Question for those that Oven Bake their Bacon using a WALL Oven

aloha2009

9 years ago

I understand that frying bacon on the cooktop (or an oven in a range) using an exhaust fan would work well, but what do those with a wall oven do for the smell of bacon (not that bacon is a bad smell) so that it doesn't permeate the whole house. TIA

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WalnutCreek Zone 7b/8a

9 years ago

My daughter has cooked bacon in our wall oven, and I never notices the odor permeating the house.

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Mike C
9 years ago
We use our outdoor grill and make a 'pan' of aluminum foil. No inside grease at all. Wait for the grease to set up, roll up the foil and dispose.
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beachem
9 years ago
I've been baking bacon in my bathroom. I just leave windows open and live with the scent of bacon.
morz8 - Washington Coast
9 years ago
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Can you not still use the exhaust fan in your kitchen when using your oven? It should help to pull cooking odors from the air to outside. I've turned mine on for cooking methods other than stove top. I'll open a window (really, daily) to draw in fresh air, or open a window and use a little counter top fan to push odors out that window.

My former house had heat pump with whole house air cleaner, and I never had cooking odors. I didn't dust either, but that's another story ;0) This house while overall much nicer, has radiant heat in the ceilings and little air flow. No duct work present for the now missing air cleaner. I do sometimes notice cooking odors but limited to the area of the kitchen. When I get up in the morning and make my way to the kitchen, one I will almost always be aware of is that night-before pot roast cooked with onions and garlic.
gonnabuild
9 years ago
Aside from on the outdoor 36" griddle, the only way we cook bacon these days is in a 400 degree oven (cold start, put the bacon in and turn on the oven....) on a sheet pan covered with heavy duty foil. Stays flat, no splatter all over the cooktop and counters. Pour the bacon grease into a container the into the freezer for later uses. Wad up the foil and toss it out. No muss, no fuss. I'm usually checking email or the morning news while it cooks. Still get the wonderful smell in the house. If you don't like that heavenly smell (we really really do), just fire up your vent hood 10 minutes or so before putting the bacon in. If you still have lots of smell, you need better ventilation....
Cheryl Hewitt
9 years ago
We turn our exhaust hood on. We have a Vent-a-hood, which seems to handle things quite well even though our wall ovens are ~ 8' from the hood and the room has quite a bit of volume. I think the trick is to start the hood prior to running the oven so the airflow is already established.

We make bacon in our combi-steam oven: lay bacon out on two sheets of parchment paper on the solid sheet pan, put in cold oven, set the mode to convection-steam @ 445F. The bacon is usually done when the oven hits temperature.

We love our Wolf combi-steam oven and highly recommend it.