Yes, it’s a “sandwich” containing bacon, cheese and Colonel’s sauce, with two fried chicken patties serving as the bread.  Now some of you may be thinking, “Eick, I thought So Good was supposed to be on the cutting edge? I already read about this someplace else, why didn’t you see this sooner?” Valid question, and one the 15 (no exaggeration) people who have e-mailed me about this new product have asked.

I actually came across this last week, in the form of a post on Food Geekery that dated all the way back to July 28.  But do you know why I didn’t write about it right away? I didn’t believe it. Thought it was a fake. A spoof. A hoax. No WAY a national chain is actually using pieces of chicken as buns I thought. Considering it’s been a few months since I broke a major story on So Good, despite having done it quite often last year, I thought this was my golden bullet. I was going to expose the Double Down as a grand and elaborate hoax and reap the traffic benefits as everyone praised So Good for exposing the fraud that was the Double Down.  I Googled around. I read and re-read the post on Food Geekery. I freeze framed parts of the commercial on YouTube for clues that it might be a fake. At one point I even thought some of the “evidence” it was a hoax was that one of the actors in the commercial kind of, sort of, looked like one of the sketch comedy actors from Barats & Bereta.

With no clear evidence confirming or denying this products existence beyond the one initial source online,  I called the location in Nebraska where Foodgeekery allegedly bought this. No answer when I called twice on Thursday. When I called back on Friday, they did answer, and informed me that yes, they carried the Double Down sandwich.  Dammit. I was all primed to be the one that exposed to the world the great hoax that was the KFC Double Down. Alas, I was wrong. Dead wrong. And with that, my motivation to write about it before leaving the office vanished. The weekend awaited. That magical time of sleep, sex, drinking, more drinking, watching baseball and sleeping again.  The story would have to wait, because the sandwich is real, and it’s being tested in Nebraska and Rhode Island.

There were other skeptics out there, which is why Foodgeekery went BACK to the KFC and snapped a few confirmation photos:

KFC public relations finally got into the act and shared their “estimated” nutritional info with Huffington Post. They claim it is 590 calories with 31g of fat and 10g of saturated fat.

I don’t need to make some grand proclamation about what this sort of food offering says about our culture. I think these photos pretty much speak for themselves.

Additional coverage on Consumerist, This is Why You’re Fat and Slashfood.

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Via Next Round and Jock and Balls.

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Now, what dare I ask are Mega Mighty Bites?

When I consult their wonderful website, I am told there isn’t any Trans Fat in MMB’s.  Also, it’s made of all white chicken.  That great!  You see, according to the commercial, Mega Mighty Bites are:

“Fully cooked all-white-meat-chicken stuffed with four wholesome fillings, such as cheeseburger, pepperoni or cheese pizza.”

So, we know that there is chicken, and not the evil dark chicken of legend.   Beyond that, I don’t know the sodium count, the caloric intake or anything at all in terms of nutritional value.  I hate to split hairs, but if you claim to provide nutritional information and then provide none, I’m going to raise a red flag of, “This product is probably not good for you.”  As far as I know, the chicken is filled with styrofoam and bits of rubber.

Now, let’s wrap our minds around eating a stuffed chicken product.  Good lord.  Imagine eating chicken and pizza simultaneously.  Or, the even more repulsive chicken and cheeseburger combo.  The prospect of that sounds overwhelming, if not completely nausea-inducing.

This is not to say I don’t enjoy the occasional stuffed mushroom or pepper.  Stuffed vegetables are incredible (and usually terrible for you), and a decent turducken would at least be fascinating to consume.  Mega Mighty Bites, however, are not fresh vegetables or meats.  This is a shredded chicken nugget filled with tomato sauce and weird chunks of either beef chuck or pepperoni bits, as well as cheese.  And it is chock full of preservatives and other ungodly acts of nature.  I wish I could defend these Mega Mighty Bites, but I simply have no idea what they’re made of.

This product asks us to imagine a world where Hot Pockets are so yesterday.  It pushes the envelope from “Barely Edible Lazy Fat Food” to “Holy Shit I’m Eating This For Novelty Purposes,” and it does so in stunning fashion.

Perhaps I will expose myself to this bastard of nature soon.  Perhaps I will one day pull a bag (yes, they come in a bag!) of Mega Mighty Bites out of my freezer and use their super catchy slogan, “Three minutes from freezer to face!”

Hopefully, it won’t be my face doing the eating.

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At first I thought this was a children’s video, but by the end of the first verse I think it’s about actually fucking fast food- as in making sex with fast food, getting turned on by fast food, or using fast food as a sexual enhancer. These performers must be victims of human trafficking because no one would do this if they still had free will.

The name of the group who made this is Fast Food Rockers, the name of the song is simply “The Fast Food Song.”

According to Wikipedia this was their “hit” song, reaching #2 on the UK pop charts.  They released one album in 2003, which also featured the song “Say Cheese.” The band had broken up by March, 2004.  However, you can still find them on MySpace.

If you are wondering about the giant purple dog, he is their mascot, “Hotdog.”  He appeared in all three of their music videos.  I have no idea why they wear those futuristic pleather outfits.

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And you thought you had a rough childhood.  How about having to pose in custom-made three-piece bacon-esque tuxedos? Where else but on Awkward Family Photos would you find this shot… 

And how many times will the shark be jumped?  Stay tuned.

