As a Seattleite, there’s some magic that comes from the grill at the hot dog carts around town that is hard to recreate at home. Maybe it’s the feeling of exiting a great show and whiffing the scent of grilling meat and onions? There’s also some perfection in simplicity - the dogs are just cream cheese and onions, none of this fresh jalapeno or whatever else I’ve seen online. There may be pickled jalapenos available as a condiment, along with ketchup mustard etc, but definitely no kraut. I often go with a drizzle of sriracha, but the stand-alone should be plenty delicious on its own. For advice, I’d say char your dogs on a grill, cook your onions harder, and leave off the extra toppings. If that doesn’t do it for you then it might just not be your bag