Product Description

Vintage Collection Hot Dog Roller. Hot Dog Roller This unit holds up to eight regular-sized hot dogs or four foot-long hot dogs at one time. Featuring a convenient bun storage warmer in the whimsical Canopy Top, it's a great all-in-one solution to enjoy hot dogs anytime! Features Include: Cooks up to 8 hot dogs in just minutes with all the retro style of bygone days 5 non-stick rollers rotate continuously for even cooking Removable roller assembly and drip tray for easy cleaning Adjustable heat controls Top-mounted bun warmer Great for wieners, hot links, and sausages Dimensions: 14.40" L x 7.80" W x 14.00" H Weight: 6.20 LBS

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2385 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 14.40" L x 7.80" W x 14.00" H
• Brand: Nostalgia Electrics
• Model: HDR565
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 14.00" h x 8.00" w x 14.50" l, 6.00 pounds

Features

• Cooks up to 8 hot dogs at a time
• 5 non-stick rollers rotate continuously for even cooking
• Removable rollers and drip tray for easy cleaning
• Adjustable heat controls
• Top-mounted bun warmer

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful.
Super cute but is it worth the space?
By Lawrence Brown
This hot dog maker is obviously waay cute. It's also a good price. Compared to other cutesy hot dog makers, 8 dogs is a good number. I love the carnival themed umbrella sneeze guard over the dogs, and having that double as a bun warmer was an inspired idea. The poles that hold up the umbrella are nice and sturdy, and it assembles in only 1 minute. This thing has many bonus features:

*Rollers look just like the industrial unit at your local convenience store. They really roll!
*It can also handle 4 foot long dogs and even foot long buns! That's really great because my wife loves those. However, 4 is an anemic number.
*Nostalgia went to the extra expense to include an on/off switch and even a temp control. Temp control should prove useful vs. devices that do not include that.
*This unit includes a griddle attachment for hamburgers/bacon/sausage, etc. I think the unit is too small to be useful for frying hamburgers; you could only do two at a time. The griddle drops in where the rollers would otherwise go, so switching functions is not going to be convenient and will require tools or heat proof gloves if you don't want to wait for a cool-down period.
*The heating element is a beefy rectangular coil that gives good coverage of the cooking area and is directly exposed to the dogs, yielding fast, strong heat.
*The drip tray, griddle, and rollers are all removable for easy cleanup. Love that.
*The rollers are beefy all metal construction - nice.

So that adds up to one very nice unit, of which Nostalgia should be proud. The only real shortcoming I see is that eight dogs, while a good number for a toy device like this, can't stand up to much crowd control. Figure at least two dogs for each child, and three for each man and you're feeding only three to four people per batch. Assume the thing is lightning fast at ten minutes per batch and you see that you're going to need ten of these toys to feed you r super bowl party, hahahaha.

Then you have to ask yourself, is this gizmo worth the space? It's pretty big, about the size of a toaster oven. Will you keep it out on the counter and use this special purpose device often (doubtful)? How far back in the closet will it be stored and will you go to the trouble to drag it out to cook up dogs for three people, pack it back up, and re-store it (doubtful)? So is it worth the space? I think it's probably best suited for its intended audience: a party of four kiddos.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
Makes Great Hot Dogs
By Krista
I purchased this at a Sears store for $9.99. This makes THE BEST hot dogs ever. I used to microwave them, no longer. I would pay $40- $50 for this machine it is worth every penny. I recently had a pool party and the adults were even more impressed with it then the kids. My guests now purchased one for their offices. This even toasts the buns. I placed frozen buns on top were there is a little spot for them and by the time the hot dogs were done which is 15-25 min depending on how you like them the rolls were actually toasted. I HIHLY RECOMMEND this product. It makes the hot dogs taste the way they should!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Worth the money! Once you get a working one!
By Frank P
Got a replacement, and new unit works GREAT! - Amazon won't let me change Stars, but I'd change to 4.5 if I could.!
I purchased this after reading the reviews. I had no desire to use this for a party or large gathering, just one serving at a time ( 4-8 dogs). I tried it the day after it arrived and once since. The heating coils turn warm, but they don't warm up enough to prevent touching them after an hour on MAX heat. We tried two batches, after 1 hour the dogs were warm, more than room temp, but thats it. Called the company, they said to return to Amazon, we probably have a defective unit.