Anyone else bake their bacon?

[Nintendesert]

I used to always fry my bacon and later when I got a griddle for pancakes used that to cook the bacon. The griddle was great due to it being the perfect size to fit a lot of bacon on it. I hated the mess though. It splatters everywhere.

I've taken to using my huge cast iron pan to bake bacon now instead. I set the oven to 430 and turn the bacon from time to time and leave it in there depending on the crispiness I want.

I get far less bacon shrinkage and its pretty tasty. This way I can also cook pancakes while it bakes instead of waiting for one to be done to start the other.

So anyone else do this or how do you cook your bacon? :awe:

 

[trmiv]

Yea I bake mine as well. Although I put the bacon in a cold oven, then set it to 400. After about 15-17 minutes it's done.

 

[Mixolydian]

No.

 

[JulesMaximus]

:thumbsup: That is exactly how I cook bacon too.

 

[Leyawiin]

I'd rather have the splatters on the stove where its easy to clean up than in the oven were its a p.i.t.a. to.

 

[MontyAC]

We microwave the bacon.

 

[CurseTheSky]

We microwave the bacon.

Blasphemy! Hand in your man card.

I've baked it a few times. I primarily do that when we're cooking a lot at once.

If it's only one package, I'll do it in a frying pan.

 

[zanemoseley]

We just discovered baking bacon as well. It totally eliminates the mess, there is no splattering at all. Takes longer but well worth it.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I've been doing mine that way for years. A sheet of aluminum foil on a cookie tray and there's zero cleanup, just toss the foil and you're done. The bacon comes out great, shrinks less, cooks evenly and doesn't splatter your kitchen. I don't know why anyone would ever fry it.

 

[twinrider1]

Yep, and I make gravy with the grease. I don't know why sausage gravy is everywhere and I never hear of anyone else using bacon grease.

 

[MontyAC]

Blasphemy! Hand in your man card.

I've baked it a few times. I primarily do that when we're cooking a lot at once.

If it's only one package, I'll do it in a frying pan.

My man card is fine, the wife eats bacon.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Yes, baked. Only way to fly.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

It also doesn't crumble if you try to cut it with anything.

Poke some holes in a chicken breast, wrap it with bacon, and bake.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Yep

 

[MrPickins]

Yea I bake mine as well. Although I put the bacon in a cold oven, then set it to 400. After about 15-17 minutes it's done.

Exactly this.

Eating pancakes, bacon and eggs now. ^_^

We just discovered baking bacon as well. It totally eliminates the mess, there is no splattering at all. Takes longer but well worth it.

But, while that is baking unattended, you can cook the other stuff.

 

[Kadarin]

I fry it. It's best when it's frying in a pan full of bacon grease, too.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

We microwave the bacon.

Same here, between paper towels, so the grease gets soaked up, comes out super crispy.

 

[Chaotic42]

I bake it. I put a cooling rack on a foiled sheet pan, then put the bacon on the cooling rack and put it in the oven.

A lot of the fat drips out and the bacon comes out flat and delicious.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I've been doing mine that way for years. A sheet of aluminum foil on a cookie tray and there's zero cleanup, just toss the foil and you're done. The bacon comes out great, shrinks less, cooks evenly and doesn't splatter your kitchen. I don't know why anyone would ever fry it.

:thumbsup:

 

[lozina]

Pfft only pussies cook their bacon. I eat it straight out of the package!

 

[lxskllr]

I bring home the bacon, and fry it up in a pan.

 

[BUTCH1]

Depends, if I'm just cooking a couple of slices then it's frying pan (to cook the eggs in the bacon fat in afterwards of course) or a whole package it's the oven, I have a convection oven, works great, flip it once 1/2 way through cooking.

 

[Craig234]

Pfft only pussies cook their bacon. I eat it straight out of the package!

Beat me to it.

Guess what I found recently: Bacon Jerky (Costco).

 

[KK]

I tried baking some awhile back, took too damn long. Thick cut i don't think is made to be baked.

 

[cannabis2468]

i actually cook mine on one of those George foreman grill things. the only thing i cook on it. contains the mess and bacon comes out nice and crispy with all the grease in the tray