God Loves you so much, We are wrong doers and no one is righteous our punishment of Our wrongs is death and seperation from God good news is God so Loved the world that He Gave His Son Jesus in this world 2000 years ago in a Small Town called Bethlehem in Israel He did many miracles Healing The Blind The Lame The Lepers The Deaf The possesed rising The Dead Walking on stormy sea turning water into wine, A Woman, Washed His Feet with Her Hair and tears, This is A Sign of Honour He was despised and rejected of Man He had no beauty that We should desire Him (Meaning He looked like any Israelite Man from His Era He came on this earth to take our deserving punishment on The Cross, He served people like a Real King He was beaten tortured Had stripes on His back had A Crown of Thorns Hands and feet pierced with Nails and a spear pierced His Heart on The Cross He shouted IT IS FINISHED meaning there is no more need for sacrifical animal atonement 3 days later Christ rose victoriously from the dead and appeared to His disciples and stayed on this earth for a month and ten days and then ascended to Heaven and now is at The Right Hand of God and will come back in the clouds to judge All wearing A Crown with A Sword in His Mouth and wirh a Army of Angel riding on White horses , to be saved and be assured u wil go to Heaven you must Believe and say Jesus The Son of God is Lord and Believe in your Heart God raised Him from the dead u will be saved, good works dont earn salvation The Only Way to Heaven is Christ good works dont outweigh bad works Turn away from all malice and wicked ways of This world and tell others about what God has done for all God will always Love u nothing can seperate us from The Love of God He is with u always He will never leave u nor forsake u Read Deuteronomy 31:8 u may see one of this comment again because im telling this good news to videos
Favorite lines: "The texture's awful, the taste is awful but it tastes like home." and "If Chef Boyardee were vegan that's what it would taste like." Hahahaha. Classic.
Kinda why I think it was a good idea to start selling them at fast food joints with the impossible burger. Fast food burgers are already so low quality and full of fillers it is already a low bar to clear. An impossible burger next to a regular McDonald's or burger King burger is pretty comparable but put it up against a real grilled burger and it isn't even in the same ball park.
@@shaymorcormick8743 I remember an episode of the Simpsons where Lisa goes vegetarian and finds out that the Crusty Burger is so artificial it already didn't contain any meat
I dont know where are you from, but here in europe we do have really good quality hot dogs really made out of meat. We do Also have the cheap ones too you just need to read the ingredients. Also price usually sets them apart. That is why i dont believe that this plant based is any better than good quality hot dog
I agree with everyone in this video! I love the Stadium Dogs, I just wish they were more widely available and cheaper. I can only find them at Whole Foods and they are $8 a pack!
That is so expensive 🥲🙃 I paid like $5 for a pack of 6. But they really are great. I marinate them in liquid smoke overnight and then grill or pan fry them the next day with some of the liquid smoke marinade and I'm in heaven.
Damn I got a bunch on sale from Hy-Vee in Iowa for like ~4$, along with the cash back that iBotta was giving, it ended up being like one dollar per pack, which is an insane deal when it comes to vegan pre-made meat substitutes and “health food” in general.
I was raised vegetarian (currently vegan) so I have a very high tolerance to weird plant based products. I'm now full of this morbid curiosity for trying the ones that ranked lowest. I feel sorry for the Updogs. They have the coolest packaging imo
@@AlexADumbDumb Why is that? I haven't found the brand anywhere near me so I am yet to try their hot dogs. Describe to me what sucks so much about their mac n' cheese.
@@elpretender1357 The pasta comes precooked in a plastic bad which gives it a weird texture. The cheese sauce tastes like they made a slurry out of nutritional yeast alone.
I've had all of these hot dogs in the past, and the Light Life Smart Dogs are definitely my favorite. They have the cheap generic Oscar Meyer-style hot down texture and flavor down right. Maybe it's nostalgia, but for me, that's what a hot dog should be.
I have to poke holes in them and marinade with smoke flavor overnight. I think they taste like bandages as they are out of the package. I prefer a carrot hotdog over them.
I've been buying these for camping trips for years! On their own they arent great (imho) but roasted over a campfire?? Perfect! Cheapo scout-camp hotdog realness. Next time though? I'm for sure testing out the stadium dogs
Would you consider doing a store bought vegan bacon review, in the same way you did this one? I know you are the king of vegan bacon recipes, but sometimes we just want to buy it.
Lightlife used to be low tier to me - but I started making them in the air fryer, and they come out REAAAAALLY good. I had such high hopes for Upton due to the "snap"...but yeah, the taste is off.
@@ojk14325b It’s a shame, because they sell pre-made sandwiches at grocery stores in Chicago…and they’re awesome. But their packaged stuffed is a bit of a miss.
I want to thank you for this video. I know it's 2 years old but I only found it a few months ago. I am a huge lover of everything hot dog and sausage. I am English, Scottish Welsh and German, so I feel like it's just in my blood to love sausages. And I really love hot dogs! I'm that person that if you offered me a burger or a hot dog, I'm going to take the hot dog. So, this was really a big deal for me. Last night, we bought the Morning Star hot dogs. Today my youngest child, my 13-year-old, and I tried them. I truly cannot thank you enough. I wanted to cry. There is what you want to do that you know is right in your heart and in your spirit, but it struggles against beloved childhood memories and things that we truly love and crave. I ate this hot dog just a few minutes ago and I just felt such a huge weight off my shoulders. I will also continue to try to make my own with the videos that you share but it is so nice to know that there is something that I can enjoy in a quicker fashion when needed and it totally satisfies. It hits all the buttons for me, everything nostalgic was met. I thank you so much for your channel. I hope you know that for those of us who truly want to do the right thing because we love animals and we love this planet, you helping us to do the right thing is such a gift and a blessing. I truly cannot thank you enough. I know this is an older video and I'm not sure you'll even see this message but I wanted to say thank you and bless you for what you're doing.
