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Same time, same place next year?

Chef Joni Bell has already sold 14,000 of her winning deep-fried bacon brisket grilled cheeses. Here's the inside story of how the dish came together:

Brisket, bacon and mac and cheese is deep fried on bacon cheddar bread for this best new food at the 2023 Iowa State Fair.

The Sloan clan is bringing five generations of people together at the Iowa State Fair as they celebrate their 100th family reunion this year.

The dish uses Anderson Erickson milk and cream, generous cuts of brisket and loads of white and yellow American cheese.

The deep-fried bacon brisket mac-n-cheese grilled cheese is Joni Bells fourth time winning the Iowa State Fairs top honor.

The deep-fried bacon brisket mac-n-cheese grilled cheese is Joni Bells fourth time winning the Iowa State Fairs top honor.

Which new foods did the Iowa State Fair impale with a stick this year? And which ones did they plunge into the fryer? See our top picks from the wild and wonderful selections.