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Serious Eats Tests Hot Dogs
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:46 pm
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To find the very best franks, we taste-tested 13 different brands of uncured beef hot dogs you’re likely to find at your local grocery store. We simmered the hot dogs in water, sliced them up, then ate them plain in random order without knowing which hot dog brand was which. After tasting our way through 13 different hot dogs, we tabulated the results and crowned an overall winner we’d be happy to grill at our own cookouts. We also found a few runners up that would be welcome on our grills.
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:02 pm to Stadium Rat
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Serious Eats
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Hot Dogs
Contradiction statement
Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:15 pm to Stadium Rat
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:55 pm to Stadium Rat
And the wiener is ...
The one with the fewest ingredients and the only brand that uses animal (sheep) casing.
I tend to follow a rule that when I can't decide between a couple of brands I go with the one with the fewest ingredients. Good to see it come through.
The one with the fewest ingredients and the only brand that uses animal (sheep) casing.
I tend to follow a rule that when I can't decide between a couple of brands I go with the one with the fewest ingredients. Good to see it come through.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:43 pm to Stadium Rat
TLDR boars head was the winner
Posted on 8/25/25 at 6:26 pm to Stadium Rat
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we taste-tested 13 different brands of uncured beef hot dogs
The Hebrew National dog is not uncured. Neither is the Kirkland brand. Probably true of at least a few of the other brands, but I don't know for sure. (My youngest daughter (no pics) gets terrible migraines when she eats nitrates, so I am an old hand at reading product labels).
Posted on 8/25/25 at 7:53 pm to cgrand
I'm enjoying the Nathan's skinless beef(finished 2nd). Bought a pack from Aldi last week. I simmer them in a pan and heat up a left over meat sauce I use a chili.
Boar's Head makes a good product but I think that pack of dogs is $8.00 at the Rouses.
Boar's Head makes a good product but I think that pack of dogs is $8.00 at the Rouses.
This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:36 am to Roscoe14
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The Hebrew National dog is not uncured. Neither is the Kirkland brand. Probably true of at least a few of the other brands, but I don't know for sure. (My youngest daughter (no pics) gets terrible migraines when she eats nitrates, so I am an old hand at reading product labels).
The brands that call themselves "uncured" use nitrates also, they just use it in the form of celery extract, which is chemically similar. In blind taste tests, the vast majority of people who say they have an allergy to nitrates, cannot tell the difference.
However, there are exceptions, a few people are nitrate sensitive. It sure isn't going to harm anyone not to eat preserved meat.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:09 pm to Zephyrius
quote:one dollar for a hot dog doesnt sound all that outrageous to me
Boar's Head makes a good product but I think that pack of dogs is $8.00 at the Rouses.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 2:04 pm to Zephyrius
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I'm enjoying the Nathan's skinless beef(
my go-to
Posted on 8/26/25 at 5:07 pm to Stadium Rat
Kirkland and Sabrett's for me.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 5:57 pm to Jake88
Never tried Kirkland, but I will have to give them a try. I usually get Nathan's, Hebrew National, or Sabrett's at Sam's or Costco and freeze most of them.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:30 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Never tried Kirkland
quote:How's that happen? Get a three pack. They are really tasty.
Costco
Posted on 8/27/25 at 3:38 pm to Jake88
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How's that happen? Get a three pack. They are really tasty.
Just never tried them. I will though. There's a place in Atlanta, Avondale to be precise, called Skip's. It's run by some guys from Chicago and they specialize in Vienna Beef Chicago dogs, Italian beef, and various other sausages. Went there a couple of days ago. Sometimes you just need a good hotdog.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 3:51 pm to SpotCheckBilly
quote:Thanks. Next time I pass through I'm going to try it.
Skip's. It's run by some guys from Chicago and they specialize in Vienna Beef Chicago dogs, Italian beef, and various other sausages. Went there a couple of days ago. Sometimes you just need a good hotdog
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:00 pm to Stadium Rat
I trust this guy:
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:26 am to deeprig9
I hate hotdogs so maybe I'm biased but how do places like Dat Dog still exist? The one on Freret St. in NOLA is dead all the time.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 2:01 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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Weird to judge a product, and then say you should eat the winner, but cook it in a completely different way.
Grilling would completely change the taste/texture of each dog.
Valid point. I suspect they were trying to isolate the flavor of the dog and ensure the cooking technique is applied uniformly across every sample.
Grilling is very non-uniform. Judges could have judged differently by level of done-ness and variances in smoke absorption and char.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:04 am to Stadium Rat
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beef hot dogs
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