Two thumbs up for this video! It's extremely helpful. My church uses Loma Linda hot dogs when we have an outdoor function. I'd rather be hungry. I will go to my local Whole Paycheck and buy some Field Roast Stadium Hot Dogs...right after I make some hotdog buns. My family thanks you.
The Feild Roast brands are my absolute favorite. Light Life was absolutely disgusting. They had a bizarre chemical flavor, but the texture was spot on. I ended up mincing them, frying the crap out of them and using them in chili.
Lightlife fried or grilled are OK, but I use them mainly to make a spread with them. It tastes pretty much like I remember potted meat tasting. I love anything Field Roast!
I decided to replicate your test on my carnivore husband and friend who both think vegan anything is a bad idea. We had hot dog night tonight. I made your winner Field Roast hotdogs and a grass fed beef hotdog. I challenged them to compare the two. They could not say which was "fake" (their terminology, not mine). Thanks for a fun experiment and I am enjoying the Field Roast hotdogs!
next time someone tries to say plantbased options are "FAKE" set them astray with that misconception by elaborating that they are simply SURREAL because their like a dream come true ;)
I think vegan is stupid, but hotdogs are the one thing I actually prefer veggie/vegan versions to real meat versions. So there's no point trying to make it indistinguishable from a meat hotdog when it's already better.
You mentioned liking Lightlife more than in the past. This might be because they're normally wheat-free, but for several months last year they silently started adding wheat gluten to the detriment of not only coeliacs' health but also the texture. They returned to the wheat-free recipe early this year I think, but when you tried it before it might have been the alt recipe
Thanks for mentioning that. I know they aren't officially gluten-free, but I (a celiac) had the Lightlife sausage when it didn't have wheat, and it was pretty good. I see that they removed the wheat again, but they are still not labeled gluten-free. I'll see if I might have them every once in a while.
@@1029blue My wife is coeliac as well and doesn't have any problems. And fortunately, I tend to double check labels even of products we know, so last year caught it before she had one of the bad batches.
After seeing this I was intrigued, but I can NOT find the Field Roast dogs in stores. However... my mother-in-law got us "veggie dogs" from Morning Star, and being vegan for many years, I stopped bothering to look at Morning Star since they almost always included dairy, eggs, or both. I was blown away! Not only are these vegan, they taste JUST like I remember real hot dogs tasting. I'm kind of bummed they weren't in this hot dog rank-a-thon Edit: I finally had the stadium dogs, and I can definitively say I prefer the Morning Star ones
I finally found them at a store near me after getting them a couple years ago. My kids and I went through 2 boxes in 2 days. Soo yum 😋 I love corndogs and I'm so happy they make a good vegan corndog
Nailed it! I tend to get the Lite-life dogs, mostly because they are usually 1.50 less than the Field Roast, and you get 2 extra dogs. Boil 'em and then air fry'em!
Totally agree! The taste of the stadium dogs with the texture of smart dogs, and maybe a slight ‘skin’ on the outside like a beyond sausage and BAM perfect dog!
Aldi used to have their own vegan hot dog and that one was pretty spot on in my opinion, but thanks so much for being so thorough! Now I know for sure what to buy
Those were the Earth-Grown brand right? Never tried the hotdogs but I did attempt the sausages. I found them Okay....Good flavor, but definitely more tofu-ish than hot dog and they stuck to the pan and burned VERY easily.
I grew up SDA so I relate with JP in that the Loma Linda Franks taste like home. they taste absolutely awful compared to everything else, but the nostalgia alone is a major factor in perceived taste. I still love chikettes from Worthington's. In fact it was what I just had for breakfast this morning. If you could do a recipe for similar tasting and textured Chik-ettes, I would be forever grateful lol. Love the channel and all the content you put out.
That was Becket that grew up SDA! Jp was the other guy! Its so funny I actually prefer a lot of the loma linda stuff! I think its pretty dang good! hahah I need to work on the Chickettes haha that would be great
@@SauceStache it’s funny, a lot of my friends who I grew up with never in a million year would have thought about going vegan while growing up SDA. Now a majority of us are vegetarian/vegan haha
My very first veggie dog (and probably fake meat in general) was in the early 1990s while at a neighbor's house who were SDA and attended service in Loma Linda, CA (we lived in the city next door). At the time I was too young to know what SDAs were about and more specifically the dietary elements of it and no one told me it was a veggie dog, so I just bit into it completely unaware and was completely repulsed at the unexpected flavor and texture. At first I thought it was spoiled food, then I started looking closer at it and could tell it wasn't meat but was still really confused as to what was going on. I really wonder if they were Loma Linda dogs, quite likely. In my memory, it looked almost kind of subtly green in the right light, but that may just be my kid brain imprinting a bad memory. Regardless, it very poorly colored my opinion of fake meat for a long time, but now as a vegan I think back on that memory in a different light.
the things is, these people are all being asked to be hyper aware of the flavor and everything so that they can give it a rating. if you randomly handed them any one of these (with the exception of upton) in a bun with some condiments, they'd have no problem with them and probably wouldn't even notice it was vegan.
My favorite is the Lightlife but that's mostly for nostalgia reasons because I grew up eating them. I have no idea whether they taste like a beef hot dog.
Recently I just had the Field Roast stadium dog and I liked how dense it was. We usually get Lightlife for dogs but they are so light I feel like I want to eat 3 of them each time. The Field Roast sausages -- the apple-sage and the Italian ones we get relatively frequently for easy protein with pasta dinner.
