# Bacon: Crispy or chewy?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954 "2011-12-31T15:51:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/1 "2011-12-31T15:51:28Z")
I know. I should have posted this in the Pit. But I figured we could at least _try_ to a a civil conversation about this.
(poll to follow)
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### Author:  [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/2 "2011-12-31T15:53:15Z")
Crispy. Chewy bacon is perilously close to trichinosis.
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### Author:  [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/3 "2011-12-31T15:59:44Z")
Chewy and extra thick please.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/4 "2011-12-31T16:00:42Z")
A little bit of both. Why on earth wouldn’t you want it all?
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### Author:  [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/5 "2011-12-31T16:02:40Z")
Crispy golden crispy just a little soft fatty strip crispy crispy!
- wipes drool off chin \*
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### Author:  [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/6 "2011-12-31T16:18:54Z")
Crispy!
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### Author:  [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/7 "2011-12-31T16:33:47Z")
It has to be crispy. If I doubt that the eating establishment can competently crispify my bacon, I will ask for sausage instead. Floppy bacon is inedible.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/8 "2011-12-31T16:53:55Z")
KtK has it right. Proper bacon is a bit crispy and a bit chewy. However, since both isn’t an option, I’ll take crispy, please.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/9 "2011-12-31T16:56:45Z")
**Bacon: Crispy or chewy?**
Yes
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### Author:  [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/10 "2011-12-31T17:09:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> KtK has it right. Proper bacon is a bit crispy and a bit chewy. However, since both isn’t an option, I’ll take crispy, please.
I completely agree with this.
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### Author:  [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/11 "2011-12-31T17:39:19Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> KtK has it right. Proper bacon is a bit crispy and a bit chewy. However, since both isn’t an option, I’ll take crispy, please.
Aye. It’s better to err on the side of too crispy than too chewy.
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### Author:  [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/12 "2011-12-31T18:02:47Z")
Chewy yo.
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### Author:  [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/13 "2011-12-31T18:11:18Z")
> [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](#):
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> Crispy. Chewy bacon is perilously close to trichinosis.
you should look into the recommendations for cooking pork, they have changed in the last 20 years.
the op forgot the “yes” option
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/14 "2011-12-31T20:34:54Z")
Somewhere between the two extremes.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/15 "2011-12-31T20:42:02Z")
crispy = well cooked.
Fry it with chopped potatoes for a nice dinner.
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### Author:  [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/16 "2011-12-31T21:03:40Z")
> [@Critical1](#):
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> you should look into the recommendations for cooking pork, they have changed in the last 20 years.
Yep, trichinosis has not been much of a problem in the U.S. in 50 years AND at least some bacon will have been smoked/cooked at a temperature that is sufficient to address any pathogen issues.
Oh and I went with crispy.
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### Author:  [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/17 "2011-12-31T21:31:25Z")
I cure and smoke my own bacon. I slice it thick, both because I like it that way, and because I do a terrible job when I try to slice it thin. Then I put it under the broiler. I get crispy and chewy all at the same time!
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### Author:  [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/18 "2011-12-31T23:26:19Z")
I used to cook bacon enough to cook it but not really enough to get all the fat rendered…chewy.
I’m not fond of a strip of bacon bits…unless that’s the objective…crumpled bacon bits.
I don’t eat bacon as a side, just as an additive to other food or wrapped around it.
I’d go with cooked but not burnt to a crispy gnaw.
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/19 "2011-12-31T23:51:00Z")
Chewy – bacon is meat, and meat should be nice and tender. You also get more flavor that way. A little crispy is okay, but not burnt black, like my mother and sister like it. Ugh.
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### Author:  [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-crispy-or-chewy/607954/20 "2012-01-01T00:37:11Z")
**Bacon: Crispy or chewy ?**
Trick question. The answer is “more”.
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