Okay, BT Readers, Eugenia P. needs our help and needs it fast. Here’s the email she wrote…

Hey there – I work at a pretty well known company in WA and have been tasked to come up with an ingenious breakfast event that does not resemble the standard boring breakfast display of bagels, fruit, and muffins. I had an ephifany moment when I thought “who doesn’t love bacon?” – to which my co-workers response was “even vegeterians love bacon”

Anyways, I would love to start a quick dialogue with someone at Bacon Today about creative ideas (including what to serve) for this event. Any takers to help me?

Quick summary:
Event will take place on the first floor atrium of a 4 story bldg from about 8am – 10am. Purpose is to get people interested in stopping by our table to chat with us about ‘our services’ we are presenting. The majority of employees in this particular bldg are professional males in their late 20’s to mid 40’s. Attendance is TBD – we most likely can anticipate 100-200 people during the course of the 2 hours and our budget would be no more than $700.

Thanks for your time!

For our money, there’s nothing better than the bacone, which we were first introduced to during Baconcamp 2009 San Francisco…

The Bacone is basically a bacon cone stuffed with eggs, biscuit gravy, hash browns and topped with a tasty buttermilk biscuit.

But Eugenia needs your help, too. Leave a comment below with your most creative bacon breakfast idea.

– Mr. B

The Bacontini gave us our first foray into the world of alco-bacon. Made by a bar in Las Vegas, it’s the perfect combo of bacon and alcohol. When we saw this next link, we thought it was also going to be an awseome combo of bacon and booze.

We couldn’t have been more wrong. Turns out the Meatini is much more similar to the bacone than the bacontini.

Travel along on a heartwarming journey through a random morning with the Veitches. Turns out Mr. Veitch is a bit of an experimental cook who likes to use bacon to try new things out. There are many worthwhile tests in this blog post. First, he tries multiple molds for making bacon bowls. He also creates “meat ice” and uses mushrooms for drink umbrellas.

The result takes you to a delicious, if not remotely healthy breakfast meal where you can even eat the dishes.

In the creator’s own words, “VERDICT: SUCCESS! THE MEATINI IS LITERALLY THE BEST THING EVER INVENTED IN THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING EVER!”

That’s a rather good review in my eyes.

– Mr. B

We shot a ton of video on our way to and from Baconcamp 2009 in San Francisco. We even shot some video from the judges panel as we tasted all the bacon samplings at the event. We then compiled all the videos into a YouTube playlist, which you can watch in the player below. Hover your cursor over the player below and use the navigation arrows to toggle through the individual videos.

We streamed video on Ustream live from the plane’s WiFi internet connection. The video is incredibly boring, but we just wanted to prove it was possible. Check it out — live video from on board an airplane at 30,000 feet.

Thanks again to everyone at Baconcamp for a fun event. Thanks also to Virgin America airlines for making our flights very enjoyable.

On Saturday, March 21, 2009, we attended the very first Baconcamp. This un-conference was held in the spirit of Barcamp and was attended by a wide range of bacon lovers from all over the place.

I’m borrowing a bit from Scott Kveton’s recap of the event (and using some of his super cool photos too), so thanks to Scott and all the folks at Bacn.com for that and working hard to put on a great event.

Mike & I sat on the panel of celebrity judges for the food+bacon portion of Baconcamp. Joining us were (listed by Twitter name) @iamcal, @arielwaldman, @micahsaul, Otto Von Danger (founder of BaconFest), and @kveton. Our Twitter name is @bacontoday in case you were wondering. With over 40 bacon-related dishes to sample, it was a long and bacony journey and very difficult to keep sharp on our scoring as we neared bacon coma.

We’ll list all the bacon dishes in a later article. For now, we’ll just list the winners. Quoting from Scott Kveton’s recap:

“The audience was given 3 votes which they could put towards the “Best Overall” and we recognized those with “Grand Prize” and “Runner-up” trophies.

• Grand Prize: Maker’s Mark Ice Cream – @mooflyfoof
• Runner-up: Chicken-fried Bacon – mp

The judges also had a few prizes they wanted to hand out based on the dishes we all sampled:

• Judges Choice: The Bacone – Christian from Wikia
• Judges Choice Runner-up: Potato bacon tart
• Best presentation: Maple Bacon Lollipop
• Most scientific: Bacon Hyper-cube
• Most likely to tempt a veggie: Bacon hummus
• Best Soup: Bacon Pea Soup – @oznog
• Best effort, worst food: Bacon Brownies (hint: don’t mention poop during your preso)”

That ought to whet your bacappetites just enough for now. Check back soon for more updates and our video documenting the event titled “24 Hours of Bacon”.

Photo credit to Scott from the place where you should buy bacon.

This Saturday, March 21st is going to be the day that the first official BaconCamp San Francisco will be held in San Francisco. Learn all about it, including where it is and how to RSVP on the BaconCamp site.

YouTube user fugitivepeas has provided the first teaser video to get us all excited about the event. 

Both Corey and I plan to attend and we’d love to seet as many of our San Francisco readers as possible, so please come if you can.

-- Mike

We hereby issue a challenge to all bacon lovers…

How many bacons can you wrap with more bacon?

That’s right, we’re throwing down the gauntlet and challenging you to come up with the most bacon-only combinations you can muster. Can you hit the illustrious bacon wrapped bacon wrapped bacon wrapped bacon (BWBWBWB) or go for an even more impressive concoction?

