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Originally posted by Woodman:
In the restaurants I work, the wings are always boiled first. Then they sit for quite a while to drain completely and cool. Then back in the fridge.

The fries, like ARC wrote, you double cook them. The first time to remove the moisture at a lower temp. You can do the same thing with an open. Lower temp in the oven until mostly cooked, higher temp in the fryer to finish them.