I've seen a few recipes where the wings are boiled/steamed then cooled and baked. I'll have to give it a try, I don't recall ever having had them that way. I'll stick with the butter though; if anything I think the animal fat will be still be preferable to canola - even if neither are technically "paleo". If I were to use a vegetable based fat - I think coconut would work nicely to give the final coating that same kind of creaminess. I agree on the hotsauce as well, some hot pepper from time to time is good you, if for no other reason than the endorphin release after the mortification by burning.