The results are in, and the wiener overlords have spoken:

Hot dogs are officially not sandwiches.

The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council decided to put the controversy to rest once and for all Friday via a press release , stating that a weenie is "truly a category unto its own." The council's president and official "Queen of Wien" Janet Riley elaborated on this decision, saying that:

Limiting the hot dogs significance by saying its just a sandwich is like calling the Dalai Lama just a guy. Perhaps at one time its importance could be limited by forcing it into a larger sandwich category (no disrespect to Reubens and others), but that time has passed."