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Comments (8)efmiller - The skillet we use for bacon is an 11-1/4" Griswold. It's big enough for six slices. We only cook bacon in the skillet when we are going to cook something immediately afterwards in the bacon grease and the bacon is part of the recipe....See More300 CFM vent hood and BACON
Comments (30)You'll be fine. People have fried bacon for years without venting at all. I use an electric skillet for larger amounts of bacon instead of using my range. No problems no horrid smells. No grease on the cabinets or counter. Properly cooked bacon is a slow process over low to medium heat. I only turn on my vent for heavier cooking. All this angst on this forum about venting is downright silly. Unless you are high heat cooking for hours on end on all burners the recommendations are way over rated. And some people just love to spend other people's money. It's refreshing to hear the appliance dealer didn't try to upsell you. Cooking smells in houses is a good thing. It's what makes a house a home. Range hoods are for removing combustion products,smoke, heat, airborn grease, and steam from the area above the cook top. They were never designed to be whole house ventilation systems. Windows let in fresh air. Range hoods remove cooking effluent....See MoreNo mess bacon cooking?
Comments (21)I use the oven, microwave, and a cast iron skillet depending on what it is for. All works well. Low heat is key. Place on a sheet pan in a COLD oven, middle or low middle rack. Then turn on the oven. 375-400. For the microwave use lower power. Great for just a couple slices. I use double paper towel bottom and top on a salad plate. Another plate on top if you like it flat. We like prosciutto bacon. 2-4 thin slices on parchment in the oven. Same method. Great soup/chowder or sandwich garnish. And not at all greasy. BLT's I use the microwave to start and finish crisping in the oven on parchment. The weave. Great for a crowd. My family starts nibbling if single strips and I have to start all over again with another package. We don't have bacon often so a package is too much. I freeze half strips rolled or folded and freeze on a small sheet pan then into a zip-lock or container so it is handy for saute greens, brussel sprouts, a pot of collards, etc. Also freeze prosciutto bundles. Great on pizza. Bacon never freezes rock hard so a rolled bit can be cut easily into smaller cubes. Don't think I would want anything pre-cooked. I don't really care for the rendered fat/juice or bother saving it. I do use what is rendered from the small frozen pieces for greens in the cooking pan/pot....See MoreCooking bacon in the oven: cover?
Comments (14)I did it, but it was far more challenging than I expected. I Started it in a cold oven, set to 400. Set the timer to check it in 15 minutes. But the smell of burning brought me to the oven at less than that (I was making dinner on the other side of the kitchen). Everything in the center had burned already. I removed that, turned down to 350. Still too hard to control. Removed the ones with one overdone edge, set oven to 325. At 325 it looked like it was cooking, but it wasn't getting brown. I started pulling it out every 15 minutes to flip and rotate. Not so easy mass bacon, I thought. Finished it after an hour all together....See More- 18 years ago
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