- Today we find out which
hot dog is the top dog. - Let's talk about that. (upbeat electronic music) (fire crackling) - Good mythical morning. - It's a new season of laughing. - Whoo! - It's a new year, 20 one seven, yeah! (both laugh) - No Link, it's 20-17. - I just, but, it's a
20 and then a one seven. Anyway, here we are, we're doing this and you know how we like
to start new things off, eating a lot of hot dogs! - Yeah we do! Now sometime back in ages past, somebody thought it would be a good idea. - When was that? - To just take the intestine of an animal and then take some meat from that animal and put it inside the intestine
and then cook it and eat it and somehow here in America, we thought that was a great idea
and we basically made it our national dish. - Mmhmm, but the question
is, which one of those that you can grab off a
shelf pretty much anywhere is the best one to grab. Let's get to it. It's time for Which Hot Dog is the Tipity Tipity Tipity Tipity Top Dog? - Okay, so this is gonna be a
tournament style taste test. We will pit two dogs against each other in each round. We will taste both of them, just the dog, no buns, no sauces. This is an unadulterated
experience with the wiener. That's all it is. - And we're not gonna know
which dog we're tasting at which time, but we
do know all of the dogs that we're gonna be tasting over time. So that's Hebrew National,
Ball Park franks, Applegate, Vienna Beef
or is it vie-ee-nuh, that's how I used to say it-- - Whichever one you prefer. - Where I'm from. Oscar Meyer-- - Or is it Oscar Mee-er? - Oscar Meyer. Nathan's, Kirkland, and Snake
River Farms gourmet wagyu-- - Oh, expensive. - That's an expensive one. You know but this is great because one of my New Year's resolutions
was eating a whole bunch of hot dogs this year (laughs). - Yeah, more hot dogs! - And I'm kicking it off right. - Now I do wanna say, you know me man, personally, I love hot dogs. I don't eat them a lot
because I know they're not good for me, but
growing up I would just go to the cupboard, or
actually to the frig, and grab a hot dog, put
it in the microwave, and just eat it straight just like this. This was a regular occurrence for me. - This is a good smelling dog. - But these weren't microwaved. They were grilled as you
can see the grill marks. - This is-- - Tastes good man. They're all gonna taste good to me though. That's the problem. - Nice tasting dog. But the beauty is you
get to go head to head right against another dog,
so you can quickly tell one from the other, even
though these look very similar. Hmm, this one is a little
redder than this one. - This one tastes cheaper. - Mmhmm, this one tastes much cheaper. - Cut corners on this one. - Mmhmm. - You cut corners on this
one, I know what you did. - We have a clear winner for round one. - Clear for round one. - It's this one. - That one. - Okay, I've cleansed my
dog palate with some cola, and I'm ready to go in
for a new head to head. - I'm just noticing that
people can make some memes out of these images here. Don't do that. - Well, you saying that
kind of invites it. Okay, let's start over here
with the skinnier one, okay. - Oh, full of flavor. That takes me straight to flavor town. Um, but it's starting to taste weird. It took me to flavor
town, but then flavor town was compromised real fast. - Flavor town going down hill quick. What kind of flavor is that? - It's like a different animal. - I don't want to eat any more of it. - What did you just do? You're not gonna learn
anything doing that. These look a lot like
what I would have called the Ball Park frank. - Okay. - It has the flimsiness
of a Ball Park frank. - Mmhmm. - I've done this. This is how I test, this is
one of the things that I do - [Link] You're outta the park. - You just do that. - Well I should've done
that for the first round. This is soft on the outside. - This is a relatively cheap dog as well. - It's pretty good tasting, though. - It does taste good, I like it. - Mmhmmm (laughs), makes me happy. - Hold on. (audience laughs) I don't know man. - That other one, I'm not going back. Flavor, taste-- you just ate
half the dog in one bite! For something you didn't even like. It's not good, man. - Go back to it now. Go back to it now, I dare ya. - It's trying too hard. They've injected some
flavor that's unnatural. - This is the much more traditional dog. I'm a little bit split on this one, - We gotta go-- - But if you feel that
strongly, I'll go with this one. - I feel strongly that we
gotta go with that one. - Alright. - Now judging by the size
of your wieners over there, uh, I need to slow my roll a little bit. I've been eating way too much of these. - Yeah, you will. - I mean, look at that! - Now, once they start getting
the twisty little thing at the top there that makes me
think about how it was made, I don't love that as much. - Well, I do. - But, I'm just gonna go on and taste. - Come on. - Dink it. - Oh, we're gonna dink this one, huh? That's a quality dog,
don't make that face, man. - (laughs) I don't like
a dog this big around. - But the taste is exquisite! - I can't get over the presentation. - You mean you're telling
