Birmingham bacon lovers rejoice.

The I Love Bacon food truck, an extraordinary idea that's taken off like a rocket since launching in Huntsville about three years ago, hits the streets of Birmingham and the surrounding suburbs starting today.

Patrick Horn, previously the executive chef at Satterfield's Restaurant in Cahaba Heights, will be behind the wheel of the Birmingham truck.

The I Love Bacon truck will venture out for lunch from about 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, and it will be parked near the car dealerships along Tom Williams Way off Grants Mill Road in Irondale, Horn said. After that, the truck will hit the road for Talladega for three days at this weekend's Alabama 500 NASCAR race.

And starting next week, Horn said, the I Love Bacon truck should be popping up in office parking lots and craft breweries and at special events all around Birmingham, Horn said.

The bacon-centric menu features sandwiches named after pop, rock and rap stars and songs, including the Carlos Santana (a brioche bun with flank steak, bacon, ham, Swiss and sunny-side-up egg, $13), the Joey Ramone (inside-out grilled cheese with sourdough, cheddar, Swiss, double bacon and caramelized onions, $9), the Miami Sound Machine (a pressed Cuban sandwich with pork belly, ham and Swiss cheese on Cuban bread, $10), the Carrie Underwood (a spinach tortilla wrap with grilled chicken, bacon, lettuce and tomato, $10), the Notorious B.I.G. (grilled cheese with bacon, cheddar and mac and cheese on sourdough, $9), and the BLT of Curtis Loew (a classic BLT with bacon, heirloom tomato, romaine lettuce and cheddar cheese on sourdough, $9), as well as the Public Enemy Mac & Cheese (penne pasta with jalapenos, bacon and queso, $8).

"The Carlos Santana is the most popular," Horn said. "It's also the most expensive. People get sticker shock when they see it, but there are four proteins on there. There's ham, there's marinated steak, there's obviously bacon, and then there's a fried egg on there.

"Next (most popular) would be the Miami Sound Machine, which is our version of a Cuban, with braised pork belly, ham, Swiss, yellow mustard and pickles on Cuban bread. And after that, it would probably be the Notorious B.I.G. or the BLT, which is pretty popular."

Friends and business partners Josh Patrick and Keith Hill cranked up the first I Love Bacon food truck in Huntsville in 2014, and when they got ready to start a second truck here, they hired Horn, with whom Patrick had previously worked at Satterfield's, to be the Birmingham operations manager.

Horn, who worked on the I Love Bacon truck in Huntsville for a couple of months this summer, has spent the past month getting the Birmingham truck street legal.

"Keith and I wanted to expand into Birmingham since we opened," Josh Patrick said in a previous interview with AL.com. "We just needed to get our concept (developed) and learn the business in Huntsville. It's been fantastic for us."

To give folks in Birmingham a taste of what to expect, the Huntsville truck made an appearance at Trucks by the Tracks at Railroad Park last month.

In addition to the Huntsville and Birmingham food trucks, I Love Bacon is opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the new Mae's Food Hall in Cullman. The food hall celebrates its grand opening this Friday, Oct. 13.

To keep up with the Birmingham food truck, follow I Love Bacon on Instagram and Facebook, or go to www.ilovebacontruck.com.

In the meantime, to whet your appetite for some of I Love Bacon's "big, different and happening flavors," check out this review of the Huntsville truck from AL.com's Matt Wake.