I don’t want to go grill it outside because it is cloudy today.
And boiling it makes it kinda flobby.
Has anyone grilled a hotdog in a bread toaster before? any hints?
I don’t want to go grill it outside because it is cloudy today.
And boiling it makes it kinda flobby.
Has anyone grilled a hotdog in a bread toaster before? any hints?
If you are talking about the vertical style bread toaster, don’t cook anything that isn’t bread in those. If you are talking about a toaster oven, you can wrap it in foil and bake it.
A solid alternative, and what makes a hotdog’s flavor really pop, is cutting it into 6-10 pieces and pan frying it.
Why wouldn’t it cook a non-bread?
Surely the metal prongs inside are enough to stabilize the dog?
Grease from the hot dog could short the heating elements and cause a fire.
If you really want a grilled dog, your best bet is to stick it under the broiler for a few minutes.
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Thank you for the link! I have more appliances at my disposal than OP but I still feel I’m under utilizing them.
Please don’t experiment with cooking anything but bread in the toaster. They’re extremely dangerous to fuck around with. Please also keep anything conductive out of a toaster when it’s plugged in (even when it’s not plunged down) if you use some soft metal like tinfoil there’s a chance some gets stuck in the toaster and bridges a section of the heating element.
As for using a fork to fish it out that’s generally not actually a problem - just unplug it first and make sure you’re not scraping the element in any way (I occasionally toast home made irregular bread so I often use a knife, carefully, to extract it).
Toasters, especially old ones, oftentimes don’t have an integrated fuse so you can really fuck shit up with one.
You don’t want the juices dripping down into an electric appliance do you? That risks burning the toaster up, or even getting electrocuted.
I’m not sure what cookware you have, but it sounds like you may be pretty limited on choices/space. I would highly recommend swapping the vertical toaster for a toaster oven. As they are basically little ovens that you can cook almost anything in, including toast and hotdogs.
I do have to consider a toaster oven, they are far more convenient compared to my full sized oven.
Wait. You can boil water, can you just skillet it? Pan fry it. Maybe a little oil, but not much at all
WAIT-
I didn’t think about this!
I’ll totally experiment with that method.
I don’t have a big enough pan, but a pot should do.
I pan fry hotdogs all the time. I put a little water in the pan to help the hotdogs heat all the way through and then let it burn off and fry them a bit to get them slightly crispy.
You need to do yourself a favor and go get yourself a proper frying pan/skillet. It doesn’t need to be an expensive or nice one, but if you don’t have one that can fit a few hot dogs, your kitchen is way under equipped.
You can always slice the hotdog up if your pan isn’t large enough - unlike sausage the casing on a hotdog is more for appearance than to keep all the bits inside (hotdogs are basically solid tubes of stuff) so if you slice it in half to reduce its length you probably won’t notice when eating it.
Oki doki!
Anything will do, if they are non-stick, you’ll definitely want oil or water, to help distribute the heat.