America’s best hot dog

美国最佳热狗

Today, Explained

2026-07-25

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Chef José Andrés explains what makes the winning wiener. A DC hot dog vendor respectfully disagrees. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A Seattle hot dog. Photo by Scott Suchman and food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Today Explained, Sean Romsfirm here in Washington, D.C., outside the National Building Museum,

  • where I'm actually standing next to the most popular hot dog cart in the city.

  • It's called Shysters.

  • And we're here today because it's the summer.

  • And hot dog is a classic summer food.

  • Americans eat something like 20 billion hot dogs a year, but we wanted to figure out what the best hot dog is.

  • So we're going to ask some customers.

  • Good bun is like number one.

  • Also, don't cheap it out on like the beef.

  • I don't eat meat, so I'd have to go with a delicious vegan dog.

  • I generally go for the sauerkraut and mustard.

  • I would want to see ketchup.

  • Just ketchup?

  • No, ketchup and mustard.

  • So the ideal is ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut.

  • So to me, a hot dog is about the experience with the people.

  • It's about the friends we made along the way.

  • We're going to ask celebrity chef Jose Andres,

  • who recently tried to figure out what the best hot dog is, for his opinion on Today Explained from Vox.

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