Why You Should Spiral-Cut Your Hot Dog for Grilling

Published on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

CHOW.com's Blake Smith shows how the simple technique of cutting a spiral pattern into your hot dog before grilling it will not only improve the wiener-eating experience, but will also transform the dog into a conversation starter.

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  • @BooKidder

    From Dirty Harry himself:

    DETECTIVE: Hey, don't tell me this $#!t's getting to you. Not Harry Callahan. Say it ain't so.

    CALLAHAN: No, this stuff isn't getting to me, the shootings, the knifings, the beatings, old ladies being bashed in the head for their social security checks, teachers being thrown out of a fourth floor window because they don't give A's. That doesn't bother...+READ

    @BooKidder

    From Dirty Harry himself:

    DETECTIVE: Hey, don't tell me this $#!t's getting to you. Not Harry Callahan. Say it ain't so.

    CALLAHAN: No, this stuff isn't getting to me, the shootings, the knifings, the beatings, old ladies being bashed in the head for their social security checks, teachers being thrown out of a fourth floor window because they don't give A's. That doesn't bother me a bit.

    DETECTIVE: Come on Harry, take it easy.

    CALLAHAN: Or this job either, having to wade through the scum of this city, being swept away by bigger and bigger waves of corruption, apathy and red tape. No, that doesn't bother me. But you know what does bother me?

    DETECTIVE: What?

    CALLAHAN: You know what makes me really sick to my stomach?

    DETECTIVE: What?!

    CALLAHAN: It's watching you stuff your face with those hot dogs. Nobody... I mean NOBODY puts ketchup on a hot dog.-COLLAPSE

  • Thanks Blake, awesome tip! This makes hot dogs much more edible!

  • @BooKidder ditto

  • I'm with davis, ths is pretty good!

  • Looked delicious until he put ketchup on it.

  • The hot dog lady across the street from my work does this. It makes it so much easier to eat too. I love her.

  • Easily the best and most useful video posted on Chow in the last quarter.