Bacon Explosion
![]() A Bacon Explosion on a grill | |
Type | Meat |
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Course | Main course |
Place of origin | United States |
Region or state | Kansas City |
Created by | Aaron Chronister and Jason Day |
Invented | 2008 |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Bacon, sausage |
5,000+ kcal | |
A Bacon Explosion is a pork dish that consists of bacon wrapped around a filling of spiced sausage and crumbled bacon. The American-football-sized dish is then smoked or baked. It became known after being posted on the BBQ Addicts blog,[1][2] and spread to the mainstream press with numerous stories discussing the dish. In time, the articles began to discuss the Internet "buzz" itself.[1]
The Bacon Explosion is made of bacon, sausage, barbecue sauce, and barbecue seasoning or rub. The bacon is assembled in a weave to hold the sausage, sauce, and crumbled bacon. Once rolled, the Bacon Explosion is cooked (either smoked or baked), basted, cut, and served. The Bacon Explosion's creators produced a cookbook featuring the recipes which ultimately won the 2010 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for "Best Barbecue Book in the World". The Bacon Explosion also won at the 2013 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival.
History and origin
Jason Day and Aaron Chronister posted the dish in December 2008 on their "BBQ Addicts" blog.
The inventors are experienced barbecue competition participants from Kansas City, and compete in cook-offs as the Burnt Finger BBQ team. According to the Telegraph, "They came up with the delicacy after being challenged on Twitter to create the ultimate bacon recipe." They christened their innovation the "Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes."[2] The Bacon Explosion is similar to a number of previously published recipes. Day and Chronister do not claim to have invented the concept,[1] but assert the term "Bacon Explosion" as a trademark.[3]
Preparation
Preparing a Bacon Explosion "requires the minimum of culinary talent" and the ingredient list is short. It is made from two pounds (0.91 kg) of thick cut bacon, two pounds of
- Preparation and result
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The woven bacon base
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Sauced and ready for rolling
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Rolled and seasoned prior to cooking
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Interior shown after cooking
Recognition
The popularity of the recipe has led to international coverage;
Day and Chronister were reported to have "landed a six-figure book deal" for their book BBQ Makes Everything Better.[10] The book, containing the recipe, became the US winner in the 2010 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the "Best Barbecue Book" category. The 2010 US winner The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century by Amanda Hesser also contained the recipe for the Bacon Explosion.[11] BBQ Makes Everything Better went on to win the "Best Barbecue Book in the World" category by the judges of the 2010 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and remained as the sole entry from an American.[12] The Bacon Explosion won "Savory Dish" at the 2013 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival which secured an entry in the Bacon World Championships.[13][14]
See also
- Bacon mania – Enthusiasm for bacon meals in the United States and Canada
- Epic Meal Time – Canadian YouTube channel and web series
- List of pork dishes
- List of sausage dishes
- List of smoked foods
References
- ^ a b c d e Darlin, Damon (27 January 2009). "Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Singh, Anita (30 January 2009). "Bacon Explosion recipe is most popular on the web". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ a b Day, Jason (23 December 2008). "Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes". BBQ Addicts. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ Taylor, Greg (30 January 2009). "Bacon Explosion by Weight". Stay Cut. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "'Bacon Explosion': Dieses Grill-Monster erobert das Internet". Express. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ van der Plas, Caroline (12 August 2012). "Bacon Explosion dé hit op internet". Vlees Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Abouhalkah, Yael T. (29 January 2009). "The 'Bacon Explosion': Why Americans are fat". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ABC News. Archivedfrom the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ Bandyk, Matthew (29 January 2009). "Bacon Explosion: An Artery-Clogging Example Of Web 2.0 Strategies". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Big Deals: Creators of the Bacon Explosion Writing a Book". Eat Me Daily. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Chronister, Aaron (20 December 2010). "Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winner". BBQ Addicts. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Day, Jason (22 March 2011). "Gourmand World Cookbook Awards - Best In The World". BBQ Addicts. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Bender, Jonathan (31 August 2013). "What Will Dethrone the Bacon Explosion?". Esquire. Eat Like a Man. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Past Winners: 2013 Contest Winners". Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
External links
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