Cooking Bacon In The Oven: How-To
Bacon is delicious and a favorite breakfast treat, but it’s a bit time consuming to make if you’re cooking for a crowd (big family meals) and it’s an item that needs to be babysat if cooking in a frying pan or electric griddle. If you haven’t tried cooking bacon in the oven, give it a try. The oven-method cooks up big batches of bacon quickly, evenly and it’s less messy. Here’s how to do it:
How To Cook Bacon In The Oven
Plate Of Crispy Bacon
1 large shallow pan or cookie sheet with sides
aluminum foil
wire rack (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Line pan or cookie sheet with aluminum foil then fit the wire rack inside pan and on top of foil. If you don’t have a wire rack to fit, you can omit.
- Lay bacon in individual strips across the rack, you can fit them tight against each other but try not to have them overlap too much.
- Place pan in oven and cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until bacon is crisp (about 35 minutes for thick slice).
- Remove from oven and lay bacon on paper towel lined platter to absorb more grease.
Easy Cleanup: Either pour off bacon grease in a container to use for later and toss aluminum foil or allow the bacon grease to get cold then remove solidified grease by lifting foil out of pan and throwing in the garbage.
Original vintage article (from my notes):
Bacon For A Crowd. When serving breakfast and preparing bacon for overnight guests or a large family, I use a large shallow pan or cookie sheet with sides. Set a wire cake rack inside or line with foil, and punch a few holes in foil to let grease drain into pan. Place strips of bacon on top. Bake at 375° for 15 to 20 minutes*.
*Notice I upped the cooking time in my article, I found the bacon took a little longer to get crispy than the vintage article stated (when cooking a panful).
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First Published: December 3, 2009
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lower the temperature (250ish) and up the cooking time
the wait will be well worth it
I’ll have to try that next time jehan, thanks for the tip!
If you want to avoid splattering the inside of your oven, sprinkle each piece of bacon with a little bit of flour!
The nice thing about cooking bacon in the oven is that I’ve yet to need to clean up any bacon splatters–it’s really a neat way to cook bacon (and not have a greasy mess to clean afterwards).
Does it make a difference if cooking with Turkey Bacon as opposed to Pork Bacon? Would you cook it for less time? Perhaps 10 to 15 mins? Thanks! Lisa
I’m sure you could Lisa, the time will need to be adjusted but you’d know for how long after the first batch you make.
We’ve done this for years but use 350 degrees. Of course we also use the non-nitrate bacon (package says uncured, uses celery salt as preserver, Oscar Meyer) so that may be why we use the lower temp. Try it at different temps to see what works best for you. I pour off excess fat about half way through. Will NEVER go back to cooking bacon any other way, this is the best and less mess.
I have cooked acon like this for a long time. I use parchment paper instead of foil, because it doesn’t leak onto the sheet pan. Only clen up is the parchment paper into the recycle basket. I also grind fresh pepper on bacon before baking. YUM!!!!!