Troy will stop at nothing to find the ultimate slice of bacon. He hits the "bacon belt" in Kentucky for a taste of America's oldest bacon smokehouse, then heads to a Bacon-Palooza, where he tastes bacon inventions on the frontlines of the bacon "revolution." In Seattle, Troy comes cheek to cheek with bacon's future and the inventors of Bacon Salt, who have harnessed the flavor of bacon and made it vegetarian. He finally hops on an all-bacon food truck in Los Angeles for a trip down Hollywood Boulevard.
Rachael Ray chooses two ingredients to star in her quick pasta dish, Spaghetti with Bacon and Chard. Smoky bacon flavors a sharp pecorino cheese sauce that coats swirls of spaghetti and earthy greens, making this dish a decadent way to eat your veggies.
Alex Guarnaschelli and Eric Adjepong watch three bacon experts from California, Massachusetts and Colorado battle it out to see who can beat the Iron Chef. These pork connoisseurs go hog wild to edge out Alex in the blind tasting.