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Originally Posted by Garywt
Never heard of them, what part of the country are they from?
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They are a local brand to Michigan, which I was always told had the highest standards in the country for processed meats. So generally hot dogs and other processed meets from Michigan are better than the national brands and Koegels were the best in Michigan. They were sold mostly in the southern half of the lower peninsula of Michigan and into northern Ohio.
Koegels TV ads used to show folks who had moved out of Michigan who always had to buy Koegels whenever they went home to visit. I thought the ads were stupid as, after all, they are just hot dogs. When I moved from Michigan to North Carolina 25 years ago, my Michigan-born wife and I were amazed how awful the hot dogs from every other vendor (and we tried them all) were. We even mail-ordered Koegels hot dogs a few times, paying more for shipping than for the product. Then we got mail indicated that they were bringing a truckload of product down from Michigan to our area for a 1-day sale at a local hotel. We were thrilled and always bought several packages of hot dogs (which we eat about once a month) every time they came through. Then we moved to The Villages 5 years ago and were delighted to find that they came here. We've turned on several of our neighbors to them and have been told by at least two real hot dog connoisseurs among them that they were the best hot dogs they'd ever eaten anywhere in the world. And we just thought we liked them because we grew up eating them and they are a taste of home! We've taken to buying them for the neighbors now as well as ourselves and are glad they are back as they didn't make it last fall (they normally come twice a year).