Unanswered hot dog questions include when and where they first appeared, why they’re called “hot dogs” and how the hot dog got its bun. It’s obvious from the article that hot dogs were already a well-known, cheap street food sold by peddlers. “The hot dog is an industrial food,” historian and hot dog expert Bruce Kraig wrote in his book, Hot Dogs: A Global History. The state doesn’t have its own famous hot dog variant like the Chicago dog or Detroit’s Coney. Dog dealers near youDon’t see you favorite hot dog on the list?