Hundreds turned out to St Joe Civic Arena Saturday afternoon for BaconFest St Joe Mo. The event featured live music, recognition of the BaconFest King and Queen, and a lot of scrumptious bacon delicacies.
Around 1100 people where in attendance. Eagle Radio General Manager Gary Exline says the event raised a little over $5,300 for The Dream Factory of Northwest Missouri, which grants dreams to kids who have critical or chronic illnesses.
With help from Farmland Foods and Apple Markets of St Joseph, local businesses created a wide variety of bacon confections, ranging from chocolate-covered bacon on a stick, to bacon flavored toffee and ice cream.
There was even a bacon eating contest.
BaconFest bacon eating winner Dustin takes home all the, you guessed it.