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For most of you reading this, Ramen isn't an acceptable food substitute anymore. Knowing how to grill the perfect patty and slap some cheese on it is a skill, but you need to know your [...]

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There is one downside to owning the best flat-screen TV amongst all your friends—you automatically assume the role of Super Bowl party host. While you have the appropriate viewing apparatus for the game/commercials/Lingerie Bowl, you [...]

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It's a well known fact in product design that making anything look or feel like a bullet immediately makes it better. Headphones, shot glasses and pens, just to name a few, have all been improved [...]

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Figuring out what the fuck you should make for dinner isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Do you make something with meat, or something vegetarian approved? Noodles or rice or salad? Don’t even get [...]

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It’s no secret that we’re big fans of bacon—so far we’ve shown you bacon beer, bacon hot sauce and bacon toothpaste. But has all this got you questioning whether or not bacon [...]

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Are you struggling to consume your daily recommendation of bacon?  Do you cook a skillet full, drink the grease and still wonder how you can get your 18 servings? (We should note, we've never looked [...]

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Call it the Swiss Army knife of the dinner table or Voltron of the flatware world because regardless of how you look at it, the Hobo Eat Kit is going to revolutionize how you dine [...]

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Normally wielding sharp objects is frowned upon while ingesting alcohol. The two seem to present few positive outcomes. While this holds true most of the time, it isn't the case in the kitchen. Cleaning a rack of [...]

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We can't think of many things in the home that are more completely boring and utilitarian than flatware. You take the pieces you need out of the drawer, use them, throw them in the dishwasher [...]

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The combination of booze and other products is a time honored tradition. Like cheese, booze makes everything better. You can combine it with cake, j-e-l-l-o, hookah or chocolate in order to improve the base product. [...]

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There's a simple law that all guys know: Everything is slightly better if you made it. Okay, this might not hold true for the nightstand you built that rocks more than an 80's hair band, but it [...]

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There are few things the average man hates more than Tupperware except, maybe, running out of beer, Justin Bieber and romcoms. You just cooked this fantastic meal (or someone cooked it for you) and there [...]

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There's only so many ways we can incorporate bacon into our cheeseburgers. We ground it up in the patty, created a bacon-infused mayonnaise and toyed with the idea of a solid bacon bun (verdict - greasy [...]

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For a devoted tailgater, spending the day in a parking lot outside the stadium is a given. Kickoff is 8 at night? You'll be there before noon. Put it this way, an experienced tailgater will be there long [...]

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When you first moved into a place with a yard or a balcony, what's the first thing you bought? If you're anything like us, it was a grill. When hunger strikes, it's your duty to [...]

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