Oh my gosh I love you for making this video! Most importantly, thank you for all the guinea pigs who tried the hotdogs, I loved your honest critiques. I have been steering away from plant based hotdogs because I never found one I liked. I am going to jump in the car and go see if I can find some of the field roast (ballpark) hotdogs right now!
So, I actually went out and bought them. I wanted my daughter, who is leery about vegan meats, to try the last half of my hot dog, hesitantly she tried it. She ate the rest of my hotdog! I’d say we found a winner!!! 🌭
I take the morning star hotdogs after boiling and fry them in a little bit of butter. If you use oil or margarine it would be Vegan, but I do it to to give the skin some flavor and pop.
Field Roast is my favorite brand. They make a lot of good vegan food. Loma Linda's will always have a place in my heart and my kitchen because they were around when there were very few vegan options back in the day. Morningstar and Lola Linda's are veg nostalgia brands. Sometimes there's nothing better than a Morningstar griller.
Extremely relevant video to me, a hot dog lover with high cholesterol who's trying to substitute with meat-free alternatives (vegan corn dogs are the best).
Fry's original hotdogs (smoked flavour) were the absolute best, but now they don't seem to sell them outside South Africa :( There used to be a guy in my town with a vegan hotdog cart who used them, except he didn't advertise as vegan, except within vegan groups, so the general public had no idea and everyone loved 'em.
GOOD AFTERNOON SAUCYMAN! I love seeing honest opinions from Meat eaters, because I am one myself and would have probably had the same reactions as them. Poor "Updog" lol
My favorite vegan hot dog is by Kroger. It is called Sweet Earth Jumbo Vegan Hot Dogs, It is by far my first pick, but you can only buy it at Kroger and its subsidiaries, Frys, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, Food 4 Less, etc... They are pricy at $7.00 for a pack of four, but worth it. My second pick is the Stadium hot dogs. Third is the Field Roast Frankfurter. Fourth is the Morning Star brand.
I liked the Upton, pan fried. Good bun, steamed warm and yummy vegan cheese and/or vidalia relish and I'd eat ALL of them....and have. This was so much fun to watch. Thanks!!!
@Sauce Stache, I haven't had Worthington/Loma Linda in a long time. Their faux ham, as of last year, still has egg whites. This canned was my favourite waaay back in 1988-91, but they need to be grilled, not boiled. Grilled, their skin bubbles and becomes snappy, and their taste and texture is great. But it's been over 30 years since I've found them in any store (I'm in Knoxville since late '93, Kalamazoo before then). As for the sweetness, remember, the Morningstar is used in their corndogs, which have a touch of sweetness in their cornbread, which is a touch controversial in "The South" (while "up North," nobody calls it, "The North," and we could all give af). The corndogs, regular or mini, are amazing. My Omni husbands loved/love those. Btw, in the few ratings videos I've done, years ago (see my puny YT channel), I used a 5x5 point scale, with taste/texture, usefulness as intended, nutrition, cost, and allergens as my bases. The highest rating is, then, 25, easily scalable to a letter grade. I usually only did two products at a time, not always the same kind of thing. If I do more, now that there are so many more products, I'll follow your lead, and do comparable products. Feel free to borrow my point scale, gratis. I'd be honoured. P.P.S. My baby, Alistair, age 14, just died last night, so I'm distracting myself. Thanks for your quality content. For a few minutes, I didn't feel so gd alone.
I think if everyone was alone not paired we would have more variation on the results as together they influence each other's opinions. Good video! Can't wait to try all these vegan sausages 🌭
As a meat eater, I'd tried Lightlife and Mornignstar Farms when I'd first watched this. Neither really jumped out at me, but I willingly bought Lightlife more than once. Came across the Field Roast Stadium Dogs yesterday at my local grocery store for the first time, cooked them up tonight, and had to come back to this video to say I agree with everyone. Definitely the best out of the 3 different kinds I've tried. Now I want to get another pack and compare them side by side with Lightlife and actual hot dogs, just out of curiosity.
I can’t wait to try the stadium ones never had them and not a big fan of field roast things cause of a thanksgiving leftover mishap... But umm Monica’s nails… 💅 lookin’ good girl!
Hey I’ve eaten those Lomq Linda dogs. My man was the the only one selling veggie dogs in downtown Orlando and when we’d get out of the club, this is 1999, we’d hunt this man down for his veggies dogs from a can! They were great.
Big Franks have always been a favorite of mine. But they don't taste like a meat hotdog nor snap. They're not for everyone. I tried the Field Roast after seeing this presentation and I have to agree, they are pretty good. My wife makes something called Connie Islands with the Big Franks, stores them in the freezer and brings them out and pops them into the oven still wrapped up in foil.
Lightlife reminds me of the turkey dogs that my aunt used to buy. The EXACT same taste, my great uncle said the same thing. I cook the field roast stadium dogs with some liquid smoke and they taste SO SIMILAR to what I remember Nate's tasting like and I lovvveeee them. Especially with my homemade mushroom/cauliflower coney style hot dog chili. But I'll definitely try the others! Thanks for the awesome reviews and commentary ☺️❤️
I've had vegan lunch meat and thought it tasted crappy by itself but once you complete it in a sandwich it actually tastes good and very close to lunch meat I think you should think about making them complete in the future On a bun maybe ketchup or mustard but keep it the same for all of them because if you have a finished dog that does make a big difference
I hadn't had any hot dog substitutes since I went vegan five years ago until Christmas when my Aunt made me some. As soon as I bit into it, I couldn't believe how much it tasted like a hot dog. I thought it was a hot dog for a minute 😅 The flavor was really good too. It was the field roast stadium dog. I told myself I'd never try a different brand of vegan hot dog because it set the bar so high. I knew it was gonna come out as the winner in this.
