Are we “Bacon” you Hungry?

Maybe you think of it as a simple breakfast side dish or a burger topping. Maybe you’ve ventured outside these boundaries and turned it into an hor d'oeuvre or a dessert. Whatever the case, it’s undeniable that America loves bacon.

 

  

I mean, consider the numbers.

  

The typical American meat-eater consumes roughly 18 pounds of bacon a year. Translated to the whole of the nation, that’s over 5.6 BILLION pounds devoured in total.

 

So clearly, our collective love affair with bacon is pretty serious. Here at Grand Champion Meats, it goes without saying we’re fans - and that’s why, all last month, we’ve been celebrating the joys of bacon with special deals!

  

  

Before we get into all of that, did you know…

• Of the roughly 5 billion pounds of bacon eaten in the US each year, approximately 1.7 billion are consumer in restaurants.
• Bacon contains a property called umami - a certain food quality so appealing, it actually triggers neurological responses in our brains, making us crave more.
• The recipe for a bacon cologne (yes, you read that correctly) was created by a French chemist in 1920.
• Bacon is nearly ancient; in fact, there’s evidence of the Chinese salting and curing strips of pork circa 1500 BC.
• Studies show that pregnant women who make bacon part (not all) of their diets tend to have healthier pregnancies and deliver more robust children.
• 53% of all American households claim to have bacon waiting in their refrigerators at all times.

 

So, that’s a snapshot of some of the more unknown qualities of America’s favorite breakfast meat. There’s a lot more to be found - I mean, these days, bacon even has it’s very own television programming.

Here at Grand Champion Meats, we’re ready to help you get your bacon fix, here are 11 types of bacon we make. You can choose from:

 

*Hickory Smoked Bacon

*Pepper Bacon

*Beef Bacon

*Homestyle Cottage Bacon

*Thick Sliced Bacon

*Apple Cinnamon Bacon

*Raspberry Chipotle Bacon

*Honey Glazed Bacon

*Maple Bacon

Got a style of bacon that’s a particular favorite? Anything you do differently with bacon that you’d like to share? Leave us a comment and tell us about it!

Bring on the Ribs

Each month at Grand Champion Meats, we have a monthly special, and for the month of March, it’s time to bib up because Ribfest is here!

All month long, Grand Champion Meats has ribs on sale! Some are fully cooked (heat and eat) and some raw, but all are on SALE:

So what is Ribfest? It’s one type of food festival that generally has multiple food vendors selling beef or pork ribs. There are plenty of food festivals that take place around the United States throughout the year, but there’s nothing quite like eating a variety of ribs. Reader’s Digest featured the top ten summer food festivals in the United States, and one rib festival made the list. The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off takes place in Sparks, Nevada, August 31st-September 5th and attracts half a million rib-lovers. Over the course of the festival, roughly 100 tons of ribs are served! Crazy, we know, but that’s only one startling statistic. Another amazing highlight of this specific festival is the rib-eating tournament that takes place in which participants have 12 minutes to eat as many pounds of ribs as they can - the record is 9.8 pounds!

Although they may not be as crazy as The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off, there are a number of Ribfests that take place in Minnesota each year as well including the Twins Cities Ribfest that will take place this June. As much as we would like it to be June to enjoy some delicious ribs, we can help you get your tastebuds ready for the upcoming rib festivals with our Ribfest March specials!

Stop in to try one or all of the options listed above, and keep your bib on all March long!