Just because you've made a hot dog before doesn't mean you're doing it right. Here's how to cook the juiciest, most flavorful dogs you've ever had.

While you ready your hot dogs to be baked, you'll need to get the oven preheated to a piping 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The slice to be made down the length of the hot dogs should be a shallow one.

1. Grilled Given that grilling is the preferred method of cooking hot dogs (according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council), it makes sense to start here. “All meat is improved by browning.

According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council’s latest published records, Los Angeles was the country’s top consumer of hot dogs in 2023, eating more than 30 million pounds annually.