Hot Dogs and More on the Traeger

Hot dogs AKA Tubular Meat

The great thing about hot dogs and other Tubular Meat (Sausages and Brats) is you can always seem to squeeze a few on the grill.  I like that best at a high Temperature 375 or more to get a good char

but pretty much any cooking method works as long as your get the proper internal temperature.

Most of the time I just cook them as is but every now and then  I do prefer a Beef Hot Dog like Nathans. The Brats and Sausage are often Pork Products

 I do something special like wrap with bacon, or better yet stuff with cheese then wrap with bacon.

Here is the Traeger recipe for Bacon Wrapped Cheese hot dog

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Hotdogs

As you can see I have cooked hotdogs all by themselves.  I have cooked them with hanburgers and pineapples, pizza and pork chops and pizza.

Just Hot Dogs

Pineapple, Hamburgers and Hot dogs on the Junior Rack

Hot Dogs and Pizza

Hot Dogs all alone

Hot Dogs all alone

Pizza - Baking on The Traeger Recipe

Pizza and Dogs on the Traeger

As the saying goes if you can cook it in an oven you can cook it on the Traeger.  The Traeger is a convection oven.  I have done Pizza on the Traeger more then once.  It always comes out good.  I cook it based on the package recipe directions.  I do turn it 1/4 turn every 5 minutes to account for Temp swings.  As you can see I am cooking my pizza on the Junior Rack with hotdogs below.  There are also many Traeger Pizza Recipes online using naan bread, boboli, and english muffins etc.  You can of course make your own dough.

please note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.