I still own one of these. I bought it when my kids were small and use it every now and again with my grandchildren. They get a kick out of using all of the old gadgets. They like making air popcorn with the top off on a sheet spread out on the floor (I used to do that when my kids had sleepovers), and making shakes with the shake maker. Great for movie night.
Literally hardly anything, this piece of shit was made with the intention to slurp up your money by specialising in cooking 1 thing, that LITERALLY NOBODY had problems cooking before this shit came out.
Shit my dad had a book from the 1930s that was titled something like fun things to do with boys, and it was full of explosive recipes and pyrotechnic volcanoes. Worst thing the '70s had was lawn jarts
@@yourgoldenretriever I had an electrical book from the early 1970's for boys that I borrowed it from my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL library 5th or 6th grade) So it was aimed at kids, not "dads". it had whole chapter that showed various circuits and how to hook them up. Not just battery powered, stuff It showed how to wire 120 Volt circuits with stuff from the hardware store. The knowledge came in handy. At 13 I was able to replace my mother's bedroom light fixture. and I put a dimmer switch in the dining room (She WAS NOT going to try those herself, LOL),
Of note, this was available long before microwave ovens were, and was one of the few VERY quick ways to cook an amount of food sufficient to feed a family. My mom had five kids and I remember this being pulled out to give us all quick dinners on busy nights.
My husband loved that machine. We got one at a garage sale after we were married in the late 70's. I thought it was a bit dumb. Considering very few people had microwave ovens at that time any fast cookery machine was novel. We got our first microwave in 78/79 it took up most of an entire counter it was so large and bulky. lol
In 1969 my parents took us on a 9000 mile 6 week tour across the USA in a Dodge Travco 27 foot motorhome. My mom asked Amana Co if she could buy a microwave oven to road test the unit. They gave her one free of charge. We impressed people all over the USA because microwave ovens were rare in those days. Amana told her that an identical Radarange was used by the returned Moon mission astronauts who were quarantined inside a special Airstream trailer. That unit took to the road like a champ and was later used in my college dorm room. And yes, mom had a wiener electrocuter, too.
I remember having one of these in the house when I was a kid. Nothing like scarfing down a bunch of electrocuted hot dogs then going outside for a nice game of lawn darts.
The older ones were even more dangerous! None of that "it's not powered at all until you put the lid on" nonsense. Big Clive made a video about it actually -- ua-cam.com/video/n2ZZbuOeNmw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=bigclivedotcom
I love it! I had one in 1973. It was a different model that I think did 6 hot dogs, and it was rectangular with a flat instead of curved top. I used that thing so many times! I was 15, and won it at my first job when the place was brand new and had a day of giving all the staff prizes. Thanks for this video!
@mommymode1985 I actually own a leather wallet on a job a had in Brazil, we had a competition and I own it. Really nice, really good quality - the only good thing the company ever did for me, the manager was a nightmare. This was back in 2015 too, I don't know about now (the store closed a year after I left).
I had the rectangular one too. it was trimmed in red. I had a paper route and the carriers could earn something called Bonus Bucks for prizes. you chose prizes out of the catalogue. I saved up my bonus bucks for the hot dogger. I thought it was the greatest thing ever and I was so proud that I earned it.
@@dindog22 my older brother won that same rectangular model, "Presto Hot Dogger", as a prize. He was a paper boy too so probably the same scheme. The cord was attached to the lid and had to be handwashed. It's almost funny to think how amazed we were as kids to watch a hot dog cook. If you left it plugged in too long though, the franks would split open and some arcing would occur.
HeavenHammer I am not homeless at all LOL. I just think Emmy is very uplifting and positive. I like her content and so do alot of other people. The swearing is so unnecessary,but i hope you feel better now. Im not at all bothered by your trolling. I think you need more Emmy in your life,you may not be as miserable. #OneLove✌
My parents used to buy each other gag gifts for Christmas one was the egg scrambler the other was the hotdogger I cooked many hotdogs on it thanks for reminding me so funny
We had one as kids in the 70s as well. It was one of the appliances my mother bought us so that we could make snacks for ourselves we also had a hamburger cooker/press as well. The hotdoger made hotdogs taste like we were eating eating electrical wire Lol!!!!
Emmy, I just went down the comments section and thumbs-upped like every comment because the people who watch your videos are always so witty and funny... is it because of your good influence on us? 🤓😘
We had one of these when I was a kid, was a fun thing on Friday night. That and a bottle of Pepsi and Friday night tv shows nothing better! The glasses look great!
When I was in grade school, we would drive two nails about a hot dogs length apart into a board. We would then hook up an old lamp cord or such to the nails. Placed a hot dog, one end on one nail, the other end on the other nail. Plugged the sucker in and shortly had a great cooked hot dog. I can't imagine how our parents didn't find out about it. Maybe they knew. We even had one at school at least once. I'm surprised I'm still alive ... LOL
I got one of these with paper route money, probably in '77 too, but the real basic one. Over the years I've talked to people who bought one too. Everyone had the same experience with the first dog. I don't thing the one we saw today was brand new. If it was, the look on her face after the first bite would have been hilarious. And I can laugh because _I took the first bite too!_ (Presto didn't warn us, the first dog tastes horribly metallic.)
The best thing about the Presto Hot Doggers is that they cook from the inside out (via electrocution), and the hot dogs stay so much hotter, so much longer, than they do by any other cooking methods (microwave/grill/boiling) that cook from the outside first. Best appliance for one purpose ever!
