The Bacon Explosion Returns

[islandpiper]

Built the Bacon Explosion tonight. Here's the story.

First, fry up a good gob of thick bacon, crispy.

While that frys, weave your other bacon, I used 6 x 5 here.

Season it well with what ever spices and rubs you like. This has some soul seasoning and some of our home made rib rub.
Then spread the two pounds of Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage on it.

Add the fried bacon, crunched up a little.

And then more soul and rib rub and some good gobs of your favorite BBQ sauce.

And roll it up, just the sausage, trying to seal it in if possible.

Then, roll it back, this time with the bacon, and sort of seal it up, knitting the ends if you can, and Plastic Wrap for a sleep in the fridge.

On Saturday, we'll put this on the smoker with some pecan wood and let it go for a couple hours, till it is 165 degrees inside, and then pull it out for a good coat of BBQ sauce and back in to set the sauce for a while.

I'll be the one fighting off the pioneers who want to be first to sample this.

piper

 

[seedtick]

YEAH!

 

[Bellybuster]

I did a couple of these last year for a party and they were a huge hit. I've found the key is using a mild neutral sausage, I did mine with italian sausage and it overpowered the bacon side.
These were followed up with a desert of bacon candy

 

[hairymick]

Geez Piper!

I can feel my arteries clogging up now. Me & Miss Evie Gonna do this one Sat nite. :mrgreen:

 

[Kayak Jack]

Mick, try to drain some of the grease off it. Useful for lubing wheels and axles on covered wagons n such.

 

[islandpiper]

If you cook it in the smoker the fat will all drain off anyway, leaving it dry like a pork roast.

I've made them several times and never had a greasy one. If you bake it in a pan then it very well might be greasy.

Have fun with it. I've always wanted to see if they are good the next day, like for breakfast, but i've never had one last on the plate for more than 5 minutes or so. Thus, NO LEFTOVERS.

piper

 

[hairymick]

Mate, will probly do it in the webber.

 

[islandpiper]

I make them in the big smoker, 2 1/2 hours at 225 degrees F or so. Send me a little slice off the end so I can see if you did it right. Overnight by FedEx shouldn't be that pricey.

piper

 

[BEARS BUDDY]

Mick, Piper did this for the Rendezvous in April. It is great.

 

[islandpiper]

Bear's Buddy: you actually got some? You are ahead of me, I was looking the other way and it disappeared. piper

 

[Kayak Jack]

I missed it too. Some damned bully was shoving stuffed jalapenos down my throat. I think it was Baldy Cypress? Scoundrel!!

 

[BEARS BUDDY]

Bear's Buddy: you actually got some? You are ahead of me, I was looking the other way and it disappeared. piper

There were some small fragments left when I managed to get through the mob at the table. :mrgreen:

 

[a Bald Cypress]

Never got a sniff of the bacon.

Did get a couple o the peppers tho so I guess it all evens out. :wink:

 

[islandpiper]

OK, next year, God willing, we'll make SEVERAL bacon explosions. Really no more work to make 2-3 than it is to make one.

In retrospect, i have begun to wonder just WHERE all that went.......hmmm......haven't heard from Jdupre' yet. I wonder if there's a picture of his plate any where. Or Wannabe......

I might better make it once or twice, "just to keep in practice" sometime before the next Rendezvous.

piper

 

[Kayak Jack]

Notice that Keith and Seedtick have remained coyly quiet?

 

[Wannabe]

Notice that Keith and Seedtick have remained coyly quiet?

I noticed that also Jack. I will admit to getting one itty bitty slice and it was heaven. Thanks again Piper.
Bob

 

[jdupre']

Yep, elbowed my way through all the crumb-snatchers and got me a half a slice. Well worth the fight.

Joey

 

[seedtick]

I was only involved in quality control - you know the testing to be sure it was OK before letting anyone else have any, lest they get sick from some horrible malady

it's an awesome burden to have to taste the first piece


that's my story and i'm sticking to it

 

[Kayak Jack]

Well, then that's OK, Seedtick. QC is important, to ensure that rations are OK for the working troops to eat. I was afraid you'd stomped Joey and Jerry just to get to the head of the line. :wink:

 

[islandpiper]

Make paying bills fun. Or send a letter to your Aunt in Kalamazoo. Try these:

http://www.jdfoods.net/products/mmmvelopes.php

There's a whole BACON WORLD out there. thank goodness.

piper