Having used the foil method for a while now, I can vouch this is a great way to cook bacon, relatively unattended. Chef John improves, of course, on the standard oven foil method by introducing the simple idea of making valleys to collect most of the grease. Thank you, Chef John, for all your wonderful cooking ideas and recipes!
Bacon baked in the oven is the best. I line a 1/2 sheet pan with foil then place a baking rack on top of the foil spray the rack with non-stick cooking spray so the bacon will release from the rack when cooked easy clean up after toss the foil liner and the rack washes up easy( due to the cooking spray).
If I could give this a higher rating I definitely would!! I LOVED IT AND WILL USE IT ALWAYS!!! It worked like a charm, but my biggest problem was the pinch and fold for the foil. My fingers just couldn't do it with my arthritis so I had to do the old method of accordian folding. It took longer but it worked none the less. Thanks so much Chef John for putting this as a recipe. I would've been lost without it!! I'd heard about baking bacon but I'd never done it. It sure made cooking a pound of bacon much faster, and made for everyone eating together instead of individually, excellent!
I bought a cookie sheet pan with a rack from Bed, Bath, and Beyond to cook bacon. Definitely worth it. Keeps the bacon above the pan bottom and out of the grease , cooks both sides at once, and cleans up very quickly. I like it better than foil, or parchment paper.
Cleanup is a breeze and I don't get burned by splattering grease. Perfect bacon for a perfect BLT. Nice.
I’ve been baking bacon for 10 years, no muss no fuss but most of all no popping grease on me . I bake mine at 350 , you’ll smell the bacon in about 20 min. Then you have to check for the chrisp that you like . Save the bacon grease for other uses like green beans.
Try putting cracked pepper on the bacon before cooking !
Perfect bacon with no mess. Be sure to save your bacon fat! I pour it off into a small, wire closure, lidded butter/mustard/cheese crock. Let it cool to room temp then place in the fridge. Adds a bit of smoke flavor to stir fried noodles, veggies, or meats.
Amazing!! Best method ever for making bacon and clean up could not get any easier! For some reason I cannot cook bacon to save my life, regardless of the method, cast iron, skillet, griddle. I over cook it every time. Until today:) I followed the directions exactly, my bacon only took 12 minutes to cook (I used thin low sodium bacon) and it came out beautifully! Thank you yet again Chef John.
