How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
Nevertheless, great idea:
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html

"Hans" > wrote:
> How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
> this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
> Nevertheless, great idea:
> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html

For years there was a commercially available product using that method. It
was called the Presto Hot Dogger, and it could cook 6 hot dogs at once.
There are always some available on eBay if you do a search for "Presto Hot
Dogger". There's 10 for sale right now, ranging in price from $3.99 to
$19.99.

My parents had one for years, but didn't use it once. Before that my father
was told by coworkers how to do it using 2 nails and an electric cord, just
like in that video. He worked for an electric utility at the time, so I
guess that was to be expected.

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"wff_ng_7" > wrote:
> My parents had one for years, but didn't use it once.

Make that "didn't use it much" rather than "didn't use it once". It was
intriguing to use the first couple of times, but the excitement wears off...
hot dogs taste better grilled.

"wff_ng_7" > wrote in
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> "wff_ng_7" > wrote:
>> My parents had one for years, but didn't use it once.
>
> Make that "didn't use it much" rather than "didn't use it once". It
> was intriguing to use the first couple of times, but the excitement
> wears off... hot dogs taste better grilled.


In 10th grade physics class, the teacher took a strand of low gauge wire
and touched it across a 12-volt battery's +/- contacts and it instantly
severed.

We learned plenty that day!

Wearing the proper rubber gloves, he didn't fry, dammit! ;-)

Andy

Oh pshaw, on Mon 03 Jul 2006 11:08:36a, wff_ng_7 meant to say...

> "Hans" > wrote:
>> How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
>> this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
>> Nevertheless, great idea: http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html
>
> For years there was a commercially available product using that method.
> It was called the Presto Hot Dogger, and it could cook 6 hot dogs at
> once. There are always some available on eBay if you do a search for
> "Presto Hot Dogger". There's 10 for sale right now, ranging in price
> from $3.99 to $19.99.
>
> My parents had one for years, but didn't use it once. Before that my
> father was told by coworkers how to do it using 2 nails and an electric
> cord, just like in that video. He worked for an electric utility at the
> time, so I guess that was to be expected.
>

We had one, too, and only used it a few times. The hot dogs always tasted
"electrocute" which, I guess, they were. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> We had one, too, and only used it a few times. The hot dogs always tasted
> "electrocute" which, I guess, they were. :-)
>
Nuking hot dogs always look like exploded tallywhackers to me. Who can
eat that?! LOL

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> > We had one, too, and only used it a few times. The hot dogs always
tasted
> > "electrocute" which, I guess, they were. :-)
> >
> Nuking hot dogs always look like exploded tallywhackers to me. Who can
> eat that?! LOL

All I could think of reading this was "Porky's" and the gym teacher. Found
out something new the other day....."Lassie" in Porky's was played by Kim
Cattrall. It was her first 'big' roll.....now she's better known for Sex in
the City.....even then she was in it for the tumble.

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> We had one, too, and only used it a few times. The hot dogs always tasted
> "electrocute" which, I guess, they were. :-)

I think the Presto Hot Dogger got pulled from the market due to safety
reasons. It predates the Consumer Products Safety Commission, for example.
I'm not sure what safety features it had to help prevent what happened in
that video. Did it have a timer that forced it to turn off? I can imagine
what might happen if you turned it on, took a phone call, started gabbing
and forgot all about it. But that's true for an awful lot of cooking.

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On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:48:01 GMT, "wff_ng_7" >
wrote:

>"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> We had one, too, and only used it a few times. The hot dogs always tasted
>> "electrocute" which, I guess, they were. :-)
>
>I think the Presto Hot Dogger got pulled from the market due to safety
>reasons. It predates the Consumer Products Safety Commission, for example.
>I'm not sure what safety features it had to help prevent what happened in
>that video. Did it have a timer that forced it to turn off? I can imagine
>what might happen if you turned it on, took a phone call, started gabbing
>and forgot all about it. But that's true for an awful lot of cooking.


I remember using one back in 1964 and you had to unplug the unit when
it audibly snapped indicating the dogs were done. They tasted fine at
the time but my standards for hot dogs has gone up. I remember there
being a caution about leaving hot dogs in and the unit plugged in.


jim

"ensenadajim" > wrote:
> I remember using one back in 1964 and you had to unplug the unit when
> it audibly snapped indicating the dogs were done. They tasted fine at
> the time but my standards for hot dogs has gone up. I remember there
> being a caution about leaving hot dogs in and the unit plugged in.

Maybe it had some thermal sensor that turned it off, but if left plugged in,
the sensor would cool and it would turn itself back on. I have a coffee
percolator that has that kind of issue. When first plugged in, the brew
heater comes on and when finished the brew heater goes off and the keep warm
heater goes on. Left plugged in long enough, it will cool to the point where
the brew heater will kick back in. Not good, particularly if you didn't
remove the basket and perk tube. It starts perking all over again.

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wff_ng_7 wrote:

> "Hans" > wrote:
> > How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
> > this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.

> For years there was a commercially available product using that
> method. It was called the Presto Hot Dogger, and it could cook 6 hot
> dogs at once. There are always some available on eBay if you do a
> search for "Presto Hot Dogger". There's 10 for sale right now,
> ranging in price from $3.99 to $19.99.


Yeah I remember that. Mr. Wizard did the hotdog experiment about 35
years ago.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Thanks, I did not buy any fireworks for the 4th, but I do have some
cheap freezer burnt hot dogs, so the will be good for my fest. I want
to add a recipe for exploding guacamole, although it might be a little
late in timing for independence day:
4 mashed avacodos
dash lemon juice
1 large tomato diced,
a few T of minced onion
1/4 c sugar
Mix above. Put in sealed tupperware in fridge and forget that it's
there. Don't open the container. Let it sit a good month or so. One day
when you come home from work you may notice the inside of fridge has
green gloppy stuff all over. That would mean the guacomole hs fermented
to it's festive state and the lid blew, or it you were really lucky,
you were home and heard the fireworks in time to witness the fiesta. At
this point it might make a good liquor as well (I don't know, I did not
have the guts to try it)
jillstardust
stand for something or fall for anything

Hans wrote:
> How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
> this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
> Nevertheless, great idea:
> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html

"Hans" > wrote in news:1151949270.712482.108160@
75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
> this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
> Nevertheless, great idea:
> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html


Hans,

Hysterical! Sounds like Frankenstein and Brother of Frankenstein!!! LOL!

Andy
Having fun with Tesla Coils since 1998.

In article . com>,
says...
> How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
> this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
> Nevertheless, great idea:
> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html
>
>

Ever see a pickle hooked up like that? Casts a very bright glow before
it explodes.

Oh cool! I have lots of left over pickles too!
jill stardust
stand for something or fall for anything

T wrote:
> In article . com>,
> says...
> > How To Grill A Hot Dog With 2 Nails And 1 Electric Cord. Do not try
> > this at home unless you are a licensed electrician or insane.
> > Nevertheless, great idea:
> > http://www.jumpingpixels.com/hotdog.html
> >
> >
>
> Ever see a pickle hooked up like that? Casts a very bright glow before
> it explodes.