A little less than six weeks ago, So Good kicked off what I thought would be a relatively fun contest that ended up being a smashing success, leading to impassioned readers voracisiously defending their meat of choice. I’m talking, of course, about Meat Madness. When we began, we had 32 humble meats and a bevy [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Meat Madness'
Meat Madness: The Final Results
by Eick · April 27th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Tags: Meat Madness
Bacon Wins Meat Madness!
by Eick · April 24th, 2009 · 22 Comments
In four days of voting this week, Bacon, the #1 seed from the Pork Region, has defeated Steak, the #1 seed from the Red Meat Region, to claim the title of Meat Madness champion and greatest meat in the land. Bacon defeated Steak 57% – 43%, earning 465 votes to Steak’s 351. Congratulations to Bacon [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness Final: Steak vs. Bacon
by Eick · April 20th, 2009 · 56 Comments
Click HERE to see the initial post about Meat Madness and full 32 meat bracket. Click HERE to view a preview of the final four match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. By a vote of 465 (57%) – 351, (43%), Bacon has defeated Steak to earn the title of the greatest meat.
After [...]
Tags: Bacon · Meat Madness · Steak
Meat Madness Final Four: Steak vs. Crab
by Eick · April 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Click HERE to see the initial post about Meat Madness and full 32 meat bracket. Click HERE to view a preview of the final four match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Steak defeats Crab 68% – 32%. Steak advances to the finals to face Bacon.
Final Four voting continues. Starting today, and until [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness Final Four: Chicken vs. Bacon
by Eick · April 14th, 2009 · 38 Comments
Click HERE to see the initial post about Meat Madness and full 32 meat bracket. Click HERE to view a preview of the final four match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Bacon defeats Chicken 60% – 40% and advances to the final!
Final Four voting has begun! From Noon today until noon on [...]
Tags: Bacon · Chicken · Meat Madness
Meat Madness: The Final Four
by Eick · April 13th, 2009 · 8 Comments
The quest to determine what is the greatest meat continues. This week we enter the Final Four. A winner in each meat region has been crowned, and now they are set to do battle to decide which one of them is the ultimate meat. With the Final Four now upon us, we have extended [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness Elite 8: Bacon vs. Ribs
by Eick · April 9th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the initial post about Meat Madness. Click the bracket below to see where we stood at the start of the Elite 8 match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Bacon defeats Ribs 69% – 31%.
Wow. We had quite the down to the wire vote on that last match-up! [...]
Tags: Bacon · Meat Madness
Meat Madness Elite 8: Lobster vs. Crab
by Eick · April 8th, 2009 · 11 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the initial post about Meat Madness. Click the bracket below to see where we stood at the start of the Elite 8 match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Wow! What a close vote. Crab edges out Lobster 51% – 49%, by only 5 votes!
No close battles in [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness Elite 8: Chicken vs. Turkey
by Eick · April 7th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the initial post about Meat Madness. Click the bracket below to see where we stood at the start of the Elite 8 match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Chicken defeats Turkey 71% – 29%.
In yesterday’s match-up, Steak brushed aside Lamb to easily win the Red Meat bracket [...]
Tags: Chicken · Meat Madness
Meat Madness Elite 8: Steak vs. Lamb
by Eick · April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the initial post about Meat Madness. Click the bracket below to see where we stand at the start of the Elite 8 match-ups.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Steak easily defeats Lamb with 77% of the vote to win the Red Meat region and head into the [...]
Tags: Meat Madness · Steak
Meat Madness: Preview of Elite 8 Match-Ups
by Eick · April 3rd, 2009 · 5 Comments
Here is where we stand after two rounds of voting. We are down to the Elite 8 of meats. Elite 8 match-ups begin next week at Noon each day.
Click the bracket below to see a larger version.
Here is a preview of next week’s match-ups:
Monday: Red Meat Region #1 Steak vs. #2 Lamb
#1 Steak wasted [...]
Tags: Bacon · Meat Madness · Steak
Meat Madness Round 2: Bacon vs. Pulled Pork, Prosciutto vs. Ribs
by Eick · April 2nd, 2009 · 14 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the main post about Meat Madness and view the entire bracket. Click the bracket below to see where we stood at the start of round 2.
Update: Voting on these match-ups is now closed. The Bacon juggernaut rolls on, crushing Pulled Pork 79% – 21%. Ribs also continued it’s dominate [...]
Tags: Bacon · Meat Madness
Meat Madness Round 2: Lobster vs. Shrimp, Scallops vs. Crab
by Eick · April 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the main post about Meat Madness and view the entire bracket. Click the bracket below to see where we stood at the start of round 2.
Update: Voting on these match-ups is now closed. Lobster defeats Shrimp 58% – 42%. Crab defeats Scallops 60% – 40%.
After a razor tight Lamb [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness Round 2: Chicken vs. Rabbit, Turkey vs. Duck
by Eick · March 31st, 2009 · 12 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the main post about Meat Madness and view the entire bracket. Click the bracket below to see where we stand at the start of round 2.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Chicken defeats Rabbit 91% – 9%. Turkey defeats Duck 57% – 43%.
Now that we are in [...]
Tags: Chicken · Meat Madness
Meat Madness: Ground Beef and Lamb Head to Overtime!
by Eick · March 31st, 2009 · 8 Comments
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. In a 24 hour overtime vote, Lamb has defeated Ground Beef by TWO votes! Lamb moves on to face Steak for a chance to head to the final four.
Wow. Just wow. Lamb vs. Ground Beef has been an EPIC battle, virtually tied the entire time. I have [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness Round 2: Steak vs. Buffalo, Lamb vs. Ground Beef
by Eick · March 30th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the initial post about Meat Madness. Click on the bracket below to view a bracket updated for Round 2.
Update: Voting on the Steak vs. Buffalo match-up is now closed, with Steak winning 86% – 14%. Ground Beef and Lamb were EXACTLY tied at the moment the polls closed, which [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness: Round 2 Set to Begin. Predictions?
by Eick · March 28th, 2009 · 9 Comments
We have completed the first round of Meat Madness voting. While 3 out of 4 number 5-seeds knocked off 4-seeds, and 6-seed Crab knocked off Salmon, most of the higher seeds survived the first round – the one exception being the stunning defeat of Sausage at the hands of 7-seed Ribs.
(Click on the bracket to [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness: Duck vs. Cornish Hen, Turkey vs. Quail
by Eick · March 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the main post about Meat Madness and view the entire bracket.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Duck defeats Cornish Hen 71% – 29%. Turkey defeats Quail 83% – 17%.
In yesterday’s voting, Crab defeated Salmon and Scallops defeated Mussels.
Today we venture back to the Poultry region for the [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness: Salmon vs. Crab, Scallops vs. Mussels
by Eick · March 26th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the main post about Meat Madness and view the entire bracket.
Update: Voting is now closed. Crab (6) defeats Salmon (3) 57% – 43% and Scallops (2) defeat Mussels (7) 69% – 31%.
In yesterday’s voting, Prosciutto defeated Pepperoni and Ribs upset Sausage.
Today we venture back to the Seafood bracket, with [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
Meat Madness: Prosciutto vs. Pepperoni, Sausage vs. Ribs
by Eick · March 25th, 2009 · 19 Comments
Click HERE to head back to the main post about Meat Madness and view the entire bracket.
Update: Voting on this match-up is now closed. Proscuitto (3) defeats Pepperoni (6) 57% – 43%. In the first major upset of the tournament, Ribs (7) defeats Sausage (2) 58% – 42%.
In yesterday’s voting, Ground Beef defeated Venison and [...]
Tags: Meat Madness
