Tableau - Story Points - Bacon Viz
I’ve been making homemade bacon for about 3 years now, and I’ve been wanting to create a way to dynamically calculate my general bacon recipe. So for Tableau’s Iron Viz contest entry, using story points, I created a data visualization that covers a lot of facts about bacon and also includes a recipe generator.
I tried to make the visualization as useful as possible using quick and easy to read summaries and included information about the cuts of pork that are used in different versions of bacon, a bacon timeline, a bunch of bacon facts, a nutrition calculator, and a lot of cool bacon links and awesomeness.
The recipe I included is an oven cooking method recipe, don’t forget a lot of people use charcoal grills (by placing charcoal on half of the grill), or more traditionally a smoker. Using a smoker will net a better end product, but the oven is easier to do, and really the only option for those in condos or apartments. To date the largest amount of bacon I’ve made has been 30lbs and as soon as it was finished it was quickly handed out to friends and family.
I hope people find the visualization enjoyable, and please vote for me to compete in the Iron Viz competition (you can find out more by visiting Tableau’s blog) and you can follow me on Twitter @russellspangler. Follow @russellspangler