Afraid Of Being Splattered With Hot Bacon Grease? We Have A Solution That Makes Things Safer & Easier

Afraid Of Being Splattered With Hot Bacon Grease? We Have A Solution That Makes Things Safer & Easier

We do this with Bacon but if you are making fried Chicken or anything else and want to give this a shot you can always do that as well. We think this hack can be used for a lot of things.

Here Is What You Need To Do…

The Directions To Follow: 

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F:  Place a rack in the lower third of the oven.
  2. If you're cooking multiple sheets of bacon, position a second rack in the top third of the oven.
  3. Line a baking sheet with foil.
  4.  Lay the bacon on the baking sheet in a single layer.
  5. The bacon can be close together, but don't let it overlap or the bacon will stick during cooking. If necessary, use a second baking sheet.
  6. Place the baking sheet of bacon in the oven and bake until the bacon is deep golden-brown and crispy, 15 to 20 minutes.
  7. Begin checking around 12 minutes to monitor how quickly the bacon is cooking.
  8. The bacon fat will sputter and bubble as the bacon cooks, but shouldn't splatter the way it does on the stove top.
  9. Pour off the bacon grease as needed so the bacon isn't totally submerged in grease.
  10. Remove the bacon from the oven and use tongs to transfer it to a plate lined with paper towels to drain and finish crisping.

Finished!

This Oven Baked Bacon Turned Out So Good We Had Seconds & Are Always Using This Hack.

Let Us Know How It Turned Out!

Article & Photo Source: The Kitchn

Photo Source: Winkgo





32 Comments

  1. Joyce Ann
    Joyce Ann September 24, 15:38

    Cook it on a square griddle, on medium heat, cover with a sheet of aluminum foil, easy.

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  2. Mike Coulter
    Mike Coulter September 24, 16:27

    Or you could turn the heat down.

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  3. Betty Matherne
    Betty Matherne September 24, 18:25

    Awesome

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  4. Niki Bell Snedeger
    Niki Bell Snedeger September 25, 15:09

    And it makes a mess in your oven. I would rather clean up the grease on top of the stove instead of cleaning the oven weekly. Everyone says the oven method is wonderful, but nobody says what a mess it makes in the oven.

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  5. Brett Maples
    Brett Maples September 26, 01:40

    Oven works good at 350 degrees

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  6. Lillian Coffey Crow
    Lillian Coffey Crow September 26, 02:10

    I always cook bacon in the oven.

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    • Hummer
      Hummer October 25, 02:43

      I do too, Lillian, and I’ve never had any splatter in the oven. I use a slotted broiler pan so the grease drains from the bacon.

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  7. Valerie Ann Clark
    Valerie Ann Clark September 26, 03:41

    I wear an old T-shirt.

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  8. Brent Fabian
    Brent Fabian September 26, 05:01

    Lower the heat and cover it with foil. Also you can place a smaller cookie sheet in a larger one to catch grease.

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  9. Kim V Fisher-Isaacs
    Kim V Fisher-Isaacs September 26, 13:01

    Grease-less, healthy vegan bacon is on the market now. It’s delicious 🙂

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  10. Art Lugo
    Art Lugo September 26, 16:21

    Been using this method for years, just line cookie sheet with foil, in oven at 420 for 15-25 mins, depending how crispy you like your bacon. It does not splatter , pull bacon let grease solidify roll up foil in the trash, no mess no fuss.

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  11. Nancy Jukes Edwards
    Nancy Jukes Edwards September 26, 23:46

    microwave

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  12. Harriet Marcus
    Harriet Marcus September 27, 00:26

    Duh! It won’t work for me.It just smoked up my oven really bad.I have a gas oven.

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  13. David Jalbert
    David Jalbert September 27, 23:25

    cook in mic takes out the oil put papper towels one on bottom one on top cook for seven min the best good luck try it ya going to like it

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  14. Delia Boatman
    Delia Boatman September 29, 16:12

    I tried putting water in skillet — worked out pretty good —but at the end you had to really watch it —there was some splatter when water dried up.

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  15. Delores A. Buss
    Delores A. Buss September 29, 19:01

    Use the micro with paper towels. Easier, faster and no mess.

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  16. Barbara Boertzel Di Bella
    Barbara Boertzel Di Bella September 30, 00:44

    Just wear an apron….I’m NOT old but use one on occasion

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  17. Cindy Frovik-Mulligan
    Cindy Frovik-Mulligan September 30, 02:49

    I think I like it better made in the oven.

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  18. Carol Booton Sheeley
    Carol Booton Sheeley October 01, 20:26

    We always microwave bacon. No mess and the bacon is crispy and good, just flatter.

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  19. Vicki Pedersen
    Vicki Pedersen October 01, 23:35

    Always do it in the oven if I have a large amount to cook. Comes out great!

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  20. Susan Howorka
    Susan Howorka October 02, 16:22

    I line my cookie sheet with double duty aluminum foil. Bake the bacon in the oven, and when your done, I throw away the aluminum foil.

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  21. Kaye Davis
    Kaye Davis October 03, 00:13

    I have never noticed the mess (foil over top) and have done it many times for big family gathering at breakfast.

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  22. Kaye Davis
    Kaye Davis October 03, 00:14

    Also stack in microwave in egg cartons, covered.

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  23. Rhonda Neal Mitchell
    Rhonda Neal Mitchell October 03, 18:14

    I always cook it in the oven

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  24. Bob-Jewell Silvey Fill
    Bob-Jewell Silvey Fill October 04, 19:01

    I have been baking bacon for the last couple of years. Will never make it any other way. No mess in my oven! Much better method than pay frying and having to clean the pan.

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  25. Laura L. Williams
    Laura L. Williams October 04, 23:01

    Parchment Paper works too.

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  26. Judie Erickson
    Judie Erickson October 05, 19:15

    I am going to try this the next time I make bacon.

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  27. Mary Becker-Henry
    Mary Becker-Henry October 05, 22:31

    I’ve been baking bacon forever. It doesn’t sizzle & spit like it does on top of the stove.

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  28. Gayle Seay
    Gayle Seay October 06, 04:29

    love doing it, it bakes flat and even!

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  29. Lips
    Lips October 19, 15:50

    If u place the bacon on a rack, add some water to the baking sheet. No splatter at all. Learned that a long time ago. I also use this method when I broil. About 1/2 glass should do it.

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  30. Hank
    Hank February 13, 07:33

    I place a cooling rack on top of the aluminum foil so the bacon doesn’t baste in the grease.

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