Hot dogs are a personal choice. With the red ones, straight boil in lightly salted water with a teaspoon of white vinegar, served with a slash of ketsup. With the plain incoloired sausage style I prefer mine with mustard and katsup, no onion. But my kids prefer them simply char grilled or on cooked on the plate, in the run off from the caramelising onions. With char grilling i lay mine along the ribs of the grill, turning frequently so as not to burn, once the skin is getting crisp, i move the over to the hot plate and finish them slowly in the same oil, or lard, or tallow, that im using to fry the onions. The ultimate here is to have some bacon gently frying on the hotplate at the same time. Put the dog in the bun, add the bacon, dress with onions and any sauce of your preference, crack a cold beer and enjoy. No one can really tell you how to cook your dogs. But the journey to find out can be great. And if it does not work out you can always eat the evidence.

Hot dogs are a personal choice. I prefer mine with mustard and katsup, no onion. But my kids prefer them simply char grilled or on cooked on the plate, in the run off from the caramelising onions. With char grilling i lay mie along the ribs of the grill, turning frequently son as not to burn, once the shin is getting crisp, i move the over to the hot plate and finish them in the same oil, or lard, or tallow, that im using to fry the onions. The ultimate here is to have some bacon gently frying on the hotplate at the same time. Dog in the bun, add the bacon, dress with onions and any sauce of your preference, crack a cold beer and enjoy. No one can really tell you how to cook your dogs. But the journey to find out can be great. And if it does not work out you can always eat the evidence.