A 27-foot hot dog on wheels is about to cruise through North Alabama, and it's making stops in Gadsden, Boaz, and Birmingham over three days. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be spotted across the region from Thursday through Saturday, giving locals a rare chance to snap photos with one of the most recognizable vehicles in American food marketing.
According to Bham Now, the Wienermobile's first stop is the Walmart at 340 E. Meighan Blvd. in Gadsden on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. From there, the hot dog-shaped vehicle heads to the Walmart at 1972 Highway 431 in Boaz on Friday, Nov. 13, also running from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The tour wraps up Saturday, Nov. 14, when the Wienermobile appears at Birmingham Cars and Coffee from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. That weekly car show and coffee meetup takes place at the Shops of the Colonnade off Highway 280, at 3425 Colonnade Parkway in Birmingham, per the same report.
Who's Driving This Thing, Anyway
Leading the trip, per the article, are two members of the Oscar Mayer Hotdogger team: Cookout Caroline and Nacho Dog Norah. Hotdoggers are the company's traveling brand ambassadors who pilot the Wienermobile on its cross-country appearances.
Oscar Mayer's own Wienermobile site notes there are six of the hot dog-shaped vehicles crisscrossing the country at any given time, each logging stops at retail locations, community events, and car meetups like the one planned for Birmingham. This isn't the vehicle's first run through the area, either — the Wienermobile made a similar swing through Birmingham in April 2025, with stops that included Gardendale, Trussville, Crossings Parkway, and the Bob Sykes BBQ and Blues Festival, as ABC 33/40 reported at the time.
Catching It at Cars and Coffee
Saturday's Birmingham Cars and Coffee stop lands the Wienermobile in the middle of one of the metro's regular gearhead gatherings. The event's Instagram account, @bhmcarscoffee, notes it's sponsored by Ardent Vehicle Studio and typically runs during the last two weekends of each month, from 8:30 to 1, unless otherwise stated.
Bham Now's report says it will update its article if additional Wienermobile stops are announced beyond the three currently scheduled. For now, North Alabama residents have a three-day window — Thursday through Saturday — to catch the famous hot dog on wheels before it rolls on to its next destination.