me if you can choose a thicker dog, you don't want it? - Yeah, uh, yep. I like a nice efficient package of a dog that hides itself in a bun. And welcomes ingredients. - Oh, oh, oh. (audience laughing) That's the worst hot dog I've ever had in my entire life. (audience laughing) I don't know what this is. I don't know who we're
getting in trouble right now. This is the worst tasting
hot dog I have ever had. Not a sponsor, ever. - You think this is like Costco? - Costco? - Costco. - I don't know if it's
Costco, but that's not one of our choices, man. - Costco is where you buy Kirkland dogs. Is this a Kirkland? - Uh, it's a bad one. I mean, I hope it's cheap. - Man. - Biggie dad. (laughs) - Now my wife will not eat a hot dog. - She's never eaten a hot dog. - And she's never eaten a hot dog. - Which just strikes me as weird. - Like, the first time
as a child she was told tales of hot dogs she was like, "Uh uh, I never wanna see one. "I never wanna taste one." She would eat mustard sandwiches when everyone else was eating hot dogs - I will watch the
show, the reality show-- - Bread and mustard. - I'll watch the show
of how hot dogs are made and then immediately go eat a hot dog. - (laughs) Yeah, you're sick man. - I mean, it doesn't bother me, sorry. - See, this is as big of
a dog that I will welcome into my home and by home, I mean my mouth. - This is a classic dog. - Very mushy. - There's no integrity in this. - Like moral integrity? - No, it was not made with any conviction, you know what I mean? It was made in just a we
gotta get these things out the door man, they're
buying 'em up like hot dogs. - But it tastes okay. - You gonna put yours back? - Well, I might take another bite. - You're gonna get mixed up. - I don't-- - I gotta lot of wieners on my plate. - I don't like ones that turn like that, so I'm going for this one. When they turn at the end-- - Yeah I don't go for that. (chuckles) - Oh. - This is interesting. - This is like a veggie dog. - I don't think we're
tasting a veggie dog. - I know, but it tastes like a veggie dog. - Mm, I don't know what this could be. - Boy, I'm really confused. - That's not a bad dog at all. - That one tastes better. This one has a better consistency. - This one's better. - I think I gotta go
with the one on the left. - The softy? - Yeah. - The one without integrity? - Gotta go with the
one without conviction. There's no conviction, but you know what-- - We're bringing conviction to it. - The flavor's pretty good. - Again, these are-- - So, this is a repeat now. So we've already declared
these each a winner in a previous round. - Look at that, I think this
is the integrity coming back. - No. - No, we haven't gotten around to that. - I don't, hey, don't-- - Look how much longer-- - You just compromised that by touching it to another wiener. - Well, I'm not gonna eat this wiener, but I'm just telling ya, look at how much more wiener there is. - You're gonna get so mixed up, man. - Look, that's a-- - Don't mix me up man-- - That's a factor is all I'm saying. There's 1/4 inch of a
wiener more on that wiener. - It's still, this one's still good. But just the flavor. - Mmhmm. - The outside is the same
as the rest of the dog. It's so consistent,
which I assume you like. - I do. - But it doesn't have any pop to it and I'm not gonna let
the people who actually know and care about hot dogs. I'm not gonna disappoint. I'm not gonna let Link influence this. - I do understand that a
good hot dog is supposed to have a pop. - As a hot dog lover, I'm gonna, I will make sure that happens. - (chuckles) Oh. Here we go. This one's getting cold. - Man, boy. - It's got a good taste. And to your point, it's got a hint of pop. This one here is just soft. - I think you gotta go with this one. - With this one? - I think you gotta go with the long dog. 'Cause it tastes pretty similar. - This is a really good dog. - I don't know, the flavor
on that one's pretty good. - It's better. This is a world of flavor. This is like a town of flavor. Like a county. This is a country. - That's better, it's better. - Country. - Having gone back and
forth a couple of times, that is the better dog. - Country of flavor in the
soft packaging, moves on. - This, the taste
really, really brings it. Okay, we've got the one
that's too big for your mouth, according to you and then
what I guess is the Ball Park. - It's not too big for my mouth. It's just too big for my preference. - Okay. - But again, with this thing on it-- - But that's the best part. - That's like a dunce cap. - It's the best part! - It's like a, it's like a sleeping cap. - It just lets you know
it was made with care and it's not gonna accidentally spill out all over the place. (Link chuckles) It's something I'm
worried about every time I'm eating a hot dog. - (chuckles) I hope this
doesn't spill out everywhere. - I mean, just smell it a little. - Gosh. - Just get a good smell. That's a, that is a
high-freaking-quality dog, man. Just the smell of it. - Yeah, I bet this has
gotta be the Snake River. - That is a good dog and that is beef. That's a good hot dog. Imagine if it was surrounded with a bun and some relish and some
mustard and some onions, little bit of chili
maybe if it's a cold day. Heh, heh, heh. - I need toppings for a dog like this. - You just don't wanna hang out with me, eating wieners like this? (laughs) - No. - Okay, good. - But, this right, I
