Magical appliance turns hamburger meat into hot dogs

Billions of years from now, in the final seconds before the heat death of the universe snuffs out life for all eternity, the last living creature can take comfort in the fact that we didn't fade away before creating the Ham Dogger. You can experience its magic today for $6.77

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Brainspore

That will be a nice addition to my hot dog grinder.
http://illustratorhints.com/ Jesseham

That just leaves the “who wants cheese?” question…
James Harris

It would be better to put a koobideh kabab in a hotdog bun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabab_koobideh
- Over the River
  
  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
Quiche de Resistance

Wow. You could cram pretty much anything into that mold.
http://twitter.com/ironicsans David Friedman

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

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
- bcsizemo
  
  I’ve been dead a hundred times over then.
  
  Ketchup and mayo for me, dog or burger.
  - mccrum
    
    So much heresy!
    
    PS – Why not save yourself time and go with the 1000 Island Dressing?
    - RJ
      
      JESUS CHRIST MAN
      THAT’S BRILLIANT
      - mccrum
        
        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.
mccrum

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

When cooked, won’t they look like turds?
- Brainspore
  
  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.
- Ben Bentkowski
  
  I tried this about 15 years ago and yes that is what they look like when cooked.
saint_al

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.
http://www.ikaink.net Itsumishi

Because altering the shape of mince meat is usually a really difficult task?
http://www.facebook.com/UnionCarbide Tim Smith

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
- mccrum
  
  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!
septimar

So it creates Dutch Frikandels? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frikandel
http://twitter.com/randyslavey Randy Slavey

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
Brett Coulthard

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

Wow, Bob Dobbs was right. Watching the slow implosion of our culture really *does* takes it’s toll on even the stoutest of minds…
http://giannii.com/ Michael Giannii Calvert

Sign me up.
- http://www.techmansworld.com/ Michael Hazell
  
  Add me to that list too.
sam1148

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
EvilSpirit

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

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

Personally, I’d rather have a cevepcici.

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

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.
gpeare

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