 The title comes from a joining of the two phrases hot dog, a food, and dogma, a specific religious belief.An additional disc, Hot Dogma - The Interview Disc was added to initial sales copies and contains live responses by TISM to an unheard DJs questions.Due to its large amounts of tracks, recurring themes between tracks, and the culmination of TISM's rock period occurring on the album, it is said by some to be the best TISM album although many argue that their breakthrough 1995 release "Machiavelli and the Four Seasons" is their best.