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Yes, Burger King has a new sandwich called the “Super Seven Incher.”  When I say “hot”, “meaty” and “7 inches” what do you think of? Well you aren’t alone.  So did the ad minds behind this new campaign, who apparently just couldn’t resist the idea/imagery of a woman giving a blow job to a giant 7-inch hunk of meat.  Just in case you couldn’t pick up on the subtlety of the idea, they decided to hit you over the head with it.  Other blogs, such as Gawker, have already taken notice:

Just look at all that piping hot beef laden with creamy mayo aligned perfectly with the open mouth of a wide-eyed blonde

Add in the fact that the woman has make-up and facial expressions which pretty much resemble that of a blow-up doll.  Of course her mouth is agape, which serves to alleviate any doubt someone might have that maybe, just MAYBE they aren’t making a blow-job reference.  Oh, and just to be sure, the word BLOW is prominently featured.   The description of the product is only slightly less sexual:

Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled with the NEW BK SUPER SEVEN INCHER

When it comes to blatantly using sexual innuendo in your advertising, this is the print ad equivalent of the “Two Girls, One Sub” video that Quizno’s may or may not have been behind.  Burger King’s ad agency, Crispin, Porter + Bogusky is known for edgy, attention grabbing ads. When they succeed they soar, but when they flop, they usually crash and burn, generating tons of backlash and negative attention.  They don’t shy away from controversy, and they seem eager and ready to use sexual innuendo whenever possible.  However, CP+B is focused on BK’s domestic marketing.  Copyranter has updated his original post to say that CP+B is NOT responsible for this ad.   It appears the ad is running outside of the United States – Fast Food News says it’s a new menu item in Singapore area restaurants, while also remarking:

We’ve seen more suggestive advertising, to be sure, but this one just seems to be poorly executed AND in bad taste (and probably tastes bad, too).

I’m with Fast Food News on this one. Not sure why the people who designed this ad thought it would “work.”  Sure, it’s getting attention, but all negative. Even if it helps sell the sandwich in Singapore, it may provoke a backlash in the United States. Every time you get press for one of these ads, an offended mother is that much less likely to take her kids to Burger King.

On a total side note, this ad campaign does hilariously match-up with Burger King’s “It Just Tastes Better” slogan.

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Tracy from I Hate My Message Board took the photos. Head over to her post to see a bunch more pictures!

H/T to Buzzfeed and Food Network Humor.

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So how is this genius creation made? A piece of beef jerky is seared with a 150 watt laser to include whatever information you would like written on your business card. Meat & lasers eh? If we can just incorporate football somehow, every stereotypical man in America is going to want one of these.

Via BoingBoing and Gizmodo.

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the BA-K-47, a 1:1 scale AK-47 made out of bacon. It took a total of eight hours to create, a lot of bacon, and a blowtorch… oh yeah, and our good friend beer helped too.

Damn. That’s quite the weekend bacon project. Check it out below, and head over to their site to see additional pictures.

H/T to Slanch Report.

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The commercial advertises the following: A Crunchy beef taco with nacho cheese, lettuce, tomato and southwestern sauce wrapped in a soft flour tortilla with a layer of refried beans in between, then wrapped in a corn tortilla with a layer of Monterey Jack cheese in a deep fried gordita shell with guacamole sauce baked in a corn husk topped with pico de gallo, wrapped in a crepe, filled with egg, griere cheese, sausage and portobello mushrooms, all wrapped in a chicago-style deep dish pizza wrapped in a blueberry pancake and finally deep fried with spicy vegetarian chili dipping sauce.

Hilarious. Well guess what? A guy on MySpace named Drew actually attempted to make this monstrosity and posted pictures of it on his MySpace page.

h/t This is Why You’re Fat

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Via Buzzfeed and No-Name247.

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So? Who cares right? Well interesting discovery: according to Urban Dictionary, the term “Burger Shot” has two meanings:

You’re probably thinking to yourself  “c’mon, no way that Burger King would knowingly name their product after a slang term like that!” and you’re probably right. In fact, I’d bet my salary this year that you are right.  There are lots of everyday terms that have entirely different, and inappropriate, meanings when used as slang.  Surely Burger King doesn’t want people to think of a photo of a vagina when ordering a food item nor do they want people to associate their food with someone getting punched in the vagina.  However, Grub Street, while not suggesting that Burger King was  aware of this, thinks Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, Burger King’s ad firm, is:

Apparently the dudes at Crispin Porter + Bogusky know exactly what’s up, because they’ve unleashed an ad that’s even pervier than the Herbal Essences “totally organic experience” campaign.

You’ve probably all seen the ad by now. A guy opens a pack of Burger Shots and suddenly women are flocking over to him, cooing and cawing about how cute the burgers are.  I’d link to the ad, but it seems to have vanished from YouTube as of yesterday afternoon or this morning.

So do the folks at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky know “what’s up” with the term burger shot? Is that why they made the type of ad that they did? Again, I’m gonna say probably not. I mean, they may very well be familiar with the term, but CPB always has edgy ads, and I think it’s unlikely their (supposed) knowledge of this term may have affected what type of ad they created.  Still, it’s amusing that Grub Street is suggesting this, and it IS pretty hilarious that Burger King named their product “Burger Shots” without being aware of the slang use of the term (note to product developers – always check Urban Dictionary before you name a new product).

Perhaps even more interesting is the fact that this is NOT a new product development for Burger King. They released the same thing in 1987 under the name “Burger Bundles.”  See the ad below for proof:

Interesting.

You can read a review of the BK Burger Shots at The Impulsive Buy or A Hamburger Today. Also, Cats and Beer has an interview with the guy from the ad.

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