10 HOTDOGS, 8 BUNS: WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?

Ever wonder why there are 10 hotdogs to a pack, but only 8 buns in a bag? Here’s your answer. According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council:
– The hot dogs are sold in packs of 10 because producers of meat products selected that quantity when hot dogs started to sell at retail grocery stores in the 1940s. Oscar Mayer sold hot dogs by the pound in accordance with how meat is typically priced. Having 10 dogs that weighed 1.6 ounces each seemed like the ideal distribution of weight.
– Buns and sandwich rolls are usually sold eight to a pack because the baking trays for the elongated buns are typically sized to fit that number. Two sets of four buns come off the tray, which is the reason why buns are often still attached to one another when you open a bag.
The baking standards were created independently of one another: Bakeries didn’t think about hot dogs when they were settling on a four-roll tray standard, and hot dog manufacturers weren’t thinking about buns when they came up with the 10 dogs to a pack.
* Good to know our food industry is using still using standards developed 80 years ago.
* Well, some convenience stores are selling hot dogs on the rotisserie from 80 years ago, so it all balances out.
* Thanks for bringing this up. Now here’s what’s gonna happen next: They’ll drop the hot dogs to 8 to a pack, and leave the price the same.
* The other answer is, pig lips and rectums are just bigger than wheat lips and rectums, so there’s more raw material for the hot dogs than the buns.