Top 10 Best Hot Dog Brands

The first time I heard of Nathan's was near the end of softball season last summer when my daughter told me that is what the concession stand has at the community youth program baseball and softball park where my granddaughter plays and practices.

I tried one (with NO ketchup or mustard), and it was the first time I thoroughly enjoyed an unadorned hot dog on a bun! They weren't available in many places in our area of Southwestern Indiana, but they now have them in one of the local grocery chain stores -- Schnuck's -- so I now purchase them for use at home.

I had been using the Oscar Mayer Angus beef hot dogs, and those are good too, but Nathan's has a special flavor that I just love.

Grilled or fried, there is no choice but Hoffman's. When I was in the service, my folks would bring a few bags of Hoffman's Coneys and German Franks with them when they visited in Texas or California.

By the time we got back from meeting them at the airport, my Navy friends would have the grill fired up in the yard and be waiting for the barbecue to start. While folks will claim sailors will eat almost anything, pity the poor soul that got between them and the first batch off the grill.

Hofmann's is always a winner in my book. Great local dog in CNY, and they have great customer service. A lot of people do not know it, but they are more than just a hot dog and a snappy!

I wonder if people know about their specialty sausages yet. If not, you gotta try them! They make this Cheddar Beer Brat and Beer Brat and Cheddar Jalapeno Sausage that are AMAZING.

I am not really supposed to eat hot dogs due to the high sodium and cholesterol in them, but when I moved from one side of town to the next, I saw them at a grocery store I had not frequented in years. I tried the jumbo dogs.

The best hot dog ever in my opinion, and I have had many of them.

I'm a born New Yorker, so take it from a simple guy who comes from a city that takes their dogs seriously. Being that, I was passionate about Sabrett since childhood and changed into a Hebrew National fan drastically.

That says a lot about the quality of Hebrew National, when providing pure excellence at its best as well as healthy too!

I always pick the Beef Dinner Franks, and they're delicious! These are the same hot dogs from the food court, and buying them frozen tastes just as good. The sesame buns in stock at Costco are also the same ones from the food court.

I have had every major brand and several of the smaller brands, and I say Ball Park should be top of the list, followed by Hebrew National. They are the best for frying, grilling, and boiling.

If you don't know how to grill a hot dog, don't knock the brand.

I have always loved Ball Park's flavor ever since I was a little boy many years ago, and today they are still my number one hot dog, followed by Oscar Mayer's.

My husband and I are always battling over the best hot dogs. I've always preferred Ball Park. He likes Nathan's best. I will stick by Ball Park forever!

Not even close to ANY other hot dog on this list! But it must have the skin on! And for those on here that are so concerned with the health issues of a hot dog in general, don't eat them, any of them! Try a salad instead.

For me, someone who doesn't want to live forever...GIVE ME A SABRETT, brown mustard, and sauerkraut, every day! "Ball Park" too funny!

Sabrett's remind me of growing up in Hoboken and are definitely the best-boiled dog! Just about every intersection (or corner) had a hot dog cart, and you couldn't walk by without wanting one.

I remember having what they called a (hot winnie), which was a dog with the works including potatoes and extra hot mustard.

In Chicago, there is no real Chicago dog but Vienna brand pure beef hot dogs. If you visit here and go out for the famous dogs and you see it is not Vienna brand, then you are getting ripped off.

In Chicago, it is the number 1 brand used by all the best places. I have also tried all the above-mentioned brands and they do not come close. Once you try it, you will have to agree.

In Chicago, the Vienna brand 100% All Beef Hot Dog is king. When pulling up to any hot dog stand in the city, the first thing most Chicagoans look for is the Vienna Beef logo. If it's not there, don't stop.

Not that many places still make natural casing dogs that seal in the juices and give the dog a snap at the first bite.

I like these at home with mustard. I love National Coney Island (in Michigan, my wife's hometown) as a fully dressed chili dog. Two different dogs for two different styles.

My wife likes the Ball Park wiener, but when they are grilled, they blow up and look strange. Oscar Mayer tastes great and grills better than Ball Park.

Can't go wrong with the American classic Oscar Mayer wiener. I love the ones made with chicken and pork best, however.

In my 80-year-old opinion, Boar's Head beef franks are absolutely superior to all those mentioned here. None of the popular brands (such as Hebrew National, Nathan's, Ball Park, et al.) are in the same class.

Make sure you buy the all-beef or beef and pork with natural casing to get that snap when you bite into it. The taste really delivers. Absolutely delicious.

Boar's Head offers a flavor profile in its natural casing dog similar to Sabrett with a lower sodium taste. Being born in New Yorker, I miss the Sabrett carts, but they are a cheaper-made version of a Boar's Head natural casing dog, not to slight the Boar's Head natural casing knocks.