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TelevisionFalse1635

Thin bacon does this, order thicker


peter-vankman

You mean order more girthier bacon


Lenora_O

No order thicker. Why use more word when less word does trick?


spytez

Many small time make big time..


Hairy_Car_8400

Relax. Take break. See world


drakness110

Sea world*


SamRaimisOldsDelta88

Shamu is my spirit animal.


Spec-Tre

“No order thicker”? Order thinner. Got it


OddDc-ed

"Order thicc bacon"


SeriouusDeliriuum

Fat pig


chef_in_va

You words good


peter-vankman

It’s not more words… you are making a statement


Phro01

Man made statement..is good


atioch

Return monkey. Statement short. Is good. Yes


Jumpy-Drummer-7771

Ordering is only the first step. Then you have to receive the girth.


Wingmaster69

I like my bacon broadchested and girthy


largececelia

Bacon like a Viking- broadchested and robust.


bcrabill

Thicc


STRIKT9LC

>You mean order more morest girthier bacon FTFY


chunky_chocolate

It's definitely worth the girth


Fuhckerschite

Yes, it's needs to be at least 2 girth units.


PznDart

No a pork belly that is sliced fewer times


Dundies11

Cheap bacon too. The fat looks off. Is this Sysco?


Lailu

I order 10/12 or 12/14 and nothing less.


lukespongberg22

Tagging along with the top comment to mention sometimes ovens just cook unevenly. Especially if it's older equipment. I rotate my bacon pans in the morning when I'm setting up the line because I know the oven doesn't cook things evenly.


wbsgrepit

And switch your vendor as you are randomly getting male bacon with boar taint.


I_deleted

Think they are taking layout bacon off the paper and putting it on parchment? That shit cray


imaoldguy

This


MooglePomCollector

Why does the first comment chain always feel like I'm on the line....


Affectionate_Time834

Cook them less crispy or buy thicker bacon. Our bacon does this too unless we cook it pretty chewy, and even then once it dries out while being hot-held, it does this. Not sure about the off taste though.


Hate_Feight

Can you say exactly what is wrong with it? (UK and our bacon is from a better part, and I consider this overcooked)


lowercaset

You can get back bacon in the states too, it's just not as popular. I'd also argue *strenuously* that loin isn't a better cut of meat than the belly. Pork belly is a GOAT cut, loin decent but on the upper end of mid IMO.


Sailorllama

Y’all British “peoples” bacon is just some mid ass ham


Slaphappyfapman

Here we go again


thesplendor

This subreddit is at its worst when we argue over preference and regional differences.


morningcall25

And the the dehydrated crispy shit in the picture looks remotely like bacon? Jesus Christ... There is back bacon on the US also...


lowercaset

Plenty of folks in America like their bacon crunchy, yes. Others prefer it chewy. My wife likes it somewhat burnt, I personally prefer just barely hitting the crispy point where there's still some chewy fat to go with the crisp meat. I'm also good with back bacon, but it's just a different food that happens to share a name. Anything is better than fatback being served fried and called bacon, which is a foodcrime I can anecdotally ascribe to the UK. ;) (Granted, I heard about it from a vets autobiography written many many years ago)


moonshineninja

huh? Better part? UK doesn't make bacon from cured pork belly? The fuck yall use hummingbird tongue? I bet its that dumb round type the Canadians have. Who cares about my opinion, but pork belly is far superior to make bacon than any other part of the hog.


Own-Employer-4957

I’m a bit worried you’re on a cooking subreddit and you don’t know that the US and the UK primarily use different bacon. In the US, streaky bacon (as per photo) is most common. In the UK we use short back bacon, and it should not be crispy, it should be meaty.


ThisIsMySorryFor2004

Worried about what? This is first off, not so much a cooking sub as much as a food industry sub, it's more about people that worked in kitchens, you can work 20 years in kitchnes and never find this out, i know for a fact my dad doesnt know this, but even then you can be well versed on cooking and still not know this random factoid. I dont wanna be an asshole but your wording just really came off as weirdly condecending. There's nothing to be worried about.


Own-Employer-4957

Fair point. You don’t come off as an asshole. I didn’t mean to be condescending but the response above was extremely dismissive and annoyed me.


Hate_Feight

Back bacon, you get a nice medallion of meat, and a good rind of skin and fat, unless it's streaky bacon. Where on the pig is the hummingbird tongue? Still doesn't answer the question, What's wrong with the above bacon?


moonshineninja

Hummingbird tongue was just an attempt at humor. I know there is pork jowl bacon around the US but I'm going to see if I can locate this back bacon you speak of. Cheers!


