Year of the Glizzy ยท by the numbers
2,888
hot dogs eaten by 26 people since January 1
ยท 6.1/day pace
The year so far โ and where it's headed
projected year-end: ~3,337
(range 3,337 โ 3,622)
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projected = net_total + pace ร days_remaining
2,888 + 6.07/day ร 74 days โ 3,337
constants
- pace = trailing-28-day net rate (6.07/day); range uses trailing-14 (6.50) and YTD average (9.92)
- net total counts protests as negative โ the community self-polices
assumptions
- All day boundaries are Pacific time, like everything else on this site.
- The projection assumes tomorrow resembles the last four weeks. Rally, and the number climbs.
scroll โ
laid end to end
440 m of hot dog
2,888 glizzies ร 6 inches each, stacked into the sky
โ ๐๏ธ the Empire State Building (roof) (381 m) โ conquered
also behind us: โ ๐ NFL field 110 mโ ๐ผ Eiffel Tower 330 m
โธ next: ๐ก the Empire State Building (antenna tip)
95%
443 m
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length = net_total ร 0.1524 m
2,888 ร 6 in = 440 m
constants
- 6 in (15.24 cm) per standard hot dog โ National Hot Dog & Sausage Council
assumptions
- Dogs stack tip-to-tip with no squish. Structural integrity not evaluated.
the body ยท protein
31.4 kg of protein
that's 592 chicken breasts โ or one adult's protein needs for 628 days
each ๐ = 10 chicken breasts
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protein = net_total ร 10.87 g = 31.4 kg
breasts = protein รท 53 g
constants
- frank: 57 g beef, bun: 43 g white โ the standard grocery bun-length pack โ USDA FDC 173862 โ Frankfurter, beef, unheated
- per glizzy: 300 kcal, 10.9 g protein, 6.9 g sat fat, 705 mg sodium, 33 mg cholesterol โ USDA FDC 172796 โ Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain
- 53 g protein per average cooked skinless breast (172 g) โ USDA FDC โ Chicken breast, roasted, skinless
- 50 g/day protein Daily Value โ FDA Daily Value: protein 50 g/day
the body ยท saturated fat
344 sticks of butter
20.0 kg of saturated fat โ the sat-fat payload of 344 full sticks
each ๐ง = 5 sticks
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sat_fat = net_total ร 6.92 g = 20.0 kg
sticks = sat_fat รท 58 g per stick
constants
- frank: 57 g beef, bun: 43 g white โ the standard grocery bun-length pack โ USDA FDC 173862 โ Frankfurter, beef, unheated
- per glizzy: 300 kcal, 10.9 g protein, 6.9 g sat fat, 705 mg sodium, 33 mg cholesterol โ USDA FDC 172796 โ Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain
- a 113 g stick of butter carries 58 g saturated fat โ USDA FDC โ Butter, salted
assumptions
- Sticks-of-butter is by saturated fat, not by weight โ by weight it'd be ~2ร worse. You're welcome.
the body ยท sodium
6.9 canisters of salt
2.04 kg of pure sodium = 5.1 kg of table salt โ 886 person-days at the FDA daily limit
each ๐ง = 1 canister
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sodium = net_total ร 705 mg = 2.04 kg
salt = sodium ร 2.5 (NaCl is ~40% sodium)
canisters = salt รท 737 g
constants
- frank: 57 g beef, bun: 43 g white โ the standard grocery bun-length pack โ USDA FDC 173862 โ Frankfurter, beef, unheated
- per glizzy: 300 kcal, 10.9 g protein, 6.9 g sat fat, 705 mg sodium, 33 mg cholesterol โ USDA FDC 172796 โ Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain
- classic 26 oz (737 g) round salt canister
- 2,300 mg/day sodium limit โ FDA Daily Value: sodium 2,300 mg/day
the cardiologist's note
+93 mg/dL collective serum cholesterol
summed across 26 brave participants ยท average participant's coronary heart disease relative risk: +18% while the pace holds
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per person: ฮChol = 1.35 ร (2 ร ฮS) + 1.5 ร ฮโ(dietary chol per 1,000 kcal) (Keys equation)
ฮS = % of calories newly from sat fat = (dogs/day ร 6.9 g ร 9 kcal) รท 2,000 kcal
collective = ฮฃ over every participant ยท CHD risk = 42% ร (mean 22 g/day รท 50 g)
constants
- serum-cholesterol prediction equation โ Keys, Anderson & Grande 1965 โ serum-cholesterol prediction equation
- RR 1.42 per 50 g/day processed meat, linearly interpolated โ Micha, Wallace & Mozaffarian, Circulation 2010 โ RR 1.42 CHD per 50 g/day processed meat
assumptions
- Every glizzy is eaten ON TOP of an unchanged 2,000 kcal, 300 mg-cholesterol baseline diet. Nobody skipped dinner to make room; we know these people.
- Collective mg/dL is a sum over individuals โ medically meaningless, spiritually accurate.
