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World Record Bacon Sandwich

By Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks, World Records on Aug 10, 2009 at 10:08 pm



A bacon sandwich is good anytime, but August s the best time for BLTs, when local tomatoes are at their peak. At the fifth annual Tomato Fest in St. Louis, Tom Coghill and 90 volunteers put together a BLT that stretched 179 feet, two inches, breaking the world record for the biggest bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. They used 500 pounds of bacon, 1,280 pounds of tomatoes, and 100 heads of lettuce. Link -via Digg


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  1. Qrrbrbirlbel
    Aug 10th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    I'm hungry.

  2. Geekazoid
    Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    It's like I died and gone to bacon heaven, smell must've been incredible.

  3. Jen Diggity
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 12:42 am

    What a waste. Oh, the humanity.

  4. Benji
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:14 am

    Yes! That's just too amazing for words.

  5. sc0tty
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:28 am

    Why are they wearing gloves? Are blt's toxic or something?

  6. SenorMysterioso
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    waste - Im guessing it was eaten not just chucked in the bin

    gloves - I for one dont want some sweaty volunteer touching my sandwich

    record - as some people on the site pointed out, it just looks like they put a bunch of smaller sandwiches in a line.

    I wish I like lettuce or tomato. When I want bacon on a sandwich I go with a burger or a grilled cheese.

  7. daddymak
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    In the wise words of Homer, "mmmm, bacon".

  8. Gail Pink
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    This looks like it will have to be featured on the Worleygig blog today under the "Bacon Thing Of The Day' heading!

  9. felixthecat
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    "gloves - I for one dont want some sweaty volunteer touching my sandwich"

    The vegetable guy at the restaurant kitchen I once worked in sweated out about a gallon a day. From what I could see, most of it was served up to customers on the plates he was preparing. It would drip off the tip of his nose like a leaky faucet.

  10. Jill Harness
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    If they're using different pieces of bread, how is it not most BLT sandwiches put in a line? Doesn't a sandwich have to be in one piece of bread?

  11. Scotchdrnkr
    Aug 12th, 2009 at 6:06 am

    Jill
    How would you find an oven to bake one piece of bread 179 feet long. Even if Granite City Steel would allow you to use their ovens You'd never be able to move it as one piece.
    Besides this was a Charity event for Lift for Life not a Guinness world record attempt.
    Great job for a Great Cause wish I could have been there.

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