When the staff ran out of the wax paper on which the sausages were traditionally served Stevens had one of his employees purchase some buns .
Had the staff place the hot dogs in the buns , creating what became known today as the hot dog .
When the staff ran out of the wax paper on which the sausages were traditionally served Stevens had one of his employees purchase some buns and had the staff place the hot dogs in the buns , creating what became known today as the hot dog .