🌭 10 Fun Facts About Hot Dogs You Probably Didn’t Know!

1. Americans eat about 20 billion hot dogs each year!

That’s roughly 70 hot dogs per person annually — enough to stretch around the Earth more than once.

2. The name “hot dog” was popularized at a baseball game.

Legend says vendors at New York’s Polo Grounds in the early 1900s shouted, “Get your dachshund sausages!” A cartoonist couldn’t spell “dachshund” and simply wrote “hot dogs” — and the name stuck.

3. The longest hot dog ever made measured over 200 feet.

Created in Paraguay in 2011, it measured a whopping 218.7 feet (66.1 meters).

4. July is National Hot Dog Month.

In the U.S., hot dogs are especially popular in the summer, with July 4th being the single biggest hot dog day of the year.

5. The world’s most expensive hot dog costs over $100.

The "Juuni Ban" hot dog from Tokyo Dog in Seattle featured wagyu beef, foie gras, black truffles, and caviar.

6. Mustard is America’s #1 hot dog topping.

Followed closely by ketchup (despite purists saying it should never go on a hot dog!).

7. The term “frankfurter” comes from Frankfurt, Germany.

That’s where pork sausages were first made in the 1400s; German immigrants brought them to the U.S.

8. There’s an official hot dog etiquette guide!

The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council says, for example: don’t use a fork and knife and never put hot dog toppings between the bun and sausage.

9. The world record for eating hot dogs is jaw-dropping.

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut ate 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2021.

10. Chicago-style hot dogs never have ketchup.

Instead, they’re topped with yellow mustard, chopped onions, bright green relish, tomato slices, a pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt — all on a poppy seed bun.

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