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Bacon cooker???

Tjcoley
Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
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OK, bad combination. Drinking and late night QVC. Thought this looked like a good idea for cooking bacon on the Egg. We will see what happens. http://www.qvc.com/CooksEssentials-16x12-Nonstick-Rectangle-BBQ-Grill-Pan.product.K40443.html?sc=K40443-User&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-1-_-K40443&catentryImage=http://images.qvc.com/is/image/k/43/k40443.001?$uslarge$
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    You're doing fine.  I've clawed my way out of bed after a night of drinking and on-line shopping to realize I just pulled the trigger on a $750 Festool rail saw.  But I really did need it.
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    $30 bucks and it comes in green. How can I go wrong.
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    Next item up is a $150 Charbroil Electric Grill/Smoker. I think I will pass and go to bed.
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  • Austin Egghead
    Austin Egghead Posts: 3,966
    Vicarious buys.
    Like the bacon cooker. I would probably use for veggies and fish. I will probably miss out on that buy. Let us know how you like it.
    Up in the Georgia mountains phone is only link to the outside. Be cooking on Saturday and then going on serious diet on Monday.
    Y'all enjoy your new toys.
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,068
    nolaegghead said:
    You're doing fine.  I've clawed my way out of bed after a night of drinking and on-line shopping to realize I just pulled the trigger on a $750 Festool rail saw.  But I really did need it.
    I think you will love it!  Festool makes some great tools.

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    edited May 2014
    Hoping you went with green.  Last time I shopped under the influence I wound up with 3 squatty pottys.   :-O

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    QDude said:
    nolaegghead said:
    You're doing fine.  I've clawed my way out of bed after a night of drinking and on-line shopping to realize I just pulled the trigger on a $750 Festool rail saw.  But I really did need it.
    I think you will love it!  Festool makes some great tools.
    It's a great saw.  I upgraded from the smaller version.  I have a bunch of their tools, worth every penny.
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  • U_tarded
    U_tarded Posts: 2,083
    GATraveller said:

    Hoping you went with green.  Last time I shopped under the influence I wound up with 3 squatty pottys.   :-O

    I know the inventor of that. Pretty neat guy. His business is blowing up right now and just like 2 years ago he was building them in his parents garage.
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  • Cookinbob
    Cookinbob Posts: 1,691
    Am I the only one worried about flaming bacon fat?
    XLBGE, Small BGE, Homebrew and Guitars
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Cookinbob said:
    Am I the only one worried about flaming bacon fat?
    Yes, I think other people would use a pan to catch the fat.  :D
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Cookinbob said:
    Am I the only one worried about flaming bacon fat?
    Bacon fat dripping on burning lump may give a whole new meaning to "acrid smoke". 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,465
    Long time eggheads may recall the days of Old Dave from Indiana who to this day is a egg legend and competition legend as well. One time he was egging many pounds of bacon at his home on his egg and the grease caught on fire and exploded - he was able to save his home, but there was severe damage to the exterior of his house. Bacon grease needs to be respected!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Hot fat is hot fat, whether it come from a pork shoulder, ham, duck, bacon or chuck steak, it's all flammable. 

    Bacon doesn't have to cook at nuclear temperatures.  When I'm cooking a large quantity of bacon, I cook it on racks and baking sheets in my oven around 300F.

    You toy around the flashpoint of fat and you can get a self-feeding grease fire.  No reason to get that hot, even if you like your bacon crispy.  Time does the same thing as high heat.  Render the fat and dry off the water = crispy.
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    The best bacon cooker is the boxed timer in your kitchen.  Lay the bacon on a sheet pan, let the bacon fry in its own grease.  280-300 for about 30-45 minutes, flip halfway. 
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    Cookinbob said:
    Am I the only one worried about flaming bacon fat?

    I once did bacon in a foil disposable pan. When removing the pan, it tilted and the melted fat went into the coals, causing one heck of a flare up, and ignighting the fat in the pan that was in my hands. Luckily I was wearing Ove Gloves, and was able to set the pan down and cover to extinguish. Closing the Egg took care of the flare up, and I was able to finish breakfast with no issues. Be careful out there.
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    Cookinbob said:
    Am I the only one worried about flaming bacon fat?

    Per the ad, 'The design allows fat to drain off toward the moat-like sides of the pan, helping to avoid food-charring flare-ups'. As long as the temp is ok to not light the fat in the pan, looks like it should work. I've done bacon on the Egg many times in disposable foil pans (see previous post) and the rigidity of this seems to be an advantage.
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Tjcoley said:
    Cookinbob said:
    Am I the only one worried about flaming bacon fat?

    I once did bacon in a foil disposable pan. When removing the pan, it tilted and the melted fat went into the coals, causing one heck of a flare up, and ignighting the fat in the pan that was in my hands. Luckily I was wearing Ove Gloves, and was able to set the pan down and cover to extinguish. Closing the Egg took care of the flare up, and I was able to finish breakfast with no issues. Be careful out there.
    OK, flambé bacon?
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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