text:  Americans are buying most of their July 4th cookout stuff. What do you think is the number one selling item for a 4th of July cookout? That's what I would thought, but they're number 10. Way down the list. Beef patties and frozen beef burgers. Again, you have watermelons. You have bratwurst, as you might imagine. Canned baked beans. Hot dog buns. And then filling out the top five, baby back ribs, potato salad, charcoal.