Katharine Shilcutt sampled this year’s calorie-packed rodeo offerings, so you don’t have to, at the Gold Buckle Foodie Awards. One of her fellow judges called the chicken-fried bacon “stupid,” but commenter Ed T. disagreed:

I happen to be a fan of CFB. Done well, it is worthy of being the Last Meal – in a literal sense, because all that saturated fatty goodness is likely to shut your heart right down.

But, what a way to go. Bacon… mmmmmm*thud*

Um… See you at the Midway?

This article appears in Mar 3-9, 2011.