barbecue tricks? how bout hot dog tricks today?i'll give you my toppers! no rules just tricks--keep it fun -exceptsafety... first things first and that's safety firstsure when the best things about hotdogs is hot outside and that's when things and bacterialike to grow so keep them cold -- then once cooked never leave hotdogs at room temperaturefor longer than two hours - the general rule
how to cook a good hotdog, of thumb is never leave hotdogs or any outdoorfood at room temperature for more than 2 hours--and when you're talking about summer heat in thesun - i would drop it down to one hour. or better yet keep them hot -once you do havean heated up on the grill make sure you keep them up to temp /hot throughout the party- 140â°f or hotter until you serve and you
probably want to keep an aluminum pan in thecorner of the grill for a warming only zone outside of the warming zone i like to fireit up --and especially when i'm cooking with charcoal -- i usually have a really hot zonetoo... that zone will probably give you it's own warning! you may not want a burnt hotdog but who would deny bacon wrapped hot dog effectlove bacon we love grilling but we don't like grilling bacon here's the way to boost theflavor but cut the flareups by starting with pre-cooked extra thin bacon strips there somany varieties and it's super easy on the grill less flareups and just keep it secureafter it softens up a little bit with a toothpick
again you don't have to cook the hot dogsinside so you don't have to worry about flareups nearly as much one trick to have a better tasting hot dogis starting with a higher quality hotdog usually the more expensive ones in the grocery storesome of the best brands have been voted on a lot on the internet and the one that usuallycomes up the winner is nathan's all beef with casing it tops most of the best of less butit is a regional choice as well as a native chicago and i love avn a brand all beef hotdog however hard to find recently sometimes especially in the south... big trick is goingwith your local favorite next don't be a prick in general you don'twant to prick or puncture your sausages it
lets the juice run out --- not as big of adeal with hot dogs unless they are super juicy variety but still brotz or sausages you don'twant to prick... however when it comes to tricks i will adviseyou to ---try to score if you got kids coming to the cookout youwant to try scoring the skin a few times a really fun trick is the score the skin ofthe hotdog if you times or try a spiral cut like we demonstrated on this video at barbecuetricks or even get a gadget called the slot dog for giving a gator skin like affect tohotdocs it's just kind of fun speaking of kids a great hotdog trick if isto serve them octopus--- make that hotctopuss --take a knife and sliced legs to the bottomhalf of the frank you may not be able to get
eight of them ---- prickett a couple of timeswith a toothpick for eyes and you're all set if you're doing a double dog - the trick tomake them a little less awkward in a bun is do you spit is to split each dog right downthe center not like that like this lengthwise it'll make the dogs less prone to slip inaround inside the bun next-- dres dress it up maybe that's a toastedbun people love that some people love that or just toppings - a hot dog bar is a greatidea so people can build their own from sport peppers to relishes to cheese yes even catchup on some people have a rule never to put catch up on a hotdog i say anything goes theone rule is keep it cool keep your condiments on ice and they won't go bad with the heatof the summer sun again the temperature rule
keep it cool on ice my trick for toppings ?! grab a muffin tinand keep it cold on a tray full ice have fun with your toppings there's also twodifferent styles of hotdogs i love the chicago style my favorite topping is actually celerysalt seattle style hot dogs sound kind of cool to cream cheese on a toasted bun withgrilled onions and sauerkraut whatever your favorite is here's the rule to adding toppingstoppass you should remember to always apply your condiments in order of wet first to drywet first mustard chili catch up then chunky next relish crowdthe diced onions cheese and lastly the spices like the celery salt for me thank you verymuch
maybe into one of those split top new englandstyle hot dog buns top of how you like it's kind a like hot that you can't go wrong withthat it's like like pizza even a bad hot dog is still pretty good.for more tips tricks and other fun stuff. www.barbecuetricks.com.
