Here's an update on the bacon explosion guys, Aaron Chronister and Jason Day. The two amateur barbecue enthusiasts' recipe for bacon-stuffed-in-sausage-stuffed-in-bacon took the Internet by storm, landing them on the pages of the New York Times and with a six-figure book deal.
Since then, countless people have tried to make the bacon explosion. But the original was smoked for hours, and because many people don't own smokers they tried to make it on grills and in ovens with varying degrees of success.
To help solve the problem, Chronister and Day are now selling a "fully smoked heat and eat" version on their Web site, BBQ Addicts. It's packaged in Missouri and shipped in dried ice.
"We wanted to release it in time for the Fourth of July," Chronister explained, "but it took a month and a half to get the USDA approval and we missed by a couple days. But hey, there is still Labor Day."
Since these packaged bacon explosion is already smoked and cooked, it doesn't need fancy equipment.
"All they've got to do is put them on the grill or in the oven or even
the microwave and they're completely smoked and ready to go," Chronister said. "I've been
making mine in the oven because there's still some fat on them and on
the grill it could catch fire. But grill works fine."
The bacon
explosion retails for $17.99 for a half (feeds six) and $29.99 for
a whole (feeds 10-12). Chronister and Day are also working on getting the explosion into grocery
stores and elsewhere including a famous barbecue restaurant. "The restaurant is very well-known ... it has
multiple locations and people will be able to go in and just pick one
right up."
They're halfway through writing their book, Barbecue Makes Everything Better, which is about "taking everyday recipes and making barbecue versions of
them." And they will release a version of their burnt finger rub.
They've
both kept their days jobs, but the bacon explosion takes up the rest of their time, Chronister said. "We work 24/7. Especially this packaging and with
the USDA ... we're counting on people liking it and I believe they will."
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I bet there's some regulations with shipping a meat product through the mail. In the grand scheme of things, $20 isn't all that bad to have a dry ice package rush delivered to your doorstep.
I just saw on Twitter that tomorrow morning Channel 9 will be annoucing the first KC store to carry the Bacon Explosion.
Is there anywhere in KC you can purchase this? The shipping & handling on PayPal is outrageous.
I'm ordering the Bacon Explosion for a party later this summer. Can't wait to try it!
I agree! I've had the packaged one and I was lucky enough to have one that was hand-crafted by the Bacon Explosion creators. I really couldn't tell any difference! They even won over my wife (who called it a heart-attack in the making) and my 6 year-old daughter (who addressed her dinner by saying, "alright you ugly little hamburger"). Once they tried it, they both went back for seconds are already talking about when we are going to have it again.
I had one of the pre packaged BE. They are just as good as the ones you do in your smoker if not better. These guys seem to have perfected what they do in their backyard into a mass production. A lot of times when mass production is implmented you lose something, not this great tasting treat!
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