Hot Dog Chili Sauce

Which particular brand do you prefer....I just tried a can of Texas Pete Hot Dog Chili sauce and it was really good. The texture was like very finely separated beef in a a spicy sauce. I usually get Cadburys, but since it was the same brand as the hot sauce, I tried it.

Oooooops...its Castleberry's Austex brand Original Hot Dog Chili Saucenot not Cadbury's

I've not seen this product in AZ yet. Sent the Company an email to see if it's sold here.
I can order it on-line but hate to pay the S & H! It's 70 cents a can and $400.00 S & H!!! 

$400.00??????

For $200 I'll send you a couple cases ... The other brand that I tried a while back was Tony Packo's that my mother shipped down from OH. It was greasy, but good.   bkk

annpeeples


$400.00??????

Just Kidding1 It's only $343.00!

Castlebury's, it's what I grew up on.

I too have tried the Texas Pete and like it pretty well. I try all bands that I see and to be honest with you, I haven't found one that I really like. Oh well, will keep trying (that's the fun of it).

Here's my hot dog chili sauce that I've been making for years. 1/2 cup onion -- chopped
2 cloves garlic -- minced
2 pounds ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon salt
1/3 cup chili powder
3 teaspoons cumin
16 ounces tomato sauce
4 ounces ketchup
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Put ground meats and onion in a large pot, crumble, and lightly brown. Cover with water and cook uncovered for about one hour. Grind with a submersable food grinder (baton blender), or a food processor. Add the remaining Ingredients and simmer for two hours. Make as thick or thin as you like by adding water. Freeze in small containers or use two muffin pans (24 units) and place frozen units in ziplock bags. One muffin tin will cover 4-6 chili dogs when defrosted. The secret of this chile is the thin consistency of the sauce, not too coarse.
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I like Castleberrys.  The other ones I haven't tried, simply due to reading the ingredient list.  I want actual meat in my coney sauce, not soy crumbles.  I make it from scratch in a similar method listed above, it ain't too bad at all......but I need to experiment with spices because it's not quite what I'm looking for.

This is just my opinion...a chili dog should be made with actual chili...the best for this purpose being the kind that comes in a roll, from the refrigerated meat section...near the wieners themselves usually.  "HOT DOG CHILI SAUCE"...well...its just not chili...and it just isn't right.
 
I know...kinda silly, but there ya go!

I keep home made leftover chili in the freezer for just the occasion.  You need just a few spoonfuls for so much goodness. and it nukes really easy for serving.   Don't add some new from the bottom of the chili pot to a freezer bag.  It just hastens ice crystal buildup.  I never heard of chili in a roll near the wiener section at the grocery.  I must be born under a rock or they don't carry it here.  We have canned of course, and then there's Captain May-i , captain morgan or some captain in the freezer section.   The frozen is better than the canned.  But really,  I prefer home made, and by the time you're down to pot scrapings, it's nicely thick and just right for chili dogs.     Ted 

I liked the idea of freezing chili in muffin tins for quick defrosting.....bkk

Hormels chili with out beans works pretty good for chili dogs 

It seems to me that even the worst canned chili is better than any brand of canned "hot dog sauce" I have had. Comparing the ingredients of the two products is almost like apples and oranges.

I disagree with many of you, and I am NOT alone.  The very best and most popular hot dog joints in SoCal use a chili hot dog sauce, NOT a meat chili.
It is velvety smooth, and thick but quite easily spreadable, has the chili powder flavor and a slight tone of greasiness.  But no discerable meat chunks.  A truly worthy dog weiner does not need  meat chili.
I have no particular brand name in mine, as I have found many to be about the same.  Wolf Brand always works, but so do others.
Now if you are serving soy bean weenies to kids or something, it's another story.  I am not knocking real chili, but that's a different story too.  I have a dozen brands of canned chilis on my shelf, and more than one superb recipe for homemade.  But not for hot dogs, okay?

Pirate Paul


I disagree with many of you, and I am NOT alone.  The very best and most popular hot dog joints in SoCal use a chili hot dog sauce, NOT a meat chili.
It is velvety smooth, and thick but quite easily spreadable, has the chili powder flavor and a slight tone of greasiness.  But no discerable meat chunks.  A truly worthy dog weiner does not need  meat chili.
I have no particular brand name in mine, as I have found many to be about the same.  Wolf Brand always works, but so do others.
Now if you are serving soy bean weenies to kids or something, it's another story.  I am not knocking real chili, but that's a different story too.  I have a dozen brands of canned chilis on my shelf, and more than one superb recipe for homemade.  But not for hot dogs, okay?

 
Don't understand what your post is all about, But whatever cranks your Tractor!!

My shop is due to open on Monday and I plan on serving homemade chili on my chili-dogs....It just seems like the way to go if "signature" is what you're looking for.

Big Kahuna Kooks


Which particular brand do you prefer....I just tried a can of Texas Pete Hot Dog Chili sauce and it was really good. The texture was like very finely separated beef in a a spicy sauce. I usually get Cadburys, but since it was the same brand as the hot sauce, I tried it.

I can't even tell you how often I pick up Sriracha at the grocery store now.  Love that stuff. And awesome on hot dogs.

i like the Texas Pete meat sauce,, my wife likes the Texas Pete regular sauce. its made with soy grits instead of meat , i cant seem to grasp meatless chili.

I just tried the Tony Packo hot dog sauce. It was pretty good. The texture made it very spreadable. I also tried their chili and found it to be pretty lackluster and also ran. bkk

I really Chef-Mate at GFS

I also like the Chef Mate, seen it in a few of the warehouse markets, gave it a try,nice tasting chili.

Pirate Paul


I disagree with many of you, and I am NOT alone.  The very best and most popular hot dog joints in SoCal use a chili hot dog sauce, NOT a meat chili.
It is velvety smooth, and thick but quite easily spreadable, has the chili powder flavor and a slight tone of greasiness.  But no discerable meat chunks.  A truly worthy dog weiner does not need  meat chili.
I have no particular brand name in mine, as I have found many to be about the same.  Wolf Brand always works, but so do others.
Now if you are serving soy bean weenies to kids or something, it's another story.  I am not knocking real chili, but that's a different story too.  I have a dozen brands of canned chilis on my shelf, and more than one superb recipe for homemade.  But not for hot dogs, okay?

The very first time I ever saw a chili dog was in Santa Paula, California in 1956. It was fantastic, and it was real chili. You know, with meat. If it doesn't have meat it's not chili, it's sauce.

Me, I put the Chili I sell by the cup or bowl straight on our dogs, 1/4 lb. Hebrew Nationals, toasted roll, If I wanted a "sauce", I'd throw it in a blender first. Frankly, so to speak, I can't see the difference as the taste is exactly the same....fantastic!

Chewie ^^^ makes a pretty good chili.

We bought a roller type hot dog grill for the kids at the church. First run was a success and we brought a few cans of Castleberry's just in case. Wrong move. Most all the kids wanted the sauce. I stopped by GFS to pick up another brick of hot dogs for next Wed. and seen that they have two hot dog sauces. The Chef Mate as above and another, Country Hearth or something like that. Just wondering which is closer to the Castleberry's if anyone has had any experience with other brands.  

Every January I spend a long weekend with a group of friends and Saturday lunch is always chili-cheese dogs made with Hormel canned chili (often 50% with beans and 50% without), Ballpark franks, and plain white buns.  This is probably my favorite kind of chili dog but certainly the circumstances play a part in that.



Brad