How do you know when hot dogs are done on the stove?

If you're boiling a large package of sausages, they may need more cooking time. Test a dog by making a small center slit to see if it is steamed. If not, continue cooking for another minute or two. Spiral cut? Boiled in beer? In the microwave? Columnist Ella Quittner sets out to find the best hot dog.

For the juiciest and tastiest dog, boil it in beer, and you'll end up with a chubby contender that tastes more like a hot dog than any other hot dog. For an exceptionally juicy dog with a mild flavor for when you want the condiments to really shine, boil in water. Despite the stigma, both methods resulted in plump sausages with particularly luxurious interiors, with a texture more similar to a good Weisswurst than to the rubber sausages in children's cafeterias. Then check if the sausages are fully cooked.

You can do this just by looking at the texture (well-cooked sausages will have wrinkled skin and a dark color). Or you can cut off the tip to check the inside of the sausages. As a result, the sausages brown and end up smelling and tasting better than before, and richer than they would have if you had boiled them. The No Cut sausages produced in my Round One trials were noticeably juicier (and larger, since they held more liquid) than the Spiral-Cut and Slashed sausages, with Slashed sausages coming in second place.

With that as a reference point and after confirming that there was absolutely no one around who chanted “chew, chew, chew”, I set out to try nine methods of cooking sausages. As a general rule, sausages are cooked when they have been exposed to heat long enough to heat up and smoke inside. Oven-roasted sausages are a great alternative to grilling because you can brown them just like you do on the grill. Sausages can be overcooked and will dry out if you leave them in water or on a dry fire for too long.

You can skip the microwave, which produced an unusually hard shell and caused the sausage to break, as well as the steam from the stove that was & thick, which caused it to brown less on the outside, and an interior that was no more juicy than the Stovetop Sear. The good news is that no matter how you cook it, you can enjoy a delicious and hot Nathan's hot dog. You can even prepare sausages in toaster ovens with just a few steps. However, if you need to cook a handful of sausages in a hurry, boiling them is the best option for you.

Don't think that the time it takes to boil sausages is the same as it takes to smoke sausages. Before consumption, sausages must reach an internal temperature of at least 140 degrees Fahrenheit, says Coleman Natural Foods. After removing the sausages from the pan, turn off the heat and place the rolls upside down in the leftover juices. For something as simple as meat emulsified in a snappy wrapper, sausages can be very difficult to prepare properly.