<< October 26, 2007 >>

The Spike Toaster

Many of you will know that I have a certain fetish for hotdogs. In fact, thanks to thoughtful birthday present from Nate I am even the proud owner of a Hot Dog Diggity Dogger.

(left) Spike Toaster / (right) Hot Dog Diggity Dogger

But last night I encountered the holy grail of hotdog - the spike toaster - at Dogmatic, a portable gourmet hot dog stand which spends most of its time across from Magnolia at the Bleeker Street playground. What you do see is you plunge your baguette directly over the spike which creates the perfectly toasted pocket for the hotdog.

When I first saw that Dogmatic was using a baguette for bread I was skeptical. (Usually it is the sign of a bad hotdog, frankly), but it turned out to be amazing.

But at nearly $1000, it'll probably be some time before the spike toaster sits next the diggity dogger on my counter.

More HotDog Readings:

• Dogmatic's "Corporate" Video


• Review of Dogmatic at psfk.com


• Miriam Webster's Definition of a HotDog (for those of you who think sausages aren't hotdogs)
  
  
  
  Posted by dmd on October 26, 2007 03:15 PM