How do you cook bacon?

[Jerod Broussard]

I sous vide the whole pack. Then I remove from the pack and Moo Gloo the slices together. Then smoke like a brisket.

I have an absolutely worthless food YouTube channel in the planning.

[Oak Smoke]

Chud press, this pic is near the end of cooking 5 pounds of bacon. The press is a mess. I haven’t closed the lid at this point. Once the press is closed it’s 90 seconds until you flip then 30 seconds more with the press closed until they’re done.

[texastweeter]

That's like a commercial cooking process, lol.

[bbqLuv]

Now that you mention it, I have seen presses used to cook bacon at restaurants.

[mrteddyprincess]

12 inch CI skillet. Five pieces at a time.

If I'm eating by myself, I have a small non-stick skillet that sits on my stove and I'll cut two pieces of bacon in half and fool myself into thinking I'm eating four pieces of bacon.

I've tried microwave, oven, Black Stone griddle (great for cooking 3 to 6 lbs), and I've wrapped a lot of sh--stuff in bacon and smoked it crispy on the smoker.

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[smokenoob]

All my math goes out the window when it comes to bacon…..I can no longer count either……

[au4stree]

In the oven 9/10 times. The other 10% in the frying pan.

[Sweaty Paul]

I avoid the microwave. However, If I need to cook a lot quickly I use the Blackstone, if I want to keep the house cool I’ll use the pellet grill outside if I need to do a “fair amount” or the oven if it’s cold out-of-doors, if its just my bride and me then I favor cooking in a skillet and tend to use a non-stick for expediency of cleaning. Will need to try the water method.

[Draznnl]

I just burn it. Every dam time. Haven’t figured out how to stick a temp probe in a slice of bacon.

[Panhead John]

That’s why you should always buy the thick sliced.

[gcdmd]

Have you tried an infrared thermometer?

[acorgihouse]

Use the oven, turn the oven light on, and stay in the kitchen while it cooks. You'll be fine.

[Sid P]

In my new air fryer, if it works as well as the YT experts claim.

[Starsky]

The oven

[Bkhuna]

Preface by saying that I like thick bacon. Thicker than Wright's thick cut. My preferred bacon is Berger's Smokehouse steak bacon or Swift's hickory double smoked, both from from Wild Forks. Wright's is next.

Place raw bacon in bottom of air fryer. Set fryer to 365. Insert basket and hit start. When air fryer reaches temp, cook for 8 or 9 minutes flipping once after 5 minutes.

I won't order bacon when eating out because like scrambled eggs, every place over cooks it.

[JoeSousa]

I have always preferred a non stick skillet to cast iron for pan frying bacon. But I have a larger cast iron pan so I end up using that the most. But for quantity nothing beats the griddle outside.

Never really been a fan of oven bacon. Of course it is better than no bacon but the texture always seems less than ideal for me

[MBMorgan]

Vac seal 2 slices per bag then sous vide 147°Fx24hr, then into the freezer. When it's time to use, a quick pan sear and it's off to the races ...

[Panhead John]

You gotta be kidding me!? All that work when you can just pan fry from the start? 🙄 What the hell is wrong with you? 😳 😉

[MBMorgan]

Nuthin, PJ. It’s just better this way.