Uber Entertainment is preparing to release a new video game called Monday Night Combat. This could possibly be the most bacony video game ever created if the teaser video is any indication.

The game is a “third person class based shooter for Xbox Live Arcade that will be out later this year.” Okay, but what about the bacon? Glad you asked. There’s a special weapon upgrade available within the game called the Ammo Mule Combo Cooler that helps you kick ass and cook bacon at the same time! But don’t take it from us — here’s what the groovy announcer guy on the video has to say:

“The amazing new Ammo Mule Combo Cooler with special pneumatic ammo reloader on one side and ready-set-bacon portable bacon cooker on the other. Extra ammo with an extra helping of bacon to go -- anytime anywhere!”

Wow. I need a copy of this game ASAP so I can p0wn some n00bs with my side of bacon.

Watch the video:

Baconfest Chicago is a full day celebration of bacon: a Fest to end all Fests. Baconfest’s roster of bacon-inspired activities, bacon-foods, and bacon-spirits comprise the greatest single culinary and cultural festival ever dedicated to Bacon and Bacon only.

We’ve seen many other Baconfests and even attended a Baconcamp but Baconfest Chicago (April 10, 2010) aims to be the coup de grâce to all other festivals of bacon. How will it achieve the ultimate in baconawesomeness? Start with Baconfest Chicago’s location – the luxurious Stan Mansion. Bacon has finally found a facility worthy of its greatness. Next, take the price tag of $45 that gets you a 12-course bacon-enriched meal prepared by 24 exhibiting chefs from posh Chicago restaurants. Whew! I’m getting hungry just writing this article.

But wait, there’s more (that’s right I went there). The festivities for Baconfest Chicago also include:

• An amateur bacon cook-off sponsored by Nueske’s
• A bacon poetry competition
• A Bacon Expo where you can meet artisan bacon-makers and bacontrepreneurs and sample a wide spectrum of local craft bacons and bacon-related products.
• The Bacon Café, Bar & Cocktail Lounge, local restaurants will serve bacon-based snacks; local bakeries will concoct bacon-sweets; local bars will serve up bacon cocktails and refreshing beer.
• On stage local artists, poets, musicians and theater-makers will join with bacon experts from all around the region during the Bacon Cultural Explosion.
• And to top it all off, the Golden Rashers, the Oscars of the bacon world, presented to the winners of the Pro & Amateur Bacon Cook-offs, as well as a bevy of other prize categories.

Okay people. You love bacon. Chicago is a major airport hub. You bought your tickets right?

If you do attend Baconfest Chicago, please send us any photos, videos, or stories you’d like to share with the bacon-loving world. We’ll be glad to post them.

Wendy’s has introduced a new bacon burger. This time it’s the Bacon & Blue. Our question to you is — what do you think? We want your reviews!

The basic details are:

• North American beef that’s never frozen
• Blue cheese crumbles
• Thick cut applewood smoked bacon
• Sauteed onions
• Steakhouse sauce

We’ll be doing a review of this burger soon, but before we do we want to hear what you think. Let us know!

Austin, TX based graphic designer Brady Clark has created a couple prints that true bacon lovers should have hanging on their walls.

These beautiful pieces celebrate nature’s meat candy with glorious design & color and are only available in very limited editions.

The Thank ‘Que print is 24″ wide by 18″ tall and is printed on #130 Cougar natural stock. This special print is signed and numbered and is limited to 100 in the first edition.

The Amen print is 9″ wide by 24″ tall and is printed on #130 Cougar natural stock. This awesome print is signed & numbered and is limited to 100 in the first edition.

Order your bacon prints today!

Not too long ago, a reader came to us with the idea that we should write a bacon book. You know, a book about bacon. We tossed around a few ideas that all centered around bacon and books and how to combine them into a book about bacon but we haven’t nailed down a bacon book concept just yet.

Today we received an email from Boss Hog over at BaconFreak.com announcing that he’s released the first edition of his Bacon Cookbook. What better book about bacon could there be than a bacon book that helps you cook the meat candy?

According to the web site (with the oh-so-catchy URL of BaconCookbook.com) they’ve got recipes from some renowned chefs that will help you get your bacon fix for breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizers, and even bacon desserts.

We got a chance to peek at the bacon cookbook ahead of time and were impressed with the quality of the bacon recipes included in the book. Don’t be surprised if you see a couple examples of bacon dishes we test out here at Bacon Today. We’re planning to cook up a few of the meals to give them the official Bacon Today taste test.

The Bacon Freak Bacon Cookbook is available in both downloadable PDF and paperback formats. Head on over to BaconCookbook.com and get your copy today!

I was helping my grandfather clean out his refrigerator this weekend. Out with the old, in with the new.

We tossed out the expired salad dressings, the old mustard, and some questionable jams & jellies.

Then I spotted something that had one of the world’s most wonderful words emblazoned upon it’s label — BACON.

