# Hot Dogs -- Now with Bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356 "2013-05-15T00:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/1 "2013-05-15T00:09:23Z")
I know this article is a shameless plug, and I’m complicit in helping it along, but I know how much people on this Board adore BACON: > **[Bacon Dogs Are Here! Thanks, Oscar Mayer](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tagged/health/shine-food/bacon-dogs-are-here--thanks--oscar-mayer-162544849.html)** > > It's as if they read the minds of bacon lovers everywhere: Oscar Mayer on Monday introduced five new hot dogs, one of which has bacon cooked right into it. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/2 "2013-05-15T00:15:25Z")
Well, that sounds good, but a vendor at the farmer’s market where I used to live wrapped hot dogs in bacon and then grilled them until they were black and crispy. That was … I have to go now and wipe my chin. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/3 "2013-05-15T01:16:31Z")
Hmmm, I don’t know about this. I love bacon as much as the next guy, assuming the next guy can claim to have eaten a pound of cooked bacon a few times at a late-night buffet after the bars close, but I have reservations. I once mixed real bacon bits into hamburger, expecting a culinary mouthgasm. Not so much. Kinda tasted lame. A couple strips on-top is far superior to bacon bits cooked right in. The new dog might be a similar situation. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/4 "2013-05-15T02:54:36Z")
Now bacon \*and \*cheese in the hotdog? Well, then you’ve got something. Braised in butter. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/5 "2013-05-15T03:21:26Z")
Please. Make the bacon go away. I am so sick of everything being gussied up in bacon. I thought this trend was going to die three or four years ago, but here we are. Look, I like bacon, but, really, come on. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/6 "2013-05-15T16:42:30Z")
Is that new to the Americas? We’ve had bacon and cheese sausages for years in northern Europe, and they’re honestly pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/7 "2013-05-15T19:52:53Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Please. Make the bacon go away. I am so sick of everything being gussied up in bacon. I thought this trend was going to die three or four years ago, but here we are. Look, I like bacon, but, really, come on. I’m kind of agreeing with you - I use it for topping meat loaf, to wrap around a cheese stuffed hotdog or in sandwiches (grilled cheese w/bacon, BLT). Now I’m hearing adds for deli lunchmeat that is made with bacon. Seriously. This is getting idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/8 "2013-05-15T20:56:28Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > I’m kind of agreeing with you - I use it for topping meat loaf, to wrap around a cheese stuffed hotdog or in sandwiches (grilled cheese w/bacon, BLT). > > Now I’m hearing adds for deli lunchmeat that is made with bacon. Seriously. This is getting idiotic. Now I’m hearing ads for deli lunchmeat that is made with bacon. Seriousy. This (and my spelling - I blame it on the headache I’m dealing with now) is getting idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/9 "2013-05-17T01:53:12Z")
Wow. Actually bacon in, instead of on, the hot dog. Phenomenal. It sounds like black magic to me. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/10 "2013-05-17T02:48:33Z")
Just in case any one wants to learn how to make hot fogs, you can check out this [great video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssQ7jb41wHU). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/11 "2013-05-17T12:45:19Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Hmmm, I don’t know about this. I love bacon as much as the next guy, assuming the next guy can claim to have eaten a pound of cooked bacon a few times at a late-night buffet after the bars close, but I have reservations. I once mixed real bacon bits into hamburger, expecting a culinary mouthgasm. Not so much. Kinda tasted lame. A couple strips on-top is far superior to bacon bits cooked right in. The new dog might be a similar situation. Agree. Bacon is all about texture and the salty goodness which would be lost _inside_ the hot dog. I used to go to this one hot dog joint that would sell dogs with bacon on top. That shit was good. ---
**Author:** ![Katie\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@Katie\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katie_Mae)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/12 "2013-05-18T23:47:28Z")
As American as obesity, juvenile diabetes, and angioplasty! peace/katie ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/13 "2013-05-19T00:07:50Z")
Has anyone tried it yet? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/14 "2013-05-20T15:34:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Has anyone tried it yet? I had some on Saturday and they aren’t too bad. The bacon taste wasn’t overpowering but kind of in the background. To me, it was just right. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/15 "2013-05-20T22:02:52Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Just in case any one wants to learn how to make hot fogs, you can check out this [great video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssQ7jb41wHU). That’s my favorite way to make hot fogs. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/16 "2013-05-20T22:11:49Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That’s my favorite way to make hot fogs. Ouch. That’s a bad typo! :o ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-now-with-bacon/658356/17 "2013-05-22T15:23:58Z")
The problem is that it’s in a cheap Oscar Myer hot dog. Put it in a good quality natural-casing dog from the deli department, and I’d be interested. Better though to put it on, rather than in IMO. This is coming from the guy next to \*\*Face Intentionally Left Blank, \*\*or at least the guy next to the guy next to him.