Baconfest (long and lots of pron)

Buster Dog BBQ · 02-28-2010, 08:38 PM

mods, feel free to move if not the right area.

Saturday I went to the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival AKA Baconfest. 600 people gathered for the 3rd annual fest of everything bacon. It was held in Des Moines.

While we waited to get in they had beers you could buy. PBR, Coors, High Life and Miller Lite. Keep that in mind.

So waiting in the lobby we ran into bacon man

Then upon entering we were served a bacon bloody mary's made with Bakon flavored vodka and topped with fresh bacon bits.

And girls from the roller derby team (I had no idea one existed) were serving maple frosted doughnuts topped with bacon

Up close

Elvis sang the national anthem to kick things off

Pork producers such as Farmland, Vande Rose, Eden Prairie pork and others had trays of bacon you could eat. Each had about 2 chafing pans full at all times and this was open for four hours to help yourself to. I love bacon but you can only eat so much. Some people had such heaping piles of it.

Jason from BBQ Addicts prepped 60 Bacon Explosions for this and here he is parading the Bacon Explosion through the crowd.

Appetizers of bacon wrapped pineapple and appricots.

Pizza with cream cheese instead of sauce with bacon, sausage, roasted red pepper, onion, green pepper and jalepeno. Very rich and good.

Now onto deserts. This cupcake was great.
Chocolate Chip Pancake cupcake. Made with maple syrup and buttermilk topped with milk chocolate bacon buttercream. The brownie was so so.

Chocolate covered bacon with gourmet chocolate. So so i thought. bacon needed to be crispier and saltier.

Bacon Bananas Foster. Bananas were fried in a mixture including Templeton Rye whisky and topped with bacon. These were going so fast the line outside the kitchen was 10 deep. Only item that was not on platters going around with servers.

Maple Bacon Butter Pecan Ice Cream. Hand churned butter pecan with bacon mixed in.

I missed the bacon chocolate chip cookies and the bacon caramel pop corn but honestly I needed a gallon of water. All that cheap beer and all that bacon made for a perfect nap opportunity. Literally it was all you could eat bacon and this stuff was coming out about every 30 minutes not to mention the bacon buffet I showed earlier.

Ton of fun. Next year they think they will get 1500. The 600 tickets sold out in 20 min online.

pat · 02-28-2010, 08:59 PM

Nice pics BDog. That thing gets bigger every year.

Moose · 02-28-2010, 09:06 PM

Yikes! My arteries are hardening just looking at those pics!

BobBrisket · 02-28-2010, 09:46 PM

WOW!! I'd like to give all o dat a try!

bigabyte · 02-28-2010, 09:49 PM

Wow! Someday i want to go there!

Vince B · 02-28-2010, 09:51 PM

Does anyone else feel that bacon might be the next replacement for salt and pepper?

Gore · 02-28-2010, 09:59 PM

Looks like a LOT of fun! Hope they're heading my direction.

caliking · 02-28-2010, 10:01 PM

Lived in Iowa City from 2006 to 2009... just moved last August. Wish I had known about Baconfest I, II.

Guess I will have to live vicariously... those donuts look tasty!

KuyasKitchen · 02-28-2010, 10:05 PM

Wow, insane. Thanks for the pics!

slowerlowerbbq · 02-28-2010, 10:05 PM

Ah yes, the power of bacon. Just goes to show that bacon really DOES make everything better.

iamthewreckingcrew · 03-01-2010, 01:12 AM

Man, I wish I had known about this. Gotta make plans for next year.

sdb25 · 03-01-2010, 01:16 AM

I'd hit that.

TrustTheDust · 03-01-2010, 08:43 AM

I am so glad someone was there to document this! i almost purchased tickets, but decided to hold off because of some impending travel. looks like a fun time.

likeadeere · 03-01-2010, 10:58 AM

wow, I've done water chestnuts wrapped in bacon. But pineapple?!! I am so there. Who woulda thunk it?

ChiefOsceola · 03-01-2010, 10:59 AM

The only thing that could've made those pics better is more bacon!

02-28-2010, 08:38 PM	#1
Buster Dog BBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-20-08 Location: Clive, IA	Baconfest (long and lots of pron) mods, feel free to move if not the right area. Saturday I went to the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival AKA Baconfest. 600 people gathered for the 3rd annual fest of everything bacon. It was held in Des Moines. While we waited to get in they had beers you could buy. PBR, Coors, High Life and Miller Lite. Keep that in mind. So waiting in the lobby we ran into bacon man Then upon entering we were served a bacon bloody mary's made with Bakon flavored vodka and topped with fresh bacon bits. And girls from the roller derby team (I had no idea one existed) were serving maple frosted doughnuts topped with bacon Up close Elvis sang the national anthem to kick things off Pork producers such as Farmland, Vande Rose, Eden Prairie pork and others had trays of bacon you could eat. Each had about 2 chafing pans full at all times and this was open for four hours to help yourself to. I love bacon but you can only eat so much. Some people had such heaping piles of it. Jason from BBQ Addicts prepped 60 Bacon Explosions for this and here he is parading the Bacon Explosion through the crowd. Appetizers of bacon wrapped pineapple and appricots. Pizza with cream cheese instead of sauce with bacon, sausage, roasted red pepper, onion, green pepper and jalepeno. Very rich and good. Now onto deserts. This cupcake was great. Chocolate Chip Pancake cupcake. Made with maple syrup and buttermilk topped with milk chocolate bacon buttercream. The brownie was so so. Chocolate covered bacon with gourmet chocolate. So so i thought. bacon needed to be crispier and saltier. Bacon Bananas Foster. Bananas were fried in a mixture including Templeton Rye whisky and topped with bacon. These were going so fast the line outside the kitchen was 10 deep. Only item that was not on platters going around with servers. Maple Bacon Butter Pecan Ice Cream. Hand churned butter pecan with bacon mixed in. I missed the bacon chocolate chip cookies and the bacon caramel pop corn but honestly I needed a gallon of water. All that cheap beer and all that bacon made for a perfect nap opportunity. Literally it was all you could eat bacon and this stuff was coming out about every 30 minutes not to mention the bacon buffet I showed earlier. Ton of fun. Next year they think they will get 1500. The 600 tickets sold out in 20 min online. __________________ FEC-100 Right Handed, FEC-100 Left Handed, Large BGE x2, Mini BGE Buster Dog BBQ - [url]http://www.busterdogbbq.com[/url]

