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At the same time, notes Riley, the sausage that would become known as the hot dog came to U.S. shores by way of the Germans and Austrians, which is why we call them âfrankfurtersâ like Frankfurt, Germany, or âwieners,â named after Vienna, Austria.
Gus Hauf, a Hygrade employee, had already developed his secret recipe for the hot dog that decade. His co-worker, Mary Ann Kirk, came up with the Ball Park name, cementing the relationship between baseball and hot dogs. For her out-of-the-park idea, Mary Ann earned $25 and a leather chair. Michigan had kind of the best frankfurters in the country, said Joel Stone, the curator of the Detroit Historical Museum.