FYI Field Roast Classic Frank is better if you steam it in the casing first 10 min then pan fry it. Not sure why but it taste better that way and it taste like a hotdog.
Field Roast makes a fantastic roast beef thing and a holiday breaded roast. Unfortunately I guess sales were bad so they only sell it during Thanksgiving and Christmas now.
When I first tried the Field Roast Stadium Dogs the taste of a real hot dog just came flooding back into memory. I didn't realize I missed it until I tried those. I had been eating the Light Life and I like them, but if I want an experience closest to a real hot dog, then the stadium dogs win. I'm going to have to try the Morningstar ones now though.
The video I've been waiting for! Thank you. I hope I can find the winning brand somewhere bc I've never seen it in our stores. Could you do a vid about which dogs actually grill the best? So far none seem to handle grilling well, which makes it a bummer at a bbq. The best result I've been able to manage is boiling first then dropping on the grill for just a couple of minutes, but that's hard to do at somebody else's bbq.
I've had the Field Roast sausages (spicy mexican Chipotle, and apple and sage) and they're soooooooo salty. They were so hard to finish. I'd consider trying the stadium dogs, but I've been hurt before... 😂
Hey Sauce Stache, do you think you could try your hand at making a vegan alfredo sauce? My girlfriend is allergic to dairy and I would love to make her a tasty sauce!
You can use a cashew cream base or if you're lazy I get the tofutti sour cream or cream cheese as the base and add plant milk. Something fatty and creamy like oat milk with vegan butter. Miyokos makes a great butter.
Do morning star corn dogs use different dogs then there regular hot dogs? Because the corn dogs taste great...the regular morning star dogs not so much. Is it just the corn bread that make it so good or is it that the corn dog inside is just better then the regular...why? Lol
As a long time vegan i think updog is pretty good i had them a couple times. However field roast is my favorite. I really love the mexican chipotle sausages. I usually dont care if it taste like the real thing
we always get the large light life dogs. I like mine with vegan mayo and ketchup. The smaller ones I like to cut in half and make hot dog sandwich. definitely going to try those stadium dogs.
Have you tried the Nathan’s vegan hotdogs? I did before they pulled them and they were my best tasting one! I did contact the manufacturer, Smithfield, and they are bringing them out this fall again. I would like to see you do this again with Nathan’s when they come out. Maybe with just the Nathan’s and the Stadium dog.
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God Loves you so much, We are wrong doers and no one is righteous our punishment of Our wrongs is death and seperation from God good news is God so Loved the world that He Gave His Son Jesus in this world 2000 years ago in a Small Town called Bethlehem in Israel He did many miracles Healing The Blind The Lame The Lepers The Deaf The possesed rising The Dead Walking on stormy sea turning water into wine, A Woman, Washed His Feet with Her Hair and tears, This is A Sign of Honour He was despised and rejected of Man He had no beauty that We should desire Him (Meaning He looked like any Israelite Man from His Era He came on this earth to take our deserving punishment on The Cross, He served people like a Real King He was beaten tortured Had stripes on His back had A Crown of Thorns Hands and feet pierced with Nails and a spear pierced His Heart on The Cross He shouted IT IS FINISHED meaning there is no more need for sacrifical animal atonement 3 days later Christ rose victoriously from the dead and appeared to His disciples and stayed on this earth for a month and ten days and then ascended to Heaven and now is at The Right Hand of God and will come back in the clouds to judge All wearing A Crown with A Sword in His Mouth and wirh a Army of Angel riding on White horses , to be saved and be assured u wil go to Heaven you must Believe and say Jesus The Son of God is Lord and Believe in your Heart God raised Him from the dead u will be saved, good works dont earn salvation The Only Way to Heaven is Christ good works dont outweigh bad works Turn away from all malice and wicked ways of This world and tell others about what God has done for all God will always Love u nothing can seperate us from The Love of God He is with u always He will never leave u nor forsake u Read Deuteronomy 31:8 u may see one of this comment again because im telling this good news to videos
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Your friends are nice, but they are so average middle class, I can't imagine crossing paths with them at the opera.
Favorite lines: "The texture's awful, the taste is awful but it tastes like home." and "If Chef Boyardee were vegan that's what it would taste like." Hahahaha. Classic.
I really felt that. Sometimes all you really want is a junky hotdog that reminds you of simpler times.
Honestly even real hot dogs are so processed and far from actual meat so it doesn't seem to be all that hard to create them with plants
Kinda why I think it was a good idea to start selling them at fast food joints with the impossible burger. Fast food burgers are already so low quality and full of fillers it is already a low bar to clear. An impossible burger next to a regular McDonald's or burger King burger is pretty comparable but put it up against a real grilled burger and it isn't even in the same ball park.
Man, the Garden Dog by Field Roast for Portillos is bananas good, way better than any meat hot dog i remember
@@shaymorcormick8743 I remember an episode of the Simpsons where Lisa goes vegetarian and finds out that the Crusty Burger is so artificial it already didn't contain any meat
Same with chicken nuggets. People often forget that we are talking about comfort-food.
I dont know where are you from, but here in europe we do have really good quality hot dogs really made out of meat. We do Also have the cheap ones too you just need to read the ingredients. Also price usually sets them apart. That is why i dont believe that this plant based is any better than good quality hot dog
I agree with everyone in this video! I love the Stadium Dogs, I just wish they were more widely available and cheaper. I can only find them at Whole Foods and they are $8 a pack!
Sprouts here in Phoenix has them for $6.49, but they are on sale for $4.99. Check Sprouts.
