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IS SOLD OUT!!! Thanks big time to all you lucky ticket holderzzzz!!!! Oct 17 4PM at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn ! Things got pretty crazy after the first ever Bacon Takedown last year… Bacon blew up. The Bacon … Continue reading →

This is the 3rd year in a row the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens have DEMANDED the Takedown come back for this epic day of Chile Pepper Worship!  10,000 people swarm the lawns and gardens, to find out about the chile pepper: … Continue reading →

Is you guys serious??? Turns out, alchemy is REAL in New Orleans.  People there know how to cook. They also know how to drink, and they showed me how, which is why I’m a little tardy with this particular bacon … Continue reading →

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 →

300 lbs of lamb recipes arrived at Thirsty Bear, and leveled the place.  All attendees are sleeping now because of the  19 different recipes, all perfect… There were some winners, but there were no losers. THANKS to Thirsty Bear, and … Continue reading →

Still a few spots left in the SF Lamb Takedown!!! Sign up now and I can get you 15lbs of lamb to work with!!!!! Prizes from Wusthof, Anolon, and Microplane!!! Buy tickets and get info here! See you all down … 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 →