Bacon Explosion facts for kids
A Bacon Explosion is a super tasty pork dish! It's made by wrapping lots of crispy bacon around a yummy filling. This filling is usually spiced sausage and more crumbled bacon. Imagine a big, football-sized roll of deliciousness! After it's put together, it's often cooked slowly in a smoker or baked in an oven. This amazing dish became famous after it was shared on a cooking blog called BBQ Addicts. Soon, everyone was talking about it!
The Bacon Explosion is made of bacon, sausage, barbecue sauce, and special barbecue seasoning. The bacon is woven together to hold the sausage, sauce, and crumbled bacon. Once rolled, the Bacon Explosion is cooked, brushed with more sauce, sliced, and served. The people who created the Bacon Explosion even wrote a cookbook. This cookbook won an award for "Best Barbecue Book in the World" in 2010! The Bacon Explosion also won an award at the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in 2013.
A Bacon Explosion on a grill
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| 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 | |
How the Bacon Explosion Started
Jason Day and Aaron Chronister first shared their recipe in December 2008. They posted it on their blog, "BBQ Addicts." It quickly became super popular online! Over 500,000 people visited their blog. Many other websites linked to it too. Some people even made fan clubs for the dish. There were also videos showing how to make it.
Jason and Aaron are expert barbecue cooks. They are from Kansas City. They often compete in cooking contests as the Burnt Finger BBQ team. A newspaper called the Telegraph said they created the dish after a challenge. Someone on Twitter dared them to make the best bacon recipe ever. They named their amazing creation the "Bacon Explosion." It means "The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes."
Making a Bacon Explosion
Making a Bacon Explosion is not too hard. You don't need to be a super chef! The list of ingredients is quite short. You will need about 2 pounds (910 g) of thick bacon. You also need 2 pounds of Italian sausage. Don't forget a jar of barbecue sauce and some barbecue seasoning.
First, you weave the bacon together. This makes a flat base. Then, you put seasoning on the bacon. Next, you add a layer of sausage meat. You also sprinkle crumbled bacon on top. More barbecue sauce and seasoning go on next. Finally, you roll it all up into a big "sausage-shaped monster." You can wrap it in aluminum foil.
It takes about an hour to cook for every inch of thickness. After cooking, you brush it with more barbecue sauce. Then, you slice it into rounds and serve it. A whole Bacon Explosion has a lot of calories. A smaller 8-ounce (230 g) piece still has about 878 kcal (3,700 kJ).
- 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
How Famous It Became
The Bacon Explosion recipe became famous all over the world. People in the US, UK, Germany, and the Netherlands talked about it. The Daily Telegraph newspaper said it was "most popular on the web." They also called it one of the most popular meal ideas in the world. Some articles talked about how rich the dish was.
Jason Day and Aaron Chronister even got a big book deal! Their book is called BBQ Makes Everything Better. This book, which includes the Bacon Explosion recipe, won an award. It was named the "Best Barbecue Book" in the US in 2010. Later, it won the "Best Barbecue Book in the World" award! The Bacon Explosion also won "Savory Dish" at the 2013 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. This win helped it get into the Bacon World Championships.
See also
In Spanish: Bacon explosion para niños
