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A hot dog is a type of cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a partially sliced bun. This type of sausage was culturally imported from Germany and popularized in the United States, where it became a working-class street food sold at hot dog stands and carts. [1] [2] It is also sold at fast-food restaurants and convenience stores, as well as being available for home preparation after being purchased at grocery stores. The hot dog became closely associated with baseball and American culture. [1]
Name | Image | Associated region(s) | Description |
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Bagel dog | A full-size or miniature hot dog, wrapped in bagel-style breading before or after cooking. [3] [4] | ||
Carolina style | Carolinas | A hot dog topped with chili, slaw, onions, and mustard. [5] [6] | |
Cheese dog | A hot dog on a bun served with cheese or processed cheese on it or stuffed within it as a filling. | ||
Chicago-style hot dog | Chicago, Illinois [5] | An all-beef hot dog on a poppy seed bun, topped with mustard, chopped onions, pickle spear, tomatoes, green relish (preferably Chicago-style relish), celery salt, and pickled sport peppers. [7] [8] [9] A traditional Chicago-style hot dog does not include ketchup. [7] [8] [10] [11] | |
Chili dog | United States | The generic name for a hot dog served in a bun and topped with some sort of meat sauce, such as chili con carne. [12] | |
Completo | Chile | A Chilean hot dog usually served with ingredients such as chopped tomatoes, avocados, mayonnaise, sauerkraut, Chilean chili, green sauce[ clarification needed ] and cheese. | |
Coney Island hot dog | Michigan [13] | A large, natural-casing hot dog topped with a hearty, mildly spiced meat sauce, and with mustard and diced onions. | |
Corn dog | United States | A sausage (usually a hot dog) coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter on a stick. | |
Danger dog | Tijuana or Hermosillo | A hot dog that has been wrapped in bacon and deep-fried. | |
Dodger Dog | Los Angeles [14] | A 10-inch (25 cm) 100% pork hot dog in a steamed bun. Sold at Dodger Stadium, the home stadium of the professional baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers, and sometimes surrounding areas. [14] [15] [16] | |
Half-smoke | Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region | Larger, spicier, and with more coarsely-ground meat than a regular hot dog, the sausage is often half-pork and half-beef, smoked, and served with herbs, onion, and chili sauce. [17] | |
Hamdog | Australia [18] | An Australian sandwich that consists of a shaped bread bun with a beef patty cut in two, and a hot dog placed in between the two halves. Standard hamburger toppings are then added, which may include cheese, pickles, sauces, tomato, lettuce, and onion. [18] | |
Hot wiener | Rhode Island | A staple of the food culture of Rhode Island where it is primarily sold at "New York System" restaurants. | |
Italian hot dog | New Jersey | A cooked, usually deep fried, hot dog placed in an Italian roll or pizza bread, and topped with a combination of fried bell peppers, onions, and potatoes. [19] | |
Ketwurst | East Germany | A type of hot dog created in the German Democratic Republic, it involves the heating of a special Bockwurst, larger than regular hot dogs, in water. A long roll is pierced by a hot metal cylinder, which creates an appropriate sized hole. The sausage is then dunked in ketchup and put inside of the roll. | |
Klobásník | Texas | A savory finger food of Czech-American origin. | |
Maxwell Street Polish | Chicago, Illinois | A grilled or fried length of Polish sausage topped with grilled onions and yellow mustard and optional pickled whole, green sport peppers, served on a bun. The sandwich traces its origins to Chicago's Maxwell Street market. | |
Michigan hot dog | Plattsburgh, New York | A natural-casing hot dog made of beef and pork, sometimes bright red in color, on a steamed bun, topped with a meat sauce made with hamburger meat, tomatoes, and spices. Optionally also topped with onions and yellow mustard. | |
Montreal hot dog | Montreal, Quebec | One of several variations of hot dogs served as a fast food staple at restaurants and diners in Montreal and other parts of Quebec. | |
Polish Boy | Cleveland [13] | A kielbasa placed in a bun, covered with a layer of french fries, barbecue sauce, and coleslaw. [13] [20] | |
Pronto Pup | A style of corn dog popular in the midwest. A sausage (usually a hot dog) coated in a thick layer of pancake batter on a stick and cooked. | ||
Ripper | North Jersey [13] [21] | A hot dog that is deep-fried in oil until the casing rips, sometimes served with a combination of sauerkraut, house relish, onions, and mustard. [22] [21] | |
Seattle-style hot dog | Seattle [13] [23] | A hot dog or Polish sausage in a white bun topped with cream cheese and grilled onions. [13] [23] | |
Sonoran hot dog | Arizona [13] | A hot dog wrapped in bacon and grilled, served on a bolillo-style hot dog bun, and topped with pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, and a variety of additional condiments, sometimes including mayonnaise, mustard, and jalapeño salsa. [13] [5] | |
Texas Tommy | Delaware Valley [13] | A hot dog that is split and filled with cheese, wrapped with bacon, and then cooked. | |
Vegetarian hot dog | United States | A hot dog produced entirely from non-meat products. [24] | |