Neat demonstration Emmy! My parents bought one of these in the late 70's. I remember them being advertised heavily on TV. It cooked fast but the hot dogs always had a strange metallic taste to them, especially at the ends. We also made them in Cub Scouts with a cut-off extension cord, two wood blocks and nails. (looking back that was kind of unsafe!)
That odd taste... Like the odor of ozone wafting out of a shorted electrical appliance! Yeah I recall that's why I stopped using our Hotdogger! I definitely recall that the odor did not fade by letting the dog sit a minute and it wouldn't rinse off it under the kitchen faucet. Thanks for validating my memory!
Hell Tanner Big Clive did another video in which he compared British and "American style" hotdogs by how much power they used. The American hotdogs were the winners, at 17.57 amps and 3.99 kilowatts. ua-cam.com/video/bnFkCZCsikU/v-deo.html
Just turned 60 yesterday. We had one of these in the 70's. I found one at a garage sale about 15 years ago, in the box for $2.50. I snagged it. Still use it. Looks brand new, and works like brand new.
Emmy, you should try the chilean version of hot dogs, they are called: completos :) just add smashed avocado, chopped tomato cubes and mayonesse, its the favourite street food here in chile and its delicious, you will not regret ;) this recipe its called: completo italiano, its the most common, and its called like that because of the colors of the italian flag... Im writing too much, but id really love you watching you eating a completo ♥️♥️♥️ also you can add some aditional sauces like ketchup, mustard, and whatever you like. Just enjoy the flavor of hot dog with avocado and tomato and mayo, you will not regret i promisse♥️♥️♥️
I once saw some hot dogs boiled in an Ikea shop, so I tried to do that, and wow, they are really good. I just set water and hot dogs in a bowl and just microwave it like 3/4 minutes. Before that, I "fried" them in microwave for a couple of minutes (I chopped the middle a bit and add a bit of olive oil, I used to cook them this way when I was a grown kid and my parents let me experiment in kitchen for my "merienda" time).
I bought one of these back in the early 70's!! I was in my 20's and worked in a small office. I bought one and took it to work and we used to have hot dogs for lunch all the time. It worked perfectly.
Back in our industrial arts class in high school (1974 I know I'm old) we made double hot dog cookers using nails connected to a switch and a cord. They were made out of 1x2 lumber with a plexiglas cover with drilled holes for venting.
I had one of these and LOVED it! As it electrocuted the dogs, there was a faint electrical smell and the ends had electrical burns. BUT the dogs tasted DELICIOUS!
It is almost a rarity that a person comes by that uploaded something that you had an used ,but were never seeking it out. That goes to show that most of the YT content will never be seen until months or years after it was uploaded, or maybe never.
When I was very young I found an old Boy Scout article (?) that showed how to make something similar. It used two long nails driven through a 2x4 with the power cord attached to the nails. Of course it was totally dangerous but, hey... I was a young boy and immortal. I thought the taste was better than cooking them the standard way. I gave up on using it one day when I tried to put the hot dog on the nails while it was still plugged in. My mouth tasted like copper for about an hour.
Sorry Emmy, I'm not able to visualize your face with eyeglasses. I'm legally blind. However, I'm sure whatever you wear looks beautiful on you. Emma you have such a sweet voice and an awesome disposition. I couldn't possibly imagine anything would look bad on you. I'm sure it's just a matter of taste. I can see some things but it's mostly with double and blurred vision! I also have no depth perception. However I do like the sound of the hotdog machine; I haven't made hotdogs in years due to the toxic fillers, but now you can buy better quality vegan dogs❣️🇨🇦
@@crazyfart8469 just vegans being fucking insane conspiracy theory types. Ignore them they think that anything that's a "chemical" is bad. Nobody tell them that their body is naturally filled with chemicals.
I like to boil my kosher beef hot dogs for about 5 minutes in water, then drain them and crisp them up in the same pan for a couple minutes, shaking frequently. Juicy and crispy. Yum.
my mom just boils GENERIC chicken hotdogs :-( Although occasionally we step up to all-beef angus. Chicken makes for whimpy hotdogs. Beef is where it's at.
When I was in college in the 50s, our version of this was one power cord and two glasses of salted water set side by side. You split the two wires of the cord on the non-plug end, leaving about nine inches of each, and strip each end to bare about an inch of copper wire. immerse each in its glass, and drape the hot dog between the two, its ends in the water. Then (and only then) plug in the cord. In about 60 seconds, the hot dog will split and be ready to eat. Unplug and plate. The advantage of salted water is that you don't get the contact burning that may occur with metal prongs (forks, nails, etc.) Bon appétit!
So, I'm old...and yes, we had one of these when I was a kid. And the great thing about it is...it works and you only need a minute to get HOT dogs. There's no timer or electronics to "go wrong", it's the electricity version of cooking with fire, they kept to the premise of KIS - Keep It Simple. Of course, like you I like my dogs/sausages brown and slightly crispy on the outside so now I have the fancy Air Fryer do my dogs. Loved the video and the memories it brought back of being a kid!!!
We had something similar when I was young. I was 11yo in 1977 so that's about the right time. We always found they made the center warm but left the outside cool, maybe we didn't cook them long enough.
For all of my "back east" peeps, as I live in Cali now b/c of the Marines, I grew up in Valley Forge, PA... Remember the "Ready and Eddy Show"? He had a pair of prongs he hooked to a hot dog and plugged into a wall. After a while, the hot dog would stared smoking a little. Once it was fully cooked, he gave it to an audience member. Taught electrical safety. I was born 1970, saw that around '75-77.
