Video: The bacon explosion
posted at 1:40 pm on February 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
The first pornographic video we’ve ever posted, I think. Given the new economic reality, it was only a matter of time.
I held it together during the clip but couldn’t suppress a few sobs at the photos. Exit question: More rewarding — becoming a parent for the first time or the first bite of the Explosion? I can see the arguments both ways.
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don’t you mean, porkographic?
funsutton on February 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM
My mouth is watering already.
I wonder if this would be good with deer sausage?
Badger40 on February 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM
I’m SOOOOOOO hungry now…
<Turns to his wife>
Honey, what’s for dinner?
BNCurtis on February 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Seems like a lot of work, and how do you keep the sausage patty from falling apart as it’s rolled up?
Better just to make a buttload of sausage patties and bacon strips and chow down, easier too.
Chocolate covered bacon is better anyway.
Bishop on February 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM
One bacon a day keeps the muslims at bay..
the_nile on February 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM
*Homer Simpson Drool*
loudmouth883 on February 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM
This is sick.
Dr. Manhattan on February 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Allahpundit beat me to it. I was gonna post this on TEMS today for all the chatizens to delight in.
Hopefully it will be at the next county fair! It’s more wonderful than chicken-fried bacon
originalpechanga on February 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Sick, awesome…
Pasalubong on February 2, 2009 at 1:48 PM
If Israel could develop an artillery-launched version of this, they could retake Gaza and the West Bank in about a day.
Bishop on February 2, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Is it even close, explosion bite all the way!!!
abobo on February 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Badger40
I would think deer sausage is a little dry, might want some pork put with the deer meat. Sure looks good to me and I will try to make one.
L
letget on February 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Love the bacon weave. Love it!
When I first read the post title, I thought it was something to do with the “stimulus” bill. This is better.
batter on February 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM
There was a story in the Times the other day on this. I’m still salivating over the cooked version of this thing.
JammieWearingFool on February 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM
I am assuming this is not a big hit in the middle east…
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM
this is the pork I can get behind
Defector01 on February 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM
I thought it was a photo of the Stimulus Package.
fogw on February 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Bacon Explosion…
In my pants.
Enoxo on February 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM
America is the greatest country in the world for a lot of reasons.
This tops them all.
MadisonConservative on February 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM
That’s definitely some porkulous I would vote for!
BoomJunkie on February 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM
AllahP! Curse your headline teasers! I was really hoping for a more literal explosion – Like maybe a smoker malfuntion leading to oh-so-yummy bacon bits falling down like a gentle, tasty rain.
innominatus on February 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM
What’s amazing is that it looks the same going in as it does going back out.
lorien1973 on February 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Maybe we can airdrop these over Waziristan, with our best wishes for OBL?
Oh, and the beer, gotta have beer…
coldwarrior on February 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Wonderful. Simply wonderful.
Weight of Glory on February 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Watch out, the Obama administration will try to make eating it illegal.
mindhacker on February 2, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Just set up some grills upwind of Gaza and in no time there will be apostates tunneling out to get some of that sweet bacon smell. Of course it would have to be manned by secular Jews, but that should be no problem.
pedestrian on February 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Take a big slab of that, put it between 2 big buttermilk biscuits and pour sausage gravy over the top.
Man, that’s a breakfast you could die for.
BacaDog on February 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM
The only thing that could possibly make it better is some cheese. Mmmm… bacon and cheese… Everything is better when you add bacon and chesse.
crazy_legs on February 2, 2009 at 2:06 PM
My cholesterol just shot up 20 points.
rbj on February 2, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Has anyone tried this yet ? Can we get a review ?
Looks like a lot of fun to make.
moc23 on February 2, 2009 at 2:10 PM
You mean I could serve my fellow Jews, the cause of liberty and fight terrorism while at the same time eating BBQ?
SIGN ME UP NOW!!!!!! I FOUND MY NEW CALLING IN LIFE!
Defector01 on February 2, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I’d eat it.
I Love bacon, but I never could get my mind around wrapping $12.00 / lb steaks or shrimp w/ 1.95 /lb bacon.
TheSitRep on February 2, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Awwww! Daddy’s little pork butt.
Blake on February 2, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I emailed the original NYT recipe to my wife a few days ago.
She just smiled.
I think she was suggesting that this is a guy’s weekend recipe for when she is out of town…
Becoming a parent for the first time is still way better.
Best yet is to have had a boy 11 years ago so that today you can spot weld and get that bonding moment out of preparing and sharing a dish like this together during a ‘no girls, just boys’ weekend.
The universe blazes with the glory of fathers and sons.
ElRonaldo on February 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM
snicker
worlok on February 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM
I bet it would. It might work well with
venison burger also.
allrsn on February 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM
I loved one of the comments, “Is it legal to marry food?”
This looks awesome!
Torch on February 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Looks great!
Yummy…bad for the arteries, but who cares….everything in moderation.
