How It's Made: Inside an American HOTDOG Factory

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
  • Today is all about hotdogs! Hot DEGS, that is. Come with me on an adventure in tubular meat to the Vienna Beef factory in my hometown - Chicago, Illinois! Big shoutout to the team over at Vienna Beef for letting us peek into the operation. Which food factory should we explore next? 🤘🏼 Adam
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    Timestamps:
    What even is a Hotdog? (0:00)
    Hotdog History (0:52)
    Factory Tour (5:30)
    Taste Test (11:30)
    Final thoughts (13:30)
    #hotdog #chicago #factory #tour #chicagohotdog #viennabeef #beef #foodtour #howitsmade

Komentáře • 54

  • @Stevealaska99567
    @Stevealaska99567 Před rokem +13

    What a great video. For those of us who grew up in Chicago we loved Vienna. Now I know why this factory is amazing!! You see the fat they are trimming off the roasts to use. No wonder they taste better than any other sausage.

    • @briangleason5597
      @briangleason5597 Před 7 měsíci

      AMEN. Vienna Beef or none at all. I miss them being in Texas.

  • @willhoward9865
    @willhoward9865 Před 7 měsíci +7

    I worked in an Eckrich hot dog plant in Michigan; and can say. Honestly we used quality meat product. No weird fillers. Pure beef. Pure pork.

    • @boogitybear2283
      @boogitybear2283 Před 2 měsíci +1

      The Midwest makes the best food!

    • @vinaymulukutla358
      @vinaymulukutla358 Před měsícem +2

      @@boogitybear2283 Agreed. I love Johnsonville Sausages (who are based in Sheboygan Falls, WI) and I'm not even from America.

  • @briangleason5597
    @briangleason5597 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Thank You!! I grew up in Chicago. Miss this dog. 😢😢😢

  • @skisunfb
    @skisunfb Před 9 měsíci +3

    The original Vienna hot dogs (Wieners, actually known as Frankfurters in Vienna) are not made with just with beef. The secret formula dating back to the 1805 is made with pork and veal and/or beef. They have a much more refined flavor than the stronger tasting all beef hot dogs, as anyone who's had them in Vienna well knows. The story behind this sausage goes all the way back to the early 1800s. The recipe was originally invented by Johann Georg Lahner, born in 1792, who was a butcher trained in Frankfurt. He eventually moved to Vienna to get a job and was employed by a well established butcher shop until he was able to get a loan (from an aristocrat) to open his own business. In 1805 he produced the first "Franfurters", which he named after his native city, using pork, including bacon and by adding some beef and/or veal and spices. Although they're still called "Frankfurters" in Vienna (Wien, in German), everywhere else (including Frankfurt) they're known as Wieners (Viennese), or Wiener Würstchen in German. Most sausages, Wieners etc in Europe are not made with pure Beef, this was a Kosher variant , especially common in the States, because pork is obviously not Kosher. The casing of the original Wieners is always natural, as with all pork sausages.

  • @rkgaustin9043
    @rkgaustin9043 Před měsícem +2

    The real sausage king of Chicago.

  • @arfriedman4577
    @arfriedman4577 Před 2 lety +4

    Beautiful documentary.

  • @MaxtheMeatGuy
    @MaxtheMeatGuy Před 2 lety +5

    This was really cool!

  • @MarkWitucke
    @MarkWitucke Před rokem +3

    That was awesome. I miss these so much. After twenty years living abroad, I visited home and went to Portillos. The hot dog made me cry. Beautiful childhood memories. Amazing to see the factory. (I’m looking for a way as a cook to approximate the Chi dog in Argentina)

  • @kpods1116
    @kpods1116 Před 2 lety +1

    Love this! Keep going Adam!

  • @UpbeatEats
    @UpbeatEats Před 2 lety +3

    Epic video brotha! I’d love to see more like this

  • @lc3108
    @lc3108 Před 2 lety +3

    Very interesting, really enjoyed it. Thank you Adam!

