My method of choice for cooking hot dogs is on the barbecue, though if I can't cook outdoors (since I don't have a toaster) I'll often broil them, too. In both cases, my dogs will end up with some dark marks on the side that was most exposed to the heat. This will be a stripe on the broiled dogs and a series of grill marks on the 'cued ones. I love those marks now, but I know that when I was a kid I always choose the most evenly colored dog, which is why the existence of the Hot Dog Roller makes sense to me. The roller is designed to slide the hot dogs around on the grill to ensure even cooking. In the process, it prevents grill marks from forming, so if you like you're dogs evenly colored or have to feed a party of kids, this seems like a great gadget to have on hand, even though I'll stick to the old fashioned way myself.Eliminate those pesky grill marks
My method of choice for cooking hot dogs is on the barbecue, though if I can't cook outdoors (since I don't have a toaster) I'll often broil them, too. In both cases, my dogs will end up with some dark marks on the side that was most exposed to the heat. This will be a stripe on the broiled dogs and a series of grill marks on the 'cued ones. I love those marks now, but I know that when I was a kid I always choose the most evenly colored dog, which is why the existence of the Hot Dog Roller makes sense to me. The roller is designed to slide the hot dogs around on the grill to ensure even cooking. In the process, it prevents grill marks from forming, so if you like you're dogs evenly colored or have to feed a party of kids, this seems like a great gadget to have on hand, even though I'll stick to the old fashioned way myself.Comments [6]
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46-03-2006 @ 9:41PM
Nate Riley said...
I thought this was a joke the little bit brunt parts are the best part of grilled dogs. i got a great idea put foil down first same result. btw Zwigles White Hot are the ONLY good hot dogs...it's a Rochester thing.
5Was grilling last night and my two oldest eat hot dogs, not hamburgers. As I was beginning to wrap up, my 8-year-old daughter came up to the grill, peeked in and said, "That (pointing) is the perfect hot dog."
Well, of course, that dog wasn't done, and by the time it was, it was less than perfect. But she ate it. She knows that an imperfect grilled dog is better than any boiled dog. :)
She gets the best ones, the 4-year-old boy gets the ones in between and the 14-month-old gets the least evenly browned ones. She doesn't care.
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