While the age of immediate access to all available knowledge has stolen the mystique from many things in the world, the hot dog remains a mystery in many ways. Is it a sandwich? What exactly is it ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Be honest, it's something that's probably happened to you- you're shopping for a cookout at your place and when you go to stock up on hot dogs the number of dogs and buns isn't the same.

It turns out, the standard bun pan size and hot dog weight measuring system don’t quite align. The normal hot dog bun pan makes eight buns while hot dog manufacturers tend to divide the weight into ...