Seeking to add uniqueness to its concession menu, Oklahoma City’s minor league team asked its fans to send in their favorite hot dog recipes. The winning entry was Heather Misialek’s Fiesta Dog. According to the advertisement in the press elevator, the Fiesta Dog consists of a hot dog bun stuffed with “an all-meat frank, refried beans, and ground beef, topped with nacho cheese sauce, salsa, and sour cream.” It sells for $4.50. In the spirit of investigative journalism (sloggerism?), I decided I needed to try one sometime this week. Last night was the magic moment.

(I’ve waited to write a review of the Fiesta Dog until today because, given the list of ingredients, I figured that this was an experience that wouldn’t end with the last bite, if you know what I mean.)

Anyways, I approached the hot dog stand and told the vendor, “I need to try a Fiesta Dog.” She looked at me with obvious skepticism, raised her eyebrows, and said, “Ooooooh-kaaaaaay.”

Because of the complexity of the ingredients, it actually took two vendors to assemble the Fiesta Dog. There was not a huge amount of nacho cheese sauce on it, but the ground beef did overflow the bun on the final product. I took the feast-in-a-bun from the vendor, and she knowingly handed me a fork and about 35 napkins. “Good luck,” she said tearfully to me as I walked away.

Disaster almost happened on my walk back to the press box. Maybe it was my guardian angel’s way of trying to protect me from certain emergency angioplasty, but I stubbed my toe on the first set of stairs and went into stumbling mode. Somehow, I was able to regain my balance, and the Fiesta Dog remained intact and off my shirt.

It immediately became clear that it was impossible to simply pick this thing up and eat it. I grabbed a knife from the press box kitchen to go with my fork and went to work.

Remember the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials where a guy carrying a chocolate bar and a girl carrying a jar of peanut butter collide, and they both indignantly argue about how she got peanut butter on his chocolate and he got chocolate in her peanut butter, but a crisis is averted when they realize that it tastes great together? Well, I think the Fiesta Dog’s genesis is a guy with a chili dog ran into Heather Misialek and her nachos, and they both liked the mess they created. And honestly, the mess wasn’t bad at all. The ground beef-salsa combo actually made it taste a lot like a spicy chili dog. The beans blended nicely with the other flavors. And the nacho cheese and sour cream were light enough that their flavors were only complimentary.

This morning’s postscript: no post-consumption complications.

The Fiesta Dog. Three stars. Joe Bob sez check it out. Ask for one at your favorite restaurant.

Today’s first game is Baylor-Tech. This will be Tech’s last game of the season. With an RPI ranking in the 30’s and dropping and a five-game losing streak, Baylor’s hoping this won’t be their season finale, too. This might be a must-win game for the Bears.

78 degrees (that won't last) and SSE winds blowing at 20 mph out to left field right now.