02-28-2010, 08:59 PM	#2
pat is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 01-21-08 Location: Des Moines, IA	Nice pics BDog. That thing gets bigger every year. __________________ Smokers Purgatory Have you tried Simply Marvelous Rubs yet?? Backwoods Party Ole Hickory CTO Large Big Green Egg WSM X 2 Weber Performer

02-28-2010, 09:06 PM	#3
Moose somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-12-08 Location: Gallatin, TN Name/Nickname : Richard	Yikes! My arteries are hardening just looking at those pics! __________________ Moose *Showcase Your Cooking in the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns!* 2017's "Mayo Explosion" The 2022 Steak Cooking Controversy: Follow the Science! Check out my blog: www.mooseonfire.com

02-28-2010, 09:46 PM	#4
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02-28-2010, 09:49 PM	#5
bigabyte somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Overland Fark, KS	Wow! Someday i want to go there! __________________ Asshattatron Farkanaut, CGCFO Chief Galactic Crockpot Foil Officer *Certified MOINK Baller & IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Judge #0003 - Are you MOINK Certified?* *Sole recipient of the Silverfinger and fingerlickin Awards!* Don't forget about the Throwdown Thingies! The Secret Squirrel Society doesn't exist - Zero Club Duh.

02-28-2010, 09:51 PM	#6
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02-28-2010, 09:59 PM	#7
Gore Phizzy Join Date: 10-05-08 Location: Hiding out from blood suck ghost snake gods, Nazis and scrap iron chefs trying to harvest body parts Name/Nickname : Gore (surprise!)	Looks like a LOT of fun! Hope they're heading my direction. __________________ Assistant to a Mad BBQ Scientist (and a squirrel): Primo Oval XL, Small Offset, Gasser, Optigrill, UBS "I love everything about the pig, even the way she walks." -- Spanish proverb (\__/) (='.'=) This is the rabbit baby. Invests him in yours signature, (")_(") and the help rabbit baby takes over control of the world! Hmmmm, I wonder, WWGALD? Avatar courtesy of Grillman and NorthwestBBQ Promoted by Bigabyte to "Idiot #1" , and dubbed "Phizzy" by Sir Ron.

02-28-2010, 10:01 PM	#8
caliking is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-13-10 Location: Houston, TX	Lived in Iowa City from 2006 to 2009... just moved last August. Wish I had known about Baconfest I, II. Guess I will have to live vicariously... those donuts look tasty! __________________ [FONT=Arial Narrow][B]EZ wood handled 3 wheeler \| OTS \| OTS mod to OTG \| [COLOR=red]Ladybug[/COLOR] SS Performer \| UglyDrumTandoor \| UDS v1 \| midi UDS with [COLOR=red]red[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]nipples[/COLOR] \| SJG smoker mod \| Simpsons SJS \| [COLOR=black]Simpsons[/COLOR] OTG \| WGA charcoal \| SJP \| Stacked brick WFO \| Lodge Logic Sportsman's Grill cast iron hibachi/sigri \| [COLOR=green]LBGE \| sbge \| [SIZE="1"]mini bge[/SIZE] [/COLOR] [/B][/FONT]

02-28-2010, 10:05 PM	#9
KuyasKitchen is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 11-27-08 Location: Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines	Wow, insane. Thanks for the pics! __________________ James Kuya's Kitchen - my culinary adventures in the rural Philippines IMBAS Certified MOINK Baller Equipment: Weber Kettle, Stainless GOSM, Green Super-Fast Thermapen Equipment Wish List: Smokehouse, Backyard Brick Pit with Lechon Spit

02-28-2010, 10:05 PM	#10
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03-01-2010, 01:12 AM	#11
iamthewreckingcrew Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 05-06-09 Location: Burlington, IA	Man, I wish I had known about this. Gotta make plans for next year. __________________ Chargriller Super Pro, UDS(Pig Destroyer)

03-01-2010, 01:16 AM	#12
sdb25 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-03-09 Location: Long Beach, CA	I'd hit that. __________________ -elbows deep in someone else's misery.

03-01-2010, 08:43 AM	#13
TrustTheDust Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-29-09 Location: Prairie Village, KS	I am so glad someone was there to document this! i almost purchased tickets, but decided to hold off because of some impending travel. looks like a fun time. __________________ [URL="http://www.twitter.com/TrustTheDust"]@TrustTheDust[/URL] Bubba's Que Crew KCBS CBJ A Super Fast Orange Weber-310 UDS Smoking Grill Pen

03-01-2010, 10:58 AM	#14
likeadeere is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-17-09 Location: Mesa, Wa	wow, I've done water chestnuts wrapped in bacon. But pineapple?!! I am so there. Who woulda thunk it?

03-01-2010, 10:59 AM	#15
ChiefOsceola On the road to being a farker Join Date: 02-03-10 Location: Douglas, GA	The only thing that could've made those pics better is more bacon! __________________ Proud new Papa of an UGLY drum smoker!