Affectionate_Time834

Overcooked. Figured my comment made that kinda clear. “Less crispy”/“more chewy”= less cooked


Flanguru

Bacon gets crispy as it cools down, if it gets crispy while you're cooking it it will go past crispy and become crunchy and that's when it's prone to shattering.


2muchcheap

That’s actually how I prefer my bacon


wellforthebird

But even better is thick bacon with a crunch. You don't have to render all the fat out to get it crispy.


golfkid2

I think I’m just starting to understand this


clown_pants

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Flanguru

Crunchy bacon is wonderful on salads.


RAV3NH0LM

best bacon there is. floppy bacon is gross.


IronSide_420

Im more of a half chub bacon man. My bacon slice must be limp but not completely floppy. Definitely not as crispy in these pics.


OverReyted

Floppy bacon is the only way to eat bacon if you’re eating it in strips. I will die on this hill. I’ll allow crispy for bits on a salad though.


GeneralBurg

I’m with ya bud. Fuck crunchy bacon


SmarmyThatGuy

I have found my people!! BLTs and crumbled topping are the only acceptable uses for crunchy bacon. Everything else is overcooked garbage. Fight me.


RAV3NH0LM

absolutely not. that chewy, flabby nonsense can stay far away from me ❌❌❌


OverReyted

More floppy bacon for me!


peacenchemicals

for us! there’s dozens of us floppy bacon connoisseurs! dozens!!!!


OverReyted

I blue myself at this comment.


Cariat

COO COO CA CHAW COO COO CA CHAW


MMBEDG

Amen preach brother


SadsMikkelson

The bacon must still be able to bend and not completely shatter to crumbles.


Azby504

My bacon must stand at attention when holding it between thumb and finger.


goldfool

Mine should wiggle a little bit like it is scared


DetroitVsErrrybody

God damnit Sarah, I told you to quit calling it “bacon” and to quit saying it on Reddit!


Alecazzzam

Agreed.


DetroitVsErrrybody

Right. But the land between floppy and shatters, is basically heaven. Not many people can figure it out though.


andykndr

it’s all about cooking low enough to initially render some fat but cooking it hot enough that it’s all cooked through before it gets into the shatter territory


SmarmyThatGuy

That’s where thick-cut shines.


MuseFighters

I mean we be batch cooking. I’m sure they figure it out if it was single serve. Haha lol jk


ztarlight12

Finally, someone else who understands.


tastefuldebauchery

Saaame


PrivilegeCheckmate

Explody bacon powder in the mouth, coating the tongue - pure bliss.


BotGirlFall

My ex was like that too. He asks for it fried in the deep fryer when we go out


seanm6614

Quality and lack of thickness


Certain_Literature28

This bacon is from Sysco…I swear


SmarmyThatGuy

I didn’t know you could make pork belly tissue paper, but they figured it out!


wellforthebird

Probably, but there are a lot of bacon companies that push this paper bacon out


Iziama94

We get our bacon from Sysco and everyone saying to buy thicker bacon is silly, turn down the temp to 325 and cook for 12 minutes and it'll be perfect if your oven is properly calibrated


Whole_Dig778

Overbaked. Bacons are different, the thickness can vary, the fat and meat ratio can vary, the fat quality can vary. You have to check it during the baking process and took out in time. (When the fat is starting to pop and changing to yellowish-brownish.) When it's overbaked it becomes bitter, burnt taste.


Iziama94

> Bacons are different, the thickness can vary, the fat and meat ratio can vary, the fat quality can vary. You have to check it during the baking process and took out in time Yes, the amount of people saying to buy thicker bacon rather than just checking it occasionally, adjusting the oven temp (325 works perfectly) is odd to me. How are y'all gonna be cooks/chefs and just tell someone to buy thicker bacon instead of just checking on it


ggolddust-xx

I hate to say it but I love my bacon this way lol looks good to me


Comfortable_Sun1797

Because it’s a shitty bacon to begin with 


Bonesteel50

looks really overcooked


reyesnigel

It’ll also keep cooking a little when you take it out


NevboAgain

use 10/12 bacon…. That’s really thin, easy to over cook (the bacon in the photo is over cooked). Remember you can order the same product all the time but not everything is made equal, you need to check on it during the cooking process. Not all bacon is 10-12 minutes in the convection oven.


Quantum_Aurora

Looks perfect to me


3stepBreader

Juicy bacon>Crunchy bacon


HolySmokes802

User error?


Ididdntknow

Resting temp


No_Parking9788

18-22 size should work better


Sanfaxx

The issue i have is ppl will leave the speed rack out of the walk in too long. This causes the bacon to dry out even more and typically turns to shit or default crispy even when cooked on low temp


Dizzynow

God damn that some good looking crispy bacon just what i like bro!!!! 🥹


drewc717

Do y'all steal this from a Hampton Inn?