- This is back-of-napkin epidemiology on a hot dog website, not medical advice.
the land
3,082 sq ft of wheat field
the acreage needed to grow flour for 2,888 buns
each ๐พ = 1 hundred square feet
โ ๐พ a tennis court (2,808 sq ft) โ conquered
also behind us: โ ๐
ฟ๏ธ a parking space 160 sq ftโ ๐ a two-car garage 440 sq ft
โธ next: ๐ a basketball court
14%
4,700 sq ft
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wheat = buns ร 25 g flour รท 0.75 extraction = 96 kg
area = wheat รท 1,361 kg/acre ร 43,560 sq ft
constants
- 25 g flour per 43 g bun (the rest is water, sugar, fat)
- 75% white-flour milling extraction
- U.S. average wheat yield โ 50 bu/acre (3,000 lb) โ USDA NASS โ U.S. average wheat yield โ 50 bu/acre
the wallet
$2,859 grilled and swallowed
at grocery prices a glizzy costs almost exactly a dollar โ the counter above is basically the counter at the top of the page
โ ๐บ a 77-inch OLED TV ($2,500) โ conquered
also behind us: โ ๐ง AirPods Pro $249โ ๐ฎ a PS5 Pro $699
โธ next: ๐ a semester of in-state tuition
11%
$5,800
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spent = net_total ร $0.99
$0.99 = $0.66 of frank + $0.33 of bun
constants
- franks $5.22/lb โ the government stopped tracking frankfurter prices in April 2022, presumably out of respect โ BLS avg. retail frankfurters, series APU0000705111 (ended Apr 2022 at $5.22/lb)
- buns โ $2.64 per 8-pack, your grocery store's middle shelf
assumptions
- Everything home-grilled. Nobody paid stadium prices; we checked the archive.
the treadmill
333 marathons to burn off
865,014 kcal consumed โ or a 10,813-mile walk
each ๐ = 5 marathons
โ ๐ every street in New York City (6,074 miles walked) โ conquered
also behind us: โ โฐ๏ธ the Appalachian Trail 2,197 miles walkedโ ๐ฝ LA to New York on foot 2,790 miles walked
โธ next: ๐ the Pan-American Highway
37%
19,000 miles walked
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kcal = net_total ร 300 kcal = 865,014
marathons = kcal รท 2,600 ยท miles = kcal รท 80
constants
- frank: 57 g beef, bun: 43 g white โ the standard grocery bun-length pack โ USDA FDC 173862 โ Frankfurter, beef, unheated
- per glizzy: 300 kcal, 10.9 g protein, 6.9 g sat fat, 705 mg sodium, 33 mg cholesterol โ USDA FDC 172796 โ Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain
- 2,600 kcal per marathon, 80 kcal per mile walked (155 lb adult) โ Harvard Health energy-expenditure tables (155 lb adult)
the professional benchmark
38.0 Chestnuts
1 Chestnut = 76 dogs in 10 minutes. Joey would need 6 h 20 min of nonstop contest-pace eating to clear our year
each ๐ = 1 Chestnut
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Chestnuts = net_total รท 76
Joey time = Chestnuts ร 10 min = 380 min
constants
- 76 dogs in 10 minutes โ Joey Chestnut's 2021 world record โ Nathan's Famous contest โ Joey Chestnut, 76 dogs / 10 min (2021 world record)
assumptions
- Assumes Joey does not slow down. Historically a safe assumption.
the planet
1.08 Olympic pools of water
2.71 million liters to raise the beef and grow the wheat โ somewhere between
90 million and
8.5 billion ChatGPT queries,
depending on whose math you trust ยท plus 4.1 t COโe โ 10,289 miles of driving
โ ๐
an Olympic swimming pool (2,500 mยณ) โ conquered
also behind us: โ ๐ a hot tub 2 mยณโ ๐ a backyard pool 75 mยณ
โธ next: ๐
two Olympic pools
8%
5,000 mยณ
โธ show your work
water = beef_kg ร 15,400 L + wheat_kg ร 1,827 L = 2.71 ML
queries = water รท (0.32 mL โฆ 30 mL each)
COโe = beef_kg ร 25 kg ยท miles = COโe รท 400 g/mile
constants
- 15,400 L water per kg beef (global average, 94% rain) โ Mekonnen & Hoekstra 2012, Ecosystems โ water footprint of farm animal products
- 0.32 mL/query is OpenAI's cooling-only figure โ Altman, โThe Gentle Singularityโ (2025) โ 0.000085 gal (โ0.32 mL) per query
- ~30 mL/query is the UC Riverside lifecycle estimate โ a 100ร disagreement we are not qualified to referee โ Li et al. (UC Riverside) 2023, โMaking AI Less Thirstyโ โ ~500 mL per 10โ50 responses
- 25 kg COโe per kg โ dairy-herd beef, because hot dogs are made of trimmings, not wagyu โ Poore & Nemecek 2018, Science โ food GHG footprints (dairy-herd beef)
- 400 g COโ per mile, average passenger car โ EPA โ average passenger vehicle โ 400 g COโ/mile