Deion Sanders' Hot Dog Express is an obvious attempt to exploit the wild success of George Foreman's grills, however Deion was not savvy enough to work with a high-quality manufacturer like Salton to manufacture his product. The Hot Dog Express is an OK quality product, but handling it gives hints that it will not last as long as a George Foreman grill does.That being said, it did cook some very tasty hot dogs. It has the rollers like a professional hot dog stand, and takes about 14 minutes to cook eight hot dogs. I used Oscar Meyer beef dogs and they tasted better than any boiled hot dog ever could. The buns warmed on the cover as the dogs cooked.
The only obvious quality problem was the timer dial. It is marked for the length of time you want the cooker to run. I set mine for 14 min, but found that it stopped at the three minute mark and had no alarm bell to indicate the completion of cooking. To compensate, I have to set mine to 17 min, and keep my eye on the clock. This may be a manufacturing problem only with my unit, but is only mildly irritating. I tend to keep an eye on cookers when they are running anyway, for safety reasons.
The unit cleans up easily, as they state. The rollers and the "oil collection tray" both come out of the cooker for easy cleaning in the sink.
Overall, I do recommend this product because it cooks a very good hot dog. It will serve some heavy duty time on my patio this summer.
(1) The drip tray at the back of the unit where the condensation is supposed too drip to when/while cooking and after you open the lid was broken. I emailed "As-seen-on-TV" and they responded by saying they had contacted the manufacturer and were going to wait to see what they (i.e., the manufacturer) can do/will advise. Why they cannot just send me a new/replacement drip tray is beyond me;
(2) The square turning stem that comes off the roller wheels and joins into the unit as the cooking time goes on, it seems this stem "unscrews" itself from the units motor turning assembly resulting in the roller wheel assembly no longer "turning" the dogs. Synopsis: I found that I had to occasionally "push the roller assembly back into the units motor stem connector with the plastic tongs. And by the by, the plastic tongs melted somewhat where I used them to push the roller assembly into the connector; couldn't use a metal utensil as the instructions say not to use metal to touch the rollers as may give off an electric shock. I received the product and am satisfied with the way it cooks. Just two things concerned me and I am still waiting for the "As-seen-on-TV" group to resolve/quell my concerns:
(1) The drip tray at the back of the unit where the condensation is supposed too drip to when/while cooking and after you open the lid was broken. I emailed "As-seen-on-TV" and they responded by saying they had contacted the manufacturer and were going to wait to see what they (i.e., the manufacturer) can do/will advise. Why they cannot just send me a new/replacement drip tray is beyond me;
(2) The square turning stem that comes off the roller wheels and joins into the unit as the cooking time goes on, it seems this stem "unscrews" itself from the units motor turning assembly resulting in the roller wheel assembly no longer "turning" the dogs. Synopsis: I found that I had to occasionally "push the roller assembly back into the units motor stem connector with the plastic tongs. And by the by, the plastic tongs melted somewhat where I used them to push the roller assembly into the connector; couldn't use a metal utensil as the instructions say not to use metal to touch the rollers as may give off an electric shock. I ordered the as seen on tv hot dog express , from a company called welistit.com , so I wanted people to be aware of this product , I received it with the drip tray in the back broken in 4 pieces , & I feel the company knew this when they packaged it , since the little plastic bag it came in was taped as if they didn't want any of the parts to fall out , because the way they had it packaged , there was no way it could have broken in Shipping , when I notified them of my problem , they said they had no record of ever shipping this item to my address , & I would have to get the Tracking # from UPS for them to be able to do anything for me , I wonder , when I send the # what their excuse will be then , only to delay me from getting the part once again , well I learned my lesson the hard way , I won't order from this Company again or purchase this item EVER again !!!!!!!!!
if your SMART neither will you Its not really as great as i thought it was going to be. It holds 4 hot dogs at a time and you set the timer for 15 minutes. During the 15 minutes it makes a weird burning smell like somethings not right (but it says in the manual, that this burning smell is normal.) Also by the end of the 15 minutes, the hot dogs aren't all that hot so i wouldn't try and cook vegetables or anything else on it like it says you can do. Really it takes up more space than its worth because its just not that great.
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