We had one of these when I was a kid. We called it the hot dog electric chair. Very unique flavor that only a kid could love came from it. We were left alone when mom worked in the day before child protective services would be called. Microwaves hadn’t come along yet and this was convenience food. Mom trusted us more with this than the stove I guess.
I have been scrolling through the comments to try and figure that out myself. Maybe her dog?? I thought I heard doggy toenails clicking on the floor...
@@truthiseverything9511 She's even got this cute stuffed toy that's this hairy white blob with a face called "Winston" that's sometimes in the background of her videos on her shelf LOL
I had one of those, took it to college in 1971! A couple of things I learned, after awhile the prongs corrode, you can snap the metal parts out of the plastic housing and clean the prongs with a wire brush. Also if you leave it plugged in too long you will incinerate the ends of the hot dogs!
I had a Hot Dogger when I was in grade school. I used it all the time. I credit it for starting my love of cooking, and the inherent science-violence of the thing delighted the rascal in me. I was a boy, what can I say? Also, nobody really had microwaves in the 70s and early 80s--they were huge and expensive--so this was a really cool alternative to using the stove. No adult supervision needed!
your channel is perfect! No stupid long intros about giveaways and things that nobody cares about, just gets straight to the video! And it's fast too xD your channel is truly my FAVOURITE!!
but it is not a unitasker ,... any meat can be cooked on it ... including a roast of beef ... turkey breast chicken breast or pork venison ... meat loaf ... many veggies ... the only criteria is fits between the prongs and does not go above the end cap .... after that all thats needed is moisture within the item ....
Before this product came out, I made one using a sanded coat hanger and just plugged it in. The hot dog is a variable resistor and when the moisture is cooked out, the current automatically stops, This works but be ware of shocks since it isn't shielded.
I'm in the Midwest too and saw those ones once ... with this hot dog cooker too. This was in the 70s and those hot dog buns were called Snuggies or Snugglers or something like that. We toasted them somehow and they were delicious.
we had this appliance in the seventies. we used it until it for years; it eventually tturned yellow, short circuited and caught fire. the hot dogs of the time did not break apart. the hot dogs tasted of scorched plastic.
Had one of these when I was growing up. Worked fine. Not the best way to cook a dog but it worked. Emmy, you cracked me up by saying 'Super fun electrocuting a hot dog.'
Our family had one of these cookers. Fun to see it again! If Emmy tried the taste test on a hotdog by itself, she'd no doubt notice the odd taste from cooking this way. It's funny how the electrical resistance of the hot dogs (moisture level, distance from the powered side, etc.) determines the doneness. It's a nice design but other than a novelty, no reason to try and find one.
Except for the fact that our kitchen is already choked with gizmos and gadgets, I'm kind of jealous! All the ways we have of cooking food: steaming, roasting, frying, microwaving, whatever, this is the only appliance I know of that cooks food by sending electricity straight through it! I'd love to try it, just once, so I could say I had.
Emmy! You should try making a DIY solar hot dog cooker! I made them in elementary school in science class. Now that it's summer it would be the perfect time! ☀️🌭
Emmy you are a delight to watch. The hot dog cooker brings me back to college days. My grandmother bought it for me to cook hotdogs on weekends I did not go home. It was fun and had a distinctive smell. I was just reminiscing about this funny appliance with my husband. I also had a hot pot that I made soup and Mac and cheese. Thank you again for your videos. Love seeing your enthusiasm.
Yes this does work and is safer then what we use to do. Strip the end of an extension cord, attach each wire to a nail, stuff the nails in the ends of the hot dog and plug the other end in. Effective but not very safe. I did have this hot dogger at one time. As the mosture cooks out the cooking slows down, so you can just let them cook.
good ketchup is nice but personally i like a nice mesquite bbq sauce instead with some good dijon mustard and some diced onions cheese and always bacon
Nice video! I actually had one of these in the '70s and '80s. It works exactly as you showed. Your dogs might have been cooked a bit too long, causing some of them to split. As you made clear, it cooks by literally zapping 115 volts through each hot dog. (I don't know if models for 220v countries stepped it down, or just had you cook for a shorter time.) The main downside I remember is that, in addition to the cooked hot dog smell, there was also a "hot electric" smell. It didn't smell bad, but I remember it being annoying. I agree with your opinion that hot dogs are better when the outside skin starts to actually cook, as they would on a grill or fry pan.
My family had one of these. Terrible invention. It was one of those inventions in search of a non existent problem. How hard is it to heat up a hot dog? It was one of those things you gave or received as a gift, used once or twice, then put away forever.
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Cherry Pauper Really??!! You had to ruin this fun video from Emmy?! It figures, another snowflake hater!! This is a sweet video, your comment is an embarrassment! You do realize Emmy reads your comment, she's too sweet to bring up hate like you just did! Sad!
type moon You also are another ignorant human for adding a ignorant comment, which was way too long, on Emmy's sweet video! Why ruin it with such a hateful comment?! This is Emmy's video, she's a sweetheart and with hate in your comment, you just look like a fool for adding a hateful comment! Have more respect for Emmy!
We had one of these growing up and we used it. It was easy for me as a kid and it was before microwaves. The problem is, the metal gets corroded quickly. It's the same metal found in a humidifier that I had and it corroded quickly too.
i love how Emmy's sponsored videos are still fun and just like the rest of her videos, not forced and boring
Thanks!
emmymadeinjapan you are fascinating
I also appreciated the honesty.
