Hot Dog Taste Test

I really enjoy the Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines and the America's Test Kitchen t.v. show all done by the same people. The magazines and show give great step-by-step instructions to different recipes and they test everything you would need to cook (food brands, kitchen gadgets, pots, pans, etc.). Also, all the recipes in the magazines and on the show have been tried many times to get it just right, so it takes all the guess work and ruined dishes out of the equation.

A couple months ago I read in one of the magazines the findings from the hot dog test taste. Rich and I thought this was interesting and thought we would have a taste test of our own. We tried 2 of the recommended hot dogs from the list: Nathan's Famous Beef Franks and Hebrew National Beef Franks. We barbecued the dogs and then topped them with our favorites condiments. We made sure the hot dogs were topped the same, so there were no unfair advantages.

After trying both hot dogs the winner by a small margin were the Nathan's Famous Beef Franks. Our conclusion matched the findings in the magazine. We know this probably sounds pretty silly to most of you, but it was just good-old-fashioned fun!