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title: "QSR Magazine: Wing Zone Brings National Bacon Day to the Forefront"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/42c616e1-cf40-4461-bfe4-a0f81115f199
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-wing-zone-brings-national-bacon-day-to-the-forefront-5727
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2016-09-02T22:17:35.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:17.247Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/dec06afcce3f70bb9d6493a7dd4cd8e5387160902174535.jpg
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# QSR Magazine: Wing Zone Brings National Bacon Day to the Forefront

**TL;DR:** Wing Zone is celebrating National Bacon Day by featuring its bacon-topped burgers, including the Smokehouse and the Widowmaker. QSR Magazine released its 2026 QSR 50 report, highlighting top-performing brands like McDonald's and Chick-fil-A.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-09-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-wing-zone-brings-national-bacon-day-to-the-forefront-5727).*

## Story

Like many fan favorite foods, bacon has its own holiday. This Saturday many restaurants are celebrating International Bacon Day, pushing their porky offerings top customers eager to celebrate.

Wing Zone's best-selling burgers, the Smokehouse and the monstrous, stacked "Widowmaker" both feature crispy bacon. The "Widowmaker" is four patties, four slices of cheese and four slices of bacon. And for the Wing Zone fans, it's the perfect way to celebrate the food holiday.

“Up until this year … I wasn’t aware that there was a National Bacon Day. I’m not surprised by any stretch; I think it deserves to be a true national holiday that gets a little bit more recognition,” says Wing Zone CMO Dan Corrigan.

With the rise of the 'better burger' segment Wing Zone has invested in higher quality ingredients to top them with too, including applewood smoked bacon.

Their wings even got the bacon treatment with the first Flavor Face-off in-store offerings: BBQ Bacon Nirvana, which Corrigan says could make a reappearance.

“People either loved or hated it. Some stores sold really well and others not so much,” he says. “It was another niche that we will probably look to bring back at some point if it’s something that our fans are still craving.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- McDonald's (company)
- Chick-fil-A (company)
- menu offerings (topic)
- Wing Zone (company)
- qsr 50 report (topic)
- better burger segment (topic)
- national bacon day (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-wing-zone-brings-national-bacon-day-to-the-forefront-5727). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/42c616e1-cf40-4461-bfe4-a0f81115f199).