I don’t want to go grill it outside because it is cloudy today.

And boiling it makes it kinda flobby.

Has anyone grilled a hotdog in a bread toaster before? any hints?

Edit 1:

Pan fried following this advice!

I had a delicious meal!!!

Thank you @tokookah@discuss.tchncs.de!

The hotdog fits in my frying pan! Hot dog in tiny frying pan

Completed dog

Mayonnaise on English bread, Lettuce ontop, dog on lettuce, Ketchup, Mustard, delicious!

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    26 days ago

    If you are talking about the vertical style bread toaster, don’t cook anything that isn’t bread in those. If you are talking about a toaster oven, you can wrap it in foil and bake it.

    A solid alternative, and what makes a hotdog’s flavor really pop, is cutting it into 6-10 pieces and pan frying it.

      • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
        14·
        26 days ago

        Grease from the hot dog could short the heating elements and cause a fire.

        If you really want a grilled dog, your best bet is to stick it under the broiler for a few minutes.

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        12·
        26 days ago

        You don’t want the juices dripping down into an electric appliance do you? That risks burning the toaster up, or even getting electrocuted.

      • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        26 days ago

        Why wouldn’t it cook a non-bread?

        • You will almost certainly have to stick a fork down into the vertical style bread toaster to retrieve the hotdog, which is hella unsafe.
        • It’s also almost impossible to clean the vertical style ones, which isn’t a problem for bread since the extra bits just burn off, but it is a problem for other foods like meats, as bits can easily rot in there.
        • Meats can also drip grease onto the elements, which will cause a fire.

        I’m not sure what cookware you have, but it sounds like you may be pretty limited on choices/space. I would highly recommend swapping the vertical toaster for a toaster oven. As they are basically little ovens that you can cook almost anything in, including toast and hotdogs.

        • Clocks [They/Them]@lemmy.mlOP
          31·
          26 days ago
          • I suppose I could turn it off then use the fork.
          • Would tinfoil be an acceptable alternative? the tin would transfer the heat to the hotdog as to prevent the juices from staining the inside. this would also subtract the issue of the hotdog needing a fork.
          • Do vegan dogs change this situations?

          I do have to consider a toaster oven, they are far more convenient compared to my full sized oven.

        • Clocks [They/Them]@lemmy.mlOP
          12·
          26 days ago

          Perhaps it might not be apparent for you, but forming and discussing subjects like this are necessary to developing how “lived in” a platform is. With the death of the internet search due to AI, it simply increases the need of these answers to be written on a platform that hopefully will help spread these subjects for far longer and more ethically; rather then the closed silos of the past.

          I am not “struggling”, and to try and assert that based on some cursory readings feels extremely presumptuous.

          In other words, don’t assume things and enjoy silly and fun subjects like these a bit more.

          • braindefragger@lemmy.world
            21·
            25 days ago

            death of the internet search because of ai.

            Dramatic much? Yes. I’m sure it’s simply impossible now to find out how to reheat a hotdog using a search engine or the AI that has consumed all of that data.

            IMPOSSIBLE!