JULY IS NATIONAL HOT DOG
MONTH.
TOMORROW IS NATIONAL HOT DOG
DAY.
CHICAGO TASTE AUTHORITY IS
CELEBRATING TODAY.
THEY HAVE FIVE CENT HOT DOG
DEAL.
OUR FAVORITE, THEIR ANNUAL
CHARITY HOT DOG EATING CONTEST.
KYLIE IS LIVE ON THE ROOF TOP.
Reporter: IT IS NATIONAL HOT
DOG DAY TOMORROW.
IT IS NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY JUST
ABOUT EVERY DAY.
HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING?
WE HAVE TO PUSH IT FORWARD
AND HAVE A GOOD DAY WITH IT.
Reporter: TELL US ABOUT THE
CHANGE.
YOU CHANGED YOUR NAME.
WE SHORTENED IT.
FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS WE HAVE
BEEN CHRIS AND ROB'S CHICAGO
TASTE AUTHORITY.
WE DID A REMODEL IN BOTH
LOCATIONS.
PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED WAS CHRIS
AND ROBS WAS.
WE DECIDED TO STICK WITH THE
CHICAGO TASTE AUTHORITY.
Reporter: THERE IS NO
MESSING THAT UP.
NOT EVERYONE HAS THE PLEASURE
OF HANGING OUT WITH YOU ON THE
WCCO ROOF TOP AND MAKING HOT
DOGS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE FIVE CENT
PROMOTION.
TODAY IT IS FIVE CENTS FOR A
CHICAGO DOG WITH A PURCHASE OF
A LARGE DRINK AND LARGE FRENCH
FRY.
WE HAVE A HOT DOG EATING
CONTEST AT 3:00.
IT WILL BE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
AND FIRE.
ST. PAUL POLICE AND FIRE.
TEAMS OF TWO.
WE DONATE $250 TO THE POOL TO
START AND $25 FOR EVERY HOTTING
TO THE GROUP EATS.
FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS
MINNESOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
NEVER LOST.
THEY HOLD THE RECORD OF EIGHT
CHICAGO DOGS IN FIVE MINUTES
FULLY LOADED.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
Reporter: I DON'T THINK I
CAN WATCH THAT.
THERE IS A BIG CROWD.
THERE IS FIRE ENGINES AND
POLICE CARS.
IT IS GREAT TO DONATE BACK AND
GIVE TO A CAUSE AND PURPOSE.
Reporter: WHERE IS THE MONEY
GOING?
DEPENDS ON THE WINNER.
WE NEVER DECIDE THE WINNER.
Reporter: LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR HOT DOGS.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT
MAKES THEM DIFFERENT.
THEY ARE HEALTHIER THAN MOST
HOT DOGS.
WE HAVE OUR OWN HOT DOGS
MANUFACTURED FOR US IN CHICAGO
WITH EIGHT INGREDIENTS.
ONE% BEEF, WATER AND SIX
SPICES.
THERE IS NO PRESERVATIVES.
THEY ARE ALWAYS FRESH NEVER
FROZEN.
Reporter: YOU ARE FEELING
BETTER WHEN YOU ARE EATING IT.
PEOPLE THAT EAT NITRATES GET
HEADACHES AND THEY ARE NOT SURE
WHAT CAUSES IT.
Reporter: I GIVE YOU
PERMISSION TO EAT AS MANY ROB
AND CHRIS' HOT DOGS AS YOU
WANT.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.
THEY ARE 227 CALORIES FULLY
LOADED.
Reporter: THAT IS
SURPRISING.
IT IS BASICALLY HEALTH FOOD.
IN CHICAGOWITH THE INGREDIENTS
YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE RED ITEM
WITH THE K THAT'S FULL OF SUGAR
AND SALT.
Reporter: YOU DID A BIG
MODEL IN THE MINNEAPOLIS
LOCATION.
ST. PAUL STARTS ON MONDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
FIVE CENTS WITH A DRINK IS A
GOOD DEAL FOR A HOT DOG.
THAT IS A GREAT DEAL.
CAN WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
NAME CHANGE?
WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM JASON.
YOU NEVER SEE CHRIS.
DID THEY CHANGE THE NAME
BECAUSE ROB DID SOMETHING WITH
CHRIS?
