Hot Dog Is Not A Sandwich

Author Roy Brown

November 2nd, 2020 8:05 AM

There’s a great debate brewing today in America and it has nothing to do with politics.

Tomorrow is National Sandwich Day, which seems to always raise questions about exactly what counts as a sandwich.

For example – is a hot dog considered a sandwich? Strictly speaking, if you go by the Merriam-Webster definition, it is. The dictionary defines a sandwich as “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between.”

However, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council say a hot dog is just a hot dog and not a sandwich.

This argument could go on forever, so put it aside and just enjoy a hot dog!

• Competitive Eaters Gorge At Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

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  NEW YORK, NY - JULY 04: Joey Chestnut competes in the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2018 in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut won the contest, eating a Coney Island record 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

• Competitive Eaters Square Off At Fourth of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest

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  NEW YORK - JULY 4: A plate of hot dogs sit on a table at the annual Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island July 4, 2005 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Kobayashi won for the fifth year in a row eating 49 hotdogs in 12 minutes. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

• Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Champions Attend Official Weigh-In

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  NEW YORK - JULY 02: Former champion Takeru Kobayashi bites a hot dog at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest official weigh-in ceremony July 2, 2009 in New York City. Joey Chestnut defeated arch rival Kobayashi of Japan in an overtime battle last year by consuming 64 hot dogs. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
• Professional Eaters Compete In Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

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  NEW YORK, NY - JULY 04: A man holds hog dogs as he a visits the hot dog restaurant Nathans before the eating contest on July 4, 2019 in New York City. Nathan's held its first hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on July 4, 1916. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

• Hot Dog Eating Contest At Coney Island

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  NEW YORK - JULY 4: Takeru Kobayashi of Japan smiles over the pile of hot dogs that shows how much he ate at the annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island July 4, 2003 in New York City. Kobayashi, who set a world record of 50 1/2 hot dogs in last years contest, downed 44 to easy win again this year. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

• Annual Hot Dog Lunch Held For Lawmakers On Capitol Hill

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  WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 19: Hot dogs are on ready to be eaten during the American Meat Institute's annual Hot Dog Lunch in the Rayburn courtyard on July 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The hot dog lunch held during National Hot Dog month has been celebrated for decades in Washington, more than 1,000 lawmakers, Administration officials and Capitol Hill staff enjoy the hot dogs. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
• Vienna Beef Hot Dogs Get National Distribution Deal

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  CHICAGO - JUNE 4: A Vienna Beef hot dog is prepared "Chicago style" at the company's retail store June 4, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. Vienna Beef recently signed a deal with Target Corp. to sell the company's hot dogs at its 1,350 Target store food courts and packaged for retail in the 1,000 Target stores that sell groceries. The deal will mark the first time the Chicago-produced hot dogs have been available nationwide in the company's 100+ year history. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

• Oscar Mayer Wieners Vist Chicago school

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  400014 05: An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is parked January 23, 2002 outside the Oscar Mayer Elementary School in Chicago. Oscar Mayer kicked off a national classroom vocal contest at Chicagos Oscar Mayer Elementary School to recognize and encourage performing arts in Education. The school was presented $10,000 worth of musical equipment and tours of one of four Wienermobiles parked in the schools playground as a thank you from Oscar Mayer for helping to support the kick-off of the School House Jam talent search contest. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Source: National Hot Dog and Sausage Council

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