 Furthermore, April 24 of every year has been dedicated as Pigs in a Blanket Day.The Bacon Explosion is a bacon wrapped dish developed by Burnt Finger BBQ team members Jason Day and Aaron Chronister.The recipe for the dish was initially posted onto www.bbqaddicts.com, Day’s food blog, and is described to consists of “two pounds of bacon woven through and around two pounds of sausage and slathered in barbecue sauce.” The blog post then went viral in 2009, earning coverage by news sites such as The Telegraph and even onto the front page of the New York Times.