| 2007 "Best NASCAR and Wings" Best of Douglasville - Atlanta Magazine Atlanta, GA | Second Place "Hottest Wings" - Atomic Sauce Second Place "Best Booth" Peek 'n' Peak Wing Cook Off - February 2008 |
Best of the Best - Wings and Burgers The Sharon Herald Sharon, PA |
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| Best Appetizer in Greene County – Wings Annual Taste of Greene County - The Nutter Center Beavercreek, OH |
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2007 |
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| "Readers Choice" – Ribs Gold Award – QSL Robinson Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Gateway Newspapers Pittsburgh, PA | "Best of the Best" – Chicken Wings "Best of the Best" – Tavern/Bar "Best of the Best" – Burger The Herald Sharon, PA |
Asian Sesame "Hot Sauce–Asian Style" 1st Place Golden Chile Award Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2008 |
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| "Best of the Best" – Best Wings Town Crier Youngstown, OH |
"Reader’s Choice Award" – Best Wings Tribune Chronicle Warren, OH |
Louisiana Lickers "Hot Sauce–Louisiana Style" 1st Place Golden Chile Award Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2008 |
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| Winner - Nation’s Restaurant News Excellence in Television Advertising (EAT) Award Best Single Television Commercial under $100 Million Category | "Erie’s Choice for 2007" – Chicken Wings Erie Times-News Erie, PA |
PA Premium Garlic "Hot Sauce–Specialty" 1st Place Golden Chile Award Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2008 |
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| Winner - American Graphic Design Award Presented by Graphic Design USA Magazine 1. Coop’s Saucy Secrets 2. The Lube® Menu 3. Outdoor Billboard Campaign – Charleston, WV |
"Readers Choice" – Chicken Wings Bronze Award – QSL Cranberry Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Gateway Newspapers Pittsburgh, PA |
"Best Theme Restaurant" Best of Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay Magazine Tampa, FL |
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| First Place "Overall Win" "Best of the Best" Ribs First Place "Best Sauce" – Thai ‘R’ Cracker Second Place "Best Presentation" – Ribs Southwest Gardens Rib Burn Off |
"Best NASCAR and Wings" Best of Douglasville - Atlanta Magazine Atlanta, GA |
"Readers Choice" – Ribs Gold Award – QSL Robinson Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Gateway Newspapers Pittsburgh, PA |
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2006 |
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| Best Hot Wings Hot Sauce American Culinary Standards Board |
"Best of the Best" – Chicken Wings The Herald Sharon, PA |
Hot Sauce, Asian-Style 1st Place – Thai ‘R’ Cracker Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2007 |
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| "…Quaker Steak & Lube® firing on all Culinary Cylinders." Warren Tribune Warren, OH |
First Place "Best Creative Spicy Category" Parmesan Pepper National Buffalo Wing Festival |
Hot Sauce, Medium-Style 1st Place – Arizona Ranch Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2007 |
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| "Best of the Best" – Best Wings State College Magazine State College, PA | "Best Places to Dine" Tampa Bay Magazine Tampa, FL |
Second Place "Creative Sweet Category" Asian Sesame National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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| Consumer Ready BBQ/Asian Stir Fry Sauce 1st Place - Thai ‘R’ Cracker Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2007 |
Consumer Ready BBQ Sauce, Mustard Base 2nd Place - Honey Mustard Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2007 |
Consumer Ready BBQ Sauce, Sweet Base 3rd Place – BBQ Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2007 |
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| Merchandise Specialty 3rd Place – BBQ 4-Pack Fiery Food Challenge - Zest Fest 2007 |
"Best of the Best" - New Restaurant State College Magazine State College, PA |
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2005 |
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| First Place "The Best Kids Menu in America" Casual Theme Restaurants Restaurant Hospitality | "Best of the Best" – Chicken Wings The Herald Sharon, PA |
"Reader’s Choice Award" Tribune Chronicle Warren, OH |
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| 1st Place Best Wings BEST WINGS ON CAMPUS Ohio State University |
First Place "Chicken Wings" Erie’s Choice Award Erie Times News |
"It’s not Sturgis, S.D., but Bike Night at Quaker Steak & Lube® brings out those born to be wild…" Cleveland Plain Dealer – Cleveland, OH |
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| First Place "Extra Hot" Atomic Sauce Florida Wing Fest |
Children’s Meal Packaging Award "Kid’s The Lube® Cruiser" Second Place QSR Magazine and the Foodservice & Packaging Institute Inc. |
First Place "Traditional Hot Category" Hot Sauce National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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| Second Place "Barbecue Sweet Category" Barbecue Sauce Zesty Food Show – Chile Pepper Magazine |
First Place "Best Naked Wings Category" Arizona Ranch Florida Wing Fest |
Second Place "Barbecue Category" Buckeye BBQ National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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| Best of Cleveland – "Best Family, Friendly Dining" FOX 8 News Cleveland, OH |
