# It starts 23 February 2016: Hot Dog King **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737 "2016-02-10T18:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/1 "2016-02-10T18:31:11Z")
Thaaaaaat’s right folks, [Burger King is gonna start serving hot dogs](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/APFN_US_BURGER_KING_HOT_DOGS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-10-13-24-27) in addition to their famous Whopper burgers. Note that they tested hot dogs last year in some locations: > [@](#): > > Tests of the hot dogs in a handful of cities last year resulted in unspecified sales increases, according to Burger King. The food-review website The Impulsive Buy noted the hot dogs seem “small and not quite substantial enough” but otherwise gave them a positive review. Should we start thinking up names now that will go along with their burgers? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/2 "2016-02-10T18:32:39Z")
So now I get to put the Burger King’s wiener in my mouth? Can’t wait… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/3 "2016-02-10T18:33:05Z")
Years ago. I’m thinking late 70’s early 80’s…there actually was a fast food chain. Based on hot dogs. Not surprisingly called Weiner King. A Wendy’s weiner in my mouth just sounds way to XYZ Jennerish to me. And I don’t know if the fact that the creepy Burger King guy has a weiner that is “small and not quite substantial enough” to be comforting or actually adding to the creepiness. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/4 "2016-02-10T19:16:26Z")
I don’t know if I’m alone on this, but I’ve always had love-hate feelings towards hot dogs. In situations like these: [ul] [li]Street vendors[/li][li]Sporting events[/li][li]Camping[/li][li]A family barbeque[/li][li]Any outdoor event etc.[/li][/ul]I find hot dogs very enjoyable. However in any of the following: [ul] [li]Made at home on the stove[/li][li]Bought from a fast-food place[/li][li]Bought from a restaurant[/li][li]Bought (cooked) indoors anywhere etc.[/li][/ul]I find them incredibly gross. I can’t really think of another food like this. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/5 "2016-02-10T19:19:47Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > [/list]I find them incredibly gross. I can’t really think of another food like this. For me hot dogs also hold a special place in my gullet. When I WANT one, they are darn good. When I don’t, the very thought makes me ill. About the only other thing that does that is liver. But you don’t see liver out and about much in our modern culinary scene no matter what the venue. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/6 "2016-02-10T19:50:41Z")
Hot dogs are pretty much always enjoyable, though Burger King may give me pause (it’s my least favorite of the three major fast food burger chains). Still, I’d give them a shot for the hell of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/7 "2016-02-10T21:12:20Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Should we start thinking up names now that will go along with their burgers? 😛 The obvious one would be ‘Whopper Weenie’, but I can’t think of any more. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/8 "2016-02-10T21:13:34Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And I don’t know if the fact that the creepy Burger King guy has a weiner that is “small and not quite substantial enough” to be comforting or actually adding to the creepiness. So it would be a ‘Whopper Weenie Jr.’? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/9 "2016-02-10T21:14:43Z")
I can just see a string of “adult” ads involving the King selling wieners…gawd I love a cheesy ad series…hoping for the best…this may be the best thing since the “even a caveman can do it” era… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/10 "2016-02-10T21:16:39Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > So it would be a ‘Whopper Weenie Jr.’? Yes, with extra “sauce” of course…please tell me there is “white” mustard… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/11 "2016-02-10T21:17:47Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Hot dogs are pretty much always enjoyable, though Burger King may give me pause (it’s my least favorite of the three major fast food burger chains). Still, I’d give them a\*\* shot\*\* for the hell of it. It was like an explosion of “happiness” in my mouth! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/12 "2016-02-10T21:20:29Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Years ago. I’m thinking late 70’s early 80’s…there actually was a fast food chain. Based on hot dogs. Not surprisingly called Weiner King. And Der Weinerschnitzel. And Pup ‘n’ Taco. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/13 "2016-02-10T21:21:17Z")
Around my hometown there was _Dog n’ Suds_. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/14 "2016-02-10T21:25:13Z")
In the late 1960s / early 1970s, Burger King (or, at least, the BK near our house, in west suburban Chicago) had hot dogs. As a little kid, I didn’t yet like hamburgers, but I loved hot dogs. We’d go to BK every so often, and I’d have a hot dog. Then, on one visit, we discovered that they had discontinued the hot dogs. My parents tried, and failed, to convince me to eat a hamburger (I was 5, at the oldest), and it was several years before we went back there (by then, I’d had a change of heart about hamburgers). ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/15 "2016-02-10T23:57:17Z")
Micky Rooney invested in a chain that featured hot dogs somehow rendered into a circle, served on a hamburger bun. Weenie Whirl! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/16 "2016-05-10T22:31:55Z")
Okay, I finally took the plunge, and went to my local Burger King to sample these new hot dogs. They are not exactly up to Chicago standards, but they are still pretty good. The dogs themselves were grilled, which is nice, and the buns were of decent construction. I had a “classic” and a “chili cheese” style, passed on the “Whopper” style dog. They were a bit on the small side, and eating two of them was no great stretch. One dog and a side of fries might not have been enough food for a decent lunch. Anyone else give them a whirl? [![](https://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b571/jcesarone999/2016-05-10%2013.53.34_zpsfmifhvc3.jpg) ](https://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b571/jcesarone999/2016-05-10%2013.53.34_zpsfmifhvc3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/17 "2016-05-10T23:11:48Z")
Burger King? Burger Wang! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/18 "2016-05-10T23:18:21Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > I don’t know if I’m alone on this, but I’ve always had love-hate feelings towards hot dogs. In situations like these: > [ul] > [li]Street vendors[/li][li]Sporting events[/li][li]Camping[/li][li]A family barbeque[/li][li]Any outdoor event etc.[/li][/ul]I find hot dogs very enjoyable. > > However in any of the following: > [ul] > [li]Made at home on the stove[/li][li]Bought from a fast-food place[/li][li]Bought from a restaurant[/li][li]Bought (cooked) indoors anywhere etc.[/li][/ul]I find them incredibly gross. I can’t really think of another food like this. Try Nathan’s Famous. Your troubles will be over. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/19 "2016-05-10T23:22:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And Der Weinerschnitzel. And Pup ‘n’ Taco. I used to love Wienerschnitzel’s Polish sandwich…serious addiction. Unfortunately, the only one for 50 miles was recently bought out by some upscale BBQ joint…I mean $8 for a 3-inch diameter bbq sandwich? Really? I could gobble down a half dozen of them easily, but I’m not so much into paying $50 for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737/20 "2016-05-10T23:38:17Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Okay, I finally took the plunge, and went to my local Burger King to sample these new hot dogs. They are not exactly up to Chicago standards, but they are still pretty good. The dogs themselves were grilled, which is nice, and the buns were of decent construction. I had a “classic” and a “chili cheese” style, passed on the “Whopper” style dog. > > They were a bit on the small side, and eating two of them was no great stretch. One dog and a side of fries might not have been enough food for a decent lunch. > > Anyone else give them a whirl? > > [http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b571/jcesarone999/2016-05-10%2013.53.34\_zpsfmifhvc3.jpg](http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b571/jcesarone999/2016-05-10%2013.53.34_zpsfmifhvc3.jpg) Those actually look pretty good. Although there no way they’re ever coming to Canada.