Under “BACON” it said “Cheese Snack Spread”. I was intrigued. Unfortunately, this curious treat was well past it’s expiration date so I may never know if the bacon flavor was any good at all.

Has anyone tried this? Inquiring minds want to know.

The West Michigan Whitecaps need your help. The minor league baseball club is running a contest to determine what new food item will be available at “Fifth Third Ballpark” (the stadium where they play home games) this season.

Our vote goes for the only bacon item on the list — Chocolate Covered Bacon. Get on over to their web site and vote for bacon!

Here’s the entire list of items in the running:

1. Chicken and Waffles – Why did the chicken cross the road? To lie down on a bed of waffles, get smothered in gravy and get eaten by you, of course!

2. Chili Mac Tacos – Think comfort food that took a trip to Mexico. Creamy mac and cheese is smothered in chili then loaded into a hard taco shell to create a taste experience that won’t soon be forgotten.

3. Chocolate Covered Bacon – This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home and this little piggy dunked itself in chocolate to become a delicious treat for Whitecaps fans! (vote for bacon)

4. Corn Dog o’ Plenty – If the Idaho Christmas Tree isn’t enough corndog for you then try the Corn Dog o’ Plenty. A full half-pound, footlong frank that is battered and deep fried to make one gigantic corn dog.

5. Cudighi Yooper Sandwich – If you don’t know what this one is then you haven’t been to the Upper Peninsula. Cudighi is a spicy sausage found throughout the U.P. and we might bring it down to West Michigan. A sausage patty, smothered in cheese, pizza sauce, peppers and onions could grace the concession stands of Fifth Third Ballpark.

6. Declaration of Indigestion – When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to disband from the tyranny of healthy eating, they should consume the Declaration of Indigestion. You see, all sandwiches are not created equal as this half-pound, footlong hot dog is covered in a philly cheese steak (steak, cheese, peppers and onions) and served on a gigantic sub roll. It is certainly your unalienable right to consume one of these in the pursuit of happiness.

7. Idaho Christmas Tree – Why waste your time eating all of your favorite items separately? This is a batter-dipped hot dog rolled in french fries and deep fried to create the perfect limbed link on stick.

8. Poutin – A real treat from North of the border. The French Canadians have done it again, and this time with gravy. Fries, fried cheese curds and gravy make up this delectable side dish. Tres bien!

9. The Pink Panther – Not sure if this guy is named after the famous detective or the insulation, but either way it’s delicious. Take a hot dog bun, slather it in icing and fill it with pink cotton candy. Maybe drizzle some root beer syrup over the top for good measure. It’s the dessert dog you’ll have to try this summer!

10. Twinkie Cheese Dog – This dog can survive any disaster and it might cause a few of its own. Simple – a hot dog laid in a Twinkie covered in cheese. Yum.

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Touted by West Coast fast food restaurant Carl’s Jr. as “Charbroiled 100% Black Angus beef topped with crispy bacon, slices of melted Swiss and American cheese, and mayonnaise served on toasted sourdough bread,” we’re slightly suspicious as to the 6-dollar worthiness of this particular sandwich.

While we’ve enjoyed Carl’s Jr. bacon burgers in the past, we’re not so sure the Grilled Cheese Bacon Six Dollar Burger™ with all that cheese, sourdough bread, and a big beef patty are going to allow the bacon taste to shine through.

Have you tried this burger? Let us know how it tasted and if it was worthy of the 6-dollar moniker!

“Are eggs the new bacon?”

That was the question posed by Allison Perlik, Senior Editor of Restaurants & Institutions (R & I) way back on November 25, 2009. Why do we bring you this information months later you ask? Simple — because bacon lovers around the globe should let Allison know that nothing will replace bacon as their defacto treat of choice.

Not one comment exists on the R & I article at the time of this Bacon Today article’s writing. Come on bacon fans, get over to the R & I site and let them know that bacon will not be replaced by boring eggs anytime soon!

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The people of Canada sure love their bacon. In a recent survey conducted by Maple Leaf Foods, 43% of the respondents said they would rather have bacon than sex. Are you surprised? If you’re a daily reader of Bacon Today the answer is probably no. In fact, you’re probably asking a question of your own — Canadian or Traditional bacon? Sadly, the survey was not that specific.

Some other interesting findings in the survey:

• Move over High Karate…23% of men ranked bacon as their number one favorite fragrance
• Four out of five respondents (82%) who said they love bacon also said they are good lovers
• Nearly one in four of respondents (23%) wondered if ‘my partner loves bacon more than me’

How about you? If you had to chose, would your choice be bacon or sex? Hmmmm….

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About the Maple Leaf For the Love of Bacon survey:
From December 1 to December 2, 2009, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted a survey among 1,006 randomly selected Canadian adults who are Angus Reid Forum panelists. The margin of error – which measures sampling variability – is +/- 3.1%. The results of the online survey have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region Census data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Canada.

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