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2010-2026 - Seattle food-truck cooks popularizing bacon jam on burgers
A griddled burger topped with homemade bacon jam, sharp cheese, arugula, and a toasted bun, inspired by the modern food-truck burger boom.
Difficulty
Medium
Prep time
20 minutes
Cook time
40 minutes
Total time
1 hour
Servings
4 burgers
Region
American food trucks and burger bars
Era introduced
2010-2026
Introduced by
Seattle food-truck cooks popularizing bacon jam on burgers
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Bacon jam burgers belong to the chef-driven food-truck moment of the late 2000s and 2010s, when familiar American comfort foods were rebuilt with restaurant-level toppings. Seattle's Skillet helped make bacon jam famous from an Airstream food truck, and the idea spread quickly: smoky bacon cooked down with onion, sugar, and vinegar until it becomes a spoonable burger condiment. This version keeps the burger simple so the jam can do the work.
Drafted with bacon-jam burger context from Macrina Bakery on Seattle's Skillet food truck (https://blog.macrinabakery.com/blog/ten-years-skillet-evolved-street-food-masses/), Food & Wine reporting on Airstream food trucks and Skillet's bacon jam burger (https://www.foodandwine.com/news/the-new-airstream-cuisine), and recipe structure from Food Network (https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bacon-jam-burger-5365774).
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