Hot dog cooker corrosion failure

Opening story. 304 stainless steel replacement parts substituted in a 316 cooker; chloride attack from hot dog salt content caused rapid crumbling failure. Shows how 2% molybdenum doubles cost but is essential for chloride service.

If you come early I'll tell you stories. So this is the hot dog cooker story — a material selection and materials mix-up problem. Has anyone ever had Ballpark Franks made over here in Everett? I get a call one day. They need a metallurgist because their hot dog cooker is falling apart.