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
    19·
    1 month 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·
        1 month 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·
        1 month 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.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        1 month ago

        Please don’t experiment with cooking anything but bread in the toaster. They’re extremely dangerous to fuck around with. Please also keep anything conductive out of a toaster when it’s plugged in (even when it’s not plunged down) if you use some soft metal like tinfoil there’s a chance some gets stuck in the toaster and bridges a section of the heating element.

        As for using a fork to fish it out that’s generally not actually a problem - just unplug it first and make sure you’re not scraping the element in any way (I occasionally toast home made irregular bread so I often use a knife, carefully, to extract it).

        Toasters, especially old ones, oftentimes don’t have an integrated fuse so you can really fuck shit up with one.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
        71·
        1 month ago

        If this post is serious and not trolling, then you are more than welcome to post in my community for cooking discussions: \

        https://sh.itjust.works/c/allthingsfoodandcooking

        You sound like you maybe have very little culinary experience, and I would be happy to assist, as this is one of my hobbies (and I have worked in kitchens professionally as well). And my community could sure use more content! 😅

        • can@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          1 month ago

          Thank you for the link! I have more appliances at my disposal than OP but I still feel I’m under utilizing them.

      • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 month 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
          41·
          1 month 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
          23·
          1 month 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·
            1 month 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!