Bacon day

[Becks]

I want bacon. *pout*

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I thought every day was bacon day.

Here is what I discovered about bacon. Bake bacon.

I mean, it's got "bake" right there in the name, right?

Throw that bad boy on a baking pan (I have little baking pans with grills inside them), put them in a convection oven at four hunnert degrees, and bake them until they all are all crispy and perfect.

NOMNOMNOMNOM. It cooks the bacon completely evenly. No burnt bits. No soggy bits. Just perfect bacony goodness. NOMNOMNOM....

Of course, then you scrape the crispy bits out of the bottom of the pan and eat them, too...

[Der Cute]

What, RK, you dont wanna use your ancient weapon/kitchen tool : the cast iron skillet?

I like cookin bacon in that. Then drizzle out most of the grease, and cook the eggs up while the bacon drains and sits in the microwave to keep the heat.

Once that's all done, go sit down with salt pepper and ketchup (yes, I do) and Nom Nom Nom!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, two things: I can't use my cast iron skillet on my glass topped stove. Also, cooking on a raised grill in a baking pan under convection heat negates the need to turn the bacon over.

[AdminAssistant]

I'm with RK. I bake bacon in a broiler pan, and it's nomtastic. Plus, there's the added benefit of not getting popped and burned by bacon grease.

[AccountingDrone]

I do it in a foreman grill, does both sides at once, keeps it flat and the fat gets drained off =)

[csquared]

I will usually cook up the whole package at one time. The last pieces are the best, cause by that time, I have enough grease to deep fat fry them!

RWH,
You can have another peice if you promise not to slurp me.
*Tosses RWH bacon*

[RetailWorkhorse]

I will eat bacon any way you wanna cook it.

RWH,
You can have another peice if you promise not to slurp me.
*Tosses RWH bacon*

Don't be hatin' on the slurp. At least I didn't drool on ya. Or slobber. I'm not part Saint Bernard, after all.

Baaaaaaaaaacooooooon.

*Noms bacon*

[Jester]

The advantage of oven-roasting bacon is less grease, less splatter, and the bacon cooks more evenly.

The advantage of cooking it in a skillet is you can use the bacon grease for something else.

For me, it depends what I am doing with the bacon. For just eating the bacon, it's all the same to me, and I'll go oven roasting, as it just gives you a nicer munching bacon. If I am making home-made bacon bits, I will definitely use the oven, as it cooks more evenly.

But if I need a decent amount of bacon grease for another part of the recipe, skiillet it is!