Our Castleberry’s hot dog chili sauce review came about after a few years of using this product. Reviewing a canned hot dog chili sauce is not really in our wheelhouse. This is a product that we like and use when we are in the mood for Coney dogs, so why not?
What is Coney or hot dog sauce?
Coney or hot dog chili sauces have no meat in them. The meat flavor comes from the hot dog itself. They are a chili sauce with mashed up beans for added texture and flavor. Typically they are runny unless cooked down. Coney sauce is served at places like Nathans Famous and A&W drive thru’s.
The Castleberry’s hot dog chili sauce is readily available for less than $2 at local grocery stores. It’s 10 ounce can is large enough to smother and entire package of dogs. There are 3 different versions available, regular, jalapeno, and onion. The one we are reviewing here is the version with onion.
The package is impressive with a nice shiny label.
It really catches the eye when on the store shelves. It’s not impressive when you open the can.
No chili sauce is really. It is a brownish orange in color. For a thicker sauce pour off the excess water that has separated and is sitting on the top.
Because the Castleberry chili sauce is a heat and eat product. We tossed it into our sauce and bean pot and heated it on the grill next to our hot dogs. We put it on and take it off the grill at the same time as our dogs. You can also heat it on the stove top or in the microwave. The longer you cook it the thicker the sauce will become.
The traditional Coney sauce we are used to is on the thinner side so, that is how we cook it.
Once heated it can be added to your condiment bar. Or just spoon it across the top of your hot dogs. It has that great traditional Coney sauce flavor that we grew up with. Canned hot dog chili sauce really shines when paired with a traditional tasting dog like a Ballpark beef.
The Bottom Line:
We love this chili sauce. The flavor takes us back to the old drive-up restaurant days and the chili dogs you would get from them. This version: with the added onions has enough of an onion flavor to keep us from adding our own. The texture of this is also right on point. There are enough beans so that you know that they are there.
For nutritional info please visit the Castleberry website.
Mike
aka Sultan of Sizzle
I have been blogging about and selling grilling tool for over 12 years. A Certified Food Safety Professional, KCBS member, award winning writer and have over 10 years experience in the food service industry.
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Is this chili sauce made in China
Good question, I’ll do some digging and let you go.
I purchased the castleman’s chili sauce and was excited to make my chili dog’s right up to the point of pouring the dog food/ corn beef hash looking mess and it tasted as badly as it look’s. My husband decided to try something new even though Hormell makes a great chili. Long story short after tasting it I refused to even heat it up and now tonight I’m not having dinner because while he loves steak on the grill I do not. Good luck because you definitely need it with that mess.
I wanted a hot dog at the house and I bought some Casselberries and the best hot dog in the world Nathan’s. The chili was horrible. I threw it out in the yard I thought maybe the feral cat would eat it. I live next to the woods. The chili is still there what does that tell you. Tells me I’ll never put it in my mouth again.
Well you were the best out ther,all I would buy and a lot of it.It seems you watered it down won’t even stay on the hotdog now.Another product ruined from greed.Done with it.