Homemade bacon

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Does it make a mess in the oven?

No, thats why you put foil on the cookie sheet, to collect the fat. Once you're done, there should be a considerable amount of bacon grease, which you can pour into a glass jar.

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

I tried this method this week, and it was not messy at all. Once the bacon was removed, I carefully took out the foil, and there was no grease at all on the pan. Let the pan cool, gave it a quick rinse, and that was it. Oven looked good on the inside. I imagine some grease will wind up sizzling its way into the oven, but if you clean your oven semi-regularly, I imagine you would be fine.

Hmm...sounds sorta messy unless you poured the bacon grease out first...I usually have a lot of grease and couldn't even think of taking the foil off unless I poured it into a jar.

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by Buck

No, thats why you put foil on the cookie sheet, to collect the fat. Once you're done, there should be a considerable amount of bacon grease, which you can pour into a glass jar.

Hmm...sounds sorta messy unless you poured the bacon grease out first...I usually have a lot of grease and couldn't even think of taking the foil off unless I poured it into a jar.

It certainly could have been messy, but the trash can was close by, so I basically took off the foil and slid it straight into the trash can.