Guess How Far The Average Hot Dog Travels On A Roller Grill At 7/11

My companion and I chose a hot dog with a distinctive divot mark and timed ten full revolutions. We then used the “lap” timer on my phone to get a more precise measurement. After several trials, we compared notes, and came up with an average Big Bite treadmill speed of 7.53 rotations/minute.

The third data point—maximum roller time—was the slipperiest of all. A dive into the 7-Eleven franchise agreement revealed that hot food served at every location must exhibit “compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and codes, including the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Model Food Code.”

Taking the official Hot Dog Distance Calculation, with MRT standing for maximum roller time:

(hot dog circumference) * (roller speed) * (MRT) = distance traveled

And plugging in the relevant data:

7.9 cm / rot * 7.53 rot / min * 202 min = 12016.37 cm = .074 miles

The longest-traveled hot dog yet recorded in Massachusetts has gone .074 miles. If it were moving down a track rather than in place, its lifespan would have taken it from the starting line to a little past the first curve.

Honestly, I thought it would have been farther. I’m not even sure a hot dog traveling a tenth of a mile is even blog worth. Regrettably, I already saved the graphic and stuff so there’s nothing I can do.

That being said, maybe that’s the average but if you’re a savage like my co-host Kate, than you’ve eaten hotdogs that have traveled much further than one-tenth of a mile. This bad boy that ole Katie 2 Dogs scarfed down on Friday had to at least run a 5k on the roller grill.

Not judging. A meal is a meal.

Anyway, that was a hot roller blog on a Monday morning because I’m too depressed to write about our beloved Jaguars.