Because shes amazeballs
She spent almost 2 minutes talking about glasses BORRRING
I still own one of these. I bought it when my kids were small and use it every now and again with my grandchildren. They get a kick out of using all of the old gadgets. They like making air popcorn with the top off on a sheet spread out on the floor (I used to do that when my kids had sleepovers), and making shakes with the shake maker. Great for movie night.
The air popper WITHOUT the top?! Genius! That sounds like SO much fun -- thanks for the idea.
"Don't get the cord wet."
Are you also not supposed to feed it after midnight?
LOL
Am I the only one curious about what other things you could electrocute? Chicken Filets? Carrots? Eggplant? You should do a series "Will it 'cute?"
Snarky Grin This needs to happen!!!
I was wondering the same thing! This needs to happen!!
Snarky Grin yess
Hey Mythical Beast.
Literally hardly anything, this piece of shit was made with the intention to slurp up your money by specialising in cooking 1 thing, that LITERALLY NOBODY had problems cooking before this shit came out.
Another reason why I loved growing up in the 70's. Almost nothing was too dangerous to try.
How about Lawn Darts !!! LOLOLOLO
Shit my dad had a book from the 1930s that was titled something like fun things to do with boys, and it was full of explosive recipes and pyrotechnic volcanoes. Worst thing the '70s had was lawn jarts
@@yourgoldenretriever I had an electrical book from the early 1970's for boys that I borrowed it from my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL library 5th or 6th grade) So it was aimed at kids, not "dads". it had whole chapter that showed various circuits and how to hook them up. Not just battery powered, stuff It showed how to wire 120 Volt circuits with stuff from the hardware store. The knowledge came in handy. At 13 I was able to replace my mother's bedroom light fixture. and I put a dimmer switch in the dining room (She WAS NOT going to try those herself, LOL),
@@jamesslick4790 I remember one showed how to make your own hot dogger. Seriously.
But it wasn't dangerous. As she demonstrated.
They really missed an opportunity to call this a Frank Zapper 😜
OMG I can't stop laughing. Send help! :D
LOL. I was thinking Frankenfurter.
frank zappa, use it in joe's garage
111455 .... Weenie Weenie Weenie!
It's seldom someone wows me with word play like that with something so seemingly simple. Well done.
Of note, this was available long before microwave ovens were, and was one of the few VERY quick ways to cook an amount of food sufficient to feed a family. My mom had five kids and I remember this being pulled out to give us all quick dinners on busy nights.
My husband loved that machine. We got one at a garage sale after we were married in the late 70's. I thought it was a bit dumb. Considering very few people had microwave ovens at that time any fast cookery machine was novel.
We got our first microwave in 78/79 it took up most of an entire counter it was so large and bulky. lol
Gee Gigi... You stole my story! Lol (minus the husband of course 😜)
In 1969 my parents took us on a 9000 mile 6 week tour across the USA in a Dodge Travco 27 foot motorhome. My mom asked Amana Co if she could buy a microwave oven to road test the unit. They gave her one free of charge. We impressed people all over the USA because microwave ovens were rare in those days.
Amana told her that an identical Radarange was used by the returned Moon mission astronauts who were quarantined inside a special Airstream trailer. That unit took to the road like a champ and was later used in my college dorm room. And yes, mom had a wiener electrocuter, too.
@@kimmer6 great story, in fact a historical piece of Americana! That Amana unit was a workhorse... It's the only one my first wife wanted!
Large, bulky & expensive! Haha
Science oven
I remember having one of these in the house when I was a kid. Nothing like scarfing down a bunch of electrocuted hot dogs then going outside for a nice game of lawn darts.
You forgot the click clackers. The balls of flying shards of plastic
Funny enough I still have both lol an original hot dogger from the Early 70s and original steel tipped lawn darts 😂😂😂
@@russellrayle3273 Oh man. I should come to your house for some zapped hot dogs, beer and lawn darts. Good clean fun 70s style.
@@GumboGalahad sounds like fun
Lawn darts were actually fun. They just required common sense.
"It ELECTRIFIES your hotdogs"
Well that sounds barba-
"circa 1977"
That'll explain it
"This is pretty barbaric"
Ayyyyyyyy lmao
The older ones were even more dangerous! None of that "it's not powered at all until you put the lid on" nonsense.
Big Clive made a video about it actually -- ua-cam.com/video/n2ZZbuOeNmw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=bigclivedotcom
I love it! I had one in 1973. It was a different model that I think did 6 hot dogs, and it was rectangular with a flat instead of curved top. I used that thing so many times! I was 15, and won it at my first job when the place was brand new and had a day of giving all the staff prizes. Thanks for this video!
DjTechnoid tech savvy 60 year old I dig it
@mommymode1985 I actually own a leather wallet on a job a had in Brazil, we had a competition and I own it. Really nice, really good quality - the only good thing the company ever did for me, the manager was a nightmare. This was back in 2015 too, I don't know about now (the store closed a year after I left).
I had the rectangular one too. it was trimmed in red. I had a paper route and the carriers could earn something called Bonus Bucks for prizes. you chose prizes out of the catalogue. I saved up my bonus bucks for the hot dogger. I thought it was the greatest thing ever and I was so proud that I earned it.
@@dindog22 my older brother won that same rectangular model, "Presto Hot Dogger", as a prize. He was a paper boy too so probably the same scheme. The cord was attached to the lid and had to be handwashed. It's almost funny to think how amazed we were as kids to watch a hot dog cook. If you left it plugged in too long though, the franks would split open and some arcing would occur.
The fun comes in the form of deciding what crimes your hotdogs committed to deserve death by electrocution! Lol
she needs to set up a little hot dog court room and do a mock trial
They're guilty of being delicious while I'm hungry.
jmbad 😂 good one
This is the most underrated comment here.
