The Three Dog Night, a new extreme food featuring a hotdog inside a bratwurst inside kielbasa served with sauerkraut and Stadium Mustard and will debut on opening day, April 7, 2011. (Akron Aeros photo)
They’re calling it the Three Dog Night, and not since the introduction of the Bacon Explosion has something lit up the Internet to such porky proportions.
Next spring, concession stands at the Akron Aeros’ Canal Park will be serving a triple-header sausage sandwich that consists of a hot dog stuffed inside a bratwurst stuffed inside a kielbasa topped with sauerkraut and Stadium Mustard, and served on a hoagie roll.
Yes, you read that right and, no, Aeros officials say the sandwich doesn’t come with a complimentary angioplasty.
Chef Jason Kerton, the Aeros’ new food and beverage director, is hoping to make his mark on Akron with extreme-eats menu items; he’ll introduce one each month from now until opening day.
Kerton, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., arrived here in November from Charleston, S.C., where he spent the last 10 years as food and beverage director for the Charleston RiverDogs, a class A affiliate of the New York Yankees. (Let’s try not to hold that against him.)
Kerton says he’s had a lot of luck creating stadium foods and he hopes to show his talent here.
”I heard you guys were big meat eaters up here,” he said. With meat as his inspiration, Kerton said he began experimenting with a number of dishes and combinations.
He settled on the hot dog, brat and kielbasa because he liked the way the smokiness of the hot dog, the snap of the bratwurst and the powerful flavors of the kielbasa combined to create a well-balanced mix of flavors and textures.
For the sandwich, all three items are grilled separately and then the kielbasa and brat are split and piled on top of each other, with the hot dog nestled in the center. The whole sandwich is then covered with sauerkraut and decorated with spicy brown mustard.
And it’s all just $7, a bargain at stadium food prices for the 19-ounce sandwich.
Kerton, a native of Albany, N.Y., swears he’s not trying to kill us with the sandwich, news of which became the subject of sports bloggers when the team released info on its new season ticket packages, some of which come with coupons for a Three Dog Night.
Kerton says he’s already heard back from a dietitian who calculated that the sandwich will have roughly 3,850 calories, 4,000 milligrams of sodium and 450 milligrams of cholesterol. I don’t want to even think about the fat content.
All of his menu creations will debut on opening day, April 7, and will be available all season long.
Kerton tells me January’s offering will be a 11/4-pound stuffed cheeseburger creation. Stay tuned for details and in the meantime, let’s all eat our oatmeal.
AWESOME!!!!!! I’ll take two!!!