The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

In no order at all, here are some of my observations and comparisons of Utilitarian Dogs, Genteel Dogs and Artisan Dogs. Feel free to add yo...

While certainly a minority in the WVHD world, our discussion of hot dog classes can't overlook the hoity-toitiest of the species. These ...

Genteel ( jen-teel ' ) - adjective - 1. Striving to convey a manner or appearance of refinement and respectability. Genteel Dogs are t...

While not exactly snowflake-like, it isn't often that you find perfectly similar West Virginia hot dogs at two HDJs. Just the variation ...

Enough was enough: I had to intervene to help fallen (or at least falling) comrades from their wandering in the desert. You see, ever since ...

Here is a video of a guy named Sean eating the Homewrecker from HillBilly Hot Dogs. That's a 3.5 lbs dawg featuring a 1 lb weenie toppe...

I had heard that there was a new HDJ in Marmet that serves yellow slaw. After making one or two fruitless trips (once I couldn't find it...

I ran across this charming old building while cruising on Route 19 one day while killing some time between meetings. Ironically, it's l...

Three years ago, before the Weenie Rating System had even been invented, I reviewed Whitey's Sandwich Shop in North Charleston. I reprin...

In April we will be revisiting some HDJs that have already been reviewed. The reason for the revisit might be that we felt they could do bet...

While you might expect a donut place to sell this kind of hot dogs , I assure you that the hot dogs they are selling now at Donut Connectio...

I thought they were joking, mistaken or insane when I received the emails about Hot Dog World. "You have to try the Hot Dog Shake"...

New sign I saw in Huntington this week: No more excuses, Diet Boy. I expect a full report by Monday!

NASCAR.com has an...ahem..."interview" with the Martinsville Speedway hot dog.  Silliness aside, I'd like to ask if any of our...

Let me preface this review by apologizing in advance.  I don't have an iPhone like the other cool kids. You'll have to bear with me ...

Ever since a story about this blog appeared in the Logan Banner over a year ago, I have received a large number of emails that claimed that ...

Last weekend I was finally able to make my pilgrimage to Mecca (Loganites, you understand). The video review should be up in a few days.

In another sign that we take ourselves way too seriously, here is our first ever video review of a hot dog joint.

Smokey's Rib House sits on Chestnut Street in the Spring Hill district of South Charleston, just across and up the street from Spring H...

Update: The story ran again this morning and is now up as a story on the WVPR web site where you can either read the transcript or listen t...