Well, I had a party yesterday that I dubbed the 2009 Bacon Beer Fest.

The point??

Well, everything that someone brought to eat had to have Bacon as an Ingredient.  With that, you had to bring a six pack of an off brand beer that you like and put it into a communal tub of ice.  Then everyone could pick one out to try of something that you haven't tried before.

Needless to say, there was a LOT of good food and beer to try.

The menu?  Well, here was a sampling of what was brought over to the house.

Bacon BBQ Beans
Bacon dipped in chocolate
Maple Bacon Fudge.
Bacon Dip
A Cheese and Bacon Pasta Bake
Maple bacon wrapped water chestnuts with a brown sugar glaze
Bacon potato salad
Bacon Explosion.
Bacon Injected Smoked Chicken
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies.
home-made bite-sized bacon cheeseburgers
scallops wrapped in bacon
Atomic buffalo turds
Minnesota Creamed Corn with Bacon
Chicken bites wrapped in Bacon with a brown sugar glaze.

So, what did I make?  Well I'm glad that you asked…from above the Bacon Injected Smoked Chicken and Bacon Explosion are the two that I made.  The bacon Bites is what Peanut made.

Here's some pictures for your enjoyment of how to make Bacon Explosion.

I picked up some Bacon and Sausage from my Butcher!

You start by weaving ten slices of thick cut bacon.  I had my butcher slice off some apple smoked bacon about 1/8th inch thick.

Then season it with your favorite rub.

Then you cover that with Italian Sausage

Then, what the hell, fry up some more bacon and crumble it on top of the sausage.

After that, you cover it with more rub and then a little BBQ sauce.

I did two, the second one I did I added some Sharp Cheddar Cheese.

After that, roll it up.

Then you want to cover it with the bacon.

Add another round of rub!

Then onto the Smoker they go!

It only needs about 2-1/2 hours, but where I was doing two and a chicken I left them on the smoker for about four hours.  I used a mix of Cherry and Apple wood…

Once they come off I let them rest and they were ready to eat!

Here's a snot of the Atomic Buffalo Turds!

Those are smoked jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese, lil smokies and wrapped with Bacon!

And the best thing of the night…I'm telling you the biggest hit was dessert.

Cholocate Covered Bacon.

OH, and the chicken??

I did that with an injection I made using the drippings from frying up a pound of Bacon.  Some Kosher Salt, Heuy's seasoning, Garlic and Onion Powder.

Then I rubbed it with Bacon Salt.

Then on the smoker..

It was really good.  IT was more like a Brine Injection…and it was so moist that you could cut it with a spoon!

I used Bud Light Lime for the Beer in the can!  After doing hundreds of Beer Can Chickens, I found that Miller and Bud Lights make the best chickens.  I think that it's because they are so watery…is that right?  Watery? LOL!

OH, and Honey in the Injection…sorry.. I forgot that..I used a half cup of the stuff.

Dude…you seriously need your own cooking show. Every time you post pics of stuff you make it looks ridiculously good.

You and Jen should team up and create a show. lol

Hrm. What could we name it? 

That looks amazing!

Someone told me that in the Islamic religion, you can't have bacon or beer.

If you take bacon and beer away from me, I wouldn't hesitate to fly a plane in to a fucking building!

Rock on, Brother C-pher!

Maple Bacon Fudge…Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

<full body shudder>

Don't get me wrong…I love bacon!  But….

However, I completely agree with Dean about you and Jen and a cooking show!!!

Taz, you would be suprised.  Do you like Chocolate Covered Pretzels?  Same Concept.

Savory/Sweet!

IT works so much better than you could ever imagine. 

Mmmmm….looks yummy. You know what's funny? I almost made bacon wrapped chicken yesterday. Only problem was the bacon was still frozen.

Here's an idea for the next party, C-pher.

<click> Invited!

I'd like to PORK that.

*chuckles at own stupid pun*

Ten bucks says this gal's in to see me in a week with some weird itching or other in her nether regions.

LOL!

Ewwwwwww

bad david…lol

Damn, C-ph, I practically had a heart attack just looking at those pictures.  I'm not a big bacon fan, though…

Here's a little something that might be good to get you through the winter, C-pher.

Jenn, I lol'd…. hard…. all the while echoing Richard's ewwww.

sorry. that's just gross… and I think I mean both, lol.