Category Archives: Bacon Takedown

Don’t MISS OUT ON THE VARSITY YUMMINESS!!! This Sunday at Howlin Wolf, 3PM!   Here’s all the info! There’s still some room for some contestants, so EMAIL ME to enter! Or buy super cheap tickets here for all-you-can-eat bacon!!!! SEE … Continue reading →

Chicago is the greatest. No, really.  Cars don’t honk. People wave.  And bacon is brilliantly enabled in genius-type ways!!!! What DIDN’T we see at the Chicago Bacon Takedown???? There were toffees, jams, empanadas…  I was most flumuxed!!!! Buh.  Thanks big … Continue reading →

3 SPOTS OPEN! EMAIL ME TO ENTER!!!! TICKETS  $15 to come try all that BACON!!!! AVAILABLE HERE!!!! CALL FOR COMPETITORS! The New Orleans Bacon Takedown is coming to Howlin’ Wolf, September 19th at 3PM!!! We’re looking for 20 cooks to … Continue reading →

1 SPOT LEFT SO EMAIL ME and YOU CAN COMPETE!!! FREE TO ENTER!!! OR JUST BUY A TICKET AND COME ON DOWN!!! Chicago: show no mercy. I want to see your bacon recipes!!!  Sept 11 1:30PM at Lincoln Hall, we … Continue reading →

Man, did we eat a lot of bacon today or WHAT!!!??? Who knew the Twin Cities – hometown to Hormel – would kick so much beehynde?  I did! I swear I did! The people are super laid back- but also … Continue reading →

Holy mother of porky wowzers!!!! Houston, you body-slammed me, you demons from hell!!!!  What a fun time!!!!  Here’s the winners! Thanks for all the ultra-violence, you guys! Many people were slaughtered on Sunday, and they all lived to tell the … Continue reading →

Zoom on over, Houston!!! This Sunday!!! May 16th at Warehouse Live. 4PM!  Try 20 different recipes from loca Houston cooks!!!Vote on your most favorite!!!  Can’t wait to meet everybody- this Bacon Takedown will one day rule the earth… And remember … Continue reading →

COMPETITOR LIST IS NOW CLOSED! You can still get on the waiting list if you so choose! People sometimes drop out, so competing is still a happy posibility! COMPETITOR LIST IS NOW CLOSED! You can still get on the waiting … Continue reading →

Great SCOTT! It’s impossible to gauge how much blood was let at this particular bloodletting, but all Bostonians now agree: the takedown is a SMASH WIZZ SUPER HIT!!!! This Sunday at Great Scott, the world-famous Chili Takedown set up shop … Continue reading →

Thank you to all the 17 cooks who showed up with barrels of tofu food, each one a warrior vying for Takedown Glory! Thank you  Highline Ballroom!!! This takedown was amazing- definitely favoring the sweet over the savory- definitely savoring … Continue reading →