# Crispy Bacon, or Fatty Bacon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689 "2019-10-12T19:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/21 "2019-10-12T22:41:49Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Where is the option for both? Bacon fried, bacon baked, bacon burnt, it’s bacon! > > I always save my bacon grease, but I run out sometimes. Would be nice to have a gallon on hand. That is 7 pounds! Bacon cheesburgers fried in bacon grease! Baked is the way to go. I line a baking sheet with foil, lay out bacon and pop it into a cold oven. Set oven to 400 - by the time it hits temp, it is done (if not, turn heat off and check in a few minutes). Flat and crispy. (My oven is old and has uneven heat, so I do 0-200, rotate pan and do 200-400). For perfect bacon grease, cook bacon ‘sous vide’ in plastic packaging. I do 2 lbs of thick Fletchers from Costco. 150F for twelve hours. Snip corner and drain fat into a clean jar. To prepare ‘sous vide’ bacon for eating, crisp it, either do the oven trick above or in a pan - a minute or two then flip for 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/22 "2019-10-12T22:48:33Z")
Everyone always talks about saving leftover bacon grease, but I never have leftover bacon grease. Anything I’m using the bacon in, I’m using the grease in, too. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/23 "2019-10-12T22:52:34Z")
What do y’all use your bacon grease for? My favorite uses are fried rice, and frying onions for things like black bean batches and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/24 "2019-10-12T22:56:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Everyone always talks about saving leftover bacon grease, but I never have leftover bacon grease. Anything I’m using the bacon in, I’m using the grease in, too. This. I am too lazy to save for future use. If I am going to do something with something like leftover bacon grease, I’m going to do it right there and then. Fry something else in it, but I am not a saver. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/25 "2019-10-12T23:14:22Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > What do y’all use your bacon grease for? My favorite uses are fried rice, and frying onions for things like black bean batches and the like. Make popcorn in it. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/26 "2019-10-12T23:18:20Z")
They all have their advantages as noted above. But I preferentially go middle of the road for crumbles and BLTs, fatty for eating by the strip at breakfast. I _will_ eat more or less carbonized bacon( my step-mother is notorious for that stuff 😛 ), but it is never a preference. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/27 "2019-10-13T00:13:59Z")
No ‘raw’ choice? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/28 "2019-10-13T01:23:43Z")
Fatty soft bacon is nasty. It’s such an unappealing texture. Bacon must be crispy and crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/29 "2019-10-13T01:33:01Z")
Meat should not crunch. Period. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/30 "2019-10-13T01:43:06Z")
Greasy. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/31 "2019-10-13T01:48:01Z")
Man, talk about poisoning the well in the OP. Lol Anyway, if I’m cooking green beans, I use crispy bacon. All other times it’s middle of the road. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/32 "2019-10-13T02:23:14Z")
> [@susan](#): > > No option for both? Yes, smoked bacon. [\*RJ’s BBQ \*in Mission, KS](https://twitter.com/RJsBBQ)smokes their bacon so the meat and the fat are both crisp. [Gaze upon this in wonder.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_cgBz6XkAABgny?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/33 "2019-10-13T02:35:39Z")
Personally, I like it mostly crispy, but a little bendy and a little burnt in between. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/34 "2019-10-13T02:36:30Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Personally, I like it mostly crispy, but a little bendy and a little burnt in between. No offense, but I’m not taking meat-texture advice from anyone named scabpicker. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/35 "2019-10-13T02:58:38Z")
Bacon MUST be crispy, slightly soft and bendy at most. Limp chewy bacon has a raw mouthfeel to me and is yucky. Bacon is NOT a condiment. Bacon Grease otoh…I will stand there at the stove top dipping bits of bread into the Bacon Grease as it cools and eat and eat and eat until I can’t eat no more. Yes, I will most likely drop dead of a heart attack any minute no ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/36 "2019-10-13T03:03:10Z")
ETA because I voted after posting, OP you forgot the Bacon Grease option 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/37 "2019-10-13T03:34:08Z")
Bacon is _meat_. Meat should be tender and juicy. So fatty and succulent. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/38 "2019-10-13T12:47:57Z")
Turkey bacon. I hate fat. ---
**Author:** ![Taesahnim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taesahnim/32/84_2.png) [@Taesahnim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taesahnim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/39 "2019-10-13T13:18:48Z")
There needs to be an option that just says YES! Bacon - food of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/40 "2019-10-13T15:11:32Z")
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