The men's magazine said that while some find Deen's high-calorie foods to be unhealthy, they find her dishes to be a bit of a turn-on.
Maxim said thinking about Deen makes its staff "hungry for a bacon-wrapped beer-batter fried stick of butter, weirdly."
To honor Deen's liberal use of it, Maxim chose a picture of a stick of butter in place of a photo of the southern chef.