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February 2, 2011
Serious Eats is searching for America's best hotdog.  Up now, an East coast hotdog extravaganza.  The Midwest will be up soon...
A step-by-step guide to every condiment and step in making the perfect, authentic Chicago-style hot dog.
Part I: The Ingredients We'll begin with the dog, which is actually the most difficult to get right. A true Chicago dog needs a natural-casing hot dog, preferably (though it's not mandatory) made by the Vienna Beef company. Yet even in Chicago, it is hard to find a dog with natural casings. Most grocery-store hot dogs are packaged without casings, also known as "skinless." Yet the casing is a mandatory part of the hot dog...