Interesting Facts About Hot Dogs

A hot dog is a fully cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed. It is typically served as a sandwich in a sliced bun, as a corn dog dipped in corn batter and deep fried.



Hot dogs are fun food.People love picking them up with their hands it makes them feel like they're kids again." Not only are hot dogs fun, they're also one of the easiest things you can serve at a party, and they're almost universally popular. "Everybody loves them, they're easy to serve and eat, and they're welcome at any type of party

The average hot dog is consumed in 6.1 bites from Memorial Day to Labor Day every year, Americans typically consume 7 billion hot dogs. That's 818 hot dogs consumed every second.



During the Fourth of July weekend, Americans consume 150 million hot dogs. If lined up end to end, those 150 million hot dogs would reach the moon and back five times—something the Associations Now staff has obviously verified personally.

Mustard remains the most popular hot dog topping - 88% of hot dog eaters use mustard.Children prefer ketchup to mustard as their favorite hot dog topping



The term "hot dog" is credited to sports cartoonist Tad Dorgan. At a baseball game in New York in 1901, vendors began selling hot dachsund sausages in rolls.

More hot dogs are eaten in New York than any other city, beating out Chicago and Los Angeles.

Hot­ dogs, also called frankfurters, were first created in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1852. At its heart, a frankfurter is a sausage. Hot dogs are now made by hundreds of companies all across the globe, and each company has its own secret recipe