How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home?

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (BackRhodes)

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:44:03 GMT

CajunKing

You are supposed to cook hot dogs??
I eat them cold out of the package.

BUT

I do grill them occaisionally too.

Good grief...good thing they come pre-cooked, eh...???

No wonder you were exiled...

You still eat "mudbugs"...???

Lunch today was 2 Heb FRANKS on toasted wheat hd buns cooked on my gas grill (wildfire danger too great to light up oak wood grill)

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (BackRhodes)

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:37:08 GMT

Lets hear it for the Mexican Cokes...!!!

It used to be the only place you could find them in my area was at Mexican food places (imagine that !!! )...but now they seem to be more available in a variety of places...

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (BackRhodes)

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:31:53 GMT

Cast Iron Skillet ... Easy enough to do, with peanut oil...If it's skinless it goes in whole, but if'n it's a natural casing dog or cajun hot link I'll split it, open it up, and score the outside surface with a bunch of crosshatching to prevent curling, and it also crisps up nicely...

Wood fired outdoor cowboy grill ... I cook using LIVE flames, not coals...this type grill is suspended by a metal tripod...I have lots of oak on the ranch so it's a free resource, but in the winter and in times of very high wildfire danger, I use my:

Gas Grill ... very convenient...I'm thinking about how I can build a simple shed so I can continue grilling in the wintertime when rain and snow usually means the end of outdoor cooking...

As a side note...I ALWAYS toast my buns...in the toaster oven IF it's the cast iron method, and directly on the grill the other 2 methods...

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (CajunKing)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:39:02 GMT

You are supposed to cook hot dogs??
I eat them cold out of the package.

BUT

I do grill them occaisionally too.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (cavandre)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:49:35 GMT

On the gas grill, indirect medium heat.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:48:17 GMT

Foodbme

Jewish Style -
Lightly toasted GOOD Bagel
Hebrew National split lengthwise and cut in half, pan fried
Spicy brown mustard and kosher dill pickle chips, thin sliced onion.
Alternate condiment, Cream Cheese and Onion

That sounds great. I do a similar thing with a lightly toasted Bay's English Muffin, and it's delicious. I spread the toasted muffin with mustard and top the half-frank with cheese, Claussen sandwich slice, and homemade slaw. I could eat this every day with an ice cold Mexican Coke. Sometimes I place the cheese between both frank haves for a double version. Sometimes I don't even half the frank at all. (Boy, is this ever making me hungry.)

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (ScreamingChicken)

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:18:37 GMT

I charcoal-grilled a package of 10/1 Klement's Truly Chicago dogs for lunch yesterday. A pair of them fit very nicely in a Gardner's brat bun, which is to me more like an overgrown hot dog bun in terms of taste and texture.

Brad

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Foodbme)

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:45:16 GMT

Jewish Style -
Lightly toasted GOOD Bagel
Hebrew National split lengthwise and cut in half, pan fried
Spicy brown mustard and kosher dill pickle chips, thin sliced onion.
Alternate condiment, Cream Cheese and Onion

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:37:24 GMT

ann peeples

My variation is to cut in coins, place coins on a piece of bread that has a slice of cheese on it, then broil. My nieces and nephews love it and still ask for it even if though they are all now in their 20's..

That sounds super! I'm way past my 20s and I'm certain I'll enjoy it. Thank you for the idea.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (tymsart)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:41:55 GMT

We use our grill year round, unless there is two feet of snow. We had that this past winter. My wife will ONLY allow Hummel hot dogs in our house.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:02:07 GMT

Foodbme forgot this one...

http://roastmyweenie.com/Roast_Your_Weenie/home.html

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (AndreaB)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:14:08 GMT

On the outdoor charcoal BBQ if the weather is right, and on the indoor grill if not. And, we lightly grill the buns. The dogs are never split and the condiments depend upon what's on hand or what we're in the mood for.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Foodbme)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:03:53 GMT

The Barbeque Store has a vast array of outdoor cooking "Stuff".
http://www.barbecue-store.com/
How 'bout this one?
http://www.barbecue-store.com/Grill-Dog--With-Electric-Motor_p_596.html
Saves space on the grill for more "Stuff"!
Or this one for Charcoal Grills:
http://www.barbecue-store.com/Charcoal-Companion--Stainless-Steel-Hot-Dog-Roller_p_425.html

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:03:17 GMT

Plus it's too complicated for my simple mind!

