'''Hots''' is a ["Rochester"] ["Rochester Cuisine" term] for ''["Food" hot dogs]''. Hots come in different flavors: white hots, red hots and grey hots. Hots are great to adorn ["Garbage Plates" garbage plates]. Rarely would you eat a hot with only a bun unless stumbling home from a bar and happen across a mobile hots stand. See [wiki:wikipedia:Hot_dog_variations Hot Dog Variations] for a round-up of variations on the hot dog, including the white hot.

==White Hots==
A [wiki:wikipedia:White_hot white hot] is a pork hot dog primarily associated with Rochester, possibly dating back to the 1920's meat market turned ["Otmens Tavern"] on Front Street.

 "''Otmens was a jazz bar that had been a meat market and looked it. It was alleged to be the original home of the "white hot," the pork sausage that is part of local lore.''" [[Footnote([http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v55_1993/v55i3.pdf A Front Street Jazz Note] by Robert Koch in Rochester History - Vol LV No.3, Summer 1993 - Page 19)]]

'''["Zweigle's"]''' is credited with popularizing the white hot by being first to bring it to the stadium. See their page for more details.

==Red Hots==
A red hot may also be a pork or beef hot dog. Many refer to the standard hot dog as a Red Hot - mostly to distinguish them from the white hot.

==Grey Hots==
Grey hots may refer to other sausage-like "hot dogs" such as the bratwurst and sometimes rumored that grey hots are turkey hot dogs.

==Where to Find Hots==
''See also: ["Hots/List" Automated List]''

===City of Rochester===
 * ["American Cheeseburger"]
 * ["Balsam Bagels"]
 * ["Bill Gray's"]
 * ["Center City Hotts"]
 * ["Chili Inn"]
 * ["Culver Hots"]
 * ["Dogtown"]
 * ["East Ridge Hots"]
 * ["FLX Wienery"]
 * ["Harbor Hots"]
 * ["Lake Avenue Hots"]
 * ["Magic Wings"]
 * ["Nick Tahou's"]
 * ["Mark's Texas Hots"]
 * ["Park's Plates and Shakes"]
 * ["South Wedge Hots & Subs"]
 * ["West Ridge Hots"]

===Regional===
 * ["American Hotel"] - Lima
 * ["Bill Gray's"] - Numerous locations
 * ["Burger Shack Grill"] - Victor
 * ["Burger Stop"] - Gates
 * ["Chappy's Hots"] - Henrietta
 * ["Chili Hots"] - Chili
 * ["Don's Original"] - Irondequoit
 * ["Empire Hots"] - Webster
 * ["Fairport Hots"] - Fairport
 * ["Greece Hots"] - Greece
 * ["Henrietta Hots"] - Henrietta
 * ["Hungry's Grill"] - Pittsford
 * ["Jimmy Z's Texas Hots"] - Brockport
 * ["Steve T's Hots and Potatoes"] - Gates
 * ["Sullivan's Charbroil"] - Spencerport
 * ["Tom Wahl's"] - Numerous locations
 * ["Webster Hots"] - Webster
 * ["Wimpy's Burger Basket"] - Gates

===Mobile===
 * ["Donna Daddy's"]
 * List of ["Street Meat" food trucks]

==Music==
 Dan Didsbury and Dr. Smoov wrote and recorded a song called "Rochester Hots (I want some Nick Tahou Hots)" filled with references to local businesses, foods, and slang. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_VId0GJXc Listen to the song on YouTube] (contains language)

==Notes and References==
 * [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042991/posts America's Regional Hot Dog Styles] - good article with photos includes Rochester Hots

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