Best way to cook crispy bacon to perfection?

Sometimes I will cook in the skillet then finish in the microwave for 45 seconds while cooking my eggs in the bacon grease.

What say you, fdb?

In the oven

Oven is the best way to get perfect bacon. I can get mine pretty damn perfect in my skillet cooking it on medium for a couple minutes then turn down to medium-low for the remainder.

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Oven is the best way to get perfect bacon. I can get mine pretty damn perfect in my skillet cooking it on medium for a couple minutes then turn down to medium-low for the remainder.

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I can get mine good in a skillet, but when I was a breakfast cook, I would cook them in an oven on parchment paper. I tried that recently at home and got really good bacon.

Also the key is, to pull it out when it is still a little limp, it will stiffen as it cools.

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Cooking eggs in bacon grease is the most disgusting way to prepare eggs.

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You are off your rocker.

Evidently you've had the wrong cook serving you bacon n eggs

Get this:



I use the flat side and put the bacon on while the griddle is cold. Turn it on 300 degrees, leave it for maybe 7 minutes. I do it in the mornings and can leave it while I go finish getting ready. Never burned!

i have trouble with bacon too. often end up cooking it in the oven because i cant seem to get it right...particularly the 2nd or 3rd batch in a cast iron skillet.

since you will only have a cold grill surface for the first few pieces..is there a trick to doing the rest since they will be soaking in hot bacon grease? do you have to keep scraping the grease off?

i'd really like a technique that i can use with my one iron skillet to knock out a whole pound of bacon with minimal hassle.

I use a cast iron skillet on the range, I prefer my bacon somewhat "medium" with lightly crisped edges and a more tender center...

Bacon in the oven. Drain grease 3/4 of the way through to get it to crisp up if that's your thing. I like mine somewhat limp to barely crispy.