That is so expensive 🥲🙃 I paid like $5 for a pack of 6. But they really are great. I marinate them in liquid smoke overnight and then grill or pan fry them the next day with some of the liquid smoke marinade and I'm in heaven.
Damn I got a bunch on sale from Hy-Vee in Iowa for like ~4$, along with the cash back that iBotta was giving, it ended up being like one dollar per pack, which is an insane deal when it comes to vegan pre-made meat substitutes and “health food” in general.
Oh please have more of you friends come over for these tests! Some comments were hilarious!
Yeah, I enjoyed that too.
I was raised vegetarian (currently vegan) so I have a very high tolerance to weird plant based products. I'm now full of this morbid curiosity for trying the ones that ranked lowest.
I feel sorry for the Updogs. They have the coolest packaging imo
Cheers for the "Updog" name.
Yea they do have cool pkg... I've been curious to try, they are expensive...
Uptons making the worst dog dog is very unsurprising considering they also make, by far, the worst mac and cheese
@@AlexADumbDumb Why is that? I haven't found the brand anywhere near me so I am yet to try their hot dogs. Describe to me what sucks so much about their mac n' cheese.
@@elpretender1357 The pasta comes precooked in a plastic bad which gives it a weird texture. The cheese sauce tastes like they made a slurry out of nutritional yeast alone.
I've had all of these hot dogs in the past, and the Light Life Smart Dogs are definitely my favorite. They have the cheap generic Oscar Meyer-style hot down texture and flavor down right. Maybe it's nostalgia, but for me, that's what a hot dog should be.
I have to poke holes in them and marinade with smoke flavor overnight. I think they taste like bandages as they are out of the package. I prefer a carrot hotdog over them.
I've been buying these for camping trips for years! On their own they arent great (imho) but roasted over a campfire?? Perfect! Cheapo scout-camp hotdog realness.
Next time though? I'm for sure testing out the stadium dogs
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@@Auguur they're the cheap taste people are used to if they grew up with turkey or chicken hot dogs
@@irradiated_woman8016 I bought some of those stadium dogs last night and they are $7.99 plus tax. Wow and it's only five of them
I’m really digging everything Field Roast puts out. The sausages, the breakfast patties, and the stadium dogs are awesome too.
Would you consider doing a store bought vegan bacon review, in the same way you did this one? I know you are the king of vegan bacon recipes, but sometimes we just want to buy it.
Lightlife used to be low tier to me - but I started making them in the air fryer, and they come out REAAAAALLY good. I had such high hopes for Upton due to the "snap"...but yeah, the taste is off.
Is it just me or are the entire line of Upton products just not that good?
@@ojk14325b It’s a shame, because they sell pre-made sandwiches at grocery stores in Chicago…and they’re awesome. But their packaged stuffed is a bit of a miss.
@@ojk14325b I think their seitan is good, but absolutely everything else they've ever made is awful
I want to thank you for this video. I know it's 2 years old but I only found it a few months ago. I am a huge lover of everything hot dog and sausage. I am English, Scottish Welsh and German, so I feel like it's just in my blood to love sausages. And I really love hot dogs! I'm that person that if you offered me a burger or a hot dog, I'm going to take the hot dog. So, this was really a big deal for me. Last night, we bought the Morning Star hot dogs. Today my youngest child, my 13-year-old, and I tried them. I truly cannot thank you enough. I wanted to cry. There is what you want to do that you know is right in your heart and in your spirit, but it struggles against beloved childhood memories and things that we truly love and crave. I ate this hot dog just a few minutes ago and I just felt such a huge weight off my shoulders. I will also continue to try to make my own with the videos that you share but it is so nice to know that there is something that I can enjoy in a quicker fashion when needed and it totally satisfies. It hits all the buttons for me, everything nostalgic was met. I thank you so much for your channel. I hope you know that for those of us who truly want to do the right thing because we love animals and we love this planet, you helping us to do the right thing is such a gift and a blessing. I truly cannot thank you enough. I know this is an older video and I'm not sure you'll even see this message but I wanted to say thank you and bless you for what you're doing.
This was such a fun way to do a taste test! Love hearing all the different opinions
Two thumbs up for this video! It's extremely helpful. My church uses Loma Linda hot dogs when we have an outdoor function. I'd rather be hungry. I will go to my local Whole Paycheck and buy some Field Roast Stadium Hot Dogs...right after I make some hotdog buns. My family thanks you.
I bet you're SDA huh? Big Frank's at church picnics sounds SDA?
Local "whole paycheck" 🤣 so accurate 🤣
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The Feild Roast brands are my absolute favorite. Light Life was absolutely disgusting. They had a bizarre chemical flavor, but the texture was spot on. I ended up mincing them, frying the crap out of them and using them in chili.
Lightlife fried or grilled are OK, but I use them mainly to make a spread with them. It tastes pretty much like I remember potted meat tasting. I love anything Field Roast!
I decided to replicate your test on my carnivore husband and friend who both think vegan anything is a bad idea.
We had hot dog night tonight. I made your winner Field Roast hotdogs and a grass fed beef hotdog. I challenged them to compare the two. They could not say which was "fake" (their terminology, not mine). Thanks for a fun experiment and I am enjoying the Field Roast hotdogs!
next time someone tries to say plantbased options are "FAKE" set them astray with that misconception by elaborating that they are simply SURREAL because their like a dream come true ;)
@@shieldontario6434 haha! I love it!
I think vegan is stupid, but hotdogs are the one thing I actually prefer veggie/vegan versions to real meat versions. So there's no point trying to make it indistinguishable from a meat hotdog when it's already better.
Do you still eat these? How do you cook it so it taste like the real thing? I want to see if I can fake my kids out.