Pulchritudinous Patriot on February 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I’m on the Weight Watchers points. I’m allowed 28 pts a day. One serving of Bacon Explosion is 24 pts. Yikes.
vcferlita on February 2, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Sounds like the Stimulus plan. Full of Pork, and terrible for us.
marklmail on February 2, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Worth it! Just eat a lot of carrots and celery for a few days!
allrsn on February 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Badger40 on February 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Venison sausage would work very well I can imagine.
I wonder what the layer they put over the sausage was?
goat on February 2, 2009 at 2:25 PM
There is a purer form of love, and it is smiling in my heart.
LimeyGeek on February 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Now, would one bite make you reach the nearly impossible to reach state of nirvana? Could this lead to world peace? This is a brave new world, my friends. A brave new world.
theboss on February 2, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Looks great, but i think it should come with a home version angioplasty kit, and a box of Depends.
MDWNJ on February 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM
God bless the red states who in turn bless America with things like this, as opposed to the organic field greens with golden raisins and toasted oat coleslaw crap that passes for cutting edge cuisine out here in the NV/CA area! bah!
abobo on February 2, 2009 at 2:32 PM
not kosher!
thuja on February 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Lipitor has met its match.
BohicaTwentyTwo on February 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Let me just say… this was on the menu yesterday as we watched the game! A friend made it,and it was UNBELIEVABLE… so very, very tasty…
Yes, all the evil and twice the RDA of saturdated fat!
kiltedscotsman5 on February 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Ditto, so far no reviews on whether it tastes good or not…
Just to set the record straight, NYT got this off this guys website, but true to course never gave him credit…
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 2:38 PM
I can see the Food Police picketing them and passing legislation now…..
DL13 on February 2, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Some friends made this yesterday. It was OK. I don’t know if you’re supposed to cook it in a roasting pan elevated so the drippings don’t create a pool of fat, but if you don’t elevate it the explosion just cooks the bottom inch into a soup of saturated fat.
The top of the explosion was good. The bottom was a mish mash of total crap.
gabriel sutherland on February 2, 2009 at 2:39 PM
They cooked and crumbed the rest of the bacon. They also use a barbecue seasoning and after cooking brush on a layer of barbecue sauce. Smoke at 265 for about 1hr/in of thickness (21/2 hrs).
allrsn on February 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Yummy! I can eat it. Going to get the recipe.
sheebe on February 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM
I made this yesterday. Instead of using a smoker, I baked it on a rack in the oven (so it didn’t sit in the fat). It took about 3 hours to bake through (at 225 degrees).
It was a HUGE hit. Everyone loved it.
BethW on February 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Must stay kosher. Must stay kosher.
Shy Guy on February 2, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Yum. Recipe is here: http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html
PersonalLiberty on February 2, 2009 at 2:45 PM
I am pleased by the bacon, yet I’m disappointed there was not a literal explosion to accompany it.
I feel cheated…
ScottMcC on February 2, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Made this yesterday. You have to use a smoker, not a roasting pan. Used Head Country rub and Billy Sims Original BBQ sauce. Served on a Grands biscuit. Hit of the party – but it is very rich. I’ll definitely do it again.
soonerrph on February 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM
OT but this really was the funniest part of the game.
http://networkupload.com/springsteen/
scalleywag on February 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM
blogged about it first.. :)
DaveC on February 2, 2009 at 2:48 PM
allrsn on February 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Thanks, I will have to give this a try as a master of the smoker. No way would I ever cook that in an oven, the only meat I cook in an oven is when its on a pizza.
goat on February 2, 2009 at 2:48 PM
I’m torn on this one: On one hand, this is the sort of idiocy that fuels the nanny statists like Bloomberg, Fauxbama, et al coming after us with goverment rememdies.
At the same time, I’m hoping all that bacon will ward off of the peaceful jihadists.
Western_Civ on February 2, 2009 at 2:51 PM
If you don’t make this, the terrorists will win
DaveC on February 2, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Yep.
Had it yesterday for the SB entree.
It was excellent! Tastes great. We used the regular J. Dean sausage and hickory smoked bacon.
The BBQ sauce is the extra kicker (made it rather than store bought).
There were 5 for our SB party.
It will feed 8-10 (if you follow the video instructions) as it is very filling. Everyone loved it. We’ll have it for leftovers tonight!
And,it is great for a low carb diet!
texasrich on February 2, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I made one of these yesterday! I didn’t go BBQ, instead using Italian spices and grated parmesan/romano/asiago cheese. It was fantastic!
token on February 2, 2009 at 2:58 PM
I highly recommend the applewood smoked bacon from Trader Joe’s under their own label or the Niman Ranch brand, which I suspect are the same product. Cured or uncured, the bacon is salted and smoked in perfect balance. Sometimes the DH and I share a package of bacon and a pan of popovers — not just for breakfast but dinner, too.
