Sometimes you just buy things and you don't really know why. Not sure why I got this thing. Probably a combination of my undying love and relentless obsession with authentic Detroit Coney dogs (and hot dogs in general) and our love to entertain people. We've used this thing several times now and we absolutely love it. It's certainly a crowd pleaser when watching football games at a home tailgate, parties and just general hanging out with friends and our college aged kids and their friends (who think it's hilarious that we have one of these things). Putting it together is sort of a pain in the neck and the instructions that come with it are next to useless. If you get to a point in the assembly process where it seems like they sent you the wrong parts because nothing seems to fit correctly, don't fret. You can use a little muscle to make everything fit the way it's supposed to. Just be careful not to break the glass. It is a little bit of a chore to clean the weird hot dog juices off of the rollers (and maybe I should spray them down with nonstick spray or something before adding the hot dogs) but it isn't really too bad. Even that one left-over, mummified hot dog way in the back that you discover at the end of the night wasn't too difficult to clean up. Now we're thinking about expanding our menu to add gas station burritos and Tornados although you could use it for lots of things like spring and egg rolls. I guess you could probably use it for anything that's tube shaped that needs rolling and heating. All in all a great, simple product.
Andy 