You're gettin' the chair frank.
I was having a really bad day,but this upload put a smile on my face. Thank you Emmy. 🌷
You're welcome! 🤣
How does this shit make your day better than it was before? Are you homeless? That's the only way it would work out.
HeavenHammer I am not homeless at all LOL. I just think Emmy is very uplifting and positive. I like her content and so do alot of other people. The swearing is so unnecessary,but i hope you feel better now. Im not at all bothered by your trolling. I think you need more Emmy in your life,you may not be as miserable. #OneLove✌
Goldy, I agree. A visit with Emmy always picks me up. As for dealing with the dopes encountered on-line, just ignore them. Life's too short.
Dick Nixon So true! Thank you friend. I appreciate that so much. ✌
My parents used to buy each other gag gifts for Christmas one was the egg scrambler the other was the hotdogger I cooked many hotdogs on it thanks for reminding me so funny
hehehe emmy i hope u gave those hotdogs a fair trial befor u electrocuted them
No! Those Hot Dogs _killed_ a man. They deserve everything they get!
good hot dogs will be the death of me! lol *eats herself to heart attack* :P
Wayne Kline lol
My mom had one of those in the 70s. I used to use it. It actually worked though sometimes the hotdogs had an odd electrical taste. LOL
We had one as kids in the 70s as well. It was one of the appliances my mother bought us so that we could make snacks for ourselves we also had a hamburger cooker/press as well. The hotdoger made hotdogs taste like we were eating eating electrical wire Lol!!!!
we had it too when I was a kid in the 70s it did have that odd electrical char taste lol it worked though.
As a child of the 70s and 80s, I am very disappointed we did not have this in my house growing up! 😢
Clever piggy Had one and my kids loved to use it. Have no idea what happened to it. Did make good hot dogs too in case you are wondering.
Same - I would have loved this!!
Emmy, I just went down the comments section and thumbs-upped like every comment because the people who watch your videos are always so witty and funny... is it because of your good influence on us? 🤓😘
We had one of these when I was a kid, was a fun thing on Friday night. That and a bottle of Pepsi and Friday night tv shows nothing better! The glasses look great!
Tam Tastic we also had one of these when I was a kid. Would love to get nother one today
When I was in grade school, we would drive two nails about a hot dogs length apart into a board. We would then hook up an old lamp cord or such to the nails. Placed a hot dog, one end on one nail, the other end on the other nail. Plugged the sucker in and shortly had a great cooked hot dog. I can't imagine how our parents didn't find out about it. Maybe they knew. We even had one at school at least once. I'm surprised I'm still alive ... LOL
Exactly what I was going to say!
Kids don't know how to use a hammer these days.
Emmy you could make glasses made of cardboard held together with Duct tape Look amazing
You my friend, are too kind. 😊
Thanks for the great video
J Allen Harry Potter anyone?
J Allen I didn't care for the silver rimmed ones. but Emmy couldn't look bad if she tried :)
Emmy is adorable! And, I cannot think of anyone else that could pull these videos off with more grace and elegance 💕💕
A 'Hot Dogger' conjours a different image here in Britain where 'Dogging' is, well, something else entirely.
y'all know we're throwing a giant virtual party for Emmy when she hits a million subs.
i'll bring the cake. who's got the plates and napkins?
🥂
I'd like to be at that party ;)
I've got the soda😄😄😄
Cookies and punch! It'll be dope.
dAfoodie101 I'll bring a cheeeez plate and veggie dip tray. Oh, and a fruit n choco dip tray, too, gotta have fruit n choco dip😋
"How would you describe heaven?"
"I am enveloped in hot dog vapors"
Oh my god my mother got one of those for Christmas 1979. As I remember it wasn't worth a crap . Also at that time people didn't have microwaves
In my day we boiled our dogs.
Phil Nolan same but most of the time I like to fry my hot dogs, it crisp up the "skin".
I got one of these with paper route money, probably in '77 too, but the real basic one.
Over the years I've talked to people who bought one too. Everyone had the same experience with the first dog.
I don't thing the one we saw today was brand new. If it was, the look on her face after the first bite would have been hilarious. And I can laugh because _I took the first bite too!_ (Presto didn't warn us, the first dog tastes horribly metallic.)
The best thing about the Presto Hot Doggers is that they cook from the inside out (via electrocution), and the hot dogs stay so much hotter, so much longer, than they do by any other cooking methods (microwave/grill/boiling) that cook from the outside first. Best appliance for one purpose ever!
um microwaves actually boil the water and fat which is inside the item ... the dry bits on the outside are where it has evaporated all the liquid
Neat demonstration Emmy! My parents bought one of these in the late 70's. I remember them being advertised heavily on TV. It cooked fast but the hot dogs always had a strange metallic taste to them, especially at the ends. We also made them in Cub Scouts with a cut-off extension cord, two wood blocks and nails. (looking back that was kind of unsafe!)
That odd taste... Like the odor of ozone wafting out of a shorted electrical appliance! Yeah I recall that's why I stopped using our Hotdogger! I definitely recall that the odor did not fade by letting the dog sit a minute and it wouldn't rinse off it under the kitchen faucet. Thanks for validating my memory!
big Clive tried this on 250v in the UK cooked in 20 seconds
Hell Tanner Big Clive did another video in which he compared British and "American style" hotdogs by how much power they used. The American hotdogs were the winners, at 17.57 amps and 3.99 kilowatts.
