# What's your favorite solution to the "Hotdogs come in 10's and Buns in 12's" problem. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 1, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305 "2000-07-01T21:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_In\_The\_Cape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Cat\_In\_The\_Cape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_In_The_Cape)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/1 "2000-07-01T21:36:10Z")
Also, “bun length hotdogs” come in 8’s, and “sandwich size buns come in 6’s” I think the answer is political, and could be solved without drawn-out legislation. We just get Gore to “jawbone” the meat industry, then Bush would be obliged to support the bakers. On election day, the winning side would declare a “mandate” and get the food department to require all “wrong-sized” packages to have large, embarassing disclamers like “Non-Standard Count”. No size would be actually made illegal, but the resulting changes would be immediate anyway. What do you think? Would it work? Who wants to help me write to the candidates? Also, which way would you prefer the result to be? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/2 "2000-07-01T21:42:30Z")
Buy six packs of hot dogs and five packs of buns. Cook and eat the whole damn lot. Sue the manufacturers for encouraging obesity and heart disease. Die before the case is settled[sup]_[/sup]. [sup]_[/sup]yeah, it’s a pyrrhic victory. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/3 "2000-07-01T21:49:57Z")
Since my kids don’t usually eat the bun, it doesn’t really matter. It never evens out anyway. Half the time I prepare tube steaks, I find myself eating them wrapped in a slice of Wonder Bread. We never seem to have excess bunnage. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/4 "2000-07-01T23:15:45Z")
Since the buns go stale long before the hot dogs go rancid, it seems to work out well for me. Or, I toss the dog a couple buns. ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/5 "2000-07-01T23:50:39Z")
We buy veggie (soy) hot dogs–our favorite brands come in packs of 8 so THEY match the pkgs of buns. 😛 Heck, most hot dogs have a ton of filler anyway–why not go all the way to 100% filler. 😉 Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![shagadelicmysteryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@shagadelicmysteryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shagadelicmysteryman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/6 "2000-07-02T05:03:08Z")
That’s easy. They have schitsophrenic people package the buns. 12…12…12…12…12…12…12…12… gotta have twelve. No more than 12. No less than 12. Can’t have an odd number. 12…12…12…12… they package hot dogs in 10 because that is the only number that will allow the pigs intestines to be divided up evenly enough to allow a big enough hot dog to fit the bun. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/7 "2000-07-02T07:29:59Z")
Most of the brands of Hotdogs I buy come in packages of five or eight, since I buy larger sausages. Still, HD buns are usefull for other things…quick grilled garlic bread for one thing. ---
**Author:** ![T\_G\_I\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@T\_G\_I\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_G_I_F)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/8 "2000-07-02T07:57:24Z")
Since hot dogs are shipped national, and bread products have to be local, the hot dogs should rule the roost. They have the most reason to stay uniform. If I were a baker, I would definitely change packaging. 10’s can be sold for less than 12, with a higher margin, and still be practical because there would be less going stale. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/9 "2000-07-02T16:11:54Z")
I just feed any excess to the dogs. This serves two purposes. One, it makes the dogs very happy, and two, it eliminates all worry about such pointless things. Extra buns and/or links are just not worth worrying about to this degree. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/10 "2000-07-02T16:19:30Z")
I buy nonfat weiners, they come in packs of 8, buns come in packs of 8. duh. ALso, dunno about you, but here you can buy at the meat counter as many weiners as you want…german ones. They are tastey. ---
**Author:** ![Sledman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sledman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sledman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/11 "2000-07-03T20:23:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*I buy nonfat weiners, they come in packs of 8, buns come in packs of 8. duh. > > \*\* So… it is clearly a conspiracy by the health food industry. Personally I love Oscar Meyer Cheese Hot dogs off the grill and would never let a bun interfere with my enjoyment of this delicacy. Hot dogs in general I don’t like unless they have been in a foil like wrapper for awhile and cost $4 at a Packer or Brewer game. Not sure why but that is the only place i enjoy plain hotdogs. Vienna/Chicago dogs are another story. However as none of this is really on topic let me say i don’t run into the problem with Hotdogs only with Johnsnonville Bratwurst. Again we return our eyes to the clearly guilty health food industry! ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/12 "2000-07-03T21:40:36Z")
Here’s Cecil’s column as to why they don’t come in packages of the same amount: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_350.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_350.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/13 "2000-07-04T01:52:18Z")
Where I live, buns are available in packs of 10, which matches nicely with the dogs I eat. BTW, I don’t eat hot dogs, I prefer 100% beef franks. Whether they’re actually better or I’m merely justifying, DON’T TELL ME! I don’t want to know. It’s why I never read the list of ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/14 "2000-07-05T05:11:46Z")
Good question, since the hotdogs I usually buy come in packs of 12 and so do the hot dog buns. Where the heck do you live? ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-solution-to-the-hotdogs-come-in-10s-and-buns-in-12s-problem/24305/15 "2000-07-05T17:10:56Z")
Donate the extra to your local food pantry. Then you can feel like you really contributed something when you show up for thanksgiving dinner.