White hot | New York (state) [25] [26] | Composed of a combination of uncured and unsmoked pork, beef, and veal. The lack of curing and smoking causes the meat to retain its white color. [25] [27] |
A hot dog is a dish consisting of a grilled, steamed, or boiled sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener or a frankfurter. The names of these sausages commonly refer to their assembled dish. Hot dog preparation and condiments vary worldwide. Common condiments include mustard, ketchup, relish, onions in tomato sauce, and cheese sauce. Other toppings include sauerkraut, diced onions, jalapeños, chili, grated cheese, coleslaw, bacon and olives. Hot dog variants include the corn dog and pigs in a blanket. The hot dog's cultural traditions include the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
The Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest is an annual American hot dog competitive eating competition. It is held each year on July 4 at Nathan's Famous' original, and best-known, restaurant at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
A chili dog is a hot dog served in a bun and topped with a meat sauce, such as chili con carne. Additional toppings may include cheese, onions, and mustard. The style has multiple regional variations in the United States, many calling for specific and unique sauce ingredients, types of hot dogs, or types of buns and referred to regionally under region-specific names.
A Chicago-style hot dog, Chicago Dog, or Chicago Red Hot is an all-beef frankfurter on a poppy seed bun, originating from the city of Chicago, Illinois. The hot dog is topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, pickled sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt. The complete assembly of a Chicago hot dog is said to be "dragged through the garden" due to the many toppings. The method for cooking the hot dog itself varies depending on the vendor's preference. Most often they are steamed, water-simmered, or less often grilled over charcoal.
The Dodger Dog is a hot dog named after the Major League Baseball franchise that sells them, the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is a 10-inch pork wiener wrapped in a steamed bun. The hot dog is sold at Dodger Stadium located in Los Angeles, California. According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the projected number of 2011 season hot dogs sold at Dodger Stadium was 2 million—establishing Dodger Dogs as the leader in hot dog sales of all those sold in Major League Baseball ballparks.
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A Coney Island hot dog, Coney dog, or Coney is a hot dog in a bun topped with a savory meat sauce and sometimes other toppings. It is often offered as part of a menu of classic American diner dishes and often at Coney Island restaurants. It is largely a phenomenon related to immigration from Greece and the region of Macedonia to the United States in the early 20th century.
A hot dog bun is a type of soft bun shaped specifically to contain a hot dog or another type of sausage.
Different areas of the world have local variations on the hot dog, in the type of meat used, the condiments added, and its means of preparation.
Pink's Hot Dogs is a landmark hot dog restaurant in the Fairfax District of the city of Los Angeles. It is on North La Brea Avenue, across the street from the Hollywood district on the east.
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A cheese dog is a hot dog served with cheese or processed cheese on it or stuffed within it, as a filling.
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The Wieners Circle is a hot dog stand on Clark Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is known for its Maxwell Street Polish, Char-dogs, hamburgers, cheese fries, and the mutual verbal abuse between the employees and the customers during the late-weekend hours.
A Seattle-style hot dog, locally referred to as a Seattle Dog, is a hot dog served in a bun slathered with cream cheese. In Seattle the dogs are sold from food carts, especially outside stadiums on game day and as a late-night meal outside the city's music venues.
Jeff's Gourmet Sausage Factory is a glatt kosher sausage factory and restaurant in Los Angeles, California. Established in 1999 in a small storefront in the Pico-Robertson district, it serves a variety of Eastern European Jewish– and Mediterranean-style sausages, hamburgers, and deli sandwiches and wraps. All of its meats are prepared in-house.
Kim Jong Grillin' is a Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood as of 2022, and plans to expand with a stall in the food hall at Block 216.
Zach's Shack is a dive bar and hot dog restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Franks-A-Lot, or Franks A Lot, is a hot dog restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Previously, the business operated as The Dog House.
Walkin' Dog was an American hot dog stand located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Owned by Dave Magnuson, the restaurant had been located inside the first floor food court of the Northstar Center office complex from 1991 to 2023, though it relocated to a different retail space within the same building in 2021. The restaurant's menu consisted of mostly hot dogs, made with Vienna sausage and including Chicago-style, in addition to nachos, pretzels, and ice cream. It was frequently cited by local publications as one of the most affordable dining options in the Minneapolis Skyway System.