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All the glasses look really cute on you. I like the clear frames 😀
The poor man's version of this is two forks and a power cord, you just have to remember NOT to touch the hot dog or the forks while it's plugged in.
I made a hotdog cooker from 2 nails, a piece of wood, and an old power cord. The cord I had was from a lamp, and had a rotary switch inline.
@@stephensteinhauer3346 Oh, I did to. I just posted that. Glad you are still alive ...
That's what my dad used to do! While all of us kids watched in awe how the hot dog cracked open.
My mom and I always roast our hot dogs over a flame, campfire-style. I love the char it leaves on the sausage & the skin gets all crispy. Yum! 😋
Just turned 60 yesterday. We had one of these in the 70's. I found one at a garage sale about 15 years ago, in the box for $2.50. I snagged it. Still use it. Looks brand new, and works like brand new.
I like the second pair of glasses
Thanks!
emmymadeinjapan Emmy yay!!!!!! ❤️❤️✨
Yes Honey Yes I like theclear ones something different I just bought clear blue
Emmy, you should try the chilean version of hot dogs, they are called: completos :) just add smashed avocado, chopped tomato cubes and mayonesse, its the favourite street food here in chile and its delicious, you will not regret ;) this recipe its called: completo italiano, its the most common, and its called like that because of the colors of the italian flag... Im writing too much, but id really love you watching you eating a completo ♥️♥️♥️ also you can add some aditional sauces like ketchup, mustard, and whatever you like. Just enjoy the flavor of hot dog with avocado and tomato and mayo, you will not regret i promisse♥️♥️♥️
Emmy! Whens the next Bee vlog??? Im still waiting to see if you caught another hive!!
Bee Vlog? Clue me in.
I had one of these when I was growing up. I had forgotten about it until watching your video. Brought back memories!
Eating electric hot dogs is a real good way to become some kind of pikachu
I once saw some hot dogs boiled in an Ikea shop, so I tried to do that, and wow, they are really good. I just set water and hot dogs in a bowl and just microwave it like 3/4 minutes. Before that, I "fried" them in microwave for a couple of minutes (I chopped the middle a bit and add a bit of olive oil, I used to cook them this way when I was a grown kid and my parents let me experiment in kitchen for my "merienda" time).
All the glasses look great on you. Specially liked the last one
I wonder how people can hate on Emmy? Like she's such a pure soul?? We already don't deserve her???? How can 169 of you push that button?????????????
Hotdog torture chamber. LOL!!!
thats the first thing I thought!! get medieval on those dogs!!
Lance Surgeon
Perfect for villians everywhere.
Enhanced integration hotdogs.
I bought one of these back in the early 70's!! I was in my 20's and worked in a small office. I bought one and took it to work and we used to have hot dogs for lunch all the time. It worked perfectly.
emmy you are so awesome. your hello makes my day everytime you post :) such a sweetie.
Hello! 💕
emmymadeinjapan yay i got a comment hello to. day made twice haha. thanks. time for me to go cook dinner for the wife.
Back in our industrial arts class in high school (1974 I know I'm old) we made double hot dog cookers using nails connected to a switch and a cord. They were made out of 1x2 lumber with a plexiglas cover with drilled holes for venting.
I did the same thing without the safety features.
How much did you pay for the presto hot dogger?
I had one of these and LOVED it! As it electrocuted the dogs, there was a faint electrical smell and the ends had electrical burns. BUT the dogs tasted DELICIOUS!
It is almost a rarity that a person comes by that uploaded something that you had an used ,but were never seeking it out. That goes to show that most of the YT content will never be seen until months or years after it was uploaded, or maybe never.
My dad had one of these as a kid and we dug it out when I was a little girl. I remember how much fun it was.
Emmy: "Look honey, this machine electrocutes weenies!"
Emmy's husband: *chuckles nervously*
When I was very young I found an old Boy Scout article (?) that showed how to make something similar. It used two long nails driven through a 2x4 with the power cord attached to the nails. Of course it was totally dangerous but, hey... I was a young boy and immortal. I thought the taste was better than cooking them the standard way. I gave up on using it one day when I tried to put the hot dog on the nails while it was still plugged in. My mouth tasted like copper for about an hour.
We had a Westinghouse Dog-O-Matic in the mid-1960s.
It imparted a metallic taste to the weiners.
We used it exactly once.
They also had a bit of "ozone" from the arcing at the ends, too. Just too odd of a flavor.
Right? I got the same model that Emmy demonstrated here, and I could never get past the taste. Not to mention the smell.
It saved me at University, and I still pull it out once in awhile to bring back those college day memories. I still like it and how it works.
Sorry Emmy, I'm not able to visualize your face with eyeglasses. I'm legally blind. However, I'm sure whatever you wear looks beautiful on you. Emma you have such a sweet voice and an awesome disposition. I couldn't possibly imagine anything would look bad on you. I'm sure it's just a matter of taste. I can see some things but it's mostly with double and blurred vision! I also have no depth perception. However I do like the sound of the hotdog machine; I haven't made hotdogs in years due to the toxic fillers, but now you can buy better quality vegan dogs❣️🇨🇦
Janet Wayne Toxic fillers?
@@crazyfart8469 just vegans being fucking insane conspiracy theory types. Ignore them they think that anything that's a "chemical" is bad. Nobody tell them that their body is naturally filled with chemicals.
Not vegan or vegetarian, but I dont like hotdogs cause they taste weird to me. NY System wieners and chorizo/linguica is where it's at.
@@thatziggs4062 Honestly when it comes to sausages I prefer bratwurst and andouille (sp?) Sausages.
