15-Year-Olds Behind Glizzy Street Share Viral Hot Dog Stand

When 15-year-old twins Chazz and Chaze Clemons were looking for something different to do this summer, they worked to raise $400 and started their Glizzy Street hot dog stand outside their family-run gas station in California. When business started slow, they turned to social media and now lines form before the stand opens! Chaze and Chazz join TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Willie Geist in Studio 1A to share their secret to success along with some samples of their bacon-wrapped hot dogs with a side of barbecue sauce!

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♪♪ >>> YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TODAY IS. IT IS NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY. SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO TAKE A TRIP TO GLIZZY STREET. >> LOOK AT YOU. THAT’S THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS STARTED BY TWO 15-YEAR-OLD ENTREPRENEURS MAKING THE MOST OF THUNDERSHOWER SUMM VACATION. TAKE A LOOK ♪♪ ♪♪ >> IT’S CALLED A GLIZZY. TRANS PLAGUES FOR NON-GEN-Zers, A HOT DOG. THIS ISN’T JUST ANY GLIZZY. IT’S BACON WRAPPED WITH A SIDE OF BARBECUE SAUCE THAT’S GOING VIRAL. >> DELICIOUS. >> I ASK CUSTOMERS, HAVE THEY HAD A HOT DOG WITH BARBECUE SAUCE SAND THEY TELL ME KNOW. WE ADDED BARBECUE SAUCE AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM. IT’S A SWEET TASTE. IT MAKES US DIFFERENT. >> BEHIND THE BUZZY HOT DOG STAND 15-YEAR-OLD TWINS CHAZE AND CHAZZ CLEMONS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO THIS SUMMER. >> PAST SUMMERS, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, GOING TO AMUSEMENT PARKS. >> THE HOT DOG TWINS OPENED A STAND AT THEIR FAMILY-RUN GAS STATION IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. >> DO ALL THE HARD WORK YOURSELF. SO GUIDE YOU ALONG. IT WILL BE YOUR BUSINESS. THEY WANTED TO TAKE A SHOT. >> Reporter: THE TWINS RAISED $400 TO START GLIZZY STREET WHERE THEY SELL BACON-WRAPPED HOT DOG. >> ABSOLUTELY NO COOKING EXPERIENCE AT ALL. THE MOST WE COULD COOK WAS AN EGG SANDWICH. DAY ONE WAS REALLY STRESSFUL. WE ONLY HAD 20 CUSTOMERS. >> THIS SUMMER WE DECIDED TO OPEN UP OUR OWN BACON-WRAPPED HOT DOG BUSINESS. >> SO THEY TURNED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. >> GREW UP ON INSTAGRAM. TIKTOK STARTED WRAPPING UP. BUT A LOT OF THE SUPPORTERS CAME OUT AND SHOWED LOVE. WE ARE GRATEFUL. >> GO TO GLIZZY STREET. >> I WAS SCROLLING ONE DAY AND I LOOKED. I SAW HIM ON PARTICULAR TICK. THEY LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. >> ANY TIME I COULD SHOW HIM, YOUNG PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE, I COULD GET THEM THERE, I WILL GET THEM THERE. >> THEY WERE MY STUDENTS, PART OF THE BUSINESS PROGRAM AT SCHOOL. SO I WAS EXPECTING LIKE THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP. >> WE WAKE UP AT 3:00 A.M., PREP, GO SHOPPING WITH OUR BIG BROTHER. IT’S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES BEHIND THE SCENES. >> WE LOVE EVERY PART OF IT. >> THREE WEEKS LATER LINES START FORMING BEFORE THEY OPEN AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT. >> WE RAN THE NUMBERS AND WE THOUGHT A GOOD PRICING POINT WAS $5. >> THE LINES ARE CRAZY. THAT’S OKAY BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE. ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> I AM A VERY PROUD BIG BROTHER. 