You mentioned liking Lightlife more than in the past. This might be because they're normally wheat-free, but for several months last year they silently started adding wheat gluten to the detriment of not only coeliacs' health but also the texture. They returned to the wheat-free recipe early this year I think, but when you tried it before it might have been the alt recipe
Thanks for mentioning that. I know they aren't officially gluten-free, but I (a celiac) had the Lightlife sausage when it didn't have wheat, and it was pretty good. I see that they removed the wheat again, but they are still not labeled gluten-free. I'll see if I might have them every once in a while.
THAT'S WHY THEY TASTED SO OFF THE LAST TIME I GOT THEM
@@1029blue My wife is coeliac as well and doesn't have any problems. And fortunately, I tend to double check labels even of products we know, so last year caught it before she had one of the bad batches.
I like the field roast Classic but always boil them which I think keeps them more moist.
After seeing this I was intrigued, but I can NOT find the Field Roast dogs in stores. However... my mother-in-law got us "veggie dogs" from Morning Star, and being vegan for many years, I stopped bothering to look at Morning Star since they almost always included dairy, eggs, or both. I was blown away! Not only are these vegan, they taste JUST like I remember real hot dogs tasting. I'm kind of bummed they weren't in this hot dog rank-a-thon
Edit: I finally had the stadium dogs, and I can definitively say I prefer the Morning Star ones
I love the MorningStar Corn Dogs, I've eaten them for years, just dip in yellow mustard. Yum!
I finally found them at a store near me after getting them a couple years ago. My kids and I went through 2 boxes in 2 days. Soo yum 😋 I love corndogs and I'm so happy they make a good vegan corndog
Ketchup over here, but you're right, they're delicious!
IMHO, the perfect vegan “hot dog” would be to combine the taste of the Field Roast Stadium Dog and the texture of the Litelife Smart Dogs.
Spot on
Yes!
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Nailed it! I tend to get the Lite-life dogs, mostly because they are usually 1.50 less than the Field Roast, and you get 2 extra dogs. Boil 'em and then air fry'em!
Totally agree! The taste of the stadium dogs with the texture of smart dogs, and maybe a slight ‘skin’ on the outside like a beyond sausage and BAM perfect dog!
Aldi used to have their own vegan hot dog and that one was pretty spot on in my opinion, but thanks so much for being so thorough! Now I know for sure what to buy
I tried those once. They were so-so for me. I guess Aldi dropped the brand.
Those were the Earth-Grown brand right? Never tried the hotdogs but I did attempt the sausages. I found them Okay....Good flavor, but definitely more tofu-ish than hot dog and they stuck to the pan and burned VERY easily.
The MorningStar Corn Dogs are delicious 😋. I make them in the air fryer.
I grew up SDA so I relate with JP in that the Loma Linda Franks taste like home. they taste absolutely awful compared to everything else, but the nostalgia alone is a major factor in perceived taste. I still love chikettes from Worthington's. In fact it was what I just had for breakfast this morning. If you could do a recipe for similar tasting and textured Chik-ettes, I would be forever grateful lol. Love the channel and all the content you put out.
That was Becket that grew up SDA! Jp was the other guy!
Its so funny I actually prefer a lot of the loma linda stuff! I think its pretty dang good! hahah I need to work on the Chickettes haha that would be great
@@SauceStache it’s funny, a lot of my friends who I grew up with never in a million year would have thought about going vegan while growing up SDA. Now a majority of us are vegetarian/vegan haha
My very first veggie dog (and probably fake meat in general) was in the early 1990s while at a neighbor's house who were SDA and attended service in Loma Linda, CA (we lived in the city next door). At the time I was too young to know what SDAs were about and more specifically the dietary elements of it and no one told me it was a veggie dog, so I just bit into it completely unaware and was completely repulsed at the unexpected flavor and texture. At first I thought it was spoiled food, then I started looking closer at it and could tell it wasn't meat but was still really confused as to what was going on. I really wonder if they were Loma Linda dogs, quite likely. In my memory, it looked almost kind of subtly green in the right light, but that may just be my kid brain imprinting a bad memory. Regardless, it very poorly colored my opinion of fake meat for a long time, but now as a vegan I think back on that memory in a different light.
@@P-_-S unless you’re raised on it, it’s really bad haha.
the things is, these people are all being asked to be hyper aware of the flavor and everything so that they can give it a rating. if you randomly handed them any one of these (with the exception of upton) in a bun with some condiments, they'd have no problem with them and probably wouldn't even notice it was vegan.
My favorite is the Lightlife but that's mostly for nostalgia reasons because I grew up eating them. I have no idea whether they taste like a beef hot dog.
I like seeing this kind of taste tests
I really liked this format. Please keep doing more. Also, if you get an expert like you did here, I would like an interview with him too.
Love how you had a bunch of your friends over to “taste test”! ☺️
Recently I just had the Field Roast stadium dog and I liked how dense it was. We usually get Lightlife for dogs but they are so light I feel like I want to eat 3 of them each time. The Field Roast sausages -- the apple-sage and the Italian ones we get relatively frequently for easy protein with pasta dinner.
I’m so glad you shouted out The Vegan Hot Dog Cart!! They were one of the highlights of whenever I went downtown in college 🌱
Oh my gosh I love you for making this video! Most importantly, thank you for all the guinea pigs who tried the hotdogs, I loved your honest critiques. I have been steering away from plant based hotdogs because I never found one I liked. I am going to jump in the car and go see if I can find some of the field roast (ballpark) hotdogs right now!
So, I actually went out and bought them. I wanted my daughter, who is leery about vegan meats, to try the last half of my hot dog, hesitantly she tried it. She ate the rest of my hotdog! I’d say we found a winner!!! 🌭
I used to get those Loma Linda downtown. I loved them. He baked his own bread, and has a ton of different toppings.
