autowasherfreak
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I saw these at K-Mart, I think they are kind of cute, but I usually eat more than two hot dogs.
Hot Dog Toaster
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arbilab
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MORE THAN TWO? I like them but I won't go that far. What happens to the drippings from the dogs? And technically, HD buns should be steamed not toasted. No sale.
That's an interesting little appliance, but given that hot dogs are a rare commodity in my house, it wouldn't get much use.
I'd think it would be a great little collector's item for future days. Some budding appliance-head would be posting photos of it and gushing "I found it at an estate sale; it's a hot dog toaster from the 2010's!!"
I'd think it would be a great little collector's item for future days. Some budding appliance-head would be posting photos of it and gushing "I found it at an estate sale; it's a hot dog toaster from the 2010's!!"
polkanut
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I still like the Presto "Hot Dogger" that my parents have. They got it in the late 1960's for Christmas from my aunt & uncle. They show up on Fleabay every once in awhile. I too prefer a toasted bun. It helps to keep them from getting soggy.
iheartmaytag
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HD buns should be steamed not toasted.
Tell that to Marie at Dog - N - Shake. She turned years of toasted buns into a very nice retirement.
Tell that to Marie at Dog - N - Shake. She turned years of toasted buns into a very nice retirement.
joe_in_philly
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Is the presto hot dogger the device that basically electrocutes hot dogs? If so, we had one when I was a kid, but I only remember using it one or twice.
Oh wow - they started making them again! I have an 80s version called the 'Hot Diggity Dogger' that I bought at a garage sale eons ago. Still haven't used it, though! LOL
I must admit that I like my hot dogs 'toasté' (as we say here in Montréal!) - the hot dogs are cooked in the bun in a sandwich grill (like one would use for a grilled cheese sandwich).
I must admit that I like my hot dogs 'toasté' (as we say here in Montréal!) - the hot dogs are cooked in the bun in a sandwich grill (like one would use for a grilled cheese sandwich).
Had/have a Presto hot dogger, it's got a lot of use over the years. Pretty much got put in a drawer in the basement in the late 70's when we got a microwave. Did a decent job, just had to watch the timing - too much and you got leather.
Been ages since I had a hot dog, even before I went vegetarian I avoided them due to all the nitrates and the cocktail of other chemicals. I might have one at a family cookout, but one a year is plenty for me now.
Been ages since I had a hot dog, even before I went vegetarian I avoided them due to all the nitrates and the cocktail of other chemicals. I might have one at a family cookout, but one a year is plenty for me now.
We got one of those when Dave's teenage daughters were still living with us back in the 80's. It was a very poorly thought out system and became an ugly useless mess in no time. We threw it out.
polkanut
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Yes the Hot Dogger electrocutes your weiner.
Matt, have you tried the Hebrew National brand? Quite good for a mass produced hot dog.
Matt, have you tried the Hebrew National brand? Quite good for a mass produced hot dog.
autowasherfreak
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I love Oscay Mayer Hot Dogs, I can eat at least 6 in one sitting.
I found the darn best hot dog cooker and they taste like you cooked them on the grill. It will do 8 reg dogs and 4 bun dogs at a time. The bun warmer sucks drys them out so I just warm them in the nuker. I have had this same unit for about 4 years now wasy to clean and cooks fast.
arbilab
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Guess I'm low man on the 'steam' issue. That's OK. I haven't bought buns in 5 years. Can't eat enough before they go stale. Just wrapped bread around broiler dogs. Until I gave them up altogether (having some GI issues).
I like the buns lightly steamed as well so you're not alone. I don't eat them much, my favorite though are coney islands you get in Michigan. The coney capital of the world. This particular Coney Island joint in Port Huron Mich across the bridge has been around forever as the awning sez.
You can freeze the buns and just take out what you need when you need,, 20 secs in the mw and they're like fresh
58limited
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I like the buns in New England: the outsides are sliced (no crust) and you toast them. As I understand it, these are mainly used for lobster rolls, but my mother always brought some here to Texas when she visited relatives in Mass. We used them for hotdogs.
mrb627
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Presto BOMB
I used to hate it when the hot dogs would explode in the thing'!
Malcolm
I used to hate it when the hot dogs would explode in the thing'!
Malcolm
lordkenmore
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I remember in a high school science class we were promised a day when we'd get to see hot dogs electrocuted. On that day, the Presto or something similar showed up. I can't remember much beyond that, except it wasn't quite the drama I'd hoped for. The day we got throw uncooked eggs was more more fun. (We threw the eggs at a sheet that would gently slow them down so they wouldn't break.) Then there was the day we did something with electricity and resistors, and discovered the joy of putting too much power through a resistor and watching it blow up. Ah, all this fun...too bad there was so much deathly dull homework in there, too.
I have more than
a few single purpose counter top appliances, like a rice cooker, and a hot water dispensing pot, but this 'hot dog toaster' really makes less than no sense to me.
My sense of humor may be deficient about appliances that seem toylike, I don't know, but ever since I got a range with a waist high broiler, I've been broiling dogs and other sausages more than any other method of cooking them. Boiled hot dogs are so lame they need a wheel chair.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
a few single purpose counter top appliances, like a rice cooker, and a hot water dispensing pot, but this 'hot dog toaster' really makes less than no sense to me.
My sense of humor may be deficient about appliances that seem toylike, I don't know, but ever since I got a range with a waist high broiler, I've been broiling dogs and other sausages more than any other method of cooking them. Boiled hot dogs are so lame they need a wheel chair.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
