Blue Ribbon Baconfest - Des Moines, IA

The 2nd Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines, IA begins this weekend.  The day long tribute to bacon kicks off at 10am today with bacon bloody mary’s and caps off with a 3:30p bacon eating contest.  Though the agenda contains lectures such as “Baconology part II”, it looks more like an opportunity to drink beer and eat bacon.

I wonder if the “Bacon Press” will be there to cover the event.  LOL!  Mr. Bacon Pants will be there.   Jason Mosley, Mr BP, joined the organizers to help promote and coordinate this year’s event.

Jason and Aaron from BBQ Addicts were invited to share the Bacon Explosion with the hundreds of Bacon Festival participants.  The guys are preparing 30 Bacon Explosions so that everyone can have a “healthy” sample.  In addition to some tasty smoked bacon and sausage, folks will get to taste some Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub and Blues Hog BBQ Sauce.  Jason and Aaron grabbed a few cases of Yardbird Rub and Blues Hog pints to take with them to use for their samples and sell to festival goers.  Here’s a picture taken at the event this morning.  Looking forward to a full recap at BBQ Addicts when the guys are back.