Excellent 👌🏻 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a great day everyone 🌻
Greetings from Argentina. 👍🏻
I take the morning star hotdogs after boiling and fry them in a little bit of butter. If you use oil or margarine it would be Vegan, but I do it to to give the skin some flavor and pop.
7:17 really great marketing advice! It’s all about managing expectations!
I love the ranking videos. This one is really fun tho.
I like that Morningstar dogs are frozen. I buy Lightlife, too, and wind up freezing them. With "the works" on the bun, I'm pleased enough.
Field Roast is so damn good. Too bad that only one store in Germany sold it, which closed.
Which store?
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Excellent ! More of these test with these same folks.. Awesome, thank you !
hahah Thank you!! More coming
Field Roast is my favorite brand. They make a lot of good vegan food. Loma Linda's will always have a place in my heart and my kitchen because they were around when there were very few vegan options back in the day. Morningstar and Lola Linda's are veg nostalgia brands. Sometimes there's nothing better than a Morningstar griller.
I love these kind of videos. This channel has a good variety.
Extremely relevant video to me, a hot dog lover with high cholesterol who's trying to substitute with meat-free alternatives (vegan corn dogs are the best).
Fry's original hotdogs (smoked flavour) were the absolute best, but now they don't seem to sell them outside South Africa :(
There used to be a guy in my town with a vegan hotdog cart who used them, except he didn't advertise as vegan, except within vegan groups, so the general public had no idea and everyone loved 'em.
GOOD AFTERNOON SAUCYMAN!
I love seeing honest opinions from Meat eaters, because I am one myself and would have probably had the same reactions as them. Poor "Updog" lol
Loved this video! Awesome opinions!
Yay, thank you!
My favorite vegan hot dog is by Kroger.
It is called Sweet Earth Jumbo Vegan Hot Dogs, It is by far my first pick, but you can only buy it at Kroger and its subsidiaries, Frys, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, Food 4 Less, etc... They are pricy at $7.00 for a pack of four, but worth it.
My second pick is the Stadium hot dogs.
Third is the Field Roast Frankfurter.
Fourth is the Morning Star brand.
I agree on the Sweet Earth dogs
The field roast smoked apple and sage ones have me in a chokehold tbh
Absolutely a 10/10 for me on those
Same. I can't get them anymore, and they were expensive, $13 for a pack of 4, but they were such a treat
I liked the Upton, pan fried. Good bun, steamed warm and yummy vegan cheese and/or vidalia relish and I'd eat ALL of them....and have. This was so much fun to watch. Thanks!!!
@Sauce Stache, I haven't had Worthington/Loma Linda in a long time. Their faux ham, as of last year, still has egg whites. This canned was my favourite waaay back in 1988-91, but they need to be grilled, not boiled. Grilled, their skin bubbles and becomes snappy, and their taste and texture is great. But it's been over 30 years since I've found them in any store (I'm in Knoxville since late '93, Kalamazoo before then).
As for the sweetness, remember, the Morningstar is used in their corndogs, which have a touch of sweetness in their cornbread, which is a touch controversial in "The South" (while "up North," nobody calls it, "The North," and we could all give af). The corndogs, regular or mini, are amazing. My Omni husbands loved/love those.
Btw, in the few ratings videos I've done, years ago (see my puny YT channel), I used a 5x5 point scale, with taste/texture, usefulness as intended, nutrition, cost, and allergens as my bases. The highest rating is, then, 25, easily scalable to a letter grade. I usually only did two products at a time, not always the same kind of thing. If I do more, now that there are so many more products, I'll follow your lead, and do comparable products. Feel free to borrow my point scale, gratis. I'd be honoured.
P.P.S. My baby, Alistair, age 14, just died last night, so I'm distracting myself. Thanks for your quality content. For a few minutes, I didn't feel so gd alone.
I think if everyone was alone not paired we would have more variation on the results as together they influence each other's opinions. Good video! Can't wait to try all these vegan sausages 🌭
Loma Linda franks have always made me think of Vienna sausages
I'm excited that you live in Florida. I love this station!
Morning Star used to be owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. They were recently sold by Conference President Ted Wilson.
I’m excited to try to find some of these. Also, your friends have such a great variety of shirts!
As a meat eater, I'd tried Lightlife and Mornignstar Farms when I'd first watched this. Neither really jumped out at me, but I willingly bought Lightlife more than once.
Came across the Field Roast Stadium Dogs yesterday at my local grocery store for the first time, cooked them up tonight, and had to come back to this video to say I agree with everyone. Definitely the best out of the 3 different kinds I've tried.
Now I want to get another pack and compare them side by side with Lightlife and actual hot dogs, just out of curiosity.
I can’t wait to try the stadium ones never had them and not a big fan of field roast things cause of a thanksgiving leftover mishap... But umm Monica’s nails… 💅 lookin’ good girl!
I bought some Field Roast hot dogs tonight to give them a try. Now I'm almost excited to try them!
Hey I’ve eaten those Lomq Linda dogs. My man was the the only one selling veggie dogs in downtown Orlando and when we’d get out of the club, this is 1999, we’d hunt this man down for his veggies dogs from a can! They were great.
Love watching this videos. Good stuff man.
I enjoyed the different judges. This was so fun!
Thank you!! Hoping I can do something like this regularly!!
I felt the same way about light life. I just bought them recently and they tasted exactly like a hot dog. Texture too.
I really found this useful more please btw love your channel 🎉
The stadium hotdog by field roast is soooo good
Big Franks have always been a favorite of mine. But they don't taste like a meat hotdog nor snap. They're not for everyone. I tried the Field Roast after seeing this presentation and I have to agree, they are pretty good. My wife makes something called Connie Islands with the Big Franks, stores them in the freezer and brings them out and pops them into the oven still wrapped up in foil.
