I may have crossed a line

[tallgrant]

I'm going to a baconfest event this weekend. All of the food features bacon in some way.

I wanted to go over the top this year, so I'm doing the unhealthiest thing I've ever heard of. It's called bacon explosion. I'm taking a pound of Italian sausage, topping it with crispy bacon bits, adding barbeque sauce and some spices. Then I roll the sucker up and wrap it in a latticework of bacon and smoke it for 3 hours.

The website that gave me the recipe says it's over 5000 calories. I'm inclined to believe it.

 

[GemStateJim]

I think someone posted a thread with pictures on that a while back, except the ingredients might have been slightly different (I don't recall Italian sausage in that version).

Let me know how it turns out. I'll enjoy it vicariously.

 

[South Austin]

I felt my ateries harden just reading that. Please post pictures.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Here's a version we did a few days ago.

1 Lb log Jimmy Dean Hot Pork Sausage.
Pepper Jack and Sharp Cheddar blend.
Thick-cut, Maple Bacon.

About 4 hours on the off-set smoker @ 200, using a combo of mesquite, pecan and apple wood.

 

[accuratehorn]

You are just going into training...for the State Fair of Texas OU weekend.

 

[GemStateJim]

Brickbats to any and all using maple bacon. That stuff is fit for a Yankee, perhaps, or for children--at breakfast! ... but any self-respecting Texan should know better.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

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[stina]

I was born and raised in Texas. I have spent fewer than 2 years total outside of Texas in my entire 50 years on the planet. Sweet bacon is not a Texas thing., just in case someone wanted an 'expert" opinion.

 

[tallgrant]

MAy get more photos for the prep up tomorrow but here's the finished product:

 

[GemStateJim]

So how did it taste? Was the end result worth the time, materials, and effort? Will you be cooking the Bacon Explosion again? And are there any "cross section" photos?

 

[DallasCowpoke]

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[RayDog]

I do a variation I call a pork bomb. Bacon mat on the outside, a layer of pork sausage, a layer of ground pork and a tube of chorizo in the middle. It is amazing and looks great on a plate.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

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That's like a trailer park version of Turducken.

 

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[UTEE]

I've done something similiar, I just call it pig-stuffed pig-wrapped pig.

 

[stina]

DallasC, I applaud you for knowing what you like and I salute your 4 generations in Texas. My family is working on the 6th generation, of which I would be part of the 5th, owning the same 480 acres in Texas and on that piece of land, Maple does not grow. Still, having a sweet tooth is not foreign to Texans so, I get it. Import the Maple bacon and wrap that stuff up.