Editing Pronto Pup (section)

== Franchises ==

Those who wish to visit the "home of the corn dog" can visit the Original Pronto Pup location in Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Founded in 2016 and as one of the few brick-and-mortar Pronto Pup franchises, they built upon Rockaway Beach's historical significance by adding the World's Largest Corn Dog and the World's Only Mechanical Riding Corn Dog to their Highway 101 location.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home of the World's Largest Corn Dog & Only Mechanical Riding Corn Dog|url=https://www.originalprontopup.com/#home |website=The Original Pronto Pup |publisher=Pronto Pup |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>

One of the largest in the Midwest is the franchised Pronto Pup booth at the annual [[Minnesota State Fair]]<ref name="Mumford"/> owned by the Karnis family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pronto Pup or corn dog? Loyalists take sides at Minnesota State Fair|url=https://www.startribune.com/pronto-pup-or-corn-dog-loyalists-take-sides-at-minnesota-state-fair/442134783/|access-date=2023-10-28|website=Star Tribune|archive-date=2017-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829185107/https://www.startribune.com/pronto-pup-or-corn-dog-loyalists-take-sides-at-minnesota-state-fair/442134783/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Pronto Pups make up roughly 55% of hot dogs sold each year at the fair."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corn dog vs. Pronto Pup: Why are Minnesotans so loyal to only one or the other?|url=https://www.startribune.com/corn-dog-vs-pronto-pup-why-are-minnesotans-so-loyal-to-only-one/571764091/|access-date=2023-10-28|website=Star Tribune|archive-date=2020-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824073752/https://www.startribune.com/corn-dog-vs-pronto-pup-why-are-minnesotans-so-loyal-to-only-one/571764091/|url-status=live}}</ref>