You should totally try Worthington Leanies Plant Forward Deli Dog (Frozen Section)
Lightlife reminds me of the turkey dogs that my aunt used to buy. The EXACT same taste, my great uncle said the same thing. I cook the field roast stadium dogs with some liquid smoke and they taste SO SIMILAR to what I remember Nate's tasting like and I lovvveeee them. Especially with my homemade mushroom/cauliflower coney style hot dog chili. But I'll definitely try the others! Thanks for the awesome reviews and commentary ☺️❤️
Describing classic field roast as tasting like soy sauce is so spot on.
I've had vegan lunch meat and thought it tasted crappy by itself but once you complete it in a sandwich it actually tastes good and very close to lunch meat
I think you should think about making them complete in the future
On a bun maybe ketchup or mustard but keep it the same for all of them because if you have a finished dog that does make a big difference
I hadn't had any hot dog substitutes since I went vegan five years ago until Christmas when my Aunt made me some. As soon as I bit into it, I couldn't believe how much it tasted like a hot dog. I thought it was a hot dog for a minute 😅 The flavor was really good too. It was the field roast stadium dog. I told myself I'd never try a different brand of vegan hot dog because it set the bar so high. I knew it was gonna come out as the winner in this.
FYI Field Roast Classic Frank is better if you steam it in the casing first 10 min then pan fry it. Not sure why but it taste better that way and it taste like a hotdog.
If you haven't already, you gotta try the Sweet Earth jumbo dogs! I've tried a lot of vegan dogs and those wipe the floor with everything else imo
I agree!!
I saw the thumbnail for this video and thought "it's gonna be Stadium Dogs". We've been hooked on them for a while. :)
Field Roast makes a fantastic roast beef thing and a holiday breaded roast. Unfortunately I guess sales were bad so they only sell it during Thanksgiving and Christmas now.
When I first tried the Field Roast Stadium Dogs the taste of a real hot dog just came flooding back into memory. I didn't realize I missed it until I tried those. I had been eating the Light Life and I like them, but if I want an experience closest to a real hot dog, then the stadium dogs win. I'm going to have to try the Morningstar ones now though.
The guy in the green shirt was hilarious! Please have him on to taste test again!
The video I've been waiting for! Thank you. I hope I can find the winning brand somewhere bc I've never seen it in our stores. Could you do a vid about which dogs actually grill the best? So far none seem to handle grilling well, which makes it a bummer at a bbq. The best result I've been able to manage is boiling first then dropping on the grill for just a couple of minutes, but that's hard to do at somebody else's bbq.
Field roast sausages are awesome too
I've had the Field Roast sausages (spicy mexican Chipotle, and apple and sage) and they're soooooooo salty. They were so hard to finish. I'd consider trying the stadium dogs, but I've been hurt before... 😂
Hey Sauce Stache, do you think you could try your hand at making a vegan alfredo sauce? My girlfriend is allergic to dairy and I would love to make her a tasty sauce!
You can use a cashew cream base or if you're lazy I get the tofutti sour cream or cream cheese as the base and add plant milk. Something fatty and creamy like oat milk with vegan butter. Miyokos makes a great butter.
Loma Linda has a different hot dog called linkettes and they are WAY better than big franks. I highly recommend picking up a can
Do morning star corn dogs use different dogs then there regular hot dogs? Because the corn dogs taste great...the regular morning star dogs not so much. Is it just the corn bread that make it so good or is it that the corn dog inside is just better then the regular...why? Lol
The Big Franks brushed with oil on a hot grill are delicious
Field Roast is a French based company and they don't make gluten free. The products are packed with gluten protein. Just a heads up
I have been eating the Morning Star Farm dogs for years, and love them! For me they are what a hot dog tastes like.
As a long time vegan i think updog is pretty good i had them a couple times. However field roast is my favorite. I really love the mexican chipotle sausages. I usually dont care if it taste like the real thing
The fact that everyone hates the canned hotdogs but them being your favorite sums up my thoughts about ur flavor profile 😭
Field Roast should definitely get in touch with you for a video after this.
Good review and exactly my experience and opinion with these. I chop up the light life and put them in my beans and weanies. That sounded so weird.
A great hotdog option is carrot-dogs! My favorite recipe is from Blacks Going Vegan. Guilt-free and delicious!
I like field roast and zoglo. The zoglo seems much more like a hotdog in texture. Field Roast just arrived to my area.
We don't have any of these in the UK.
I miss field roast. I used to be able to get them here but not anymore. I remember them being delicious, especially the apple sage ones
This is spot on. Found them online and where to buy them. Delish!❤
Thank you! We've been looking for a good vegan hot dog since we became vegetarians a few years ago.
Tell your friend James to check out the episodes of Patti's Kitchen for hotdogs Sonoran, Morelia and El Sabor. Awesome ideas for even vegan hotdogs
we always get the large light life dogs. I like mine with vegan mayo and ketchup. The smaller ones I like to cut in half and make hot dog sandwich. definitely going to try those stadium dogs.
I appreciate this so much! Hot dogs are the one thing I miss and there is just no worthy substitute. I will hunt these brands down♥️
Have you tried the Nathan’s vegan hotdogs? I did before they pulled them and they were my best tasting one! I did contact the manufacturer, Smithfield, and they are bringing them out this fall again. I would like to see you do this again with Nathan’s when they come out. Maybe with just the Nathan’s and the Stadium dog.
Thanks for doing that so we don't have to, and awesome to have JP on!!
I think the Loma Linda could corner the market on Vienna Sausage substitute. Just my 2cents.