Bacon jelly beans, anyone? How about bacon salt, which you can purchase from retailers nationwide, or baconnaise? I actually tried the salt and I suspect one must be bacon-deprived and dietetically desperate to appreciate it.
Terrie on February 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM
And people posting above are correct, it has to be elevated on a rack of some sort.
The bacon wrap didn’t seem done to me when the center was done, so I turned the broiler in my oven on low and rotated the log until the outside was crispy all around. Yummy!!!
token on February 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Bacon? Sausage? BBQ?
Do you really have to ask?
RedWinged Blackbird on February 2, 2009 at 3:22 PM
The heartburn from both would keep you up for many nights after just a nibble.
And yet, few can resist devouring plateful after plateful.
UltimateBob on February 2, 2009 at 3:35 PM
My friend made one of these in his woodchip smoker Saturday.
Its what I imagine an angel would taste like.
Chuck Schick on February 2, 2009 at 3:38 PM
The Cardiologist Lover’s Special. It comes with its own vascular stent.
knangle on February 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM
USA! USA! USA!
The Ugly American on February 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM
What a letdown. I wanted to see something go boom.
SoulGlo on February 2, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Boy does this look great (even though I doubt my digestion would still stand for it).
My response to the “Food Police” has always been a big smile and a hearty “Eat right, stay fit, die anyway.”
Bacon!
warbaby on February 2, 2009 at 3:53 PM
The kosher version would use corned beef and gribenes.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on February 2, 2009 at 3:55 PM
I made one yesterday as well in our oven. It was the HIT of our Superbowl party! Heck, my friend’s husband actually came over just because this thing of beauty was on the menu.
God Bless AMERICA!
neptunium_X on February 2, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Stimulating… But currently illegal in 29 of the
5760 states.RalphyBoy on February 2, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Not available in New York.
Badger40 on February 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM
“Roll the Sausage Fatty”
Live TV folks. Or Brian didn’t understand what he said.
- The Cat
MirCat on February 2, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Oh.My.Lord.
Jaibones on February 2, 2009 at 4:09 PM
I bet that would be a great side for Scotch Eggs and biscuits and gravy….
Asher on February 2, 2009 at 4:15 PM
I can see an entire section in the supermarket meat section with ready-to-cook variations on this theme. I want crispy onion staws and blu cheese in the middle yuu-uu-uu-uu-mmm … now pardon me while I go find some strechy pants.
-FatOldGuy
Fogpig on February 2, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Dude! My friend sent me a link to the recipe BBQ Addicts put up around the end of December! They call it Burnt Finger BBQ! I sent the link to ALL my friends and basically said, ‘This is ALL I want for my 40th birthday in February!’ I think I have a few takers. Anyway, one friend sent me a link about it in the Food section of the NYT and it being a BIG internet thing. Now, AP has it up! AWESOME! is all I can say! You’ll find that this conservative woman loves PORK but, not just any PORK, Upper Scale Conservatives would call it Proscuitto, I just like to call it:
BACON, BACON, BACON, BACON!!!
And that pretty much explains my conservative roots, yep, can’t be a tofu, wheatgerm, soy milk hater with the full on jones for all things bacon and be liberal. ‘Nuff said.
Sultry Beauty on February 2, 2009 at 4:31 PM
At first I thought this was just blog filler, but then I realized it touched so many issues:
It could replace waterboarding at Gitmo.
It is a metaphor for the crap sandwich/divided by 1 trillion: Remove the pork and there’s very little left. But eat it and your dead.
Christian Conservative on February 2, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I just ate bacon. Now I want more bacon.
LickyLicky on February 2, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I bet this would be good with a pork loin (in place of the sausage)
CP on February 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Hm, I’m thinking of more potential variants of this. How about a bacon cheesburger explosion!?!
CP on February 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Looks better than a turduckin.
rivlax on February 2, 2009 at 5:14 PM
OMG! My arteries are clogging already. I’ve been trying to decide what to make my husband for Valentine’s Day dinner, as we decided to eat in this year.
I’ll serve my husband his fave with this dish- Arrogant Bastard. Somehow seems like it’ll just go well.
mauioriginal on February 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Please, don’t explain this anymore…
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Now you’re talkin my talk…that sounds incredible.
right2bright on February 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Like I said at SDA yesterday when I discovered this marvel, my dietician from the cardio-rehab clinic would have the internet turned off if she saw this beast ;-)
Jim708 on February 2, 2009 at 5:58 PM
If I can get the ice & snow off my grill this going on it this weekend!
Kevin in Southern Illinois on February 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Lol — If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear my dogs were at home on the internet commenting on HotAir. :)
Not that I disagree. Bacon and cheese do make everything better.
wytammic on February 2, 2009 at 6:03 PM
This is something you can eat once, maybe twice in your lifetime.
Nonfactor on February 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Love.
watson007 on February 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
***sob***
Sounds like a thing of beauty…***sigh***.
uncivilized on February 2, 2009 at 7:05 PM
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