National Hot Dog Month

July is National Hot Dog Month. In anticipation, here are a few hot dog facts:

1. On a single day–July 4th–Americans will consume an estimated 150 million hot dogs!

2. By the end of summer grilling season, Americans will have eaten more than 7 billion hot dogs.

3. Last year, New Yorkers purchased twice as many hot dogs — an estimated $103 million worth–as the third region on the list,
Baltimore/Washington. Philadelphia was fourth, Boston sixth and
Harrisburg/Scranton ninth.

4. During “Hot Dog Season,” Memorial Day to Labor Day, Americans typically
consume 7 billion hot dogs — that boils down to 818 hot dogs consumed
every second during the season.

5. Americans will eat enough hot dogs at major league ballparks this year
to stretch from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco. Hot dogs became
standard fare at ballparks in 1893, a tradition believed to have started in St. Louis.

^{(photo and facts courtesy of Hatfield Qualty Meats)}