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The best regional hot dog styles in America

The top 3 according to 243 votes from people: Chicago-style hot dog · New York hot dog · Sonoran hot dog. (Updated Jun 20, 2021.)

Chicago's dragged-through-the-garden dog, the Sonoran, Detroit's Coney and DC's half-smoke: America's regional hot dog styles, according to Wikipedia.

shane_tacoqueen · · 16 items · 243 votes · 12 comments

Top 16

  1. 1

    Chicago-style hot dog

    Poppy-seed bun, relish, pickle and sport peppers, no ketchup.

    ▲ 23 ▼ 1

    22
  2. 2

    New York hot dog

    With onions in tomato sauce and mustard, from street carts.

    ▲ 23 ▼ 2

    21
  3. 3

    Sonoran hot dog

    Bacon-wrapped with beans and salsa, from Arizona.

    ▲ 18 ▼ 0

    18
  4. 4

    Flint Coney

    With a dry, crumbly meat sauce.

    ▲ 16 ▼ 3

    13
  5. 5

    Detroit Coney

    Chili, mustard and onion.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 3

    11
  6. 6

    Coney Island hot dog

    The chili dog of Coney Island fame.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 2

    10
  7. 7

    Texas hot

    Hot dog with chili sauce from New Jersey and New York.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 2

    10
  8. 8

    Michigan hot dog

    Upstate New York dog with meat sauce.

    ▲ 11 ▼ 1

    10
  9. 9

    Half-smoke

    Washington DC's smoky sausage with chili.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 4

    9
  10. 10

    Italian hot dog

    New Jersey dog with peppers, onions and potatoes in pizza bread.

    ▲ 11 ▼ 3

    8
  11. 11

    Seattle dog

    With cream cheese and grilled onions.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 5

    7
  12. 12

    Fenway Frank

    The Red Sox ballpark dog.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  13. 13

    Rhode Island hot wiener

    Small wieners with meat sauce.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 2

    6
  14. 14

    Kansas City hot dog

    With sauerkraut and Swiss cheese.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 5

    3
  15. 15

    Dodger Dog

    The Los Angeles Dodgers ballpark dog.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 4

    3
  16. 16

    Cincinnati cheese coney

    Topped with Cincinnati chili and cheddar.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 4

    1

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Comments (12)

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N. Clark

Detroit Coney vs Flint Coney is a real rivalry in Michigan lol

Josh Stewart

Cincinnati cheese coneys are the best thing on this list, fight me

Sam

New York dirty water dogs from a cart, nothing fancy but iconic

L. Hall

Rhode Island hot wieners 'all the way' with celery salt, so underrated

Taylor

The Sonoran dog in Tucson changed my life. Bacon wrapped, beans, salsa, perfect.

Derek Ross

Italian hot dog from Jimmy Buff's in Newark, seriously good

gridiron

Where's the Seattle dog? Cream cheese sounds weird but it works

Amber Watson

Half-smoke at Ben's Chili Bowl in DC, a must.

retrogamer_qc

Chicago dog at number one is correct and I will not be taking questions.

snackattack_little

Ketchup on a hot dog is still fine, Chicago people are just dramatic

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