Slow Cooker Hotdogs

DeeJoyce · ‎09-05-2012

Saw this on facebook and tried it. Don't know who to thank for the post.

On the 4th of July I put two packs of Oscar Meyer Angus Beef hotdogs in my 3 qt slow cooker. Heated on low for 3 hours. They came out like the ones cooked on the rollers at the gas station except not too done and dried out. Any hotdogs would work. Low 3-4 hours or High 1-2 hours. So easy and everyone seemed to like them. Not a recipe, but a method!

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

Thank yoou @DeeJoyce . I'm gonna try it: we do a lot of hot dogs in my house. My furbaby loves them and I can stuff his med inside.

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

thats a great idea!! We don't do hotdogs very often but I can see how that would be delicious. Did you add any water or just dumped them in--wondering if water at the bottom and dogs on a rack would keep them moist too, like steaming them.

DeeJoyce · ‎09-05-2012

I did not add anything, but the rack and water might make them more like steamed dogs.

happilyretiredgirl · ‎06-17-2020

Thanks for sharing this method for hotdogs, this sounds so easy and stress free for a small gathering and you don't have to stand over a hot grill when it is 100 degrees. Also nice when you are having friends over for a soup/chili meal, you can do some hotdogs and keep them warm.....I will be trying this method, I would have never thought of putting hotdogs in a slow cooker.

Solar Is My Name · ‎03-09-2010

Dogs flat or standing up vertically? @DeeJoyce

THANKS!

DeeJoyce · ‎09-05-2012

The post I saw first had them standing up, but I didn't cook that many hot dogs so mine were laying flat.

geegerbee · ‎03-09-2010

I put my frozen hot dogs in the air fryer for about 5 minutes. Perfect and no heat from a hot stove.

lork · ‎03-10-2010

@DeeJoyce wrote:
Saw this on facebook and tried it. Don't know who to thank for the post.
On the 4th of July I put two packs of Oscar Meyer Angus Beef hotdogs in my 3 qt slow cooker. Heated on low for 3 hours. They came out like the ones cooked on the rollers at the gas station except not too done and dried out. Any hotdogs would work. Low 3-4 hours or High 1-2 hours. So easy and everyone seemed to like them. Not a recipe, but a method!

I have been cooking hot dogs this way for probably 30 years. I just lay them in a dry slow cooker, do not add any liquid, and they will cook/plump up in their own juices. They smell divine while they're cooking. . . and I don't eat hot dogs!! While one of my son's was in college, he "called home" for this recipe. . .All 4 of my (adult) childdren make "CROCK POT HOT DOGS" in their own homes. They have become a family favorite/tradition.