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Best hot dogs in America: We tested 15 popular brands
The first hot dog of summer is a sacred, precious thing, one of life’s simplest and most fleeting pleasures. It’s best consumed in a backyard, right off the grill. Or at the ballpark. Or next to a pool. It is not best in a windowless, fluorescent-lit …