Ingredient

Bacon

Bacon is on 86 plates at 29 of the kitchens we read. The entree section holds 23 of them, and the shape it takes most often is the burger, on twelve.

In the neighbourhood: The breakfast plate

From 40 menus · bacon is on 86 plates · How we read them

For the curious: the data views

Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

Bacon, fried or grilled

Our reading of the menus lists it fried at eleven kitchens, grilled at eight, and both at five: Assateague Crab House, Atlantic Hotel Berlin, Bad Monkey, Sneaky Pete's, Waterman's Seafood Co..

On both sides: Assateague Crab House, Atlantic Hotel Berlin, Bad Monkey, Sneaky Pete's, Waterman's Seafood Co..

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

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How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of bacon

The same 86 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of bacon: 86 plates, 21 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Baconfried — 13 plates (19%)friedgrilled — 13 plates (19%)grilledcrumbled — 6 plates (9%)griddled — 5 plates (7%)applewood-smoked — 4 plates (6%)smoked — 4 plates (6%)barbecued — 3 plates (4%)wrapped — 3 plates (4%)other ways — 19 plates (27%)other waysnot stated — 5 plates (7%)not statedburger — 4 plates (6%)burgersandwich — 2 plates (3%)breakfast-plate — 1 plate (1%)salad — 1 plate (1%)burger — 5 plates (7%)burgernot stated — 5 plates (7%)not statedsandwich — 2 plates (3%)side — 1 plate (1%)salad — 3 plates (4%)not stated — 2 plates (3%)side — 1 plate (1%)pancake — 2 plates (3%)breakfast-plate — 1 plate (1%)burger — 1 plate (1%)waffle — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (3%)breakfast-plate — 1 plate (1%)burger — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 3 plates (4%)burger — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (3%)flatbread — 1 plate (1%)wrap — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 4 plates (6%)entreeappetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 4 plates (6%)not statedentree — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 5 plates (7%)not statedentree — 4 plates (6%)entreenot stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 3 plates (4%)appetizerappetizer — 2 plates (3%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)breakfast — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (3%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (3%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedother ways19
How it comesburger5
Where on the menuentree4
Other52 other steps, added up122
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail41
Every wedge, as a table
86 plates carrying Bacon, cooked 21 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 86. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
fried13
friednot stated5
friednot statedentree4
friednot statedappetizer1
friedburger4
friedburgernot stated4
friedsandwich2
friedsandwichentree2
friedbreakfast-plate1
friedbreakfast-platenot stated1
friedsalad1
friedsaladappetizer1
grilled13
grilledburger5
grilledburgernot stated5
grillednot stated5
grillednot statedentree4
grillednot statednot stated1
grilledsandwich2
grilledsandwichappetizer2
grilledside1
grilledsidenot stated1
crumbled6
crumbledsalad3
crumbledsaladappetizer3
crumblednot stated2
crumblednot statedappetizer2
crumbledside1
crumbledsideappetizer1
griddled5
griddledpancake2
griddledpancakebreakfast2
griddledbreakfast-plate1
griddledbreakfast-platenot stated1
griddledburger1
griddledburgernot stated1
griddledwaffle1
griddledwafflebreakfast1
applewood-smoked4
applewood-smokednot stated2
applewood-smokednot statedentree2
applewood-smokedbreakfast-plate1
applewood-smokedbreakfast-platenot stated1
applewood-smokedburger1
applewood-smokedburgernot stated1
smoked4
smokednot stated3
smokednot statedentree2
smokednot statedappetizer1
smokedburger1
smokedburgernot stated1
barbecued3
barbecuednot stated2
barbecuednot statednot stated2
barbecuedflatbread1
barbecuedflatbreadnot stated1
wrapped3
wrappedwrap2
wrappedwrapentree2
wrappednot stated1
wrappednot statednot stated1
other ways19
baked2
crispy2
folded2
scrambled2
simmered2
stuffed2
blackened1
brined1
broiled1
country-fried1
deep-fried1
glazed1
raw1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

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Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Barn Bloody MocktailIs this right?The BARN BloodyIs this right?The Breakfast ShotIs this right?

Brisket, Ipa Steak Sauce and roll come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Our reading of the menu turns up braised, linguine and evoo.

Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.

Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.

Our reading of the menu lists egg, omelette and folded.

The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.

Correct a plate here

Where on the island

The 29 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Bacon at 29 kitchens across 7 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk1boardwalk
Lower Midtown5inland
Midtown5bayside · inland · oceanfront
Uptown4bayside · inland
North OC5inland
West Ocean City6harbor
Day-trips ring3harbor · inland