Third Place "Creative Spice Category" Pennsylvania Premium Garlic National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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2004 |
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| "Reader’s Choice Award" Tribune Chronicle Warren, OH |
"Best Barbecue Restaurant in PA & OH" Chile Pepper BBQ Trail Chile Pepper Magazine |
"Best of the Best Readers’ Choice" New Castle News New Castle, PA |
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| Second Place "Best Extra-Hot Buffalo Wing" Atomic Wing National Buffalo Wing Festival |
"Official Chicken Wings of Lowe’s Motor Speedway" Lowe’s Motor Speedway Charlotte, NC |
First Place "Best Creative Style Buffalo Wing" Arizona Ranch National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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| 1st Place Best Wings BEST WINGS ON CAMPUS Ohio State University |
Third Place "Best BBQ Buffalo Wing" Buckeye BBQ National Buffalo Wing Festival |
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2003 |
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| First Place "Chicken Wings" Erie’s Choice Awards Erie Times News |
City’s Best – "Best Sports Bars" Aolcityguide.com Cleveland, OH |
City’s Best – "Best Family-Friendly Restaurants" Aolcityguide.com Cleveland, OH |
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| VOTED #1 New Castle News New Castle, PA |
1st Place BBQ Sauce Division Buckeye BBQ -sauce 2nd Place Wing Sauce Division Buckeye BBQ -sauce 3rd Place Marketing Division Atomic -sauce Fiery Food Challenge Chili Pepper Magazine 2003 |
"Best Wings/Chicken - Readers Choice Award" Star Community Newspaper Cranberry, PA |
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| "BEST WINGS" Taste of East Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee |
"BEST RESTAURANT" Taste of East Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee |
1st Place Best Wings BEST WINGS ON CAMPUS Ohio State University |
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| "MOST CREATIVE BBQ SAUCE" –Louisiana Licker 2nd Annual Buffalo Wing Festival |
BEST WINGS 2003" Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburgh, PA |
TELLY AWARD "And You thought We Were Just Wings" National Award - Winner Advertising |
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2002 |
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| "Award Winner" Arizona Ranch – sauce – Top 10 American Royal Barbecue Sauce Baste Contest Kansas City, MO |
"Silver Award" Louisiana Lickers -sauce International Scovie Awards Chili Pepper Magazine |
"Best Wings" Pennsylvania Rib & Wing Festival |
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| 1st Place Best Wings BEST WINGS ON CAMPUS Ohio State University |
"Reader’s Choice Award" Tribune Chronicle Warren, OH |
"Best of the Best" New Castle News New Castle, PA |
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| "First Place Hottest Sauce" National Buffalo Wing Festival Buffalo, New York |
The Quaker Steak & Lube® in PA & OH
offer 15 kinds of these in a bucket,
the Atomic ones come with a
release form! What is Chicken Wings? Jeopardy Game Show September 25, 2002 |
2002 "People’s Choice" Pennsylvania Rib & Wing Festival |
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2001 |
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| "BEST TASTE ON THE PLANET" Louisiana Lickers – sauce – Top 10 American Royal Barbecue Sauce Baste Contest Kansas City, MO |
"Prestigious Bronze Award" Louisiana Lickers - sauce Fiery Food Challenge Chili Pepper Magazine |
"Best Wings" Northern Suburbs Gateway Star Publications Pittsburgh, PA |
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| "Coveted Bronze Award" Atomic-sauce Fiery Food Challenge Chili Pepper Magazine |
"At the Quaker Steak & Lube® in Sharon, PA., the wings are hot enough to make you forget that you were dumb enough to eat them" ESPN Magazine |
"Best Wings" New Castle News New Castle, PA |
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| "BEST WINGS" Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburgh, PA |
"the Michael Jordan of hot-wings restaurants, with sauce that won’t quit" Best of Cleveland Cleveland Magazine |
First Place "BEST WINGS" Erie’s Choice Awards Erie Times News |
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2000 |
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| "WDVE Best Wings Award" Wings Cook-Off Pittsburgh, PA |
"What great food!! I just had to write and tell you that Quaker Steak & Lube® certainly lives up to its claim as "Best Wings USA."’ Mayor Don L. Robart Cuyahoga Falls, OH |
"BEST WINGS" Gateway Publications Pittsburgh, PA |
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| "1st Place Best Wings" I.C. Light Amphitheatre Pittsburgh, PA |
"BEST WINGS" Reader’s Choice Town Crier Boardman, OH |
"BEST HAMBURGER" Cranberry Journal Pittsburgh, PA |
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| "Best Wing Sauce" "Arizona Ranch" WDVE Wings Cook-Off I.C. Light Amphitheatre Pittsburgh, PA |
"#1 PLACE TO EAT" #1 Quaker Steak & Lube® #2 McDonalds Evans City, PA – Middle School 5th Grade Class |
"1st BEST WINGS" "PEOPLE CHOICE" Y-103 Wing & Rib Fest Boardman, OH |
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| "BEST WINGS" Best of Pittsburgh 2000 Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburgh, PA |
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1999 |
