How It's Made: Inside an American HOTDOG Factory

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)

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[Stevealaska]

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.

[briangleason]

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

[jacksonfrost]

Lifetime fan of Vienna! And forever will be! !!! Born and raised in the beautiful city of Chicago!

[willhoward]

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.

[UpbeatEats]

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

[lc]

Very interesting, really enjoyed it. Thank you Adam!

[robmcmurrough]

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

[cwaynebrock]

Thanks for the video of the tour.

California

[skisunfb]

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.

[maureencora]

I LOVE Chicago, IL. Vienna Beef Hot Dogs. (smile)

[MarkWitucke]

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)

[cuhweenuh]

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

[ListersRP]

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]

Rip the Vienna beef factory store on Fullerton

[steveabdelkoui]

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

[burritowyoming]

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

[jonathanniccolls]

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.

[stepheneggert]

Miss this dog...non in Florida..need them, down here

[stevenhochman]

They need to be bought out and build an ultra modern processing plant.

[TFDCOGI]

That's the brand I will be selling soon.