mean, I'm looking for a, I'm looking for a classic
to go all the way. - [Rhett] Well-- - Not some specially designed but not quite restaurant quality-- - Not quite restaurant quality. What do you think they do
at the restaurants, man? This is a Ball Park-- - I've never ordered a
hot dog at a restaurant. - My mama used to get Ball Park franks when she was splurging. I know a Ball Park frank when I see one. - It's got America just injected into it. - It tastes like pudding. (audience and Link laughing) It tastes like hot dog pudding, like-- - Yeah. - You take a bite out of
it and just becomes pudding in your mouth. - I love it. - I'm not saying it's not good, but there's no way you can
think that tastes better than that dog. Not in a million years, man. - This is tough man, I-- - I gotta give you credit, Ball Park wins when it comes to cheap hot dogs. That should be their slogan. If you need one, that's it. "We win when it comes to cheap hot dogs." But this right here. - It's so much beefiness, it
doesn't taste like a hot dog. - I love it so much. - But it doesn't taste like
what you'd expect from like, I'm going to get the hot dog. - But you can't let that beat this. This is an achievement in hot dog making. That's what this is. - Well, I'm not gonna argue with that. If you feel that strongly,
then I'm with you. - Do you not think it tastes great. - I think it tastes really good. - Yeah! - But I think this tastes a little better. - Alright, well listen, I'll
let you make the decision and you know how I feel. - I'll go with the biggie daddy. (all laugh) Alright Rhett, now it's time
to make hot dog history, at least as far as we're concerned. I know it's a uphill battle
with the biggie dad over here. - The biggie dad is strong. - But, you know, I'm
gonna be leaning towards this striped devil over here. - Again, this is just a classic dog. - I've never eaten so many
just dogs with nothing else. (audience member chuckles) - Again, it just falls
apart in your mouth. That can't be a positive. - A pudding. Just to clarify, it
doesn't, you're not saying it tastes like pudding, you're saying it behaves like pudding. - It becomes a pudding. It's almost like magic is
what's keeping it together in the form of a cylinder right now and as soon as it goes
in your mouth it just becomes a liquid. - To its credit-- - How is that a good thing? - Magic is always a good thing! - There's no way that
you can say that this is, I mean, I will admit that the
taste is at last passable. - Even if an evil person
does magic, you're like, "Oooooh, ooooh, I know he's
bad, but I'm impressed." - But I actually feel like
the one that got second place in the last round is better than this. - Yes, it's the winner! - It's not the winner overall though, because we already determined
that this one's better. I mean, I wanna keep-- - Well you pressured me. - I wanna keep tasting it. - And I just, you know, it's like, aaaaah. - You have a problem with
this little squirrelly thing on top, but you know, you
gotta get rid of that. - I'm gonna act like
that part doesn't exist and I'm gonna start here. I'm gonna give it the best I can give it. It's got a pop. - It's got a pop. It's got an incredible flavor. - It's too pure of a flavor. I like that-- - It's too pure of a flavor! - I like that-- (audience laughing) I like a mechanically-separated
meat-part flavor. That's what a hot dog is. - I guarantee this is
mechanically separated or as I used to read off of the package, me-chan-ically separated. - So you're voting for this. - Yeah. - [Woman] Okay guys, why
don't we have a Rhett dog and a Link dog? - Well it's pretty clear. So this is Rhett's winner. - [Woman] So Rhett, what
do you think that is that you picked? - I mean, I like to think
that it's the wagyu beef, but I also feel like it could be an Applegate organic dog. - [Woman] You were correct
with your first guess. - Okay. - [Woman] It is the
most expensive, though. - It is the most expensive
dog, but my winner from the previous round, not
this one, is what, Ball Park? - [Woman] Yep, it's Ball Park. - You were right and I agree. Alright, so Ball Park
is, you know we're just in different ball parks. - It's the best cheap dog,
but for people who have class like me, you can get a wagyu beef hot dog from Snake River Farms. - Hmmm, or join me in the ball park. Thank you for liking,
commenting, and subscribing. - You know what time it is. - Hi, my name's Brittany. This is Roxie. We live in Keen Eye, Alaska and it's time to spin the wheel of mythicality. As you can see, we have an
all new wheel of mythicality for season 11. - Yes, all new spaces
designed to bring mythicality into your life or the
lives of other people. We'll learn more in the
coming days and weeks as we land on mythical spots. - You can add more mythicality
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For fun, since I'm a simple girl who just eats Hebrew National, I figured out how much each dog costs (ppd or price per dog) to help build a frame of reference.
I got the feeling that they started out with energy (AHH SEASON 11!) and by the end of the video they were sluggish from fighting the effects of hot dog digestion.
sooo many innuendos