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 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 sandwich is a dish typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a portable, convenient finger food in the Western world, though over time it has become prevalent worldwide.
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. Typical 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.
A corn dog is a sausage on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried. It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine.
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 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.
Tony Packo's Cafe is a restaurant that started in the Hungarian neighborhood of Birmingham, on the east side of Toledo, Ohio, at 1902 Front Street.
Fluky's is a Chicago-area fast food restaurant and mail-order food purveyor known for hot dogs.
A Maxwell Street Polish consists of 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, and has been called one of "the classic foods synonymous with Chicago".
Nathan's Famous, Inc. is an American company that operates a chain of fast-food restaurants specializing in hot dogs. The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The company's headquarters are at One Jericho Plaza in Jericho, part of Oyster Bay, New York.
The cuisine of Philadelphia was shaped largely by the city's mixture of ethnicities, available foodstuffs and history. Certain foods have become associated with the city.
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.
An Italian hot dog is a type of hot dog popular in New Jersey, United States, made by Jimmy Buff and his wife Mary Racioppi. His family continues the restaurant Jimmy Buff's to this day. Other restaurants like Joe Joe's Italian Hot Dog in Toms River serve Italian hot dogs but Jimmy Buff's is nonetheless most widely known in New Jersey as the restaurant that first served Italian hot dogs and is most famous for their Italian hot dog.
A vegetarian hot dog is a hot dog produced completely from non-meat products. Unlike traditional home-made meat sausages, the casing is not made of intestine, but of cellulose or other plant-based ingredients. The filling is usually based on some sort of soy protein, wheat gluten, or pea protein. Some may contain egg whites, which would make them unsuitable for a lacto-vegetarian or vegan diet.
The cuisine of New Jersey is derived from the state's long immigrant history and its close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Due to its geographical location, New Jersey can generally be divided by New York City cuisine in the northern and central parts of the state and Philadelphia cuisine in the southern parts. Restaurants in the state often make use of locally grown ingredients such as asparagus, blueberries, cranberries, tomatoes, corn, and peaches. New Jersey is particularly known for its diners, of which there are approximately 525, the most of any state. Various foods invented in the state, such as the pork roll, and salt water taffy, remain popular there today.
A hot dog cart is a specialized mobile food stand for preparing and selling street food, specifically hot dogs, to passersby. In some jurisdictions, a cart operator must meet stringent health regulations designed to protect the public. Hot dog carts are quick and easy food services, supplying millions of people with food every day. In 2015 the U.S. Hot Dog Council estimated that 15% of the approximately 10 billion hot dogs consumed by Americans in 2014 were purchased from a mobile hot dog vendor cart. Hot dog carts are very common in New York City, and most of the hot dogs purveyed by hot dog carts in New York City are sourced from Sabrett.
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.
Charles Feltman (1841–1910) was a German-American restaurateur. He is one of several claimed inventors of the hot dog. In 1871, Feltman began building his restaurant complex. It achieved its heyday in the 1920s, serving nearly 5,250,000 people a year, being a large restaurant complex with several restaurants, two bars, a beer garden, a famous carousel, and other attractions, and offering many types of food beyond hot dogs.
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.