New food truck specializes in ‘sloppy weiners’

Sept. 17, 2021

The newest food truck in Sioux Falls strives to make the common hot dog uncommon.

“Making money isn’t the priority for me,” said Bryan Krueger, who started The Sloppy Weiner with his wife, Shannon. “I want people out there to have different ideas of food. A lot of places offer common foods. I wanted something different, something people want to go to and enjoy. I want to stand out from the rest of the crowd.”

The signature Sloppy Weiner is a quarter-pound all-beef hot dog in an artisan bun topped with nacho cheese, sloppy joe meat and cottage cheese.

“The sloppy joe is my wife’s grandmother’s personal recipe,” Krueger said. “It’s got a little secret to it.”

Other hot dogs include The Sloppy Toppy, which is The Sloppy Weiner with the addition of pickle, relish, jalapeno and onion, and The Naked Dog, which comes with the customer’s choice of basic toppings.

The Doggone Sloppy is a sloppy joe sandwich served in a hot dog bun without the wiener. That also comes with a choice of condiments.

All hot dog meals come with a bag of chips and a can of soda.

Krueger also serves seasoned crinkle-cut fries and loaded versions with nacho cheese and sloppy joe meat.

Eventually, he plans to expand the menu to include buffalo hot dogs and bratwursts made with alligator and snake meat.

“I used to eat them at the fair all the time, and they’re not there anymore, and it’s kind of depressing because they’re really good.

Krueger, who drives local routes for Magnum LTL, served his signature hot dogs Thursday to his co-workers for a driver appreciation lunch and dinner.

The Sloppy Weiner truck makes its public debut today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the grand opening for Get-N-Lit, 4110 W. Maple St.

Food truck fans might recognize it as the original Watecha Bowl truck. Krueger bought it from his longtime friend Lawrence West and has painted over the colored stripes on the black vehicle and added 200 hot dog stickers on it to make it his own. Customers also might notice that the stickers aren’t lined up perfectly — that’s part of the sloppy branding, he said.

Krueger doesn’t have background in the food industry but has always enjoyed cooking with a twist. One year for Thanksgiving, he made a ham stuffed with potatoes and baked it with pineapple slices on top.

“Too many things in this word are just too repetitive. We need something different. We need variety and to go outside of the normal realm.”

He hopes to operate The Sloppy Weiner through the winter and will be available for private gatherings and public events. Customers can find locations on the truck’s Facebook page. 

As a member of Tea Storm Chasers, he has teamed up with the organization and will provide disaster relief meals when tragedy strikes.

“I will be doing anything and everything where people need me. That’s my main goal: if I can make a living and be serving people,” Krueger said. “I want to leave a mark on this world. So many people just live, work and die. I want to know that 100 years from now they can remember my legacy, the imprint I left on the world. When they think of Bryan Krueger in the future, I want them to think of the food truck with the goofy name and the good food. That’s my goal.”

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New food truck specializes in ‘sloppy weiners’

“I want people out there to have different ideas of food. A lot of places offer common foods. I wanted something different.”

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