Cooking bacon with water - Anyone do this?

This is how pig tails are fried in their own renderings. The same is true for some methods of making cracklins.

youve done this method in op?

Seems like it would take forever.

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I guess you can do it that way, but the easiest and most consistent way is the oven, imo. Cook it in the pan if you like it soft. On the rack if you like it crispy.

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It is also the cleanest and the bacon doesn't shrink. On the rack and the bacon fat rendered is clear with no scorched parts. Let it cool and it's white as snow. Only way I cook bacon now.

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Seems like it would take forever.

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It most certainly does, I did it last night. It made some great bacon, though.

Ive cooked mine in a frying pan and skillet on the stove, in the oven in a pan and on a rack, deep fried in a pot of grease (works well for bacon bits because it curls up). The easiesy way is in the microwave on some contraption that my wife bought. Takes 4-5 minutes and comes out perfect.

If im cooking less than 6 slices I use the microwave. A whole pack I use the oven.

I use the microwave frequently, but not exclusively. I use a oval paper plate with a few paper towels underneath the bacon and one on the top of it. Comes out perfectly every time. If I want to render some fat while I cook it. I only covered the top of the paper plate with a paper towel. When it's done, I remove the bacon and pour off the fat into the grease container to save for future use or use right away if need be.

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The only bad way to cook bacon is naked.

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Not if you cook it in the microwave. Nekkid is just fine if you do it that way.