Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Rolling Into Parsippany

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Parsippany will welcome a special, famous, 27-foot-long guest to town this weekend. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will roll in to Lead East (1 Hilton Ct.) from 12-4 p.m. Friday to Sunday.

"Hotdoggers" Caroline Frankenfeld (Chili Cheese Caroline) and Nick Ruybalid (Nickaroni & Cheese) will be there to "meat" the community.

For Frankenfeld and Ruybalid, it's been an adventure after each being chosen from among 4,000 applicants to serve as a dozen lucky "Hotdoggers," who co-pilot one of the company's six Wienermobiles together.

"We are on our coast-to-coast weenie roast for one year," the pair said, venturing to a new city every four or five days, where they have "buns and buns of fun" and give away special Oscar Mayer swag, such as their famous Wiener Whistles, stickers, coupons and other cool gear they "dish out."

It takes some extensive training at "Hot Dog High" to pilot one of the Wienermobiles, with driving courses in Madison, Wisconsin, first with the Madison Police Department, Frankenfeld and Ruybalid reported.

Navigating the Wienermobile takes practice, they say, with the vehicle 27 feet in length, 11 feet tall and 8 feet wide. Frankenfeld and Ruybalid calculate that end-to-end as 60 hot dogs long, by 24 tall and 18 wide.

Check out Chili Cheese Caroline and Nick-aroni & Cheese's Hotdogger Instagram fan pages at: @om_chilicheesecaroline and @om_nickaroniandcheese.

With reporting from Jennifer Jean Miller/Patch

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