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Americans will consume 20 billion hot
dogs in 1999!
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Americans will consume 7 billion hot dogs
between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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Americans will eat 26 million hot dogs in major league
ballparks -- that's enough to stretch from Yankee Stadium in New
York City to Dodgers' Stadium in Los Angeles!
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More hot dogs are eaten in Dodgers'
Stadium -- an estimated 2.2 million -- than in any other Major League
Ballpark in the country!
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450 hot dogs are
eaten every second of every day in the United States or an average of 65
per person per year.
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Hot dogs are
served in 95 % of the homes in the U.S.A.
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Chicago’s O’Hare
International Airport sells more Hot Dogs than any other location in
the USA, over 2 million a year.
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Mustard remains
the most popular Hot Dog Topping. 87 % of Hot Dog eaters use mustard.
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During the Fourth
of July Weekend, Americans will enjoy 150 million hot dogs!
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450 hot dogs are eaten every second of every day of every
year, on average about 65 per
person in the United States annually.
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95 percent of homes serve hot dogs.
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Most dogs are eaten at home, 15 percent
purchased from street vendors. 9 percent bought at ball parks.
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Mustard remains the hottest topping, used regularly by
87.6 percent of the eaters.
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The top dog for most folks is the
6-incher, preferred by 48.3 percent of us: 26 percent like a 7-incher:
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4 percent, the foot long.
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Chicago's O' Hare International Airport sells more hot
dogs than any single location in the
world, more than 2 million a year.
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Record dogs: a 1,983 foot hot dog was made in May 1983 by
Bill-Mar Foods of Zeeland,
Wis; a 2,377-foot chicken dog was made in 1985 by Maple Lodge Farms in
Norval,
Canada; in 1978, David Berg of Chicago made a six-foot 681-pound beef
hot dog in a 100 pound poppy seed bun covered with two gallons of
mustard.