Here's the story: Harry Stevens began the tradition of selling hot dogs at sporting events in 1901 at the New York Polo Grounds. Vendors served the dogs from portable hot water tanks, yelling: "They're red hot! Get your dachshund sausages while they're red hot!"

Hearing the vendors' calls, Dorgan drew a cartoon depicting a dachshund (the dog) lying in a bun. He was unsure how to spell "dachshund" so he simply wrote, "Hot Dog!"

Source: National Hot Dog and Sausage Council

It was Tad Dorgan who gave the hot dog its name. Hearing the vendors' calls, he drew a cartoon depicting a dachshund (the dog) lying in a bun. He was unsure how to spell "dachshund" so he simply wrote, "Hot Dog!"

Source: National Hot Dog and Sausage Council

Here's the story: Harry Stevens began the tradition of selling hot dogs at sporting events in 1901 at the New York Polo Grounds. Vendors served the dogs from portable hot water tanks yelling, "They're red hot! Get your dachshund sausages while they're red hot!"

Hearing the vendors' calls, Dorgan drew a cartoon depicting a dachshund (the animal) lying in a bun. He was unsure how to spell "dachshund" so he simply wrote, "Hot Dog!"

Source: National Hot Dog and Sausage Council