15 YEARS OLD, A LOT OF TIMES TO LEARN AND GROW. >> WHAT IS THE SECRET SAUCE? >> AUTHENTICITY. >> THEY ARE YOUNG, AMBITIOUS. >> AND THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. >> OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE BUSINESS AND MAKE IT GROW. WE ARE PROUD OF OURSELVES AND THE BUSINESS AND THIS, YEAH, BOOSTS OUR CONFIDENCE. >> THREE WEEKS AGO, MY GOSH. JOINING US NOW ARE THE HOT DOG TWINS, I HOPE YOU DON’T MIND I CALL Y’ALL THAT, CHAZE AND CHAZZ CLOSING CEREMONY. GOOD MORNING, GUYS. WE ARE SO HAPPY Y’ALL ARE HERE. THIS IS AN INSPIRATION. YOU GUYS JUST STARTED THIS THREE WEEKS AGO, CHAZZ, IS THAT RIGHT? >> THREE WEEKS AGO. >> WHAT? AND IT’S GONE VIRAL. >> VIRAL. SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT TO TRY OUR BACON-WRAPPED HOT DOG. >> FROM OTHER STATES AND EVERYTHING. >> WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM? >> TEXAS, ARIZONA, MISSISSIPPI. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE! >> WHEN DID YOU REALIZE THAT THIS HAD TAKEN OFF BECAUSE I AM SURE YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE COME FROM AROUND. WHEN YOU SAW IT ON TIKTOK AND OTHER PLACES? >> YEAH, THE FIRST DAY WE SOLD 20 HOT DOGS. AND WE WERE BASICALLY TRYING TO UPSELL. THEN THE NEXT DAY AFTER WE POSTED THE VIDEO THERE IS A LINE ACROSS THE BLOCK. IT WAS CRAZY. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PROOF FOR KIDS AND TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS, LIKE, YOU’VE JUST GOT TO ACT. IF YOU ACT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL COME. >> DEFINITELY. >> WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE? THAT’S IT. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR PEOPLE? >> THE BIGGEST IS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. >> YEAH, IT CAN WORK. >> YEAH. IT’S A TOOL. >> YOUR BROTHER IS HERE. IS YOUR BROTHER OVER THERE, JAY? >> HEY, JAY. >> HI, JAY. YOUR BIG BROTHER. >> JAY, CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOUR YOUNGER BROTHERS HAVE STARTED? >> I BELIEVE IT. THEY ARE VERY AMBITIOUS. I KNEW DEEP TOWN THEY WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. THE FACT THAT THEY DID IT SO QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, JUST MADE IT HAPPEN. >> AMAZING. >> SO WHAT IS THE SECRET, GUYS? I AM LOOKING AT THIS, AND IT’S HARD TO RESIST. I AM NOT GOING TO RESIST ANYMORE. >> THE FAMOUS GLIZZY DOG. >> I AM A LITTLE WORRIED, BUT I THINK I CAN DO IT. >> ARE YOU OKAY GIVING AWAY THE SECRET? >> BESIDES AUTHENTICITY. >> WE MADE IT WITH LOVE AND BARBECUE SAUCE. EVERY TIME I ASK A CUSTOMER IF THEY HAD A HOT DOG WITH BARBECUE SAUCE, THEY ALWAYS TELL ME KNOW. >> BACON WRAPPED. THIS IS THE BEST. I WILL SAY IT HERE. BEST HOT DOG I EVER HAD. >> REALLY? >> YES. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> AGREE. >> BEST HOT DOG I NEVER HAD AND NOT JUST BY A LITTLE BIT, A LOT. THAT IS MAYBE. >> BACON THE, BARBECUE SAUS, MUSTARD, KEP UP, BACON, IT’S ALL HERE. >> IT IS AMAZING. >> SO GOOD. >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET A GLIZZY DOG. >> >> IN CALIFORNIA IN LONG BEACH AT OUR GAS STATION AMERICAN OIL. >> YOU WILL BE SELLING A LOT OF GAS, TOO. YOU’VE GOT TO GET THE DOGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> LOWEST PRICES. >> YES. >> YOU MIGHT NEED TO RAISE THE PRICE A LITTLE. >> WE LIKE TO KEEP IT LOW. >> KEEP IT LOW. >> LOW PRICES AND LOWEST PRICE HOT DOGS. >> BY