cooked strips of bacon on a black surface - Mike Kemp/Getty Images While writers may go into ecstasies over the scent of bacon sizzling in the pan perfuming the entire house, no one waxes rhapsodic ...

As soon as it became safe for me to cook on the stove unsupervised—say 12 years old?—I began to fry bacon. I’d do my best to stretch out the wobbly strips so they wouldn’t overlap or curl up too much ...

Cooking bacon in the oven is easier, quicker, and cleaner than frying it on the stovetop. Lay your bacon out on a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet, and start it in a cold oven. The result is a ...

It's fine if the bacon strips touch since they'll shrink and shrivel while cooking. Your frying pan is officially fired from bacon duty. The oven has taken over, and it's not sorry. Home Tips If ...

Let me set the scene: you're making breakfast in a time crunch, and realize that you forgot to turn on your oven to make your bacon. When you need it fast, the microwave is the way to go. Not only is ...

Baking bacon on a foil-lined sheet pan at 400°F for about 22 minutes yields evenly crisp, flat strips and lets you cook up to 10 slices at once — the test kitchen’s clear winner. For smaller batches, ...

While writers may go into ecstasies over the scent of bacon sizzling in the pan perfuming the entire house, no one waxes ...

If you're still making bacon in a frying pan, you're doing it wrong. Let's be honest: You're just signing up for a greasy mess, uneven cooking and the constant threat of hot splatter. With bacon being ...