OMG!!! My family had one of these in the 80's! My parents got it as a wedding gift in the 70's. Me and my sisters used it all the time.
I like to boil my kosher beef hot dogs for about 5 minutes in water, then drain them and crisp them up in the same pan for a couple minutes, shaking frequently. Juicy and crispy. Yum.
donkeybirdswan Hebrew national ftw
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my mom just boils GENERIC chicken hotdogs :-( Although occasionally we step up to all-beef angus. Chicken makes for whimpy hotdogs. Beef is where it's at.
When I was in college in the 50s, our version of this was one power cord and two glasses of salted water set side by side. You split the two wires of the cord on the non-plug end, leaving about nine inches of each, and strip each end to bare about an inch of copper wire. immerse each in its glass, and drape the hot dog between the two, its ends in the water. Then (and only then) plug in the cord. In about 60 seconds, the hot dog will split and be ready to eat. Unplug and plate.
The advantage of salted water is that you don't get the contact burning that may occur with metal prongs (forks, nails, etc.)
Bon appétit!
OMG! you did a video on what I commented. thank you Emmy ;)
So, I'm old...and yes, we had one of these when I was a kid. And the great thing about it is...it works and you only need a minute to get HOT dogs. There's no timer or electronics to "go wrong", it's the electricity version of cooking with fire, they kept to the premise of KIS - Keep It Simple.
Of course, like you I like my dogs/sausages brown and slightly crispy on the outside so now I have the fancy Air Fryer do my dogs.
Loved the video and the memories it brought back of being a kid!!!
Congrats to 900K on UA-cam! Getting so close to the million mark, Emmy.
+Brad Thanks!
We had something similar when I was young. I was 11yo in 1977 so that's about the right time. We always found they made the center warm but left the outside cool, maybe we didn't cook them long enough.
emmy, you never disappoint ;)
For all of my "back east" peeps, as I live in Cali now b/c of the Marines, I grew up in Valley Forge, PA... Remember the "Ready and Eddy Show"? He had a pair of prongs he hooked to a hot dog and plugged into a wall. After a while, the hot dog would stared smoking a little. Once it was fully cooked, he gave it to an audience member. Taught electrical safety. I was born 1970, saw that around '75-77.
Who/what is winston?
Winston is the name of the crumb that always ends up on Emmy's shirt or corner of her mouth.
We had one of these when I was a kid. We called it the hot dog electric chair. Very unique flavor that only a kid could love came from it. We were left alone when mom worked in the day before child protective services would be called. Microwaves hadn’t come along yet and this was convenience food. Mom trusted us more with this than the stove I guess.
who is winston?
I have been scrolling through the comments to try and figure that out myself. Maybe her dog?? I thought I heard doggy toenails clicking on the floor...
Becky Hetrick Winston is actually just what Emmy started calling big crumbs that somehow always end up on her face in videos.
@@HangTheDj3000 Is that true? I want this to be true.
Sky Watcher I swear it’s true 😂 she even had merch with Winston written on it
@@truthiseverything9511 She's even got this cute stuffed toy that's this hairy white blob with a face called "Winston" that's sometimes in the background of her videos on her shelf LOL
I grew up in the 80s. My grandmother had one of those and I often cooked hotdogs on hers. I was searching for one and that's how I found your channel.
I'm craving hot dog now
I Am Your Sandwich I just grilled them for dinner.
I had one of those, took it to college in 1971! A couple of things I learned, after awhile the prongs corrode, you can snap the metal parts out of the plastic housing and clean the prongs with a wire brush. Also if you leave it plugged in too long you will incinerate the ends of the hot dogs!
Amsterdam I think is the best;)
I had a Hot Dogger when I was in grade school. I used it all the time. I credit it for starting my love of cooking, and the inherent science-violence of the thing delighted the rascal in me. I was a boy, what can I say?
Also, nobody really had microwaves in the 70s and early 80s--they were huge and expensive--so this was a really cool alternative to using the stove. No adult supervision needed!
I always liked them boiled as a kid. And with Mac and cheese or spaghetti os.
your channel is perfect! No stupid long intros about giveaways and things that nobody cares about, just gets straight to the video! And it's fast too xD your channel is truly my FAVOURITE!!
How nice to see that the unitasker epidemic didn't start in the 21nd century...
but it is not a unitasker ,... any meat can be cooked on it ... including a roast of beef ... turkey breast chicken breast or pork venison ... meat loaf ... many veggies ... the only criteria is fits between the prongs and does not go above the end cap .... after that all thats needed is moisture within the item ....
Before this product came out, I made one using a sanded coat hanger and just plugged it in. The hot dog is a variable resistor and when the moisture is cooked out, the current automatically stops, This works but be ware of shocks since it isn't shielded.
I'm in the Midwest and I've never seen buns like that!
I'm in the Midwest too and saw those ones once ... with this hot dog cooker too.
This was in the 70s and those hot dog buns were called Snuggies or Snugglers or something like that.
We toasted them somehow and they were delicious.
It's just a regular bun, sliced vertically.
we had this appliance in the seventies. we used it until it for years; it eventually tturned yellow, short circuited and caught fire. the hot dogs of the time did not break apart. the hot dogs tasted of scorched plastic.
I wish my hair looked cool it Emmys slayin the game while I'm here with my hair looking like a squirrel
By the picture on your profile,your hair looks nice!(waaaay better than mine rn)
I have one that’s 50+ years old. It still works like new. I use it on a regular basis. Perfectly cooked hotdogs, every time.
