Frank 'n Stuff was the brand name of a
hot dog
A hot dog (uncommonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced Hot dog bun, bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausag ...
stuffed with either cheese or
chili and sold in the United States from mid-1986 until the 1990s by
Hormel
Hormel Foods Corporation is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, ...
, as a variation of the
chili dog
A chili dog is a hot dog served in a Hot dog bun, bun and topped with a meat sauce, such as chili con carne. Additional toppings may include cheese, onions, and Mustard (condiment), mustard. The style has multiple regional variations in the Unite ...
.
Frank 'n Stuff used Hormel brand chili for the filling
and was one of the company's six major product introductions between 1986 and 1987. At the time, the company described the product as "the fun food that features a tunnel of cheese or chili inside a Hormel hot dog".
Frank 'n Stuff's eponymous mascot was a friendly
Frankenstein
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-type character
[ and Hormel ran frequent television and print advertisements featuring him.]razor blade
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While the razor has been in existence since before t ...
s were found in two packages of the product,
See also
* List of stuffed dishes
This is a list of stuffed dishes, comprising dishes and foods that are prepared with various fillings and stuffings. Some dishes are not actually stuffed; the added ingredients are simply spread atop the base food, as one cannot truly stuff an oy ...
References
Brand name meats
Hormel Foods brands
Stuffed dishes
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