Mmmm...bacon.

I also do it in the oven. Put down a cookie sheet, not a completely flat one, make sure it has raised edges. Lay aluminum foil down on it, then put a rack on the top of that. Lay bacon out, bake at 350-400, flip at around 5 minutes, cook for another 10-ish minutes, then broil for about 40 seconds. As you can tell, I don't really know what I do, I just check it every couple of minutes until it looks nice and crispy, but not being burnt.

When you're done, pour the grease into your bacon grease container (for future use!) and then throw away the foil. No clean up!

Anybody here ever try boiled bacon? There was a movie reference (can't remember the movie right now) but my wife's mom LOVES it.

I don't have a microwave, so I haven't tried that. Nor have I tried boiled bacon.

I think a fair amount of bacon issues are solved buy buying a quality bacon product to start with. My favorite store brand is Hormel Center Cut. I cut the whole package in half so I have short little slices.
I cook mine in a cast iron skillet. Many people don't understand how to cook in cast iron, but you have to let it warm up thoroughly before using it. I let my pan warm up at least 15 minutes over a medium-low heat of about 3 on the dial. I add the thickest slices to the middle where the pan will be warmest and put the thinner slices around the outer rim.
I flip often, which helps to prevent curling or "bubbling" of the fatty parts of the bacon, which will lead to uneven cooking. If a piece isn't cooking fast enough, it gets moved to the center of the pan and vice versa.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid has it right when he says you don't want the bacon to be crisp when it leaves the pan. It will crisp up nicely when it sits on a paper towel in a warm (170 degree) oven. My bacon cooks so light and wafer crispy, it is like bacon candy. It just melts on your tongue.

From now on, there should be a Challenge Event for bacon.

I'll plus one both the microwave method (about 5 minutes to cook all the way) and the cast iron method (to be used when you want the bacon aroma to linger in the house and travel slowly down hallways to wake up your wife and kids while you're on vacation).

Also, my grandmother used to use bacon grease for a lot of her cooking instead of vegetable oil or butter. Bacon grease fried pancakes are sublime but the oil has to be hot enough to have just started smoking to do it right.

DrBoost wrote: Anybody here ever try boiled bacon? There was a movie reference (can't remember the movie right now) but my wife's mom LOVES it.

Better off dead.

"You told me you didn't like the fat in regular bacon so I boiled it."

Klayfish wrote:

pigeon wrote: Microwave oven. Seriously. Sandwich it between paper towels and cook until crisp.

This. It's quick, easy, less mess and it gets it crispy. I use turkey bacon, but it works the same. As others said, you have to overcook it a little to get it crispy.

Damn I need to try this. I love Bacon but hate degreasing half the kitchen after breakfast.

In reply to failboat:

If you hate de-greasing, make sure you cover the bacon in the microwave with paper towels.

If you don't, grease will get everywhere. The plus to that is until you clean it, every time you use your microwave it will smell like bacon in the kitchen. The minus is that it is a real pain in the butt to clean.

Two words: NuWave Oven.

Crispy every time.

ditchdigger wrote:

DrBoost wrote: Anybody here ever try boiled bacon? There was a movie reference (can't remember the movie right now) but my wife's mom LOVES it.

Better off dead. "You told me you didn't like the fat in regular bacon so I boiled it."

YES!! I'll have to watch that again. Just LOOOK at that nasty mess of his fork!

DrBoost wrote:

Grtechguy wrote: Sorry, I like soggy bacon!

I bet you think utes look good too, don't you?

Yes, yes I do!

ThePhranc wrote: Also beef bacon crisps better than pork.

"Beef bacon" isn't.

I usually cook bacon using one of those plastic microwave racks, but I seldom go for full-on crisp.

George Foreman grill. Seriously. All the fat drips into the tray and since it's covered it doesn't leave all the splatter residue that pan frying does. Also cooks it in about 10 min, compared to the 20-25 min oven cooking takes.

Boiled bacon? Bleh! Sounds like almost as much of a bacon fail as some of these.

guess I can't leave a link?

http://www.partsgeek.com/community/bacon-gone-bad.php

hoont79 wrote: Boiled bacon? Bleh! Sounds like almost as much of a bacon fail as some of these.

the only boiled bacon here would be when cooking beans