I like my burgers cooked in a slow cooker for 4-5 hrs.Ketchup only.

Cavi Mike wrote on 08/27/12 at 19:20:44:

Spoken like a true Rochester man. I grew up about 40 miles west of you (Middleport). It's astonishing how few people know what a "white hot" is, or what they're missing.

I'll just add that the skin of a REAL hotdog must snap or crack or whatever when you bight into it or it isn't worthy of the name. Those at Ted's Hotdogs, a Buffalo, NY, institution, never disappoint, in no small part because they're charcoaled, as God intended.

I'm not much on beef anymore so instead of hamburgers I grill or panfry pork burgers from ground pork. They are great with the usual condiments but the flavor really pops with some Jamacian jerk seasoning or "Smokehouse Maple" seasoning.

If I get the urge for a regular hamburger I head for a Hardee's and get one of their mushroom swiss thickburgers. About the best you can get at a fast-food joint.

For dogs....nothing beats a good Brat!

At home, I like a big juicy steak on the grill....no messing around with anything else.  On the other hand, hotdogs or brats cooked on a stick over the campfire is the only way to go when camping!

We used to have German neighbours in the next unit to us where we live. They used to make their own sausages. They would buy a whole pig, butcher it and cook away for a weekend. We had a Labrador retriever at the time and one day she brought in the whole head of a pig after we had let her outside. Scary shite. Shades of Lord of the Flies.
They thought the dog would enjoy it, but we asked them not to do it again.
The dog was broken hearted, but the sausages they gave us were the best I've ever had.
When I make burgers I use 1/2 pork and 1/2 beef and season them with garlic powder, onion powder, and my super secret seasoning that I call Pixie Dust.
As far as hot dogs go I like turkey dogs.