Did you ever electrocute a hot dog?

[1srelluc]

Remember these gadgets from the 70s?

The reason the hotdogs were "humped" between the electrodes was that the current needed resistance to electrocute the dogs quicker.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Remember these gadgets from the 70s?

The reason the hotdogs were "humped" between the electrodes was that the current needed resistance to electrocute the dogs quicker.

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Ick! They were just heated up, if I remember correctly.

I really preferred a campfire for cooking dogs.

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[1srelluc]

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Ick! They were just heated up, if I remember correctly.

I really preferred a campfire for cooking dogs.

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Ozone dogs were the best!

 

[braalian]

Seems like a lot of unnecessary rigmarole when you can just nuke them in the microwave or boil some water in a saucepan

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Ozone dogs were the best!

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Don't think I ever heard of them.

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[Crepitus]

Seems like a lot of unnecessary rigmarole when you can just nuke them in the microwave or boil some water in a saucepan

Those are pre microwave.

 

[braalian]

Those are pre microwave.

No microwaves in the 70s? I thought they became a thing in the 60s

 

[Crepitus]

No microwaves in the 70s? I thought they became a thing in the 60s

They were very pricey luxury/novelty items for the wealthy in the 60s and 70s. Didn't really become widespread until the very late 70s and early 80s.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

No microwaves in the 70s? I thought they became a thing in the 60s

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I remember my mom had her first one in the late 70's.

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[braalian]

They were very pricey luxury/novelty items for the wealthy in the 60s and 70s. Didn't really become widespread until the very late 70s and early 80s.

It’s kinda funny to think of microwaves being a fancy expensive rich people thing

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I never ever eat any other hot dogs.

 

[Crepitus]

It’s kinda funny to think of microwaves being an fancy expensive rich people thing

Nearly everything starts out that way.

The first radar range from amana was $450 ish in like 1967. That well over $4K adjusted for inflation.

 

[braalian]

Nearly everything starts out that way.

The first radar range from amana was $450 ish in like 1967. That well over $4K adjusted for inflation.

I remember VCRs being like $300 back in the late eighties. That was a lot of money back then.

 

[Crepitus]

I remember VCRs being like $300 back in the late eighties. That was a lot of money back then.

About a grand in today's money.

In the 70s they were about that in their current money and adjusted for inflation would be near $5k.

 

[1srelluc]

Nearly everything starts out that way.

The first radar range from amana was $450 ish in like 1967. That well over $4K adjusted for inflation.

Yep, mom worked overtime to buy one on lay-a-way.

It had analog controls, you know, knobs. If memory serves it only had two buttons....High and low power.

It was built to last....I tossed it when I was cleaning out the house after mom died in '24. It still worked just fine after near 60 years!

 

[hjmick]

Only when I accidentally pissed on the hot-wire on the fence of the horse corral... and only once...

 

[Crepitus]

Yep, mom worked overtime to buy one on lay-a-way.

It had analog controls, you know, knobs. If memory serves it only had two buttons....High and low power.

It was built to last....I tossed it when I was cleaning out the house after mom died in '24. It still worked just fine after near 60 years!

We had one that the door opened down like a regular oven. All stainless and chrome, very futuristic looking for back then.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

1974 450 watts--standard today is 1,000 watts--costs $35-$45.

 

[sparky]

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