Nostalgia HDR8RR Warmer 8 Regular Sized, 4 Foot Long Capacity, Stainless Steel Rollers, Perfect for Breakfast Sausages, Brats, Taquitos, Egg Rolls, 8 Hot Dog & 6 Bun, Retro Red

I bought this 'retro style" hot dog cooker/warmer and have used it a few times a week. We've made hot dogs, polish sausages, taquitos, egg rolls and breakfast sausage links in it. It does a pretty good job! I thought it was outstanding until I recently purchased an AMASTE AIRFRYER and to be honest -nothing compared to that! If not for that - this was the best hot dog maker we've ever had! We liked it better than outside grilling! The foods we made in this machine was delicious and the it did the job expected. You won't be sorry if you decide to get this warmer. We just happen to like the way the AIRFRYER makes them better. It's a matter of taste!You get this warmer in a beautiful, retro style red, with an old-fashioned "nostalgic" flair!! Simple to put together. Just put the four white dowels in their slot and top the canopy in the top slots and it snaps together and easily lifts off if you want to remove the canopy. The canopy is a bun warmer. I did not find that function helpful at all. Even wrapping the buns in paper towels the buns would dry out a bit. So didn't use that feature.My rollers were warped a bit -not warped like damage -but, out of alignment is probably a better term. So I had to adjust it to sit solid and fit in the slots evenly. So keep that in mind when you are assembling your machine. If it doesn't sit perfectly -look at it from a distance and see which side needs pulled a bit to align the rollers up. Hope your sits perfectly and you don't have to do that to yours. It's not a big deal if you do have to adjust it --it's a simple thing. Especially after taking it out and washing them and setting them back in. So it can happen when you clean them as well.It has a minimum heat to maximum heat dial (I always set it on max) and an on/off dial. Warm up the rollers for about 3 minutes and then place your hot dogs, sausages, egg rolls, etc... on the rollers. I did find the 'bun length' hot dogs did not like to roll and would get stop until you gave them a push with a fork or your fingers. Regular hot dogs or other food did just fine -it was the way the Ball Park bun length hot dog had ridges in the sides. So keep that in mind if you buy that brand of hot dogs. Ball Park regular hot dogs were fine... it was just the bun length that had that issue.It says you can cook up to 8 hot dogs - I never needed that many at one time so I have no clue how they would cook with that many on the rollers. I usually just made 3 or 4 at a time. They toasted up BEAUTIFULLY and the aroma was divine! It's what you look for in a grilled hot dog. You can get them as light or as dark as you want.One thing I didn't care for was cleaning the machine. Some of the juices would run down on the elements of the cooker and it was not easy to get it off. It came off but it was a little difficult to get it cleaned up. It does have a slide-out tray to catch the juices under the rollers.It has the neatest style and excellent taste of hot dogs and polish sausage ever! Those were our favorites and the machine did exactly what you expected from a grill.It's so convenient and great for small spaces. It doesn't take up much space at all. The unit is: 14.75 x 8.5 x 14

Was bought as a Christmas gift. Totally works as expected! Rolls the dogs perfectly (depending on brand/shape), cooking them evenly and quickly (about 5-7 minutes on high). Perfect for a college student when wanting to stay indoors. Tastes much better than boiling and gets a good laugh out of some people. Well built product.

No regrets here. Turn it on, leave some sausages on and forget about it. Good for rendering out the fat slowly, if you like a nice crunchy casing this will work nicely. Leave some buns on the top, they'll be nice and toasty by the time you come back. Takes about 10-15 minutes to cook some on high heat, depending on thickness but it warms up pretty fast and cleaning up is simple.

Love the red color and overall design of this cute hotdog cooker. I really like bun warmer on top and the easy to clean rollers. I can cook a variety of food items on this machine. I was able to easily assemble the cooker and start using it the same day. Pretty easy to store when not in use. I love the aroma of the cooker hotdogs, very juicy. Also will not burn the meat like some other grills. Very 😌.

The media could not be loaded. my wife asked for a hot dog cooker so i went on amazon and i got this so glad i didit is the best and easy to use and they come out so good easy to clean and setup is easy also

This thing works great, easy to clean. The bun warmer is a bit of a lie. I’ve taken to just sticking the bag of buns into the tray (They dry out if they’re not wrapped in plastic or foil). If you put it on max heat and walk away do too long it’s going to overcook your dogs, but on medium for just a little longer they’ll be better. Even the dark ones are still good. The drip tray seems to have been designed to be covered in foil for easy cleanup.

I really expected this to be nice to have. Instead, it just takes up space. The hot dogs do not taste any better than they would if I just microwaved them, and I can't do what I would really like to do (which is leave them on until I want them). The settings are basically high and off. If it isn't on high, it's off. The hot dogs barely brown.I am trying egg rolls on them tonight, but the extremely high amount of time it takes to cook something could really only be justified if either the product came out exceptionally tasty or if you could just leave it running and then get what you want off of it when you want it. Neither of these things are true, so this is basically a waste.The thing is that they could have easily made a very useful product if they had only done one thing: given it a continuously variable setting mechanism. Barring that, they could have given it three or four actual settings that worked. Instead, it is just for looks and nothing else. Why make such a useless product?

Got this as a Christmas present from my wife and i absolutely love it. It looks great on the bar by the popcorn machine she bought last month for my birthday. We have alot of parties and this will ensure that people at least get something to eat if they've been drinking. It will get a lot of use, used it last night and it worked outstanding. No problems with the rollers not rolling properly, as it says in the directions you have to be very careful and installing the rollers or they will not work the way they should. From what I've read from the other reviews it seems like this is probably why so many people are having problems with it, not taking the time to install the rollers the right way. Wrap your buns in tin foil and place them in the top and they will not dry out. Cannot wait to Sunday for kickoff because I know what I am going to do sit back , havea couple of hot dogs, a few beers and some popcorn and watch football