I’d never guess in a million years that a piece of bacon would almost cost me my HOUSE.

Or that a BLANKET of all things would end up saving my LIFE.

But it’s true. And although it’s a little embarrassing, I’ll still tell you this quick story because it could end up saving your life too.

Hi, I’m Jeff, and I’m the proud winner of the “dummy of the year” award (according to my father).

It was 10 AM on a Sunday morning, and I was feeling pretty groggy from my buddy’s birthday party the previous night. 

So I decided to whip up the breakfast of champions: eggs and bacon, or what my idol Ron Swanson refers to as “ALL the eggs and bacon”.

However I would soon learn that frying too much bacon in a pan could have some pretty dire consequences.

I grabbed ALL the bacon in the pack (don’t judge me, I was hungry) and triumphantly threw it on the frying pan.

And here’s where things started to go downhill.

I was frying the bacon and standing guard, but mind you, I was still a little “out of it” to say the least.

Ok, I was half asleep. 

So, I got distracted, and before I knew it, there was smoke. A LOT of smoke. 

The grease had actually caught FIRE.

I started panicking…Especially when the flames got bigger and started actually trickling near my wooden cabinets. I had maybe 10 seconds before the fire would’ve gotten out of my control…

The first thing I almost tried would’ve been the STUPIDEST thing in the world.

I almost poured water all over the fire, which would’ve made everything WAY worse.

Thank GOD I realized in time not to do that, and thought to grab the fire extinguisher. 

But there was one BIG problem. 

My dusty, rusty fire extinguisher was maybe from 1995, crammed in the back of the cupboard under my sink and hadn’t been used EVER. 

Every time I would see the fire extinguisher when I was under the sink grabbing a sponge or cleaning product, I’d always just sort of look at it and think: 

“Will I ever need this? Do I need a new one? Nah.” and I’d continue on with what I was doing.

I guess I always just hoped it would work if I ever needed it. And boy was that dumb.

So as I grabbed the old dust covered extinguisher, I was struck by reality, and a petrifying thought shot through my head…

“What if it doesn’t work?”  

But, it didn’t matter and I had to try. So I plowed through the cleaning product graveyard under my sink and grabbed the old extinguisher, aimed it at the fire and then…PFFFFTT.

Nothing. Just air and some foamy, fizzling sounds. I was totally screwed. 

And that was probably the scariest moment of my life. Just standing there, my eyes darting looking for something to put this fire out.

I thought of my fiance sleeping upstairs, my toddler in her room, and my 3 cats. A giant fire could have been a catastrophe for not just my home, but also my family.

Then I remembered. 

My grandpa had bought me this weird christmas gift awhile back. It was this fire blanket which of course I had no interest in at the time, but now seemed pretty darn useful.

I reached far into the back of the cupboard again, hoping it was still there, and YES. The fire blanket was shoved in the back next to where the extinguisher was.

I ripped it out of the bag, threw it over the fire, and then BOOM. 

It went out like a light.

It was as if I had anti-fire superpowers or something, all that scrambling around panicking looking for something to put this fire out, and all I had to do was just *PLOP* and it’s out. 

It was like a magic trick, but instead of a rabbit disappearing it was the fire that vanished. 

I literally just threw the blanket over top, waited 5 seconds, and removed it to find nothing but a frying pan and some extremely overcooked bacon.

Thank god. I was saved. My family was saved. My house was saved. 

After the incident I checked out the brand behind it, Prepared Hero.

Obviously my favorite product from them is their fire extinguishing blankets. They’re honestly the most genius replacement to old fire extinguishers because they never expire or “run out”. They’ll simply ALWAYS be ready to save your life.

But don’t get me wrong, I still have fire extinguishers in the house (new ones, I learned my lesson) just in case I need them for bigger fires. 

But BIG fires start as SMALL fires, and being able to stop the fire immediately before it can spread is the most important thing you can do.

I guess the moral of the story is that this CAN happen to you even if you think it never will, and when it does, you better be ready.

I’m proud to say I literally bought like 5 more fire blankets from Prepared Hero. They’re so affordable anyway, especially compared to what they protect, like your home, your family, and your own life. 

I figured for the same price as some groceries it was worth it being able to save my $700,000 house and potentially my own life and my family’s. 

The best part of having these though is the peace of mind. I never catch a glimpse at the old extinguisher and get that little sinking gut feeling of “I hope this works one day when I need it”, because I know I ALWAYS have my Prepared Hero blankets.

If you read this far into my story, then I can probably assume you like to be prepared for danger too. If so, I actually have a special discount link to the same fire blanket that saved my life for 20% OFF if you want to use it. Just make sure to use the discount soon because the 20% OFF will expire (unlike the Prepared Hero fire blanket!). 

Below are some metrics of how my advertorial compared to a ChatGPT generated advertorial. My metrics are in the red outline.