Bacon Toaster
bowlerae
Posts: 555 Member
I apologize if this has already been shared, but....
http://nostalgiaelectrics.com/product/bcn6bk-bacon-express/
http://nostalgiaelectrics.com/product/bcn6bk-bacon-express/
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I just looked this up on Amazon and the feedback on it is not good. Too bad, would be nice to have1
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I saw feedback on a Facebook group that I belong to and it is junk.0
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I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...0
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I just bake my bacon in the oven on a cookie sheet @ 350 degrees. You can bake it to whatever texture you prefer and always comes out flat and so much easier than sitting over a frying pan, etc.1
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I don't like have a gadget that is good for only one task. My oven, microwave, and stove top all do a wonderful job cooking bacon.1
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retirehappy wrote: »I don't like have a gadget that is good for only one task. My oven, microwave, and stove top all do a wonderful job cooking bacon.
I have been listening to The Minimalists podcast lately. After a hailstorm forced us to move out of our house for a few months last year, my wife and I have been working to declutter as much as possible using rules like the 20/20 rule (if we are keeping it "just in case" but it can be replaced for under $20 within 20 minutes, get rid of it) and the 90/90 rule (if we haven't used it in 90 days and don't have specific plans to use it in the next 90 days, get rid of it). The exceptions to those rules are seasonal items like Christmas decorations.
In doing so, The Salvation Army has so far received 3 large car loads of donations (with at least 3-5 more to come) and our trash can and recycling bin have each bin filled multiple times.
Along the lines of this product, we got rid of a sandwich maker and a quesadilla maker (I'm the only LCHF person in the house so far).
Funny thing is, the less you have, the more you have in a way. When you have too much stuff (which is easy to do over the course of a 21 year marriage), it makes it hard to find stuff and/or hard to get to it because it is stored away. A kitchen only has a limited amount of space. Everything we actually need should be easily accessible. If something is not worthy of one of those easily accessible spots, we probably don't need it.5 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...
I cannot think about bacon on a George Forman grill without thinking of the Office and Michael's foot.
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I saw that in a Facebook group too ... I just keep thinking it must be awful to clean haha 0
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I inherited my Dad's air fryer when he passed away. I don't know how I lived without one before. It does bacon perfectly crispy in about 14 minutes and is super easy to clean.0
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retirehappy wrote: »I don't like have a gadget that is good for only one task. My oven, microwave, and stove top all do a wonderful job cooking bacon.
This doodad must be the brainchild of the same genius who dreamed up the electric smores maker. Talk about one trick ponies.
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I do a pound at a time in the oven too. I will never go back to skillet frying.2
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I did see one of those "test cooking" best practices shows the other day that showed the best way to cook bacon on the stovetop was to put water in it to just cover, then cook it off to crisp. That way the insides get done properly before the outside crisps... I just thought it was really interesting.1
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...
Yup that was one of my "ah hah!" moments!
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...
Interesting! I never would have thought of that.0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...
Yup that was one of my "ah hah!" moments!
Can you give more details of how this works? I imagine the bacon would take a lot longer than the eggs?0 -
missippibelle wrote: »I do a pound at a time in the oven too. I will never go back to skillet frying.
I skillet fried this morning b/c I thought it would be faster than my usual oven method.
Never again.1 -
macchiatto wrote: »KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...
Yup that was one of my "ah hah!" moments!
Can you give more details of how this works? I imagine the bacon would take a lot longer than the eggs?
It's just like using any other pan:
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And to bring it back to the original post, man, why are we always creating special appliances? Back in the day we didn't need a whole 'nother toaster!
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I like bacon, but now that a package or fresh from the deli is $5.99 and up for 1 lbs, that is crazy. 2.5 lbs of frozen Tyson chicken can be bought for the same price and is more filling.
However, if and when I do decide to buy bacon again, I'm going to use my new kitchen gadget that I've been getting plenty of use since I bought it last November:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I5YCHNA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=11 -
mandycat223 wrote: »retirehappy wrote: »I don't like have a gadget that is good for only one task. My oven, microwave, and stove top all do a wonderful job cooking bacon.
This doodad must be the brainchild of the same genius who dreamed up the electric smores maker. Talk about one trick ponies.
Au contraire! A lot of those Nostalgia products look like one-trick ponies, but most were originally invented for other reasons. This thing is actually a sock-dryer that you can also use for bacon and warming hamster blankets on cold nights.
This one was created to warm bodily extremities (though it can also warm cheese stix when you have a toothache).
PS Here's a keto pizza healer.0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »I think it was @Kirkor who originally suggested taking a George Foreman grill and FLIPPING IT UPSIDE DOWN to make bacon and eggs easily... Just make sure you have a trivet or oven mitt under it to prevent accidental heat transfer...
I cannot think about bacon on a George Forman grill without thinking of the Office and Michael's foot.
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hahaha, another gadget. We cook bacon perfectly crispy and flat on aluminum foil (because we are lazy about cleanup) in our deep cookie sheet. lay them out flat, just touching fat strip to meat strip alternating and put in a COLD oven on the centre rack. Turn to 425 and watch carefully for 5-10 minutes depending on your oven. No mess, no grease spitting all over your stove (See, you CAN cook bacon in the nude!!), no fires, no smoke alarm.
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