Bacon Queen

Kaytee Nicholson

Kaytee Nicholson

Get to know your bacon queen

Why did you deserve to become the 2022 Bacon Queen?

Besides the requisite overconsumption of bacon at every opportunity, I live for the Bacon Festival atmosphere. I could be a productive role model for future bacon queen contestants who always have had a true love for bacon. I’ve always enjoyed promoting festivals and if chosen to be bacon queen, I’d be more than honored to promote this festival and the roles that are included! The theme of the festival this year is Mardi Gras, which is one of my favorite themes, and I’m a little too shy to earn some beads, but I’d definitely do some shady stuff for bacon.

What is your ideal bacon-eating experience?

I go to my local store, and I get heart eyes when I make it towards the bacon selection. I no longer hear any surrounding noises because my heart is exploding with excitement about this bacon I’m about to purchase. I go home and I start to prepare my bacon. I get my pan and start to unwrap the bacon. Who thought bacon would have such an extraordinary feel to it?? Before and after it’s cooked! The smell of cooking bacon fills up my home and my two cats get incredibly excited as well because the smell is just....exquisite. Then the taste.... my lord, the best thing one can experience. My heart breaks once it all gone, but I can’t help but get excited for my next bacon trip to the store and experience this all over again.

If you win the Bacon Queen Contest, how will you spread "Bacon Fellowship" around Iowa and the world?

Social media plays huge role in today’s society, so I would be honored to promote the festival through all of social media accounts spreading information to other bacon lovers. I would share some of my favorite ways to cook bacon and other recipes to follow.

Kaytee Nicholson
Kaytee Nicholson
Kaytee Nicholson

Do you have what it takes?

enter to be the next bacon queen

Wow a celebrity panel of judges at the upcoming Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival Bacon Queen competition and you could be next in line to reign. Entries will be accepted until 2 weeks prior to the event. Form opens February 1st.

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Past queens

Kaytee Nicholson
2022

Kaytee Nicholson

Katie Buccholz
2020

Katie Buccholz

Michelle Yoshimura-Smith
2019

Michelle Yoshimura-Smith

Emily Harney
2018

Emily Harney

Courtney Dettmer
2017

Courtney Dettmer

Allison Schafer
2016

Allison Schafer

Abigail Lill
2015

Abigail Lill

Shannon Sole
2014

Shannon Sole

Kim Pfannebecker
2013

Kim Pfannebecker

Allison Brienzo
2012

Allison Brienzo

Holly Mueller
2011

Holly Mueller

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