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| "…Restaurant owners are quick to credit Quaker Steak’s influence for sparking the wing craze." Tribune Chronicle Warren, OH |
"BEST OF THE BEST WINGS" Boardman, Ohio |
"BEST WINGS" Best of Pittsburgh 99 Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburgh, PA |
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| "Gather for the ultimate in wing to mouth combat at the Quaker Steak & Lube®. America’s most sizzling, finger licking finger food rules the roost." Extreme Cuisine Food Network |
"WDVE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD" I.C. Light Amphitheatre Pittsburgh, PA |
"BEST WINGS" CD106 Wing, Rib & Music Festival Youngstown, OH |
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1998 |
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| "NEVER TASTED WINGS AS GOOD…" Dusty Rhodes TNN – The Nashville Network |
"BEST WINGS" Best of Pittsburgh 98 Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburgh, PA |
"DELICIOUS WITH A CAPITAL "D" Chris Economaki #1 Voice in Auto Racing |
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| "PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – Baby Back Ribs" Mahoning Valley Rib Burn Off CD106 – The Wolf Youngstown, OH |
"…It’s Just a Fun Place! ***1/2 STARS (OUT OF 4)" The Repository Canton, Ohio |
"PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD" WDVE I.C. Light Amphitheatre Pittsburgh, PA |
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1997 |
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| "BEST WINGS" I.C. Light Amphitheatre Wing Cook Off Pittsburgh, PA |
"I LOVE THEM" Fox T.V. 8 Cleveland, Ohio |
"When You’re Hot You’re Hot" Extra Spicy Chicken Wings … sign a waiver Playboy Advisor |
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| "BEST NEW RESTAURANT" Pittsburgh City Paper The Pointe Pittsburgh, PA |
1st PLACE BEST WINGS Three Rivers Stadium Wings Fest Pittsburgh, PA |
1997 "BEST OF THE BEST WINGS" New Castle News New Castle, PA |
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1996 |
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| "BEST WINGS" I.C. Light Amphitheatre Wing Cook Off Pittsburgh, PA |
FIRST PLACE OVERALL Best Wings "Louisiana Lickers" 3 Rivers Stadium Wing Fest Pittsburgh, PA |
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1995 |
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| "BEST WINGS" Warren Tribune Warren, OH |
"BEST WINGS" The Derrick Oil City, PA |
"FAMOUS…FOR DELICIOUS WINGS" Youngstown Vindicator Youngstown, OH |
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1994 |
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| FIRST OVERALL Wing Festival Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA |
BRONZE MEDAL Best Restaurant Readers Poll Pittsburgh Magazine Pittsburgh, PA |
FIRST OVERALL Wing Festival Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA |
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1993 |
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| "BEST WINGS" Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pittsburgh, PA |
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1992 |
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| "Students at five colleges in the region have adopted the place as their own…The Lube® is legend…You always come back to The Lube®." Patriot News Harrisburg, PA |
"I was asked to sign a release form, a clever promotional gimmick…after taking one bite of an Atomic Wing. I understood its true usefulness." Food Critic |
"A menu to make a Buffalonian bristle." Patriot News Harrisburg, PA |
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| "At The Lube®…where tastes run hot, cooks mix piquant sauces in 55-gallon drums for those who probably would enjoy the cuisine in Hell…Atomic Wings. For wings only, all fresh breasts, thighs and legs be damned." Patriot News Harrisburg, PA |
"Bill Snyder says, One of the highlights of someone’s career at Westminster’s the first time they go to The Lube®… And everybody goes there for their 21st birthdays. It’s a rite of passage, a badge that you’ve arrived." Patriot News Harrisburg, PA |
"The Lube® crew emerges every so often to win national wing-cooking contests." Patriot News Harrisburg, PA |
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1991 |
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| "We entreat our northern and western visitors to bring us wings from the Quaker Steak & The Lube®." The News Boca Raton, Florida |
"BEST WINGS" Penn State University Russell J. Peck |
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1990 |
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| "They are the best chicken wings in the country…There’s no question about it." Rep. Michael C. Gruitza PA 7th – District |
"Quaker Steak & Lube® invades Buffalo, N.Y. to declare WAR… to strip Buffalo of its status of home of the best chicken wings in the country." Associated Press John F. Bonfatti |
"Rival (The Lube®) puts bite on Buffalo wings." Buffalo News – Buffalo, NY Janice Okun, News Food Editor |
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| "Lunchtime strollers in the birthplace of Buffalo-style chicken wings pronounced them delicious…very tasty." The Herald Sharon, PA |
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1989 |
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1988 |
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| BEST WINGS U.S.A BEST OVERALL "Golden Garlic" PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD National Chicken Out Cleveland, Ohio |
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