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Article: Vienna(R) Beef Breaks Record at Taste of Chicago for World's Longest Hot Dog, Measuring a Whopping 37 Feet, 2 Inches.
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- PR Newswire
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- July 1, 2004
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CHICAGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate National Hot Dog Month, Chicago-based Vienna(R) Beef assembled the world's longest hot dog, measuring 37 feet, 2 inches. The Vienna hot dog was more than twice as long as the 16-feet, 1-inch dog the company made last year, also at the Taste of Chicago. At 37 feet, 2 inches, this year's dog also beat the current world record of 34 feet, 5.25 inches made by students from the University of Pretoria and displayed at the Sonop Hostel, Pretoria, South Africa, on Oct. 18, 2003. Vienna Beef is the official hot dog of the Taste.
The 37-foot and 2-inch hot dog was set in a record-breaking S. Rosen's bun. "This year we broke ...