The Great Chili Cheese Dog Taste Off

[Timothy Hoffman]

I was going to make meatloaf today until I mentioned something about chili dogs. Then my wife was begging me for chili cheese dogs.

While at the store getting stuff to make the chili I noticed they had both Nathan's and Hebrew National. Unfortunately they are both skinless beef franks. (We like the natural casing that crunch when you bite into them.)

I ended up getting a package of each to do a little taste test.

Here we are on the grill. The thinner longer ones are Hebrew National, the short plump are Nathan's. Also, I had to do up some giant ABTs.

On the plate topped with my dog chili, onions and cheese. Sharing the plate is more mac salad from yesterday. (The peppers didn't get done in time for the family pic.)

While neither are as good as the natural casing dogs that we usually get, the Hebrew National beat the Nathan's hands down. Better beef flavor, better texture and they browned up better.

 

[Gary H. NJ]

Thanks for reporting on the taste test. We appreciate the sacrifice.

 

[Jim Lampe]

tim... i count 15 dogs on that grill, yet ONLY two on your plate.
can i quick come over tonight for a few...? I'll bring your favourite brew! Even more rolls too if you're out...
Those look DagDOGgumGOOD!

 

[John Solak]

Thanks for taking one for the team, Looks like a hard experiment

. The results look good too!!

 

[Wayne Truelove]

All looks great to me...I really like the ABT holder! Cool idea.

 

[Timothy Hoffman]

Trust me, this is harder than it looks. Never eat 4 chili cheese dogs at 8pm then try to go to bed at 10pm. I am suffering so you don't have to.

(The ABTs didnt help matters.)

Jim, there is ONE dog left. You are welcome to it. I had 4, wife had 2, and her 2 boys had 4 each.

 

[Wayne Truelove]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Jim, there is ONE dog left. You are welcome to it. I had 4, wife had 2, and her 2 boys had 4 each. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Too funny...Love it!!

 

[Bob Correll]

Great looking chili dogs Tim!

 

[Joel Kiess]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Timothy Hoffman:
Trust me, this is harder than it looks. Never eat 4 chili cheese dogs at 8pm then try to go to bed at 10pm. I am suffering so you don't have to.

(The ABTs didnt help matters.)

Jim, there is ONE dog left. You are welcome to it. I had 4, wife had 2, and her 2 boys had 4 each. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

good lord. I hope you slept with the windows open.

 

[Ray Crick]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">good lord. I hope you slept with the windows open. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
so funny! LOL.

 

[Mike P.]

It's hard to beat a good dog. Oh Wait! Did I get that backwards?

 

[Mike Coffman]

Great job Tim! Dogs definitely are delicious and I also prefer Hebrew over Nathans!

 

[Andy Beers]

hard to beat a grilled hot dog

 

[Ron G.]

I think maybe you got that one backwards:

CCD's are AWESOME "hangover food" - you're supposed to have yer suds first, THEN down a few of those...

How old are the kids - sounds like they're at that "eat sides of beef in one sitting" phase

Looks much better than the slop that passes for chili that I've seen on most dogs.

 

[Timothy Hoffman]

Thanks for all the comments!

Ron, the 'boys' are 20 & 22.
Of course the chili looks good, I made it myself.