In case you didn’t know- Burger King is not only a U.S. fast food mogul. Burger King, like many other fast food giants, spreads its glutinous speedy wings into other parts of the globe. Not really a surprise though. To be honest, our American eating ways are a little coveted. Well, duh! We believe in overindulging in delicious things. Like bacon, for example. And Japan’s Burger King decided to make quite the American statement.

The word on the street is that for a limited time, Burger King would put an extra serving of 15 slices of bacon on your burger for 110 Yen. (That’s $1.24 for us Americans.)

This Japanese fellow really wanted to make a statement. We don’t know if he was making a bet with someone or trying to get a hot date out of his endeavor, but he certainly got more than he bargained for. This guy asked for 70 extra servings of bacon (that’s 1,050 slices) on his burger. Check out the video. He definitely had to hit the bathroom after a few bites. Guess he didn’t get that hot date.

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Today, we bring you Josh Money’s killer remix of that episode of Wife Swap. Turn up your speakers and get your porcine groove on baby! Special thanks to Josh for

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I feel for this child. Even if he is a stuck up spoiled brat.

I give this animator props, though, for dedicating what must have been at the very least several hours of building and rendering this cute little story about a slobbish man and his dog, who has committed no crime other than wanting a slice of bacon.

Lie down… roll over… beg… sit… shake… left paw… right paw… back paw…

I don’t want to ruin the ending but I will tell you that there’s quite a “twist”.

At 1:44 it moves a little slow but it very watchable and hey, it’s all about bacon!

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-- Mike

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“Mmmm… Bacohn!”

-- Mike

You may remember our last bacon hunt in Elk River, MN. This time we went to new locations but the mission was the same — find the best bacon in town.

We started the day at Elk River Meats. Our hunt took place on Sunday, and unfortunately Elk River Meats was closed. A couple of interesting items though…

1. The hours of operation did not list Sunday. I guess the town just assumes nothing is open downtown on Sundays.

2. A “rabbits for sale” sign was in the window of the meat shop. That was slightly disturbing.

After our bacon fail at Elk River Meats, we went to Sonic Drive-in for our grilled cheese with 30 slices of bacon. That was a complete success.

Our last stop of the day was Cub Foods, a regional supermarket. We wanted to check out their meat counter and see what kind of bacon selection they had to offer.

About 20 different brands of bacon were represented at Cub Foods. From maple to hickory smoked from “Neuske’s” to “No Name” brands, Cub Foods really came through with a quality selection of bacon.

Elk River is definately a bacon-loving town. We’re happy that next time we visit we’ll know exactly where to go.

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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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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.

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Come to think of it, if you love bacon let us know. Record your video testimonial and load it to YouTube with the tag “bacontoday”.