Making the World's Longest BLT at Iron Barley

Courtesy of http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/

By Nick Lucchesi in

The fifth-annual Tomato Fest at Iron Barley in South St. Louis wrapped up Sunday with owner Tom Coghill and a crew of 90 volunteers working to create the world's longest bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwich, at 179-feet, two-inches. (That's a lot of bacon -- 500 pounds of savory, crispy, delicious bacon.) The previous record was 169 feet. Video, photos and more BLT stats after the jump. (All photos by Tom Lampe; check out his Flickr page, too.)
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​ ​ Inside the beast...
​ Iron Barley owner Tom Coghill.

Thanks to Bill Streeter for the video. ​ 1,280 pounds of tomatoes. ​

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