# Why don't Burger King or McDonalds sell hot dogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204 "2008-12-01T17:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/21 "2008-12-01T20:53:22Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > Kinda hijacking, but why haven’t the hot dog/chili places (Skyline, etc.) moved out West? Your average Chicagolander would not like Skyline chili. It is nasty stuff. Ohio can keep it. Real chili does not have cinnamon in it. The reason I heard Wendy’s got rid of Hot Dogs was because they are to hard to figure out how many to keep on hand. Some days they would sell like crazy and other days not so much. During a normal lunch rush you need to be able to estimate how mush food product to start cooking, without a solid average you would waste food or not have enough ready. It could really hold things up. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/22 "2008-12-01T20:54:35Z")
> [@BarnOwl](#): > > KFC doesn’t sell hamburgers, and that disappointed me a bit. > > Their Fries are delicious and I was hoping I could get a burger there too. Yum! Foods, which owns KFC, A&W, Pizza Hut, and Long John Silvers has been experimenting with combination stores for the last few years. Near my house is a KFC/A&W which sells both chicken and burgers. I love going there to get chicken and A&W root beer on tap. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/23 "2008-12-01T21:01:58Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > Your average Chicagolander would not like Skyline chili. It is nasty stuff. Ohio can keep it. Real chili does not have cinnamon in it. It’s not a matter of “real” chili vs. “fake” chili, but rather a matter of what cuisine the chili is based on. Cincinnati chili is based on Greek cuisine, unlike most chili, which is based on Tex-Mex cuisine. Ed ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/24 "2008-12-01T21:05:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Because out here we already have something called “chili.” If Skyline tried to open a location in Texas, there would be lynchings. Lynchings? Naw, pointing and laughing fer sure, but no lynching. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/25 "2008-12-01T21:11:46Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > Your average Chicagolander would not like Skyline chili. It is nasty stuff. Ohio can keep it. Real chili does not have cinnamon in it. Preach! When I lived in the local homeless shelter there were some people who would come in once a month to cook a “special” dinner for us. Often this was homemade chili or spaghetti. I soon stopped coming down for dinner on those nights, because both their chili and their spaghetti sauce tasted as if one of the primary flavorings was fruit punch or red Kool-Aid. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/26 "2008-12-01T21:12:52Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Yum! Foods, which owns KFC, A&W, Pizza Hut, and Long John Silvers has been experimenting with combination stores for the last few years. Near my house is a KFC/A&W which sells both chicken and burgers. I love going there to get chicken and A&W root beer on tap. And Taco Bell. We’ve got a KFC/A&W combo in my town, and across the river they have a KFC/Taco Bell combo store. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/27 "2008-12-01T22:18:40Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Also it would not only require the hotdog itself, but almost everything to go along with it, sourkrout, buns, onions, mustard (some McD’s only have ketchup). > > It’s much easier to make another hamburger by recombining what they have already. What? Every MickeyD’s I’ve ever been to has mustard and onions on their burgers. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/28 "2008-12-01T22:36:08Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > And Taco Bell. We’ve got a KFC/A&W combo in my town, and across the river they have a KFC/Taco Bell combo store. There’s a combo Taco Bell/Long John Silver’s across the street from my house, or as I call it “Captain Sanchez’ Greasy Hangover Hideout and Fry-a-teria.” They will not make me a fish taco however. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/29 "2008-12-01T23:00:22Z")
Sonic (mostly drive-ins) sells “foot long coneys” which are covered in cheese, onions, and chili. I know this because my husband occasionally gets a hankering for them. Sonic also sells corn dogs, which are hot dogs dipped in a cornmeal batter and deep fried. Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. Of course Sonic has also sold Frito chili pies, which are Fritos corn chips, chili, and onions. I don’t know if Sonic puts cheese on these or not, but we certainly do at home. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/30 "2008-12-01T23:06:04Z")
Anyone can make a hotdog. Very few can make a McDonald’s whatever just they way they do. They’d have to figure out how to make a McHotdog you couldn’t get anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/31 "2008-12-01T23:28:20Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > McD has Johnsonville brats on the menu from time to time here in IL/WI. Came here to say this. They are nasty, precooked, faux brats, but brats nonetheless. I think they are a winter seasonal item. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/32 "2008-12-01T23:29:43Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Anyone can make a hotdog. Very few can make a McDonald’s whatever just they way they do. They’d have to figure out how to make a McHotdog you couldn’t get anywhere else. A McDog… I don’t know whether to laugh or to scream. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/33 "2008-12-01T23:33:14Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Sonic also sells corn dogs, which are hot dogs dipped in a cornmeal batter and deep fried. I grieve for people who need to have “corn dog” explained to them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/34 "2008-12-01T23:36:22Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > A McDog… I don’t know whether to laugh or to scream. Well, if you’re an average American, you’ll probably scream then have one anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/35 "2008-12-02T00:05:04Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I was thinking of this as well, but if they are selling hot dogs 2/$1.00 at places like Speedway and 7-11, selling one hot dog at $1.00 would be overpriced. But brats sell in my neighborhood in the summer for $2.50 each. Course they are not “true” hot dogs and usually offered from a fundraiser tent. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/36 "2008-12-02T00:12:54Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I grieve for people who need to have “corn dog” explained to them. ☹ Not every country is as enamored of deep fried cornmeal as we are. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/37 "2008-12-02T00:15:13Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Not every country is as enamored of deep fried cornmeal as we are. Those poor, deprived furriners. With their high life expectancies and their clear arteries. We must evangelize! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/38 "2008-12-02T00:21:58Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > **Your average Chicagolander would not like Skyline chili. It is nasty stuff. Ohio can keep it. Real chili does not have cinnamon in it.** > > The reason I heard Wendy’s got rid of Hot Dogs was because they are to hard to figure out how many to keep on hand. Some days they would sell like crazy and other days not so much. During a normal lunch rush you need to be able to estimate how mush food product to start cooking, without a solid average you would waste food or not have enough ready. It could really hold things up. :mad::mad::mad: Bite your tounge! 🙂 Actually, I prefer Texas-style chili too, and I’m not fond of Skyline on spaghetti. But man that stuff is **great** on coneys (chili dogs) with mustard, onions and shredded cheddar cheese. it’s the best chili dog going! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/39 "2008-12-02T00:30:00Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Yum! Foods, which owns KFC, A&W, Pizza Hut, and Long John Silvers has been experimenting with combination stores for the last few years. Near my house is a KFC/A&W which sells both chicken and burgers. I love going there to get chicken and A&W root beer on tap. Where’s that at? I know of a Long John A&W, and a couple KenTacoHuts, but don’t recall seeing a KFCA&W around. > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Sonic also sells corn dogs, which are hot dogs dipped in a cornmeal batter and deep fried. Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I grieve for people who need to have “corn dog” explained to them. ☹ Heh, seriously. Who - in America, at least, where most of the members of this board are from - needs to have a corn dog explained to them? 😕 I find that about equivalent to explaining what a Chevrolet is, or who Babe Ruth was. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204/40 "2008-12-02T00:31:06Z")
Hardee’s used to make them. I worked at one briefly in the 80’s, and I remember a a chili cheese dog being on the menu. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-burger-king-or-mcdonalds-sell-hot-dogs/475204.md?page=3)