hot dog!

We recently went to a birthday party up in the city that featured a hotdog grilling machine.  Think 7-Eleven style.  

The birthday boy has a brother that works for Hillshire Farm who thought it would be funny to get his brother one of these machines.  The ones at convenience stores are very icky (how do they clean them? do they get seasoned like cast iron?), but this one did a nice job warming them up and didn't have 15 year old grease hanging from the edges.   While I find it hard to justify such a specialized piece of equipment, this did get a lot of conversations started... might be something to think about for those in search of the perfect hotdog.