This week I reached out for six chicken wings dipped, dunked and plunked in Fiery Buffalo Sauce at KFC’s new “Flavor Station.”

Now you can have your chicken wings, strips, popcorn chicken and boneless wings splashed in one of three kinds of sauce at KFC: Fiery Buffalo, Honey BBQ and Sweet & Spicy. Or, as KFC puts it, “Be the boss, choose your sauce.” It rhymes. Fiery Buffalo and Sweet & Spicy sauces are new concoctions, while Honey BBQ has been around for years at KFC, the No. 1 chicken chain, with 13,000 restaurants around the globe.

Here’s the Chicken Wings in Fiery Buffalo Sauce blueprint: six wing pieces dipped in a red potion fueled with seven different peppers and a jolt of vinegar.

Naturally, KFC won’t say which seven peppers. You know how KFC is with “secret herbs and spices.” You’d have an easier time getting a government official to reveal the name of an undercover CIA agent. OK, bad analogy.

Total calories: 440. Fat grams: 27. Carbs: 26 grams. Dietary fiber: 3 grams. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: $2.99 for six wings, or $7.99 for 18 wings.

Offering different sauces for chicken wings is nothing special. Some of those wing chains have 15-20 sauces — everything from sweet butter to a hot sauce that will singe your stomach lining and turn you into a fire-breathing dragon. That’s not smart on date night.

The innovation with KFC’s “Flavor Station” is that you can get practically anything on the menu dipped in sauce — wings, strips, popcorn chicken and boneless wings are only the start. If you order a bucket of breasts, legs and thighs and ask nicely, they’ll dip those pieces, too. Plus, at KFC, you can get your chicken fried extra-crispy or Original Recipe, so the combinations and possibilities are boundless.

The new Fiery Buffalo Sauce is my favorite. It’s significantly hotter than KFC’s old Buffalo Sauce. I’d rate it equal on the nuclear-fission scale to the Three Mile Island sauce at Hooters. It’s got a good kick start in your mouth, and 10 minutes later, you’re still feeling it. As Martha Stewart says, that’s a good thing. I like food that stays with you. It’s almost like dessert.

Here’s a tip: Instead of six wings, go with three chicken strips. It’s the best buy on the board. Same price — but you get twice the consumable chicken. KFC’s got big strips. Wings have bones. And cleanup is much easier with strips. Eat six wings slathered in sauce, and you need a shower. With strips, a Wet-Nap sends you on your way with nobody being the wiser.

KFC’s “Flavor Station” is in the back of the kitchen, next to the fryers. Each sauce is kept warm, and the chicken pieces are swirled around until they’re completely coated and drippy.

A little sticker goes on each order saying what the sauce is, so people don’t open each other’s boxes. That’s annoying, and it’s an invitation to thievery. “Hey, there are only four wings in my box! Carl, did you steal two of my wingsfi”

Unfortunately, Carl has already licked his fingers good ‘n’ clean, so there’s no proof. Case dismissed.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B6.