We taste-tested hot dogs from all of the major fast-food burger joints — and the winner was surprising

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The fast-food hot dog wars are on. 

On February 23, Burger King added grilled hot dogs to the menu. 

Checkers & Rally's responded the next day by selling its hot dogs for 79 cents. 

"It's a war we plan to win!" the company said in a news release.

But who serves the best wiener?

I taste-tested hot dogs from Five Guys, Burger King, Shake Shack, and Checkers. The winner surprised me. 

First up, Checkers. As I waited in line, I scoured the menu for a hot dog but all I saw was a chili dog. When I asked the employee for one regular hot dog, she looked at me as if I had four heads. Guess that's not a typical order...

"OK, that will be 86 cents," the worker said. Then I looked at her as if she had four heads.

But I can see why it's so cheap. It's small, messy and depressing. The bag's face mirrored my own.