If I rap bacon around the hotdogs, will the rollers still turn the hotdogs? Will this make bacon-dogs?
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Only hot dogs are recommended to be cooked on this Hot Dog Roller. It is not designed for bacon wrapped hot dogs.
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I am a pretty handy guy, so warranty and service was not an issue for me.- What WAS important was how many round items can I cook at one time, with great browning, and a solid warming feature for longer parties.Commercial - Based on what I have experienced with this company's product, I would recommend this Hot Dog/Taco/Corn Dog/Egg Roll/whatever else you got Roller-Cooker without reservation, except minor observations that I wrote in my original review. . . . .My Advice?BUY IT IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY.It's pretty low maintenance. Just follow my cleaning instructions mentioned earlier and you will be happy as long as you can use one in your life.- And for me, that's a long time.Solid THUMBS UP PRODUCT.JGL I am a pretty handy guy, so warranty and service was not an issue for me.- What WAS important was how many round items can I cook at one time, with great browning, and a solid warming feature for longer parties.Commercial - Based on what I have experienced with this company's product, I would recommend this Hot Dog/Taco/Corn Dog/Egg Roll/whatever else you got Roller-Cooker without reservation, except minor observations that I wrote in my original review. . . . .My Advice?BUY IT IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY.It's pretty low maintenance. Just... » Read More I am a pretty handy guy, so warranty and service was not an issue for me.- What WAS important was how many round items can I cook at one time, with great browning, and a solid warming feature for longer parties.Commercial - Based on what I have experienced with this company's product, I would recommend this Hot Dog/Taco/Corn Dog/Egg Roll/whatever else you got Roller-Cooker without reservation, except minor observations that I wrote in my original review. . . . .My Advice?BUY IT IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY.It's pretty low maintenance. Just follow my cleaning instructions mentioned earlier and you will be happy as long as you can use one in your life.- And for me, that's a long time.Solid THUMBS UP PRODUCT.JGL « Show Less
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As long as it is locked it should turn no problem. Make sure you hear the 'click' after you shut it. By the way I put 3 Pilsbury cinamon rolls in mine (remember to spray top and bottom with Pam) cooked 4 minutes wow, amazing. Another hint, take a small plate and put underneath it catches anything that drips and makes clean up easy.
2221951
i,m very sorry can't help you i have not installed this unit,so i don't know how it works , bought it to use on hot dog cart.
1997909
Not in my experience. I have grilled turkey cutlets and chicken breasts, but not bacon or anything that might spatter more. Haven't had a chance yet! But I will! As a precaution, if spattering is a concern for you, you might put up a shield (foil lined cardboard fixed to stand around, not against, the griddler would do) to protect the area nearby. Hope this helps!
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you can try other items. however with brats and sausage you will have a lot of grease. I'm sticking with the hot dogs. I don't want to ruin my machine.
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Greetings,I love these and so sorry if I did not respond to feed back. I make biscuits and these are the champs at pressing and pulling. So many do not know not to twist while cutting the biscuits. Never spin off the cut.When properly pressed to cut and pulled without twisting the biscuit's steam causes a rise of fullest potential.Thank you,With respectLowell Garner projectyellowlight.com
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i've found patients to be the answer to great rolled dogs. this thing heats like a crematorium but the answer is to start early and slow cook the dogs. if you rush it the dogs cook unevenly. start at least a half hour before the feeding frenzy and the dogs will be a-1. those rollers you see in the carryout are on low. with this machine you get to be an expert by on the job training. properly operated it excels. good luck.
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We have made "corn dogs" by using some corn bread mix. put some of the mix in,then a hot dog, then top off with more corn bread mix, and bake. They are great. ( sometimes we use two hot dogs.) Also you can make "fried pies" in it. Some pastry dough, whatever filling you like, then top off with more pastry dough. Great apple pies.
750465
It's kinda tricky to wrap the poppers with bacon because when you try to slip them in the holes the bacon goes up. The bacon still cooks evenly because of the heat from the rack. I love this rack and recommend it. I made a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxotXMr-XK4
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I don't know. The grease from the hot dog may be too much. There is nothing in the manual regarding cooking hotdogs.
816363
I am not sure. I imagine you could, but how would you cook the dogs? If it's to clean the rollers I would recommend you turn the heat on to loosen the grease a little before you do. Another user says you can keep the heat off & just use the rollers.
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I have used this as a "grill" only once. As stated earlier, the grate is well below the lip of the barrel, so getting to burgers and other items that require you to use a spatula to flip them is difficult. Hog dogs and brats are easier to turn with tongs, but it is a long cook on them based on the distance away from the coals, in my experience. Based on the sear I like on steaks and chops, I have not even tried to grill them on this.Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this smoker and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for one, but this is not the best grill I have ever cooked on. I have used this as a "grill" only once. As stated earlier, the grate is well below the lip of the barrel, so getting to burgers and other items that require you to use a spatula to flip them is difficult. Hog dogs and brats are easier to turn with tongs, but it is a long cook on them based on the distance away from the coals, in my experience. Based on the sear I like on steaks and chops, I have not even tried to grill them on this.Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this smoker and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for one, but this is not the best grill I have ever... » Read More I have used this as a "grill" only once. As stated earlier, the grate is well below the lip of the barrel, so getting to burgers and other items that require you to use a spatula to flip them is difficult. Hog dogs and brats are easier to turn with tongs, but it is a long cook on them based on the distance away from the coals, in my experience. Based on the sear I like on steaks and chops, I have not even tried to grill them on this.Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this smoker and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for one, but this is not the best grill I have ever cooked on. « Show Less
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Yes you can. Now the tricky part. Once you put the skewer thru the dog do not attempt to reposition it, center it as much as possible. You want to do this so the inside of the dog doesn't get wallowed out an the skewer turn with the dog staying stationary. I had heard some past complaints an I made myself little end clips to keep the dogs turning with the skewer. No problem! But I love this griddler for sooo much more!
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About 7 or 8 on the roller, and I've had over 16 hotdogs in each of the (2)steamer/boiler which I might add is very convenient. Because some like them on the roller, and some like them steamed/boiled. To speed cooking process on the roller, I've used hotdogs that was in the steamer also.
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I use a half a hot dog... the bun length kind (they aren't too long for us, although I note another user complained that they were too long. I prefer that size in half for this machine, actually.) Or the shorter kind in half of course fit, or little breakfast sausages placed in a pancake mix also work well. I just measured, though, and there are 3.8" total in the longest part of the machine, but obviously if you cut the dogs to that size, they wouldn't fit because it curves around the edges and you also need room for the batter to surround the dog.
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I am sorry we haven't try grilling burgers or steaks, yet. it's seams get hot enough. So far we just have used the rollers for brats and hot dogs. So far it works great, I purchase griddle for my husband man cave and we been satisfied with the product