The hot dog is topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, pickled sport peppers and a dash of celery salt….Chicago-style hot dog.

An All-Beef Home Run The all-beef hot dog proliferated in Chicago thanks to a wave of Jewish immigrants, who quickly realized that America’s craze for the little sausages made hot dog vending a great way to earn a living.

The now-defunct Fluky’s, started in 1929, claimed to have invented the original Chicago-style dog, then called a “Depression Sandwich.” That recipe varied slightly from the current standard: The original had a frankfurter topped with mustard, pickle relish, onions, a dill pickle, hot peppers, lettuce and tomatoes for 5 …

Kraig notes that Abe Drexler [founder of Fluky’s hot dog stands] claimed he invented the Chicago-style dog around Maxwell Street in the late ’20s, but that “there isn’t really any evidence for that.” Instead, Kraig says, the dish came together through contributions from many Chicago ethnic groups, and evolved into a …

Chicago hot dogs adhere to a strict no-ketchup policy. Heinz rebranded its classic tomato ketchup as “Chicago Dog Sauce” in an attempt to show people the red sauce might not ruin their hot dogs the way they think it would. People assailed the campaign on Twitter.

Chicago-style relish is a type of sweet pickle relish typically used on Chicago-style hot dogs. The unique color of the relish, often referred to as “neon green”, is created by adding blue dye to regular pickle relish.

Chicago dog relish mixes pickles, mustard, onions, peppers, relish, celery salt, and poppy seeds for a classic Chicago taste in one spoonful.

Pile on the toppings in this order: yellow mustard, sweet green pickle relish, onion, tomato wedges, pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt. The tomatoes should be nestled between the hot dog and the top of the bun.

The Top 10 Most Popular Hot Dog Toppings

1. Mustard. Undoubtedly the king of toppings, mustard makes for the perfect hot dog pair because of its sour, zesty flavour that compliments the salty dog.
2. Ketchup. And right beside the king of toppings is his crimson queen, ketchup.
3. Onions.
4. Chili.
5. Relish.
6. Sauerkraut.
7. Coleslaw.
8. Jalapeño.

Ketchup smothers the flavor of the hot dog because ketchup makers add sugar to their products. That takes the edge off the highly acidic tomatoes, but it takes the edge off everything else, too…

Joey Chestnut sets world record, downs 75 hot dogs in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut eclipsed his own world record Saturday, winning his 13th title in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut downed 75 frankfurters to beat his 2018 mark of 74.

Joey Chestnut

Dangers. Negative health effects of competitive eating include delayed stomach emptying, aspiration pneumonia, perforation of the stomach, Boerhaave syndrome, and obesity. Long term effects of delayed stomach emptying include chronic indigestion, nausea and vomiting.