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (fishtaco)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:26:21 GMT

MellowRoast

That model definitely heats the dogs, but the Hot Dogger as seen below really electrocuted them.
http://neighborhoodvalues.com/nv/kitchen/misc/35kc.htm

There was a nasty unsafe homemade version. Pound a couple nails just short of thru a 2x4 about a foot long. Wrap the stripped wires of an extension cord around the nails. Place dog on nails and plug in. Like I said, nast unsafe!

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:52:15 GMT

Neat article from the Post Gazette on the HoJo method...sounds good to me.

http://www.post-gazette.com/food/20000910hojo4.asp

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:07:00 GMT

Well, I remember it was a fairly clumsy device and probably more trouble than it was worth. After a few uses, we started boiling or grilling the dogs again. I'm sure that new cooker does a much better job, and I've read some positve reviews about it.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (kaszeta)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:17:59 GMT

MellowRoast

That model definitely heats the dogs, whereas the Hot Dogger really electrocuted them.

Yeah, I guess you are correct. My roommate one summer in college had a near-identical looking cooker that actually slide electrodes into the dogs, which is why I thought the one shown electrocuted them.
I also remember the terrible, terrible stench resulting when said roommate put a tofu dog into the electrocution chamber.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:57:38 GMT

That model definitely heats the dogs, but the Hot Dogger as seen below really electrocuted them.
http://neighborhoodvalues.com/nv/kitchen/misc/35kc.htm

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (kaszeta)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:45:47 GMT

ChrisOC

Does anyone remember electrocuted hot dogs?

Still available at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Nos...=1311338707&sr=1-2

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Russ Jackson)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:24:46 GMT

Medium heat in a cast iron skillet with a natural casing hot dog. Tablespoon of butter melted. Once the Hot Dogs start to brown rotate Hot Dogs to and frow. This can also be done by sliding skillet forward and back. You will see the skin turn brown and start to blister without bursting. Don't burn the butter. Remove all the hot dogs from the skillet at the same time or they will start to burst. This method will give the best snap in the Hot Dog without losing moisture. Lard works better than butter and creates a great outer surface. Bacon grease is top notch as well.
When in college I performed the electrocution method by taking an old extension cord and fraying the two wires and attaching them to two forks one for each wire. Wrap with tape. Insert fork in each end of the hot dog and plug in. It will cook in no time. Not the safest but effective.
If you Microwave a Hot Dog, use Turkey or Chicken Hot Dogs or put Ketchup on it you will not go to Heaven....Russ

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Foodbme)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:05:57 GMT

Jennifer_4

just found a new way...in the toaster oven til they start to pop...

My Bride has cooked hers that way for years.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:15:51 GMT

Now that's novel. I'll have to give that a shot.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (mbrookes)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:06:01 GMT

I put them on a long handled cooking fork and roast over the stove eye until they begin to char. I have a gas stove, but this works over an electric eye on high. No clean-up!

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Jennifer_4)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:48:00 GMT

just found a new way...in the toaster oven til they start to pop...

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:43:11 GMT

Yes, I sure do. We had a such a hot dog cooker in the '60s. It didn't do a great job, but we certainly used it for a while. It may have been called a Hot Dogger, I'm not sure.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (ChrisOC)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:25:56 GMT

Does anyone remember electrocuted hot dogs?

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (MellowRoast)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:25:12 GMT

Foodbme

Michael Hoffman

MellowRoast

I can't imagine eating them straight from the package ...

Why not? They're cooked. Nothing like a cold hot dog dipped into a jar of Gulden's mustard, bite-after-bite-after bite.

In the Same Family; wouldn't dream of cooking Vienna Sausages would you? Cold from the can! Yum!

I've tried them right out of the package but found the taste most unappealing. As for Vienna sausages, I enjoy them either way, heated or unheated.

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Foodbme)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:23:03 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Right from the can, a little salt and pepper (if I'm at home and not out in a boat fishing), some good mustard for dipping, and a few saltines.

Yep, one of life's little pleasures. In a boat, can, (make that a couple cans) of Vienna's, a cold beer, some mustard and saltines. No noise except birds chirping. Peace, solitude and Vienna's-----Doesn't get any better than that------unless you have your Grandson with you and he catches his first fish!

Re:How do YOU cook your hotdogs when at home? (Michael Hoffman)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:32:13 GMT

Right from the can, a little salt and pepper (if I'm at home and not out in a boat fishing), some good mustard for dipping, and a few saltines.