We Taste-Tested 10 Hot Dogs. Here Are the Best.

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We Taste-Tested 10 Hot Dogs. Here Are the Best.
By Julia Moskin/ Food/ The New York Times/ nytimes.com

"The New York Times Food department hasn’t taken a close look at hot dogs in some time. Back when hot dogs were on every list of foods to avoid — alarming additives, questionable cuts, salt and fat galore — home cooks didn’t want to know too much about what was in them.

But cooks are different now, and so are hot dogs. We want to know that what we’re eating is as good as it can be. Hot dogs are made from better ingredients, with fewer additives.

One thing hasn’t changed: Billions of hot dogs will be eaten at cookouts this summer, and serving them is one of the easiest ways we know to make people happy.

And so, we present our first official hot dog blind tasting.

The terms were as follows:..."

The 10 hot dogs that were part of the taste test, clockwise from top left: Applegate, Nathan’s, Oscar Mayer, Wellshire Farms, Boar’s Head, Trader Joe’s, Niman Ranch, Ball Park, Brooklyn Hot Dog Company and Hebrew National. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times


Well, we've had a thread on hamburgers, so now it's time to get input on Hot Dogs.

I think that Vienna Beef Hot Dogs could very easily be on the list.


Richard

 

[Passepartout]

$8 for 8 at Whole Foods! They don't even mention those bun length Bar S doggies at $.89 for 8 of 'em at my neighborhood store! With enough ketchup, mustard and sweet relish, who can tell anyway.

 

[vacationhopeful]

Ever since I spent 2 days a week eating cheap hot dogs for dinner as a kid ... hot dogs are almost the LAST food I chose to eat.

 

[LisaH]

Ted's Hot Dogs in Buffalo NY! Went back to Buffalo for the first time in 2015 (left in 1989). First thing to do was to eat a Ted's Hot Dog after leaving the airport

 

[Talent312]

"With enough ketchup..." - An abomination. Ketchup is just wrong on a dog.
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[pedro47]

How are the Gwaltney Beef franks rated they are sold at the Washington Redskins & Washington National and the Baltimore Orioles at games?

 

[Bucky]

The Vienna brand hotdog up in Michigan is awesome. I gorge myself on Coneys every time I go home.

 

[Talent312]

Apparently, my DW likes her dogs flaccid and tasteless.
She likes Ball Park franks. No accounting for taste.

 

[RNCollins]

I like Sabrett's hot dogs.

Or if out at Coney Island, you have to get a Nathan's.

 

[Passepartout]

"With enough ketchup..." - An abomination. Ketchup is just wrong on a dog.

As noted in the article, the testers go to add THEIR choice of condiments. Obviously, not yours. FRANKly, I prefer brats, parboiled in beer, then grilled well browned with distinct grill marks, and grilled onions in a toasted sub roll to hot dogs any day. Gulden's Spicy Brown mustard optional.

 

[Elan]

So I made a point to grab some Nathan's Beef Franks yesterday. They were definitely more savory than a Ball Park, but I largely agree with Jim -- put 'em on a bun and add ketchup , mustard, relish, onions or whatever, and they all taste pretty similar. Also agree that if one wants a more flavorful sausage, then brats, Polish, German and Chorizo are likely far better options than the best hot dog.

 

[Panina]

I like Sabrett's hot dogs.

Or if out at Coney Island, you have to get a Nathan's.

Sabbrett has an all natural, skinless uncured beef version, that everyone raved about when I served them this week.

No nitrates or nitrites added, low sodium, gluten free, no fillers, no preservatives

 

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Joey Chestnut's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Win: Here's How Many Calories He Logged
By Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor/ Forbes/ forbes.com

"Playing competitive sports can help you lose weight. Competitive eating, probably not so much.

July 4th was the latest installment of the annual Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island. The winner this year was now ten-time Mustard Belt champion Joey Chestnut, with an event-record 72 hot dogs and hot dog buns in 10 minutes. Hot diggety dog. Second-place Carmen Cincotti only ate 62 hot dogs and buns. Third-place Matt Stonie, the 2015 champion, by comparison dogged it with only 48. Three-time defending women's champion Miki Sudo ate her way to the women's title with 41 hot dogs, topping Michelle Lesco who inhaled 32 1/2 hot dogs and three-time champion Sonya "Black Widow" Thomas, who ate 30, which seems like hors d'ouerves compared with Chestnut's feast...."

Winner Joey Chestnut and third place finisher Matt Stonie compete in the 2017 Nathan's Famous International Hot

Not my cup of tea.


Richard

 

[PigsDad]

Not my cup of tea.

Not mine either. Looks like all three of them are about to hurl...

Kurt

 

[Mosca]

If you live near NE PA, look for the small producer Alpine. These are the best hot dogs Mrs and I have ever tasted. Expensive, but worth it.

http://thealpineonline.com/

 

[Passepartout]

"Playing competitive sports can help you lose weight. Competitive eating, probably not so much.

Now, if there's a more senseless 'sports contest', I sure don't know what it is. . . .

 

[beejaybee]

David Eisenberg dogs are very good. Dollar dog nite at the Indians game coming up again this Friday, they are Sugardale and definitely require a lot of condiments IMHO.

 

[pedro47]

If you live near NE PA, look for the small producer Alpine. These are the best hot dogs Mrs and I have ever tasted. Expensive, but worth it.

http://thealpineonline.com/

$7.49 for a pack of six (6) hot dogs is not a bad price.

 

[TUGBrian]

now I want some chili dogs!

 

[Mosca]

$7.49 for a pack of six (6) hot dogs is not a bad price.

The photo shows 6 to the pound, they are actually 5 to the pound in local stores. HUGE dogs that plump up!

 

[pedro47]

The photo shows 6 to the pound, they are actually 5 to the pound in local stores. HUGE dogs that plump up!

Every photo picture posted in the above thread shows six (6) to the pound in the packing; this must have been a special photo taken for TUG.

 

[Mosca]

Every photo picture posted in the above thread shows six (6) to the pound in the packing; this must have been a special photo taken for TUG.

Or, they might package them differently for local groceries? IDK. Maybe we'll take a ride out there tomorrow and check it out.

 

[Mosca]

Every photo picture posted in the above thread shows six (6) to the pound in the packing; this must have been a special photo taken for TUG.

We took a ride to Honesdale yesterday to check the shop out. We could have spent several hundred dollars, but we got out of there only $70 lighter.

The German franks I referenced are 5 to the pound.