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Salt Air named Best Bacon at the Beach

Hundreds participate in third annual Dewey-Rehoboth Bacon Fest
Salt Air Chef Matt Kern proudly displays the bacon and beach themed award the restaurant won for Best Bacon on the Beach for the 2016 Dewey-Rehoboth Bacon Fest. COURTESY JUSTIN REDEFER
Chris Flood
May 1, 2016
Serving tongs take a break from breaking off Baked's Sticky Piggies – a maple-glazed cinnamon bun with Hickman's thick-cut bacon rolled into it, topped with homemade combination of pork rinds and candy bacon called bacon dust. BY CHRIS FLOOD
Nalu's pineapple upside down cake, topped with pineapples and bacon finished second in the Dewey best bacon competition. BY CHRIS FLOOD
Greg Sheraton of Newark ponders if he wants regular bacon, candied bacon chunks, stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon or a bacon chocolate brownie to go with his bacon-wrapped shrimp from the Starboard's bacon bar. BY CHRIS FLOOD
Topping off Starboard's bacon bar was a full pig that had been roasted for 18 hours. BY CHRIS FLOOD
The Dewey Beach Club's pork belly taco topped with jicama slaw, pico de gallo and mango chuntey was voted Dewey's best bacon creation. BY CHRIS FLOOD
Mike Reilly, Dewey Beer Co. head brewer and owner, slings their IPA-infused pulled bacon and bacon yukon gold fritters, while Brandon Smith, restaurant manager and owner, pours brown ale shots. BY CHRIS FLOOD

Story Location:
Rehoboth Beach, DE
United States

Hundred of bacon lovers chomped, chewed and chose their favorite bacon creations during the third annual Dewey-Rehoboth Bacon Fest April 23 and 24.

Organizer Justin Redefer said it was an amazing weekend. He spent Saturday handing out event packets and making sure the Dewey portion went off without a hitch, but on Sunday, he said, he enjoyed the fun.

“The weather was beautiful, the bacon was delicious and the times were good,” he said. “How awesome was it to see all the Bacon Fest T-shirts and Bacon fest scorecards in a hand walking the streets of Rehoboth Beach.”

Between Dewey and Rehoboth, 32 restaurants participated in the two-day event. Rehoboth’s Salt Air took home the event’s top honor, winning Best Bacon on the Beach 2016.

Festival newcomer and Dewey Beach Club owner Jeff Treacy finished first in Dewey with his pork belly taco. The second place winner in Dewey was Nalu’s pineapple upsidedown cake with crispy bacon, while the Dewey Beer Co. finished third with a bacon Yukon gold fritter and a brown ale to wash it down.

In Rehoboth, Fins finished first, Jam finished second and Jake’s Seafood House finished third.

Redefer said to mark the calendars for next year’s event. The dates for Bacon Fest 2017 are Saturday, April 22, in Dewey Beach, and Sunday, April 23, in Rehoboth Beach.

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