Grilling Hot Dogs ???

Greg1959 · Jul 12, 2015

Have y'all tried doing the spiral cut of your hotdogs for grilling?

Just push a skewer through the length of the hot dog and the use a knife to make a spiral cut down the length of the hot dog. Be sure to cut all the way to the skewer. Then just push the hot dog off the skewer onto a plate until you get the all completed

Put them on the grill and as they cook stretch them apart(kinda like streching a spring).

I think they tatse a whole lot better and there seems to be some reasons why...

1. You get a larger surface area of the hot dog 'grilled'.

2. By doing the spiral cut, the regular size hot dog is longer and fills the bun.

3. By having the spirals cut into the hot dog, it gives more room for your sauce, slaw and/or condiments to fit nicely into the bun without spilling over.

I really like this and think it's a good idea.

showcrop · Jul 12, 2015

You got me sold.

Hobo,NC · Jul 12, 2015

Sum"N wrong with yer winners they are not red..

Jesse Jones hot dogs all else is a fake... (by all means burn it)

Patterson's hod dog chilly (are a home brew) all else is a fake

Home made Cole slaw with salad cubes (sweet are dill your call)

Onions

Mustard

Optional, Texas Pete

Merita bread are bunny bread rolls (none of this Ball Park/ wheat roll junk) Its a hot dog its may not be good for ya enjoy it, its not like you eat them every meal...

I eat them one night a week YUM YUM...

J.Wondergem · Jul 12, 2015

You got me sold too. Now if I just liked hot dogs.

Mark - IN. · Jul 12, 2015

Never tried that, but know what you need with it. One, take an onion and peel it, cut the core out, drop a cube or two of beef bullion in it with a good whack of butter to plug the hole, wrap it in foil, cook it for an hour or so, indirect heat. AND better, take some unpeeled ears of corn, soak them in a five gallon pale of water for a half hour or so, pull them out and steam (roast) on the grill, direct heat, rolling as they turn brown on the outside. Peel them down to use and handles, roasted corn are the best corn on the cob ever.

Mark

ditchwitch · Jul 12, 2015

I see you have put alot of thought into the hotdog cooking process. LOL ,But in saying
that i like your idea. Ill have to try that

Greg1959 · Jul 12, 2015

ditchwitch- I didn't come up with the idea. Just read about it and tried it. Found it to be a really good idea. I just wanted to share it you guys.

ditchwitch · Jul 12, 2015

I think its a awesome idea. And who wouldnt like a hotdog like that. Im glad you shared the find . I cant wait to give it a try

Greg1959 · Jul 12, 2015

LOL!
Try it, youll like it.

504 · Jul 12, 2015

I ll try it. My favorite is cutting a V the length of the dog filling it with cheese and wrapping it with bacon,and holding it all together with tooth picks. Bake in the oven till the bacon is done to taste at around 325.

Greg1959 · Jul 12, 2015

showcrop- Post back what your results and opinions are on this idea.

Greg1959 · Jul 12, 2015

504- UMMMM! That sounds good!

Bob · Jul 12, 2015

I don't care how you grill 'em, they are still "mystery meat", and the nitrates and nitrites they contain are suspected carcinogens.

I'll take a steak, thank you, which will probably hasten my death just as much, but be much more enjoyable!

Dick2 · Jul 13, 2015

I don't know if anything has changed, but back when people made a big fuss about nitrates in their processed meat, nobody seemed to care when it was disclosed that there were more nitrates in a can of beer than in a pound of bacon. Go figure!

Txturbo · Jul 13, 2015

i actually did that yesterday.

JML755 · Jul 13, 2015

Sorry, but that is way too much work for a .... hot dog. If I'm eating a hot dog, it's because I came home late or am running somewhere and have about 30 seconds to cook something up and eat it in about the same amount of time. Sometimes I'll grab one from the vendor cart at HD and it's finished by the time I get to my car.

If I'm going to put effort into grilling, it's going to be with kebobs, ribs, burgers or veggies on the grill. To me a hot dog is sustenance. Tastes great when you're in need of food BAD but any other time, well, my stomach asks that I spare it the "mystery meat".

NoNewParts · Jul 13, 2015

looks good, I gotta try it.
Hotdogs are good....ya just have to make sure you never allow yourself to eat a cheap/bad one.
It'll ruin ya.
In my area, the war has always been between Sahlen or Wardynski brand. Others...don't bother.
I'm a Sahlen man all the way.....as in, if it ain't one, I don't want one, give me one of those burgers instead. lol

buickanddeere · Jul 13, 2015

Rare is the person who has seen hot dogs, most sausage and processed lunch meat manufactured that will eat the stuff.

Goose · Jul 13, 2015

10-4.

If I want a hot dog, I nuke it for 30 seconds and stick it in a bun.

Russ from MN · Jul 13, 2015

Hot dogs are made from floor sweepings from the packing plant! But I still eat a few.

Married2Allis · Jul 13, 2015

Always looking for grilling tips, looks good.

Billy NY · Jul 13, 2015

Not the ones I have made up from venison and pork, nor does this old time butcher/pork store use any of that ever in anything they make. The traditional recipe for frankfurters calls for the best ingredients and they follow that with what they have made for years, as they offer traditional franks besides making them from finely cleaned and trimmed venison we put up annually and bring to them. They also offer a full line of some of the best traditional German fare that comes in a casing, not sure what you call brats, wursts, franks, sausage and all that together.

Franks from this place might be $4.50/lb. now, my price sheet is old. Bring in 15lbs of venison, you'll get about 30lbs of franks back as they just about double given the the matching amount of pork. They'll also add in jalapenos and cheddar cheese to them if you like, or a cheese you bring in. You pay for it, but for a 15lb order that you get 30 lbs back on, at that price of $135 or so you get quite a bit and it sure is not by products, beaks and claws so to speak LOL ! They are exceptionally good when prepared correctly, gourmet if you will.

Donald Lehman · Jul 13, 2015

Lol! Shoot. Meat's meat. Seen em made commercially, semi commercially, and made my share of the above, during family butchering myself. Love headcheese and liversausage, too. I do draw the line at blood sausage and so did my grandparents. Don't remember anybody in my family who could eat blood sauasage.

Russ from MN · Jul 13, 2015

Yes' we used to get some made like that when we lived in the St Cloud, MN area. There were numerous meat markets that would make what you want. Recently we have made our own venison summer sausage.

Billy NY · Jul 13, 2015

Its so good too, and of course its best not to live on these foods exclusively, but they sure are handy in a pinch as well as part of ones meal rotation if you will LOL !

Dan Richardson · Jul 18, 2015

When I was in grade school, many many years ago, a required field trip was to a packing house. From the kill floor to the plastic wrap and everything in between. I know things have changed but that field trip should still be required.

Red1 · Jul 18, 2015

(quoted from post at 20:40:28 07/12/15) I ll try it. My favorite is cutting a V the length of the dog filling it with cheese and wrapping it with bacon,and holding it all together with tooth picks. Bake in the oven till the bacon is done to taste at around 325.

I do the same, except pan fry. To keep the cheese from oozing out...fry the bacon on one side till it is a little brown..Make a cut lengthwise..stuff with cheese...wrap with the uncooked side on the outside of the dog and toothpick it...Doesn't take but a few minutes to cook the dog and bacon...cheese doesn't leak out...

Wonderful! I love hotdogs..

01gentdc · Jul 18, 2015

maybe true yrs ago...usda inspectors will not allow such today ... but yet some is bound to hit the floor on occasion , that goes todog food and or tankage ... btw ,,. greg ...I like your idea and will try it

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