If your cooker uses 120 volts and the current is 11 amperes, the total powerÂ
it uses is 1320 watts, or 1320 joules every second. If it is divided equally amongÂ
the 3 wieners, each wiener receives 440 watts, or 440 joules of energy everyÂ
second. If a wiener needs 58,000 joules to cook completely, the time neededÂ
is 58,000 joules divided by 440 J per second, or 131.8 seconds - 2 minutes andÂ
11.8 seconds. In actual practice, it doesn't take much longer than this, althoughÂ
the resistance of the wieners starts out relatively high, about 200 ohms eachÂ
and gradually decreases to about 100 ohms per wiener as the hot dogs cook.Â
But for your example here, the time required is 131.8 seconds.