Author Topic: I don't like cooking bacon. (Read 5499 times)

Fly320s · « **on:** January 29, 2015, 03:20:24 PM »

I like eating bacon, but not cooking it.

I don't like dealing with the grease and the splatter and the odor that lingers for days. Can't someone just bring me bacon on demand?

charby · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2015, 03:26:18 PM »

dogmush · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2015, 03:35:08 PM »

It's kitchey, but I have one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Emson-Bacon-Wave-Microwave-Cooker/dp/B0016P1AFM

I can cook 7-10 slices (1 serving :D ) in about 6 min with no splater, no real mess, then pour of the grease and dishwash the gadget.

I also sometimes cook bacon in the oven. (On a rack over a foil lined cookie sheet) that one still gets you the smell but no splater. Wait for it to cool, wad up the foil and throw away.

I know it's not purist, but the baconwave thing is pretty handy.

makattak · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2015, 03:38:31 PM »

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-perfect-bacon-in-the-oven-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-107970

Another option. My technique is to put it in the oven set at 400, not preheated, and let it go for 19 minutes. Less time consuming and cleaner, especially if you line the pan with tin foil.

Ben · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2015, 03:52:21 PM »

Hey, I'm right there with you 320s. I do 70% of my bacon cooking outside on the grill, 10% in the oven, and call me a poser, but I've been buying the Kirkland pre-cooked bacon and throwing that in the micro for 30 seconds for bacon and eggs in the morning a couple of times a week.

I saw this video on Gentlemint the other day, and might try it sometime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422503916&v=SWdVeP-2-wk&feature=player_detailpage&x-yt-cl=85027636#t=39

zxcvbob · « **Reply #5 on:** January 29, 2015, 04:06:46 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on January 29, 2015, 03:20:24 PM

I like eating bacon, but not cooking it.

I don't like dealing with the grease and the splatter and the odor that lingers for days.

Put some pants on next time.

230RN · « **Reply #6 on:** January 29, 2015, 04:12:05 PM »

Wife1 taught me about sticking it in the Âµwave for about a minute per slice, covered with a paper plate to prevent splatter from gooing up the Âµwave walls.

Works with hard salami, too, if you want something crispy and flavorful for a Dagwood Sandwich addition and don't have any bacon around.

Hint: don't lay the bacon or salami on paper towels to absorb the grease. The slices stick to it and you can't remove the paper. I sometimes use two Âµwave-proof containers nested together with holes in the top one to allow grease to drip off into the bottom one, but they're a pain in the tush to clean.

Terry, 230RN

brimic · « **Reply #7 on:** January 29, 2015, 04:53:11 PM »

Quote from: makattak on January 29, 2015, 03:38:31 PM

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-perfect-bacon-in-the-oven-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-107970

Another option. My technique is to put it in the oven set at 400, not preheated, and let it go for 19 minutes. Less time consuming and cleaner, especially if you line the pan with tin foil.

That is how I prefer to do it.... I use parchment paper under the bacon.
I've heard that using a metal rack placed on a cookie sheet is even less messy.

Cook a bunch of bacon up at once, put the extra in a ziploc bag and stick it in the freezer to put on sandwiches. Yum.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #8 on:** January 29, 2015, 05:43:29 PM »

Quote from: brimic on January 29, 2015, 04:53:11 PM

That is how I prefer to do it.... I use parchment paper under the bacon.
I've heard that using a metal rack placed on a cookie sheet is even less messy.

Cook a bunch of bacon up at once, put the extra in a ziploc bag and stick it in the freezer to put on sandwiches. Yum.

I don't understand this concept of "extra" bacon.

Fly320s · « **Reply #9 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:31:24 PM »

Quote from: zxcvbob on January 29, 2015, 04:06:46 PM

Put some pants on next time.

Novel concept.

lee n. field · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:45:10 PM »

brimic · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2015, 08:06:05 PM »

Quote from: lee n. field on January 29, 2015, 07:45:10 PM

wtf? Over.

Ron · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2015, 08:07:36 PM »

I cook my bacon in the oven at home.

In a cast iron pan.

Nuking bacon I've precooked works for sammiches.

If you don't like the smell of bacon I'm afraid you are a lost cause, sorry

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #13 on:** January 29, 2015, 08:07:55 PM »

grampster · « **Reply #14 on:** January 29, 2015, 08:35:29 PM »

Hormel has a box of bacon. Several sealed packets in a box. 4 slices of uncooked bacon in a sealed packet. You put the sealed packet in a microwave for around 3 +/- minutes depending on how crunchy you likes your bacon. It cooks up in the sealed packet and you removes it and then you eats it. No muss, no fuss. And the kitchen has just enough of a good bacon smell that you probably puts in another packet and you cooks it and you eats it too.

Physics · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2015, 08:45:01 PM »

I'm in the oven camp. Line a cookie sheet with Al foil and put a rack on top of that, so that the bacon sits above all the grease. 400 F with no preheat sounds about right, as does ~20 minutes. Clean up is very easy and the grease isn't very bad. This technique works wonders for cottage bacon. :)