How do you cook bacon? (link)

[Cosmos]

The attached article piques my curiosity. What is your preference?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddr...-way-to-cook-bacon/ar-BBUu7LP?ocid=spartanntp

I've had the greatest success cooking on the stove top with water. Iron skillet or nonstick, it doesn't matter. I alternate between the two. However, I find the key is to cook 'low and slow' and you must tend to it constantly, flipping and repositioning the strips several times. If you're in a hurry then microwave is the way to go but you sacrifice flavor and texture (rubbery). I don't use the oven because it creates a God-awful mess inside.

What say ye?

 

[BBrown]

The attached article piques my curiosity. What is your preference?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddr...-way-to-cook-bacon/ar-BBUu7LP?ocid=spartanntp

I've had the greatest success cooking on the stove top with water. Iron skillet or nonstick, it doesn't matter. I alternate between the two. However, I find the key is to cook 'low and slow' and you must tend to it constantly, flipping and repositioning the strips several times. If you're in a hurry then microwave is the way to go but you sacrifice flavor and texture (rubbery). I don't use the oven because it creates a God-awful mess inside.

What say ye?

I put it on a cooling rack and put the cooling rack on a cookie pan with another cookie pan on top to keep the spatter to a minimum.
I monitor it closely and remove the grease as it pools up. I freeze that and use it later.
I love bacon but don't make it more than once a month.

 

[bison13]

I put the pig on a spit and cook it overnight. By morning you can just peel the bacon off.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

Used pretty much all the methods above. Love the cast iron though, and it's good for the skillet.

 

[PearlSUJam]

Air fryer.

 

[BBrown]

Used pretty much all the methods above. Love the cast iron though, and it's good for the skillet.

Cast iron makes EVERYTHING taste batter.
Why is that?

 

[BBrown]

Air fryer.

I’m really close to pulling the trigger on one.
Everyone I know that has an air fryer really likes it.
I need more counter top space.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

Cast iron makes EVERYTHING taste batter.
Why is that?

I guess it imparts some flavors from past use, so they claim anyway but it's good stuff.

 

[Grant Green]

I put it on a cooling rack and put the cooling rack on a cookie pan with another cookie pan on top to keep the spatter to a minimum.
I monitor it closely and remove the grease as it pools up. I freeze that and use it later.
I love bacon but don't make it more than once a month.

Me too but without the a splatter guard. once I went oven, I could never go back to pan fried. I don't find it messy at all.

 

[PearlSUJam]

I’m really close to pulling the trigger on one.
Everyone I know that has an air fryer really likes it.
I need more counter top space.

I really wish they were around during my college days. I probably wouldn't have lived on ramen noodles.

 

[BBrown]

I guess it imparts some flavors from past use, so they claim anyway but it's good stuff.

It’s sort of funny but my mom and grandma cooked with cast iron for years.
I went with the new fangled t-fal, then calphelon (which I still like), to the new copper craze. Then about 2-3 years ago mom was getting rid of a lot of her stuff, moving into a smaller house, so I took the cast iron skillet, dutch oven and griddle. Best decision ever.

 

[BBrown]

Me too but without the a splatter guard. once I went oven, I could never go back to pan fried. I don't find it messy at all.

I think if I reduce the temp and increase the time I wouldn’t have to use a splatter pan.

 

[Connorpozlee]

My wife makes it in the microwave and it comes out perfectly crispy every time.

 

[Gnat91]

Pre cooked from Publix. By the way Publix bacon is the best ever . Pre cooked is just a hell of a lot easier. So as far as how I cook it ...... 15 seconds in the microwave.

 

[Alphabets]

Scream my wife's name and tell her to get me some fvckin bacon. Tastes best that way.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

The attached article piques my curiosity. What is your preference?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddr...-way-to-cook-bacon/ar-BBUu7LP?ocid=spartanntp

I've had the greatest success cooking on the stove top with water. Iron skillet or nonstick, it doesn't matter. I alternate between the two. However, I find the key is to cook 'low and slow' and you must tend to it constantly, flipping and repositioning the strips several times. If you're in a hurry then microwave is the way to go but you sacrifice flavor and texture (rubbery). I don't use the oven because it creates a God-awful mess inside.

What say ye?

There should be a “pre-cooked” option. Fast, no mess.

 

[Zenophile]

There should be a “pre-cooked” option. Fast, no mess.

They make that. And it cooks (warms?) up perfectly in the air fryer.

 

[91Joe95]

I have switched to the oven. Thick sliced about 20-30 minutes at 450. Uniform and perfect, although if I am being honest I sure do like it in the skillet just a tad better.

 

[gamblepsu]

Baking 400 elevated on a cooking rack in a pan lined with foil for easy cleanup. Usually flip once through.

 

[ralphster]

In the nude. I like to live dangerously.

 

[Nitwit]

 

[nittanyfan333]

I actually stopped eating bacon and now I just go with pork belly (I’m eating Keto). Don’t get me wrong I like bacon (crispy) but I’ll be sticking with pork belly. ESPECIALLY after it’s spent some time under the broiler and the skin has crisped up.

 

[demlion]

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/163569/crispy-deep-fried-bacon/

 

[palmettolion]

I’m really close to pulling the trigger on one.
Everyone I know that has an air fryer really likes it.
I need more counter top space.

I have one that has a rotisserie option. You can only use a young chicken around 4lbs. It's ridiculously good. I cook one twice or more a month. Highly recommend.

 

[lein]

You’re suppose to cook bacon?

 

[artsandletters]

The attached article piques my curiosity. What is your preference?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddr...-way-to-cook-bacon/ar-BBUu7LP?ocid=spartanntp

I've had the greatest success cooking on the stove top with water. Iron skillet or nonstick, it doesn't matter. I alternate between the two. However, I find the key is to cook 'low and slow' and you must tend to it constantly, flipping and repositioning the strips several times. If you're in a hurry then microwave is the way to go but you sacrifice flavor and texture (rubbery). I don't use the oven because it creates a God-awful mess inside.

What say ye?

You’re nuts. You put the bacon in a pan and you fry it. How does water come into play? Never mind. I don’t want to know.

 

[mrtailgate]

I love makin bacon.

 

[NITTANYJGK]

You’re nuts. You put the bacon in a pan and you fry it. How does water come into play? Never mind. I dom’t want to know.

Agree.....who the **** puts water in the pan when frying bacon? This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Fonzie approves this thread.....bacon bacon BACON BACON!

 

[katchthis]

 

[Alphalion75]

Best bacon is baked in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes.