This question causes fights, but I really want to know!

Mercury

Ok, here goes:

Is a hotdog a sandwich?

Merc

Butchdog2

Not unless it is sliced and put between 2 slices of bread.

mark christian

A hot dog bun is not a slice of bread. No, a hot dog is not a sandwich. 

Toolman286

A hot dog is a type of sausage. Put a sausage in a roll (with onions & peppers of course) & its called a sandwich.
Now, is a hamburger a sandwich? 

RobOz

Growing up we had wonder bread and homemade. It was a hamburger bun and a hot dog bun.

redneckandy

It's not even food.

chme

A hotdog is not a sandwich.  Put in in a hotdog bun, it is a sandwich.  

Definition of sandwich

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1a: two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between

b: one slice of bread covered with food- an open-faced sandwich, with one slice of bread instead of two,

The B&B Café in Castle Rock CO was famous for their open faced roast beef sandwich, hanging off both sides of the plate, brown gravy and homemade mashed taters.  

Rocky Raab

As originally eaten by the Earl of Sandwich, the eponymous food consists of meat wrapped in bread. The ancient Earl used bread to pick up meat in order to keep his fingers cleaner. The fad certainly caught on.

dreher

Is a hot dog a hot dog if it doesn't have sauerkraut on it???

Rocky Raab

It is not a brat without sauerkraut, but a hot dog may be correctly dressed with other options.

Mr. Perfect

Of course it is.

Brookwood

Tube Steak Sandwich!     

There! I answered this question. 

Brookwood

I can just about smell those Country Fair brats and polish sausages sold from a trailer, fried up on a griddle along with those buttery fried onions, peppers, and mushrooms!  

Got myself drooling on the keyboard!    

Butchdog2

Hot dog on a "bun" is a hot dog.

Hotdog sliced on toast is a sammich. Akin to a blonie sammich

Hamburger on a bun is a hamburger.

Hamburger on toast is a sammich.

Rocky Raab

As I said above, if it is meat wrapped in bread and intended to be hand-held while eaten, it is a sandwich.