State Fair Food Fight: Poncho Dogs vs. Pronto Pups

• I have worked for Poncho Dogs for over 35 years. People tend to say there is no difference but there is. First off Pronto Pup was always known for being a hot dog on a stick wrapped in a bun deep fried while Poncho Dog was always known as a corn dog.  Anybody that remembers going out to Como Park as a child standing at the concession stands waiting to wrap their lips around their corndogs knows what a Poncho Dog is!! Through the years Pronto Pup tended to stick in the heads of people in name only when it was actually the Poncho Dog that everyone was looking for, not the so called Corn Dogs now also being sold at the fair!!

• Right. I always thought a Pronto Pup was like a corn dog that used pancake batter, not corn batter, and thus not a corn dog.

• Since they both use cornmeal (in varying proportions) and flours, that aspect doesn't bother me. They're both batter fried hot dogs on sticks of which the average person considers to be the same thing, which is why it's a food fight between two vendors' products, not "best corn dog." Agree to disagree. (PS: you'll both likely have a field day with an upcoming post of mine if this ruffles you...)

•  not only did i eat poncho dogs i cooked them for over 20 years and worked for Oniels at Como park ...state fair mn ....Oklahoma ...and Shreveport Louisiana. i did the taste test for years and i still like the poncho dog the best ...believe me they don't sit under a hot lamp  long.    John  DeMarre

• Pronto Pup is a Pronto Pup - not a corn dog. It's all about the batter. Pronto Pup uses flour, while a corn dog uses cornmeal. Your comparison is flawed - It's like asking which is the better apple, and then comparing an apple to a banana.

• I keep forgetting about that one! Hoping to get back this year -- I'll make sure to try it!

• I guess I don't know what you'd call a pronto pup except a "corn dog," which is why it stands for comparison -- there's corn in the batter. Plus, it's all in fun -- we're not covering war or genocide here.

• corn dogs are the better tasting  of the two

• Do quite well, the next time must attend

• Thanks for the state fair coverage,but this article is very confusing.  I thougt it's pretty much doctrine by now that a "pronto pup" is not an example of a corn dog.  Why suggest this is a comparison between two corndogs?

• Well done! Still, neither can hold a candle to the wild rice and beef corn dog in the food building. Even lower price and much more quality dog. My state fair go-to food every year!

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