Food writer Ed Levine has suggested that BLT does not require lettuce at all, as it is "superfluous", a suggestion that Jon Bonné, lifestyle editor at MSNBC, described as "shocking".
Penulis bidang makanan Ed Levine menyarankan agar BLT tidak memerlukan selada sama sekali, karena "berlebihan", sebuah saran dari Jon Bonné, editor gaya hidup di MSNBC, menggambarkan selada sebagai "kejutan".