Awesome Bacon

While we’re more than happy to go with the Martha Stewart’s perfect bacon cooking method, there are lots of other ways to prepare delectably smoky, sliced pork belly. Bon Appétit’s Amiel Stanek offers up 50 different methods for cooking the artery-clogging treat, some more successful than others.

Inspired by a Tik Tok video by RJ the Magician, Vegan chef Sauce Stache wanted to see if the faux bacon he showed off really tasted like the smoky meat. The recipe involves soaking thin strips of bread in sauces and spices then pan-frying them. Of course, you’ve just traded fats and protein for fats and carbs.

There’s nothing quite like the smell of sizzling bacon in the morning (or anytime, really.) But what happens if you run out and don’t want to wait for Instacart to show up? Glennz’s tasty t-shirt design envisions a machine we totally want in our kitchen – a desktop machine that prints bacon strips on demand.

While some might consider it sacrilegious to make bacon out of anything other than pork belly, we still very much enjoyed watching Tabitha Brown’s delightful recipe video for a vegetarian bacon substitute made from carrots, liquid smoke, maple syrup, and other seasonings.

Enjoy a complete four-course breakfast buffet featuring two strips of bacon, a glazed strawberry/coconut doughnut, and maple waffle-flavored suckers, thanks to the guys over at Vat19. Candy. It’s part of a nutritious breakfast!

While you could wrap up your credit cards and cash in actual bacon, that would not only make a greasy mess, but you’d probably end up eating it pretty quickly. This recycled paper wallet only features a realistic image of the delicious smoky meat, so it’s far less messy.

Who says food doesn’t belong in the swimming pool? Float your cares away with some delicious high protein grub on these amusing bacon and egg pool rafts from Kangaroo. A 90″ strip of bacon and a 63″ serving of fried eggs should more than satisfy any hunger.

Bacon is one of the most delicious foods on the planet, but it’s difficult to cook properly and without making a mess. This kitchen gadget perfectly cooks up to six strips of bacon on a non-stick grille, keeping it from shriveling up, and catching all the grease in a tidy drip tray.

The latest proof that everything is better with bacon – this sweet and savory combo that replaces the flour shell of this traditional Italian desert with smoky and fatty strips of pork. Bacon + ricotta + chocolate chips = yum. Full recipe on Thrillist, by Perry Santanachote.

A man called Britain’s emergency services number (999) demanding that police come arrest his girlfriend because… uhm… her cat ate his bacon. Seriously. Oh, and he also wanted the cat thrown in the slammer too.

“So Much ‘Murica Now!” There’s really not a bad time for fatty, smoky, delicious bacon. Though the firing range wouldn’t be the first place we’d think of cooking a strip. That didn’t stop Dustin Ellermann from giving it a go on his M16’s muzzle.

Join Bacon Freak’s Bacon of the Month Club and you’ll get about 2 lbs. of bacon every month. You’ll get different flavors and you can customize the type of bacon you want (gluten-free, no pepper, etc.). US & Canada only.

To promote Hormel’s Black Label bacon, CS Engineering modified a TRACK T-800 CDI to make it run on bacon. Or at least biodiesel made from bacon grease. The best part? Evidently, the bike’s fumes smell like bacon.

Enjoy bacon anywhere, anytime with Go Bacon, preserved bacon strips made in California. It’s available in original or sriracha flavor. You can also subscribe to get one or three packs of Go Bacon every month.

Celebrate Independence from healthy arteries with Slaters 50/50’s 4th of July special, a burger pressed from 100% ground bacon, dressed with an egg, bacon island dressing, bacon cheddar cheese, and set onto a bacon pretzel bun.

Dunkin Donuts gives us one more reason to stop at their drive-thru after going out on a bender, with this fried egg and bacon sandwich, stuffed inside glazed donut. Surprisingly, it has only 360 calories, thanks to its lack of cheese.