Cool Tip For Bacon Cooking In The Oven

[ProfessorGAC]

Many of you already know that the recommended oven temperature for bacon is 425°F.
But I saw a cool tip, that made sense to me, and I tried it today. It works!!
Since the lowest molecular weight fraction is the tricaprate and the highest the tristearate, bacon fat melts over a range of around 90°F to about 145°.
So, the tip is, get the bacon on a cookie sheet, set the oven temperature, and put the bacon in. Don't wait for the oven to preheat!
Long before the Maillard reaction begins to cook the lean protein, tge preponderance of the fat has been rendered away.
So, I ended with with perfectly brown & crisp, flat (uncurled) bacon.
Patted the grease away with a paper towel & in a couple minutes a whole pound of perfectly cooked crispy bacon was the result.
I had to pay close attention to the time because it was a first time, but it was 6 to 7 minutes after the oven hit the set temperature.
I just saw this tip yesterday and I'm glad I did.

[1WorldHope]

1. If you use parchment paper, it makes clean up great.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. I Used Foil

But, that was because we were out of parchment paper.
Otherwise, I would have done exactly as you suggest.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Thank you! I'll definitely try this method, as I hate the splattering of cooking bacon, why I don't cook it as much.

Again, I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the tip!

[ProfessorGAC]

4. It Would Have Helped If I....

..had ever remembered to change the stupid light bulb in the oven.
Being able to see it without opening the door would be a plus.
I keep forgetting. That bulb has been put 3 years!

[ms liberty]

5. I see you take your bacon seriously.

I like that in a person

[ProfessorGAC]

6. We Just Had BLTs

But, the choice was driven by a "I've got to try that tip" impulse.
BTW: Used the hickory smoked Jimmy Dean bacon. Had a digital coupon for only $2.69 per pound, limit 5.
I bought 3, stripped 2 packages down and set them between parchment paper. (Went out & got some after we ate.) Put it in freezer bags, and into the deep freeze.
Was way to cheap to not take advantage of that price.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Heck yes! I too, would have taken advantage of the price too! As it turns out, my other half frowns on my

getting yet more bacon, as I had stockpiled it years in the making, probably have 10 pkgs of bacon already! Ha ha heh. Like I said, it's the messy process of cooking it why I don't cook it as much (which I'm looking forward to your tip in cooking the next big batch of bacon).

[justaprogressive]

7. if you do it this way

the bacon won't be sitting in its own fat:

For super crisp, no mess bacon, lay bacon strips on a nonstick
sprayed cooling rack set atop a foil-lined baking sheet then place
inside a cold oven and turn the heat to 400 degrees. Let bake for
15-20 minutes or until crisp.

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[ProfessorGAC]

8. That Makes Sense

I just haven't gotten the rack yet.
Alton Brown suggested cooking on a rack inside a baking sheet on Good Eats. I just kept forgetting to buy one.

[sl8]

9. I wonder if the star of 'Footloose' cooks it that way?

If so, it would be a case of Bacon bakin' bacon.