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Look at that burger. Bask in it’s glorious girth. Soak in the amazing awe-inspiring awesomeness.

That’s one pound of all-beef patties, one-pound of chicken breasts, one pound of turkey patties, and for garnish…one pound of veggie patties. Mixed amongst the patties were strips of thick, crisp bacon.

The 10 of us who descended upon The Counter to watch Scott take down another monster burger ordered some pretty tasty burgers ourselves. Those among us who had our burgers built with bacon were extremely impressed with the meat candy’s quality, flavor and presentation. Take a look at a few examples of other bacon burgers consumed during Scott’s challenge:

Unfortunately, I had to leave a bit early and didn’t get to witness the end of Scott’s amazing burger challenge. When I left the burger was well on it’s way to being only a memory, although I heard rumors that this challenge might have been just a bit too much of a good thing for Scott to finish. Even if he didn’t complete the entire meal, it was a valiant effort for certain.

For his efforts, Scott was rewarded with a nifty polo shirt from The Counter. I’m sure he’ll wear it proudly when he takes on the next bacon-infused eating challenge.

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The place…Elk River, MN. We’ve been hunting for bacon there before, but hadn’t noticed an obvious choice for our bacon excursion — Sonic Drive-In. Way back in August 2008 a Bacon Toaster Sandwich was ordered from Sonic in our honor and we’ve always meant to find a Sonic to taste the food ourselves. We happened to drive by one today so we decided to go all out.

The line at Sonic was incredibly long and we were concerned that we wouldn’t find a place to park. We didn’t see the Bacon Toaster sandwich on the menu, though the Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster did look tasty. We noticed that a side of bacon was available for just 60 cents and we had about $20. We figured a grilled cheese sandwich with as much bacon as possible would give us our best bacon-to-dollar ratio. We didn’t want to do the math so we just ask for 20 orders of bacon with our meal.

Our meal arrived with only 10 orders of bacon which ended up being quite fortunate. Turns out you get 3 slices of bacon with every side order of bacon so we ended up with a grilled cheese sandwich and 30 slices of bacon which was nearly impossible to eat. That didn’t stop us of course!

We gave the Sonic Grilled Cheese and 30 Slices of Bacon a Smaste™ rating of 41.2. The bacon was excellent, greasy, and cooked to perfection. A pleasent surprise for an impromptu first stop at Sonic Drive-In.

Watch the video of me ordering, assembling, and eating a Sonic Grilled Cheese with 30 Slices of Bacon.

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Six all-beef patties and plenty of bacon. That’s the way to start an amazing meal.

Scott was at it again this week, taking on another daunting food challenge. This time his target was the Fatburger Triple King Challenge — the largest burger offered at the Fatburger chain with triple the burger patties stuffed inside.

Since he had already polished off the Fatburger Triple King before, Scott decided he needed to take it a step further. Being a bacon fan, adding meat candy is a must. Not only did he add the bacon however, he also multiplied the Fatburger Triple King by 2 — making it a six-pattie burger that stood nearly half a foot tall!

You may remember Scott from his recent food challenge at The Counter burger joint. Well, his reputation as a standout competitive eater is growing and he’s up for just about anything. He took this double triple king burger and cleaned up every last bite. In fact, he even saved a piece of bacon to use as a scoop to make sure he got every last morsel of tastey goodness.

Take a look at the image gallery and see for yourself what a $20 hamburger meal is made of. Scott, once again we salute you.

The mission: A massive menagerie of burger fixings at The Counter restaurant

The ingredients: Just about everything the restaurant could stack on the burger, including tasty bacon of course

The cost: around $30 for a single hamburger

The deal: If Scott finished the burger in one hour or less, he didn’t have to pay for the meal

The result: Scott did in fact finish the massive bacon-rich burger in only 32 minutes and left the restaurant with both a full stomach and a full wallet

Amazingly, Scott said he felt fine after finishing the meal and successfully completing the challenge. He gave the bacon a Smaste™ rating of 38.542, a very high mark especially since the meat candy was competing against so many other flavors in the burger.

The staff at The Counter was quite impressed with Scott’s acheivement. The chefs, manager, all the wait staff…they all came over to congratulate Scott on a job well done. The Bacon Today staff follows suit and salutes Scott and his efforts.

Next week’s event — the Fatburger Triple King Challenge. Wish us luck.