"baconator" news and stories

This decade has been a Golden Age for the fast-food industry, even though the new century hasn't been kind: The Nacho Cheese/Beefy Goodness/Deep-Fry Vat Complex has been blamed for America's obesity.

The industry has been forced to display calorie counts on menus and switch to trans-fat oils. Books have been written revealing the unseemly side of the quick-eats business.

Yet the fast-food industry has thrived, heralding a Renaissance of budget-friendly cuisine engineered to be portable, comforting and tasty. It's nosh scientifically designed to please your brain's pleasure centers.

In solidarity with the upward and outward growth of fast-food chain mega-burger offerings (and hence, the munching public), Wendy's has introduced a multi-meat menu item called The Baconator. The website describes it as, "Six strips of hickory smoked bacon piled high atop two 1/4 lb.* patties of fresh, never frozen, beef. Complete with two slices of American cheese, mayo and ketchup for a mountain of mouth-watering taste." I describe that as "daunting".


Brooklyn's Ali D., my operative in the fast food field (and, thank goodness for her arteries and digestive system, a yoga instructor) reported today's Baconator Lunch to be, "An unbelievably tasty and well-balanced sandwich. Equal hits of bacon, beef, and cheese. Yum!" and her post-consumption state as "PMS-ing, bloated, and satisfied."


I somehow doubt that I'll be venturing out for one at any point in the near future, so I put it to you, dear readers, to share with me your Baconator experiences. Use the comments to share with me your bacon-based hopes and desires, and whether or not the Baconator came close to fulfilling them. I'll live all vicariously and whatnot, and post some of the more entertaining replies in a follow-up report.



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Aside from an occasional Egg McMuffin hangover cure from McDonald's, or perhaps a very rare moment of utter stress-peration (stressed-out desperation) that drives me to Jack in the Box for two tacos for ninety-nine cents, I don't pay much attention to fast food chains.

Yikes! Take a look at Wendy's Baconator - the name alone "Bacon Terminator?" - is meant to strike fear into the hearts of every cardiologist, and from the picture, why wouldn't it? It has two burgers, two slices of cheese, and six, yes six, slices of bacon.

The scariest part of the Baconator, however, is not the burger itself. It's the commercial. It's just so wrong.

Yet, it's so right.