Hot dog roller vs steamer? (2 Viewers)

[TheDuke]

I was randomly going thru galleries and found a pic of someone's hot dog steamer.

I know hot dog rollers have a big following on PCF. Haven't read anything about steamers.

This thing looks like it has an edge in terms of capacity. Looks like you could fit 100+ in there.

 

[Colquhoun]

I just read that steaming hot dogs does not add any flavor, as pan frying or grilling does. I would think a roller is closer to pan frying, only slower.

For flavor, you could steam dogs in beer, but what a horrible waste of beer.

 

[TheDuke]

There's a hotdog stand I used to go to at the end of a night of drinking when I was in university. They would steam their dogs but they'd put them on the grill to finish them up. Best of both worlds I thought. I used to think they were the greatest things ever but whenever I go there now (sober) they are distinctly mediocre.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Rolling >>>>>>>> steaming > fold pre.

Steaming dilutes flavor by adding water, rolling/frying concentrates flavor via water loss and Maillard reactions.

 

[tabletalker7]

A hot dog steamer is more work. You have to keep up with the water to keep it steaming along. A hot dog roller is literally "set it and forget it".

 

[allforcharity]

Easier clean up, though.

 

[pltrgyst]

Rumor has it that the COVID started in a steamed hot dog cart that some guy in Wuhan bought on eBay and had shipped from New York.

Of course in NYC, the hot dog carts use high quality Manhattan sewer water originally from the East River. Dunno what they use in Wuhan, but it can't be as good...

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Of course in NYC, the hot dog carts use high quality Manhattan sewer water originally from the East River.

That explains the used syringe I found in my last NYC dirty water dog.

 

[Colquhoun]

No, the NYC dirty water dogs use fresh water...initially.
What makes the dogs so special is that at the end of each day, the cart is towed into Queens, where the water is left to age, until the next day.
As each day goes by, the water becomes more and more flavorful.
Smart hot dog connoisseurs will ask the vendor about the water’s vintage prior to ordering.

 

[Pgheddie]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nostalgi...PKC8wX4qo12Ohr1ULhxoCRqsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[RudysNYC]

What makes the dogs so special is that at the end of each day, the cart is towed into Queens, where the water is left to age, until the next day.

^^^^^

Everyone knows franks are at the bottom of the dirty water hot dog cart totem pole... shish kebab is at the top, followed closely by pretzels.

Team roller, btw

 

[Colquhoun]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nostalgi...PKC8wX4qo12Ohr1ULhxoCRqsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I want one of those 4 foot long hot dogs!

 

[Colquhoun]

^^^^^

Everyone knows franks are at the bottom of the dirty water hot dog cart totem pole... shish kebab is at the top, followed closely by pretzels.

Team roller, btw

Street meat with white sauce, onions and yellow rice, ftw!

 

[Irish]

Roller and its not even close. Unless you forget to turn in on 20 minutes before the break and you have to monkey with higher initial temps (like me, every fucking tourney lol), its completely "set it and forget it." As dogs come off, fresh ones go on for the next round. Plus the leftover dogs at the end of the night turn into jerky....

 

[grebe]

Grilled, and it's not even close.

There. I said it.

 

[tabletalker7]

Grilled, and it's not even close.

There. I said it.

 

[pltrgyst]

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I had no idea that @Anthony Martino knew Will Smith!

 

[Schmendr1ck]

I want one of those 4 foot long hot dogs!
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The operators of Walmart.com need to stop dangling their modifiers outside the privacy of their bedrooms.

 

[MikesDad]

Rollin'
Rollin'
Rollin'
Keep those doggies Rollin'

Part of the theme song from an old (early 1960s) TV western

 

[Anthony Martino]

I had no idea the @Anthony Martino knew Will Smith!

This actually happens to me a LOT. Tons of people tell me I remind them of Kevin James. I was going for Costanza with hair though........

 

[upNdown]

Either is good with me.
If you’ve got a good, quality hot dog, that’s what it’s all about.

 

[ekricket]

Wait, are you cooking these before eating them?

 

[tabletalker7]

I had no idea the @Anthony Martino knew Will Smith!

This actually happens to me a LOT. Tons of people tell me I remind them of Kevin James. I was going for Costanza with hair though........

Do they say you remind them of Kevin James, or maybe it is Kevin James's version of "mini-me"?

 

[Anthony Martino]

Do they say you remind them of Kevin James, or maybe it is Kevin James's version of "mini-me"?

I was at a Beef O' Brady's a few years ago

Our waitress had a heavy Spanish accent and said

"jew know who jew look like? That famous actor, the funny one" (how she knew my jewish heritage is beyond me)

ME: Oh yeah, Brad Pit, I get it all the time!

HER: NO! You silly!

But yes, I am accustomed to being compared to the worlds funniest and most attractive man lol

 

[BonScot]

No option for microwave?

 

[tabletalker7]

No option for microwave?

 

[TheDuke]

No option for microwave?

My dad once cooked steak 3 ways. Started on the grill and he took them off while they were blue rare. To correct this, he decided to use the air fryer. The air fryer has very little capacity and he grew impatient so he threw them in the microwave to finish them off.

Suffice to say he has forever been taken off grill duties.

 

[BonScot]

My dad once cooked steak 3 ways. Started on the grill and he took them off while they were blue rare. To correct this, he decided to use the air fryer. The air fryer has very little capacity and he grew impatient so he threw them in the microwave to finish them off.

Suffice to say he has forever been taken off grill duties.

Your dad’s a genius. My dad’s the same. He makes such a mess of cooking that he’s no longer allowed to do it.

 

[tabletalker7]

Your dad’s a genius. My dad’s the same. He makes such a mess of cooking that he’s no longer allowed to do it.

You didn't know us men do that so our wife's quit asking us to cook?

 

[BonScot]

You didn't know us men do that so our wife's quit asking us to cook?

My dad taught me well. Putting dishes in the washing machine was my “piece de resistance”.