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  Před 2 lety

      Thank YOU for watching c:

  • @cwaynebrock2519
    @cwaynebrock2519 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the video of the tour.
    California

  • @robmcmurrough1897
    @robmcmurrough1897 Před 2 lety +4

    Hey Adam!! This was amazing mate. Defiantly your best content yet dude. Love love from the UK fam 🇬🇧

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  Před 2 lety +1

      Yo Rob! Thank you, my dude. I appreeesh.

  • @ListersRP
    @ListersRP Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for showing us this behind-the-scenes look. I eat these dogs all the time and its nice to see what goes into the making of it.

  • @zackandcodeene
    @zackandcodeene Před 2 lety +4

    Rip the Vienna beef factory store on Fullerton

  • @johnmchoul7656
    @johnmchoul7656 Před 21 dnem +1

    Really good video.

  • @zackandcodeene
    @zackandcodeene Před 2 lety +2

    More food factory tours!

  • @jonathanniccolls1592
    @jonathanniccolls1592 Před 15 dny +1

    An excellent video! Thank you! I grew up in Hollywood, CA. We had a place called The Dog House on the SE corner of Hollywood & Vine. The owners made their hot dogs exclusively with Vienna Beef Natural Casing frankfurters. When The Dog House closed down, I lost my favorite hot dog. 😢They don't sell them in Fresno, where I moved to, either. 😥 I can buy them on Amazon, but if I wanted a Vienna Beef dog today, I'm SOL. Maybe you could wield your power and influence to get them to ship the Viienna Beef natural casing frankfurters here, to California.

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  Před 15 dny

      Thank you dude. I'm not sure I wield that sort of power and don't think they want to go international, but maybe one day!

  • @steveabdelkoui5663
    @steveabdelkoui5663 Před 2 lety +2

    Best hot dogs in the world. I use to live a few blocks away from Vienna comp;any on damen ave.

  • @cuhweenuh
    @cuhweenuh Před 2 lety +1

    Had this in my watch later for 2 weeks it better be worth it 😂❤️

  • @burritowyoming1552
    @burritowyoming1552 Před 2 lety +3

    Mr Gerald goat the inventor of hotdogs has approved of this CZcams video

  • @LILbodds45
    @LILbodds45 Před 2 lety

    Such an authentic company

  • @pinkpools
    @pinkpools Před 2 lety +2

    Damn dude, 2 weeks away, you tease.

  • @ereisz
    @ereisz Před 3 měsíci +1

  • @TFDCOGI
    @TFDCOGI Před 2 lety +1

    That's the brand I will be selling soon.

  • @boogitybear2283
    @boogitybear2283 Před rokem +2

    Vienna Beef are the best Hot Dogs in the World.

  • @slugo915
    @slugo915 Před rokem

    I'm 52 and never had one of these hot dogs. Also I never saw a dog with that stuff on it. I know everyone is different but dam sure looks good. Thanks for the video. I am a chili and cheese hot dog guy. But I will try this brand and setup minus the pickles.

    • @Stevealaska99567
      @Stevealaska99567 Před rokem

      Well your not from. Hicago then are you …lol

    • @slydEvil35
      @slydEvil35 Před rokem

      Honestly they are great just plain. Chicago style has too much nonsense on it

  • @bender7565
    @bender7565 Před 6 měsíci

    I love hot dogs!

  • @vexorion6577
    @vexorion6577 Před 2 lety +1

    hello

  • @arfriedman4577
    @arfriedman4577 Před 2 lety

    We love your channel. You and your girlfriend are fabulous.

  • @WilliamHollinger2019
    @WilliamHollinger2019 Před 2 měsíci

    You should see kunzler way of making hotdogs it is gross.

  • @user-gh8py5wv3u
    @user-gh8py5wv3u Před 9 měsíci

    Were eating human meat 🍖

  • @txterbug
    @txterbug Před 4 měsíci

    This old guy is rizzing up a shitty pack of scrap compiled hot dogs like it’s some kind of fresh smoked beef jerky

  • @mikewest6569
    @mikewest6569 Před 5 měsíci

    Worst thing you can eat, enjoy!

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  Před 5 měsíci

      Mike West has spoken.

  • @garethleitner9547
    @garethleitner9547 Před 6 měsíci

    peckers and lips from what I've heard.