I went to Wendy’s this afternoon, I had to try their “Baconator” – in the name of science, bacon, and all that is awesome.

It was like when I found out that Santa Claus wasn’t real.

All the ingredients were there, but they didn’t look like the advertisement photos and they tasted like greasy sadness.

This type of thing is also why I will never go on dating websites or get a mail-order bride: rarely is anything as awesome as its marketing photo.

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I love bacon.
And I love sticking things in the microwave.
My new friend: the WowBacon Microwave Bacon Cooker.

And the instructions are an amazing read on their own.

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Proof that bacon is so awesome that even lettuce will eat it.
This is Wendy’s “Baconator” being attacked by lettuce.
One of many clever corporately-developed-yet-indie-looking web advertisement videos.

(via Marketing Daily, via Advertising Age)

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Everybody loves bacon (the meat of the Gods).
And now we can bathe with bacony goodness.

This should be viewed as more of a jackass experiment than a “how to” by a soapmaking expert. I just wanted to see if it was possible to make soap from bacon fat.

The bonus challenge: make the soap look like bacon.

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UPDATE:
We made it into vol. 18 of Make: Magazine!! Sweet!!

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How I Made Bacon Fat Soap:
Supplies
• Bacon fat
• 100% Lye (sodium hydroxide)
• Purified water and ice
• Liquid Smoke (optional fragrance)
• Red food coloring (optional coloring)
• Stove
• Pyrex baking pan
• Chemical/solvent/heat resistant plastic bowl
• Measuring cup
• Cotton cloth or paper towels
• Wooden (or stainless steel) spoon
• Rubber gloves and goggles
• Metal can
• 1 cigarette

(the rest after the jump)

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Thanks to UltraMagnus for the heads up on this great bacon find: the Wake-N-Bacon Alarm clock!

Almost certainly the greatest feat of bacon engineering to date, the Wake-N-Bacon is  “an alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell and sizzle of cooking bacon” because “no one likes to wake up, especially to an alarm.”  Check out how it works here:

Though the Wake-N-Bacon appears to not currently be for sale to the public, you can most likely email Matty of Mathlete.com for a quote.

Also, become a fan of Bacon on Facebook! And to all Facebookers, check out our “weekly” featured bacon product, and send us a note if you find anything we haven’t yet covered!

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Wendy’s has created the answer to the question:
“How much meaty awesomeness can fit into a single burger?!?”

Behold the burger of the Carnivore Gods: The Baconator.

It’s like a farm in between two buns: two 1/4 lb. burgers with six strips of hickory smoked bacon.

This is the Banana Oreos of the burger world.
Mmmmm.
Bacon.

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Palo Alto, CA.

Pampas – a new Brazilian churrasco restaurant.

Dessert menu item: “chocolate torte served with caramel ice cream, crème fraiche sauce, bacon Brazil nut toffee, smoked sea salt.”

Consulting Executive Pastry Chef: Marisa Churchill

The toffee is a nice blend – far better than other bacon chocolate combinations I’ve tried in the past – a good balance of texture (Brazil nuts and bacon) with pleasant sweetness (chocolate and toffee) and the finish of salty and smokey umami (bacon).

Overall Bacony Goodness Score: ***** 5/5

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