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Musfuut

Hotdogs that turn sticky?

My brother and I just purchased our first gas grill yesterday and cooked for the first time on it tonight, but despite tons of education questions remain. We decided to start with simple hotdogs (Ballpark beef hotdogs).

The result was totally to die for however they turned sticky, like they were coated in a layer of honey. Is this a thing? I tried googling and all I get are recipes for sticky buns and other useless information.

We want to make sure something is not grossly out of whack before putting the more expensive items on.

Thanks!

Posted Jun 18, 2014, 6:05 AM UTC

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MusfuutOP•

Turns out my brother had the grill set to the lowest setting thinking it was high and had "cooked" the dogs for over 30 minutes to get them dark. I think they had begun to breakdown into pre-hotdog chemical forms.

The second attempt, using high heat yielded much dryer (externally) dogs with no stickiness.

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unclexbenny•

Never heard of sticky hot dogs before, maybe the inside of the grill was coated with something? I'd blast the inside with some high heat to try to burn anything else out if that's the case.

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Mehknic•

Seconding this. Any time I buy a new piece of grill equipment, it gets fired at maximum power for 10-15 minutes to burn off factory grease and other nasties.

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MusfuutOP•

Ran the grill at high for 25 minutes, 10 more than per the instructions. The grates were pre-cleaned and dried. There was a strong oil smell at first but it dissipated half way through.

Since my brother prefers somewhat blackened hotdogs could the extra cooking have done it?

My brother is going to try some more dogs in a little bit, I'll try to snag one before the blackened stage and see if it seems normal.

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norcon•

how old were the hot dogs? I've had hot dogs do that but after a few days of sitting around

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MusfuutOP•

They were purchased 2 nights prior. Going to be trying another package tonight, slightly different variety (Ballpark Angus vs Ballpark Beef).

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norcon•

I usually go with Sabrett, Nathans or whatever the butcher made (delicious veal/pork combo).

Ballparks don't have that perfect snap i look for.

Also check out kielbasas.

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MusfuutOP•

We will definitely try Nathans and kielbasa. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

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