Also a handy way to teach your children how the electric chair works.
my grandma splits open the hot dogs and fries them mmm yummy
Had one of these when I was growing up. Worked fine. Not the best way to cook a dog but it worked.
Emmy, you cracked me up by saying 'Super fun electrocuting a hot dog.'
Careful a short might make weiner schnitzel.
Our family had one of these cookers. Fun to see it again! If Emmy tried the taste test on a hotdog by itself, she'd no doubt notice the odd taste from cooking this way. It's funny how the electrical resistance of the hot dogs (moisture level, distance from the powered side, etc.) determines the doneness. It's a nice design but other than a novelty, no reason to try and find one.
i dont even have to watch the video to know this thing will work...because it's a presto ;)
Except for the fact that our kitchen is already choked with gizmos and gadgets, I'm kind of jealous! All the ways we have of cooking food: steaming, roasting, frying, microwaving, whatever, this is the only appliance I know of that cooks food by sending electricity straight through it! I'd love to try it, just once, so I could say I had.
Emmy! You should try making a DIY solar hot dog cooker! I made them in elementary school in science class. Now that it's summer it would be the perfect time! ☀️🌭
Ooo...I've always wanted to build one. Thanks for the reminder! 🙌
Emmy you are a delight to watch. The hot dog cooker brings me back to college days. My grandmother bought it for me to cook hotdogs on weekends I did not go home. It was fun and had a distinctive smell. I was just reminiscing about this funny appliance with my husband. I also had a hot pot that I made soup and Mac and cheese. Thank you again for your videos. Love seeing your enthusiasm.
I boil my hotdogs in dark beer 🌭
Wait, seriously? Hows that taste?
Witch I shall notify the elders of your black magic. 🧙♀️
I… want to do this thank you
Yes this does work and is safer then what we use to do.
Strip the end of an extension cord, attach each wire to a nail, stuff the nails in the ends of the hot dog and plug the other end in.
Effective but not very safe.
I did have this hot dogger at one time.
As the mosture cooks out the cooking slows down, so you can just let them cook.
Hey Winston, I wondered if we would see you again :P
Mark Caswell :1 who's Winston? I dried looking back at the video but still don't understand who or what Winston
The piece of food that sticks outside her mouth when she takes a bite.
Emmy had a piece of dried food on the side of her mouth in one of the tasting videos she made a while ago. She named it Winston (for some reason) :-)
Oh thank you
Is this a degrassi reference 🤔
My father worked for a large meat packing company and he brought one of these home in the 60's. We loved using it.
Yuk! Ketchup on a hotdog?! Blasphemy!
I agree! Mustard, relish and kraut!!
good ketchup is nice but personally i like a nice mesquite bbq sauce instead with some good dijon mustard and some diced onions cheese and always bacon
Nice video! I actually had one of these in the '70s and '80s. It works exactly as you showed. Your dogs might have been cooked a bit too long, causing some of them to split. As you made clear, it cooks by literally zapping 115 volts through each hot dog. (I don't know if models for 220v countries stepped it down, or just had you cook for a shorter time.) The main downside I remember is that, in addition to the cooked hot dog smell, there was also a "hot electric" smell. It didn't smell bad, but I remember it being annoying. I agree with your opinion that hot dogs are better when the outside skin starts to actually cook, as they would on a grill or fry pan.
My family had one of these. Terrible invention. It was one of those inventions in search of a non existent problem. How hard is it to heat up a hot dog? It was one of those things you gave or received as a gift, used once or twice, then put away forever.
Emmy, you and your videos are never boring, I could watch them for hours and hours! Love you my UA-cam friend!
Thank you!
emmymadeinjapan You’re most welcome Emmy! 😊👍
"hot dog electrocutor"
Sounds like it was invented by vice president Mike Pence.
Cherry Pauper Mike Pence?
Oh you mean
Mike "Like it in the crapper, get the zapper" Pence
Mike "If you like men, the dial's going to ten" Pence
Mike "Zap the gay away" Pence
Mike "Deus Volt" Pence
Mike "Pikachu, I choose you!" Pence
Mike "Obliterate gays with Tesla rays" Pence
Mike "Turning fruits into vegetables" Pence
Mike "Gay medicine from Thomas Edison" Pence
Mike "You're camp? Get the amp!" Pence
Mike "Electrocution is my final solution" Pence
Cherry Pauper Really??!! You had to ruin this fun video from Emmy?! It figures, another snowflake hater!! This is a sweet video, your comment is an embarrassment! You do realize Emmy reads your comment, she's too sweet to bring up hate like you just did! Sad!
type moon You also are another ignorant human for adding a ignorant comment, which was way too long, on Emmy's sweet video! Why ruin it with such a hateful comment?! This is Emmy's video, she's a sweetheart and with hate in your comment, you just look like a fool for adding a hateful comment! Have more respect for Emmy!
Jeanette Marie It was a joke. I'm gay. Stop being such an oversensitive little bitch.
Jeanette Marie please stop, I'm gay and I thought it was very funny
40year old,made in China yesterday!!! those dogs where huge ,but wasted on that thing! Emmy beautiful as always!
hotdog vapour facial!! 😂😂
We had one of these growing up and we used it. It was easy for me as a kid and it was before microwaves. The problem is, the metal gets corroded quickly. It's the same metal found in a humidifier that I had and it corroded quickly too.
wooo early!!! funny I just ate 2 hebrew hot dogs!!!
Nathan Mendez *finds veggie hot dog* *hands it to Nathan* enjoy! 😆
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nice one dude 😂😂😂 hot dogs
Que Estamos Haciendo? the best!