Cooking Times: Hi Im wandering about cooking times. Like Basic hotdogs (turkey/chicken) or all beef? Any info is appreciated. im thinking about this for a birthday party. Thank You !!
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Cooking times seem to be a little long to me but maybe it's just me. It takes about 8-15 minutes to cook regardless of what type of dogs you have. It's not a microwave! The good part to me is that the time is consistent no matter how many dogs you have on it. Sometimes I'll put on 4 at one time and the cooking time remains the same. Overall, I just love the darn thing!!
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It takes much more time than you would think. If I remember correctly the directions said about 15 minutes but I found they took more like 35 or 40 minutes. Good if you want to have them ready and not have to watch them but too long to wait for seconds.
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It only cooks 6 dogs at time and takes about 15 minutes on high. There is not a warm setting to keep them warm.. so if your party has more than 6 I would NOT recommend for party. I own a bar and grill and stopped using it due to no way to keep dogs warm after they were cooked. They do cook dogs good and even. Capacity will be your concern. . Fire up the grill or just buy a steamer.Hope this helps
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it takes at least 1 hour to grill hot dogs that are edible,i only bought it because of the cheap price,but don't expect the promise of 10 to 15 minutes cooking time
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The unit works great but would likley be to small for a party. Will cook 6 small dogs in about 8-10 minutes (cold from fridge) depending on how cooked you want them. Will only hold 3 large dogs. Frozen ones of course take longer times. Frozen dogs often have flat spots that will not spin on the rollers so you may need to de-frost first.
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My dog is now 5 but I have been using this base mix with raw meat. As a puppy I transitioned him by first boiling the meat for a few minutes, after a week I transitioned him to half boiled and half raw. After that I moved him to full raw. I think I may have done it all over a six week period and he was fine. I hope that helps!
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Forgot to mention, be careful with the time you use when cooking anything. It may sound like not enough (from the booklet) but it usually is just right. If you let something stay in a little longer it will be crispier. I had a chicken in there and let it stay a bit more and it was alomost a total buffalo wing but still not dried out.
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Then that's totally cool! I have done a couple pork shoulders around 3lbs, and have even just tossed in 4-5 medium sized chicken breasts with a bunch of bbq sauce and some random spices. Everything is totally fine. I've had to do a little adjustment in terms of heat (the smaller ones will dry out on longer recipes) but the program feature is awesome. I can cook on low for 4 hours, then it automatically goes to "Warm" after the specified time is up so it won't overcook. Whether I've done 5lb stews or just chicken breasts everything has come out swell!
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we dind fry turkey but we put a cast iron dutch oven pot on ours and fried everything from the chicken, to fries and then fish . It is strong and a great investment. hmmm turkey...let me talk to the Mr.
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I used the skewers for chicken & beef never for hot dogs . If y do try it ? Let me know
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I cook at setting of 13 or 14. I plan 15 min. per pound3 to 4 hr. we like it well done, great every time. my husband only likes it cook like this . watch were u put food thermometer,if not put in right place false reading, enjoy
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I did a 3 1/2 or 4 lb chicken, but I butterflied it (cut out the back bone), I think it took about 45-50 minutes to cook through. You have to use a med to med-lo heat setting to keep the skin from burning, and you have to keep an eye on it and turn it often. Overall, the chicken tasted great, but I thought it was to time consuming since you have to watch it and turn it frequently so I only did it once. I do vegetables all the time. For small items that may slip through the grate, I put a piece of foil over the grate before adding the veggies, or I use a foil pan. I coat the vegetables with a little olive oil, salt/pepper or other seasonings. Squash, zucchini, and eggplant can go right on the grate, just oil the grate well. For corn on the cob, I wrap the ears in foil with a little olive oil and whatever seasoning I want to put on them and put them on the grate.
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I am not exactly sure what temp it goes to, but I have cooked chicken and beef on it. Is there something specific you want to cook on it? Hope this helps.
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Hard to say exactly because it depends on air temperature, especially outdoors. I would only put already-cooked hot dogs on here, wouldn't recommend cooking, say, a raw sausage...But I think it takes about 10-15 minutes to get pleasantly warm, and if you keep the heat all the way up, they'll eventually start blistering, so yes - you can overcook them as well. I personally like hotdogs that are a little burnt, but the kids refused to eat them.
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Hi K.A., I am an American who once lived in Ansbach...wish I spoke the language well enough to translate. Would you be so kind to translate this recipe for me. I am cooking my quark (buttermilk) overnight in my oven on the lowest temperature. My family loves it soo much it seems like I am cooking it every night. I don't like keeping my oven on every night.Thank you so much for your help.Kathleenharrison74@verizon.net
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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.
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use chicken broth instead of water for starters. 2nd day, like stew, tastes better. try adding beef cubes, chicken bits or sausage...
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Jason, I've had a hard time getting it up to the desired smoking temp when it's cool & windy or just cool. I think one of the problems is that they only recommending using 12 or so starter coals. Yesterday I increased this number to 20 or so and that seemed to work better. I'll keep fooling with it and could see using up to half the coals in the chimney starter. And I've found that I need to have the top holes open more than the 5/16 they recommend. I'd say open them all the way up and then throttle them down. I also think it makes a big difference and significantly slows down the process if the meat isn't close to room temp to start. But I'll tell you, the more I use the device the more comfortable I feel with it. I'm having a retirement get together this coming Sat so started preparing for that this weekend. Using a rib rack I smoked 6 full racks of ribs on Sat and 6 more on Sun. I'd never have dreamed that 6 racks of ribs would fit on the Weber but they did. I baby sat the Sat batch pretty closely but once the Sunday batch was up to speed I only looked at about once/hour to stir the coals, add water & wood. We ate one last evening and it was good but will put the rest in the oven for 2 or 3 hours to get them more tender before serving. I hope that this (long) answer is of some help and encouragement. Dave McCartney, Marion, OH dkmcpa@yahoo.com
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We did a turkey and it was delicious, moist, crisp, incredible Have not used the oil free turkey fryer and likely won'tsince this is excellent. Also, have done beef roast, lamb shoulder, ribs, pork shoulder and butt for pulled pork, and we have loved everything. Don't hesitate to get it and start enjoying!
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Did you ever buy the Hamilton Beach knife as I need to buy one for the same purpose...slightly frozen beef to cut for making jerky. I'm doing the Fast metabolism Diet by Hallie Pomroy and lost three pounds the first week and seems like all I do is eat. The jerky will be a easy snack and I made it with ground beef but will want to cut it very thin.
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I agree with another comment about ribs - you would need to cut the slab. As for other meats, I have cooked a whole chicken (typical small fryer) and about a 3 to 4 lb brisket