It is believed to be the first time the Wienermobile will be in the parade, according to parade officials.

“I’m super excited to have it in the parade,” said Twyla Scott, in her fourth year as chairperson of the parade.

She said the Wienermobile will be at the North Dakota State Fair in front of the State Fair Center after the parade on Saturday, July 19, and again on Sunday, July 20.

Emily Schmitt, a spokesperson for Kraft Heinz Co., with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, said there are six Wienermobiles that travel the country and those who pilot them are “hotdoggers.”

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has ketchup and mustard colored seats.

Invented by Carl Mayer in 1936, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is 60 hot dogs long or 27 feet long and 24 hot dogs high or 11 feet high, according to Kraft Heinz information. Inside, it has six ketchup and mustard colored seats, a “bun” roof, a flat screen television and mustard splattered floors.

The “hotdoggers” who pilot the Wienermobiles as they travel throughout the country are recent college graduates, according to Kraft Heinz information.

While in Minot, the Wienermobile also will be at Minot’s Marketplace Foods stores.

The N.D. State Parade has the theme this year of “Small Town Roots, Big Dakota Touchdown.” Parshall native Randy Hedberg, longtime North Dakota State University quarterback coach and former head coach at Minot State University and and St. Cloud (Minnesota) State, will serve as grand marshal.

As of Wednesday, Scott said there were 195 entries in the parade. Entries for the parade close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Entry forms must be completed online and are available on the parade’s website at ndsparade.com.

This is the first Wienermobile invented by Carl Mayer in 1936.

This is the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile through the years since 1936.