Australian man patents the Hamdog - a hotdog and burger combo
A man in Australia has successfully patented, and started selling, the Hamdog - a combination of a hotdog and a burger in one bun.
Mark Murray first appeared on Shark Tank - the Australian equivalent to the UK show Dragon's Den - where he pitched the idea to potential investors.
The judges turned him down for funding.
But one year later, he is selling the Hamdogs at fairs and markets in Western Australia and looking for people interested in taking on a franchise.
"We launched our marquee two months ago and we had people come from everywhere just to experience the Hamdog," he told News.com.au. "At one stage the crew were knocking out about one every 15 seconds. It was amazing," he said.
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The Hamdog was first patented in the US back in 2009 but Mark Murray has only just begun to sell them.
When he first pitched it to the judges on Shark Tank in 2015, he described eating the dish as a "party in your mouth". The judges laughed.
Images show the unique shape of the bun, which holds both a burger patty and a hotdog.
The burger is split in half, to allow the hotdog to be placed in between. The bun is then also filled with lettuce, tomato, pickles, cheese, mustard, tomato sauce and mayonnaise.
"We use all local ingredients. The only thing that's not from Western Australia are the pickles," Mr Murray said.
"At the moment there is a fair bit of labour involved in making the buns because they're made by people, not machines. We're still developing a way to semi automate production."
It'll be a problem when a competitor comes up with the dogburger
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ReplyDeleteI too can combine two food names into one and should be paid for it, but I'll let you all steal these: Hamsickle, Dogurt, Muffuritto, Falafillet, Susherbet, Ramenchilada. There could be more but my brain is starting to hurt. Any help?
ReplyDeleteDoes it act badly Will there be a program called one man and his Hamdog where it races around the plate rounding up chips- stay come by etc Perhaps a song You ain't nothing but a Hamdog
ReplyDeleteIt's hardly heroic to encourage more pointless killing and suffering of animals.
ReplyDeleteWe should be debating if patents are moral. Why cant i offer a hamdog at great prices, because I didnt think of it first. Intellectual property is not private property.
ReplyDeleteThe hamdog to break the internet and every diet in existence
ReplyDeleteI can imagine all the vegans getting triggered right now ����
ReplyDeleteAfter eating a nice dinner I will say with prejudice that this is a silly idea and Come 230am I will be fantasizing about it.
ReplyDeleteI need this in my life along with pizza sandwiches ...
ReplyDeleteNow you can have processed meat with your processed meat. Welcome to the future.
ReplyDeleteNow you can have processed meat with your processed meat. Welcome to the future.
ReplyDeleteMeat belt. It's a meat belt. Why didn't they look at it and see that it's so clearly a meat belt.
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