As summer arrives, the fact that hot dogs come in packs of ten but hot-dog buns only come in packs of eight once again existentially unbalances the barbecue season. The mathematically optimal solution ...

Hot dogs and buns are made for each other. But while hot dogs are traditionally sold in packs of 10, buns are sold in in packs of eight. That’s something Andrew in Westlake noticed and asked about on ...

It’s a mystery as old as the lone, hardened hot dog bun wedged in the back of your fridge next to the bottle of milk that’s gone bad: Why do hot dog buns come in a pack different from the number of ...