Oven backed Bacon

[Sifty]

Looking to see if anyone has a recipe for cooking bacon in the oven.

Sifty

[PartyWhine]

Line a cookie sheet with foil.

425 degree oven ... no need to pre-heat

Give it about 20 - 25 minutes.

I don't even turn 'em.

Your nose will tell you when to check 'em.

[highlife4me]

+1

That is the best way to make bacon if you need more than a couple slices. Bacon is evenly cooked and not nearly as messy. I don't preheat the oven either. In my oven by the time the oven hits 425 the bacon is usually done unless it is real thick cut.

[pushbutton]

I put parchment paper over the top. Had bacon in my hand before i left to the lake and decided to leave it home...bummer...now i really want bacon.

[fishinchicks]

That's how I cook all my bacon. I use my convection setting, which cuts down on the time a little, and makes it pretty evenly cooked.

[Sifty]

Thanks everyone. I will be giving it a try this weekend.

Sifty

[Farley]

Thats funny a buddy of mine brought over some bacon yesterday morning and I was asking him if he wanted a fry pan or a electric griddle and he said "how about a cookie sheet and we'll do it in the oven?". I made him fry it because I've never heard of baking it before. Now I wish we would have tried it.

[Jim Almquist]

I only use the oven method. Much easier and a lot less mess.

[JimBuck]

I might give this a shot, does the grease just burn off or is there a way to collect it easilly? I love using bacon grease for country/sausage gravy. Mmmmm...bacon. I gotta get lunch.

[pushbutton]

There will be plenty of leftover grease for you JB. Just make sure it is not a flat cookie sheet or the oven will be a mess. While i did not explain earlier, same reason for using the parchment paper, simply keeps the splatter down, and even more grease for your gravy

[RK]

PW is right on. The ONLY way to make bacon, IMHO. Even better with some pepper and a little brown sugar on it before it goes into the oven.

[bigswede]

I put it on a cookie sheet and put it on teh grill. Smell is outside of you dont want it in the house.

[Jarrid Houston]

Bears and Racoons love the sweet smell too!!

[bigrog]

I have used a cookie sheet lined with foil. I then place a rack over the cookie sheet and place bacon on rack. All the grease drips onto the foil for easy clean up and the bacon turns out nice and crisp and maybe a little healthier.

[SkunkedAgain]

The Montgomery Ward 1950s double-oven that came with my house, included the bacon pan. It's a got slits that allow the grease to drain into the pan below which I usually line with foil for easy cleanup.

I also have a plastic bacon device that is essentially a slanted, plastic bacon pan that funnels all of the grease into a pit on one end of the pan. Those things work great in the microwave although I don't remember ever trying it in the oven. I'm sure that it works great there as well.