{"id":10427,"date":"2011-10-17T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T00:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10427"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:08:05","slug":"review-kfc-cheesy-bacon-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/17\/review-kfc-cheesy-bacon-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27410581@N07\/6255897912\" title=\"View 'KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl' on Flickr.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6159\/6255897912_a15c625589.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl\" width=\"500\" title=\"KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want to mouth kiss the KFC Chickengineer who came up with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/22\/kfc-famous-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFC Famous Bowl<\/a>. I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s a man, woman, bionic chicken, or the computer that reads the thoughts of Colonel Sanders preserved brain, which holds the only list of all 11 secret herbs and spices. <\/p>\n<p>When I find that person, I&#8217;m going to treat their mouth just as good as they treated mine when I ate their way to feed me popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and cheese in bowl form.<\/p>\n<p>I also want to mouth kiss the KFC Chickengineer who developed their new KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl, but not because I was to thank them for creating it, but to help me get rid of all the saltiness in my mouth.  <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think combining a KFC Famous Bowl with bacon would be one of the tastiest forms of gluttony ever and make the computer that&#8217;s hooked up to Colonel Sanders preserved brain feel the emotion of happiness, because after all, like resting my head on the bosom of a well-endowed woman, bacon makes everything better.  However, with the KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl, that&#8217;s not the case.<\/p>\n<p>The bacon comes in small chopped bits and, before being eaten, my KFC Cheesy Bacon bowl looked like it was caught in a bacon hailstorm or a drunk bacon fairy went a little crazy with the bacon dust. Actually, the amount of bacon isn&#8217;t surprising because there&#8217;s a lot of everything in this bowl, especially mashed potatoes, gravy, and meaty pieces of popcorn chicken. I was surprised by how heavy the KFC Cheesy Bacon bowl was. So much so, that I felt compelled to weight it.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aMRLg98JKpg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to taste the bacon, because there are so many pieces to this fast food puzzle called the KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl. It&#8217;s there, but it gets lost among the chicken and gravy.  The bacon doesn&#8217;t make it better. All it really does is make it saltier, and that&#8217;s sad because I had high expectations for the combination of the KFC Famous Bowl and bacon. As matter of fact I was so eager to eat it that I forgot to take a photo of it before mowing it down with my KFC-issued spork, hence the half eaten bowl above. <\/p>\n<p>However, with that said, I have to say I enjoyed the KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl. But just as much as the original KFC Famous Bowl, because they&#8217;re pretty much the same tasty amalgamations.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; Not available on website yet, but a regular KFC Famous Bowl has 680 calories, 280 calories from fat, 31 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 45 milligrams of cholesterol, 2,130 milligrams of sodium, 74 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 3 grams of sugar, and 26 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Other KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl reviews:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2011\/10\/17\/review-cheesy-bacon-bowl-from-kfc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grub Grade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b> KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl <br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $4.99 (most other places $3.99)<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> More than a pound<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b> KFC<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 7 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b> As good as the KFC Famous Bowl. Heavy. Lots of bacon bits. Sporks. The KFC Famous Bowl. Meaty pieces of popcorn chicken. Lots of mashed potatoes. Lots of gravy. <br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b> Bacon doesn&#8217;t make it better. Bacon makes it saltier. Just as unhealthy as a KFC Famous Bowl. Not being able to meet the KFC Chickengineer who created the KFC Famous Bowl and make their mouth feel as good as they made mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to mouth kiss the KFC Chickengineer who came up with the KFC Famous Bowl. I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s a man, woman, bionic chicken, or the computer that reads the thoughts of Colonel Sanders preserved brain, which holds the only list of all 11 secret herbs and spices. When I find that person, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1528],"class_list":["post-10427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-kfc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17840,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/02\/review-kfc-loaded-potato-bowl\/","url_meta":{"origin":10427,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: KFC Loaded Potato Bowl","author":"Marvo","date":"December 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If movies, like Spider-Man, can be rebooted, then I guess it's possible to reboot a fast food menu item. 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