CHRIS IS STILL AROUND.
WHEN DAVE AND BUSTERS CAME TO
TOGETHER.
YOU NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE.
CHICAGO TASTE AUTHORITY WE
DEFINE WE ARE REALLY CHICAGO.
WE LITERALLY FOLLOW THE LAW AND
NOT CUT CORNERS.
Reporter: WE DON'T HAVE
CHRIS HERE TO SAY HE IS OKAY.
TO SAY THAT ROB HASN'T DONE
SOMETHING TO HIM.
SEND US A PICTURE OF HIM
HOLDING TODAY'S NEWSPAPER.
THEY ARE A STAPLE AT THE
PICNIC.
TOMORROW IS NATIONAL HOT DOG
DAY.
WE ARE CELEBRATING A DAY EARLY.
KYLIE IS UP ON THE ROOF TOP
WITH MORE ON A LOCAL RESTAURANT
THAT'S DOING THE SAME THING.
Reporter: VERY SERIOUS ABOUT
HOT DOGS AT WCCO.
WE HAVE ROB FROM CHICAGO TASTE
AUTHORITY WITH US.
GOOD MORNING.
IT IS PART OF THE OLD ONE BUT
NEW.
LAST AUGUST OR SO WE DECIDED
TO SHORTEN THE NAME TO FOCUS ON
WHAT WE WANT TO DO WHICH IS
CHICAGO'S TASTE AUTHORITY.
IT WAS ALWAYS CHRIS AND ROB'S
BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANT.
NOW WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL THE
RULES AND TRADITIONS TO 100%
CHICAGO AUTHENTIC.
Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO
THE HOT DOG THIS IS A BIG DAY.
IT IS LIKE CHRISTMAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF SUMMER.
Reporter: IT IS ONE OF THE
BEST DAYS OF THE YEAR.
YOU ARE STARTING WITH A HOG DOT
EATING CONTEST.
3:00 TODAY IN MINNEAPOLIS
WE'LL HOST ST. PAUL POLICE AND
FIRE AND MINNEAPOLIS POLICE AND
FIRE IN A HOT DOG EATING
CONTEST.
LAST YEAR MINNEAPOLIS RULED
EATING EIGHT CHICAGO DOGS IN
FIVE MINUTES.
Reporter: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE CHICAGO-STYLE HOT DOG.
IT IS SPECIFIC.
GROWING UP IN CHICAGO WE
HAVE A POPPY SEED BUN THAT GETS
STEAMED.
WE USE 100% BEEF HOT DOG.
AT CHRIS AND ROBS WE MAKE OUR
OWN FROM SCRATCH IN CHICAGO.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIVES AND NO MSG
AND PRESERVATIVES.
Reporter: BASICALLY A SALAD.
FULLY LOADED IT IS 227
CALORIES.
THE TOPPINGS COME FROM THE
GARDEN.
WE START WITH MUSTARD AND
RELISH.
Reporter: THE COLOR IS WILD.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RIVER
WATER IN CHICAGO, IT LOOKS JUST
LIKE THAT.
ONION.
TWO SLICES OF TOMATOES.
WE LIKE TO USE ROMA SO THEY GET
MORE MEAT AND LESS WATER.
TWO SPORT PEPPERS.
THEY ARE LIKE A JALAPENO BUT IF
A JALAPENO IS A TEN THESE ARE A
FIVE.
WE TOP IT OFF WITH CELERY SALT.
LOADED.
Reporter: YOU HAVE A GREAT
DEAL TODAY.
FIVE CENTS FOR ONE OF THESE
IF YOU BUY A LARGE FRY AND A
LARGE DRINK AT EITHER THE ST.
PAUL OR MINNEAPOLIS LOCATION.
Reporter: MATT BRICKMAN
WANTED US TO MENTION HOW GOOD
THE FRIES ARE.
HE SAID THEY ARE ONE OF THE
BEST HE'S HAD.
HE SAID WE HAVE TO GET FRIES
WITH SEASONED SOUR CREAM.
THAT'S THE ANY WIFE'S FAVORITE
CREATION.
Reporter: THAT SOUNDS SO
GOOD.
I THINK YOU HAVE MY BROTHER
HELD UP IN YOUR BASEMENT.