Replace the sad weiner with a glorious sausage, update the ground meat with jalapenos, minced onions and cheese and this become S-tier food for cookouts, tailgate parties, backyard barbecues and pubs.

Gonna have to go with a cheese with peppers in it. Maybe just pour diced jalapenos over the top and lay a melty cheese over it like muenster so it traps the flavor.

Add a jalapeno iris stuffed with a cream cheese pupil right in the middle of those bad boys. Got yourself an evil eye hamdog

I always associate smoked food with slow, low temp cooking. You dont want low temp cooked ground meat... Or at least you shouldnt want it.