Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ franchise
Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ: $301,500–$1,192,500 total investment, $45,000 franchise fee, 10% total ongoing fee. Read out of the filings.
Compiled from public filings and operator sites Reviewed 2026-08-15
10%
Total ongoing fee
$301,500–$1,192,500
Total investment
26
Units, 2024
2018
Founded
2018
Franchising since
WY
Cheyenne
—
Typical size, sq ft
No
Item 19
The shortest training commitment in this set, at 15 classroom hours and 37 on the job.
Fees
| Initial franchise fee | $45,000 |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7% |
| Brand fund | 2% |
| Local advertising | 1% |
| Total ongoing | 10% of gross sales |
| Grand opening | $5,000 |
| Transfer fee | $5,000 |
| Renewal fee | $5,000 |
Opening one
| Total investment | $301,500–$1,192,500 |
|---|---|
| Training | 15 hours classroom, 37 on the job |
| Territory | Five-mile radius |
| Initial term | 10 years |
| Renewal | One ten-year option |
The system
| Format | Hot dogs and barbecue |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Cheyenne, WY |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Franchising since | 2018 |
| Units | 26, of which 26 franchised and 0 company-owned |
| Item 19 | No financial performance representation. |
Figures from May 2024 comparative study of published FDDs · dataset year 2024.
One brand, several physical formats
Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is a Cheyenne, Wyoming system founded and franchising in 2018. The May 2024 comparative study records 26 outlets, all franchised, and no company stores. Its official franchise page currently promotes brick-and-mortar restaurants, express units and food trucks. Those formats have different site and buildout needs, so a single historical Item 7 row should not be applied to all of them.
The dataset range is $301,500 to $1,192,500. Its width signals uncertainty or format scope that must be resolved in the underlying document; it does not by itself prove that the endpoints correspond to a shell and a second-generation space. The public 2024 Crave FDD describes restaurant, express and food-truck offerings, which is why a current buyer should match the agreement and Item 7 table to the exact format being considered.
Fees and support in the study
The comparable ongoing stack is 10%: 7% royalty, 2% brand fund and 1% local advertising. There is no Item 19 financial performance representation in the study row. That absence matters more than promotional growth language because it limits which financial claims may be made to a prospect.
Training is 15 classroom hours and 37 on the job, the shortest combined commitment in this dataset. The territory is a five-mile radius. The agreement term is ten years with one ten-year option. Each fact is a prompt for deeper review: what a 52-hour training program covers, whether the radius has carve-outs, and which of the operator’s physical formats the disclosed costs actually assume. Crave is included as a small-format hot-dog and barbecue neighbor, not as a food equivalent to döner.