We’ll announce the ultimate BWB artist at this year’s Baconcamp San Francisco on March 21, 2009. That’s 18 days from this article’s publish date that you have to wrap your bacon!

To get the ball rolling, we’ve created two of our own…

Bacon Wrapped Bacon Wrapped Bacon (BWBWB):

1. Pancetta
   wrapped with
2. Turkey Bacon
   wrapped with
3. Double-Smoked Thick Sliced Bacon

Bacon Wrapped Bacon Wrapped Bacon Wrapped Bacon (BWBWBWB):

1. Pancetta
   wrapped with
2. Prociutto
   wrapped with
3. Turkey Bacon
   wrapped with
4. Double-Smoked Thick Sliced Bacon

Send your photos, videos & text of your BWBWB, etc. to bacontoday@gmail.com or leave links in the comments of this article.

Happy baconing!

2008 was a year drenched in bacony goodness. Of course, 2008 was the year that saw the founding of this very web site and also a string of bacon-themed events that surely helped fuel the bacon-loving fire of countless humans around the globe. The following is the recap of the third event named Baconfest 2008 to which our spectacular readers have brought our attention. This great story inspires us even further to attend the festivites at Baconcamp in San Francisco on March 21.

Enjoy!

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Being such a bacon lover, I oft research bacon recipes.  Some inspire me, so I try them out when I can.  But there is a plethora of them.  I only have so much spare time.  So I thought to myself, “Self… there is no way we can research all the bacon recipes that are available in books and online, let alone try to make them!  We need to find a way to get others to help us.  Maybe our best friends can find a new bacon recipe, make it and bring it over for us to eat.  Nah, they won’t do that.  We would have to promise to get them drunk or laid.  The first is possible, but the second has ethical and legal issues with which we cannot morally cope.  We could make bacon-infused bourbon for Bacon Manhattans.  A smokey one one do nicely.  We could also infuse vodka with a maple bacon for Bloody Mary.  Mmmmm… they sound good, even in our own head!  Should we invite our friends over for a theme party?  Knowing us so well, they would probably see right through that.  We need co-hosts.  Our fiance is an obvious (and required) cohort.  Maybe another friend in addition that is as much of a fan as bacon & spirits as we are.  That might… just… work…”

Boy-Oh-Boy, did it ever!  That conversation I had in my head was the most concise & effective one I ever had.  Baconfest 2008 was an absolute smash.  The kitchen of our home was a little crowded and busy, but we made due.

The kitchen of our home was a little crowded and busy, but we made due.
You are probably interested in learning what we had to eat.  The list is as follows:

• Bacon, Broccoli & Cheese Calazone
• Cobb Pasta
• Mini Turkey BLTs
• Chocolate-Bacon Cupcakes
• Pancetta Wrapped Shrimp
• Bacon Wrapped Dates w/Almonds
• Bacon Leek Quiche
• Bacon Chocolate Cracker Squares
• Bacon Rye Cheese Sandwiches
• Bacon Wrapped Chicken
• Romano Cheese Smoked-Bacon Popcorn
• Bacon Mac & Cheese
• Cheddar Cheese Maple-Bacon Popcorn
• Vanilla Ice Cream Topped w/Bacon Caramel
• German Potato Salad
• Bacon, Broccoli, Raisin & Sunflower Salad
• Bacon Pasta “Surprise”
• Bacon Veggie Quiche
• Bacon Wrapped Deep Fried Brats
• Twice Baked Potatoes w/Bacon
• Carbonara
• Potato Chips w/Sour Cream Bacon Dip
• An Assortment of Bacon Dipped in Chocolate

What a lineup.  There was enough food to feed an army.  The items that did NOT make it (due to last minute substitutions or no-shows) include:

• Bacon Wrapped Scallops
• Spinach Salad w/Bacon Dressing
• Bacon Blueberry Cobbler
• Bacon Casserole Surprise
• Bacon Chili
• Bacon Home-smoked Pork Belly
• Bacon Greek Salad w/Fakin’ Bacon
• Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
• Bacon Gummy Candy
• Bacon Jelly Beans
• Bacon Brittle
• Emu Bacon
• Wild Boar Bacon
• Candied Bacon
• Bacon Pizza

There were so many excellent creations, it is difficult to say which one was best.  I thoroughly enjoyed everything I ate.  And I ate EVERYTHING.  The dishes with which I was most impressed were the the Bacon Chocolate Cracker Squares (in it’s simplicity & familiarity) and the Bacon Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Almonds (something entirely different).  Mmmm-Mmmm-MMMM!!!

On the way out, everybody had full bellies, big smiles, trays of leftovers and was talking about what they will bring to make Baconfest 2009 even better.  Personally, besides offering cholesterol screening and hypertension counseling, I do not think it could go any better.

It’s amazing.  Bacon all by itself is wonderful.  Some say one of life’s greatest gustatory pleasures.  The aroma of it frying evokes ravenous hunger.   Combine it with another of your favorite ingredients or dishes and it takes a meal to a whole new level.  Gather your friends, fuel it with alcohol (bacon-infused alcohol) and it can be one of the best parties you can throw.

I need to retire to the living room for a Sunday afternoon and evening of NFL.  If I could only find something to eat.

Porcinely Yours,

Michael B.

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Thanks for the recap Michael and folks, keep those bacony-good stories coming to bacontoday@gmail.com.

–Corey James