See how Sahlen's iconic smokehouse hot dogs are made in the Buffalo plant that has been in the family for five generations.
Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Don Becker hangs up a rack of all-beef hot dogs as they are produced on the hot dog line.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Fresh beef is ground and blended with spices at the beginning of the process for making all-beef hot dogs.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Don Becker hangs all-beef hot dogs as they are produced.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Bill Gworek pushes a cart of turkey breasts into one of 10 giant smokehouses.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Trish Myers keeps an eye on the equipment as hot dogs are loaded into the packaging line.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
After being broken up into individual hot dogs by the first phase of the machine, the smokehouse hot dogs are fed into the packaging line.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Kathy Starr sets up the packaging on the hot dog packaging line.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Workers load skinless hot dogs into a machine that strips the artificial casing off the hot dogs on the packaging line.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Workers carefully measure skinless hot dogs by hand and load them into 5-pound packages on the packaging line.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
After passing the packages through the high-pressure pasteurization machine, workers load them onto a conveyor to other workers who will box them for market.
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Made in WNY: Sahlen Packing Co.
Joseph L. Sahlen is the fifth generation of the Sahlen family to run the Sahlen Packing Co. as it heads into its 150th anniversary year.
