Comments on: Magical appliance turns hamburger meat into hot dogs

By: gpeare

gpeare — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:25:00 +0000

I’ll wait for the cornbread coated deep fried version on a stick.

By: Ben Bentkowski

Ben Bentkowski — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:20:00 +0000

I tried this about 15 years ago and yes that is what they look like when cooked.

By: Over the River

Over the River — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:19:00 +0000

I agree. Many Middle Eastern countries make ground meat (typically lamb) kabobs and shape the meat before sliding it on to a skewer. This would shorten the amount of time to prepare and reduce the amount of “touching” the meat.

http://javanehskitchen.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/sl375628.jpg

By: Robert Cruickshank

Robert Cruickshank — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:52:00 +0000

Me too! In fact, I wondered if this was just some rebranded cevapcici maker. I started to google for that but only got as far as this amazing video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwbABDf9EfY

By: chaopoiesis

chaopoiesis — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:52:00 +0000

The trick to reading this post is to skip all the Boing Boing comments (including this one) and go directly to the Amazon customer reviews.

Classic.

By: Frank Diekman

Frank Diekman — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:02:00 +0000

Personally, I’d rather have a cevepcici.

http://www.food.com/recipe/cevapcici-cevapi-balkan-sausage-sandwiches-361035

By: Adela Doiron

Adela Doiron — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:54:00 +0000

Oh just take a 50 cent length of PVC pipe; pack it full of meat and then push it out the end.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:16:00 +0000

As much as I’d love to take credit for this one, a shout out to my man Ray Kroc at McD’s for that special sauce.

By: RJ

RJ — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:47:00 +0000

JESUS CHRIST MAN
THAT’S BRILLIANT

By: Michael Hazell

Michael Hazell — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:40:00 +0000

Add me to that list too.

By: EvilSpirit

EvilSpirit — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:57:00 +0000

Greetings, space brothers. On my planet, we call such things “sausages.”

By: sam1148

sam1148 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:51:00 +0000

Almost as cool as the 70′s Hot Dog Cooker…called the “Hot Dogger”.

You put the hot dog inbtween a set of electrode spikes…and then plugged it in. The current would flow between the hotdog and electrocute and cook them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St2USEfQxZU

By: Michael Giannii Calvert

Michael Giannii Calvert — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:45:00 +0000

Sign me up.

By: Corrosino

Corrosino — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Wow, Bob Dobbs was right. Watching the slow implosion of our culture really *does* takes it’s toll on even the stoutest of minds…

By: Brett Coulthard

Brett Coulthard — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:53:00 +0000

If I only could find some ground beef that hasn’t been recalled…

By: Randy Slavey

Randy Slavey — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000

These are a staple in my home town. Pack the beef full of Greek spices, bake in a special sauce, and pile on mustard, cheese and onions. Use to eat a half-dozen of these at a time in my youth. Now, more than one results in Fujiyama-level gastrointestinal calamity.

Edit: more details about the shop that has been around for 75 years (http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=33925)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6723823171_fba7eb6a67.jpg

By: septimar

septimar — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:40:00 +0000

So it creates Dutch Frikandels? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frikandel

By: mccrum

mccrum — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:26:00 +0000

And the secret ingredient is something you might not expect.
“There’s no secret,” she said. “It’s us.”

Bill’s World Famous Cheeseburger is people!

By: Tim Smith

Tim Smith — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Bill’s World Famous Cheeseburger at the Olympic Club in San Francisco has been serving these since the 50s. http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/articles/2012-06-13/201206141339637452883.html

By: mccrum

mccrum — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:00:00 +0000

So much heresy!

PS – Why not save yourself time and go with the 1000 Island Dressing?

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:59:00 +0000

Because altering the shape of mince meat is usually a really difficult task?

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:56:00 +0000

The good news is that as long as you use USDA-approved meat, odds are that it won’t actually be more than 5% turd.

By: saint_al

saint_al — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:47:00 +0000

Garbage in, garbage out. Most impulse buyers… er, customers, are probably unlikely to use it thrice and just go back to packs of H-dogs.

By: omems

omems — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:45:00 +0000

When cooked, won’t they look like turds?

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:37:00 +0000

I’ve been dead a hundred times over then.

Ketchup and mayo for me, dog or burger.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Now I can finally stop rolling my own! Think of all the time I’ll save.

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:35:00 +0000

ok… but be ye warn-ed: if thou makes hotdogs of ones hamburger one must forgo ketchup lest ye die. for what was once a friend of ketchup is now its foe. sine-die

By: David Friedman

David Friedman — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:23:00 +0000

aka The Hamburdog: http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/05/idea_the_hamburdog.html

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:20:00 +0000

Wow. You could cram pretty much anything into that mold.

By: James Harris

James Harris — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:17:00 +0000

It would be better to put a koobideh kabab in a hotdog bun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabab_koobideh