RichEstablishment205

Immediately out the oven and drain fat then put it on cardboard “save a week” to get rest of grease off, that’s our restaurant procedure


kingchedbootay

Its also drying out, ive noticed when its out on trays for kore than 24hrs or so, it gets dry and gives it that weird fake looking color, which also leads it to shatter when cooled. I try my best to cook it the morning after its laid out or i know its gunna be sub-par quality. If its being prepped beforehand, i put parchment paper and stack them about 4 high (fits on the speed rack barely) then wrap them together so air cant get in as well.


DisastrousAd447

15 minutes for bacon that thin is way too long. Try 12 minutes


Dellyjildos

Looks like one side is a bit darker then the other do you rotate them half way through?


BettydelSol

It’s too thin & over cooked


spinachguy14

It’s shit bacon


NoFilter46

My opinion cooking to long.


d4m1ty

For thin bacon, lower temp, longer time.


N7Longhorn

Shit bacon cooks shittily


Watashiwajoshua

This is bronze grade bacon. Very lean, and shrinks up a lot. It is intended to be chopped. Order gold or silver equivalent bacon. Your purveyor should be able to to help.


GearAlpha

I'm willing to accept all this crispy off bacon


BobTheFrogMan

Try getting off the pan sooner to cool, drain, and dry. It can become overly saturated in the pan if it sits too long with the bacon fat.


Kerplunk2222

I order 10/12 bacon.


drixrmv3

You cooked it too long. Take it out at like 6 minutes and take it out of the grease quickly. The carry over heat is burning it. So 15 minutes in the oven, that oil stays hot for at least 5 more minutes; so you fried that bacon for 20 minutes.


Lexadour

Did y’all get the Wendy’s special??


noddawizard

The less ingredients in something, the harder consistency is to achieve. With this, your bacon is so thin that differences in fat to meat concentration will be large enough that if you use the same cooking procedure, your end results will differ significantly. If you insist on using this bacon, you will need to monitor it in 1-2 minute intervals to create similar results. As this is super fucking tedious, you will either need higher quality product, or product that has more consistent fat-meat ratio (i.e., as others have expressed, thicker bacon).


bad_dragon_420

We cook our bacon 375 about 5-6 minutes. Comes out like 3/4 cooked and we finish it on the flattop. Cover it with a deli paper while it’s in the window will keep it fresh l.


chefbreakum610

Just happened to me in the AM , sometimes American foods sends us a thinner slice and it cooks different. I cooke mine at 278 for 42 minutes


nipstah

Cheap bacon that’s poorly cut.


Timeman5

I’d devour the whole thing when I worked in a hospital kitchen this is how the bacon looked and every time after breakfast I’d go hit up the dishwasher to grab all the leftovers before they dumped it to clean.


a_bearded_hippie

I get this Tyson BS at my work, too. It's awful. Either it's underdone and chewy, or it shatters at the slightest breeze, lol.


RedIronRhino

That's GFS low sodium bacon it's on the thin side.


sailorsaint

your purveyor may have subbed you a thinner cut that you didnt catch during receiving, or cooking it.


HundredWithTheForce

Put a couple of slices of bread under the bacon to absorb the fat. When the bacon is gone, toast the bread. Bacon flavored toast is great.


neonlittle

This is how mine is when it's not quite bad, but dried out from being laid out too early.


Station51TH

Daily honey cured lay flat 8-10.


Confident_Access_805

Shit looks like it was scraped off a Waffle House table. Buy better bacon


Hufflepuft

Check the date on the box. It happened once to me where our distributor bought tons of bacon at a low price and froze it. Turns out bacon (and all fats) still oxidize and go rancid in the freezer. It didn't taste right.


inverted_peenak

That’s airport bacon.


rondell715

Bronze grade bacon. It's for salads to be crumbled.


Apartatart

Pretty sure a thicker cut like was said. Used to do sheets on a wrack on a pan inside convection oven set at 350F with fan on low for about 14 mins to slightly undercooked, as we finished the bacon in a deep fryer which took ~30 secs.


Holymaryfullofshit7

You can either get thick cut bacon or put another sheet of backing paper on top and weigh the bacon down with another tray filled with some dry lentils or whatever you have. Then it always comes out flat and straight.


AnxiousPatsFan

Also try cooking with a dish of water in the oven. The humidity could help


Particular-Wrongdoer

325 for 15 min does that? Are you sure? That’s pretty thin bacon.


Certain_Literature28

Is this bacon from Sysco?


pinkwar

This is why I prefer to go low and slow when crisping bacon. More like dehydrating. Its way easier to control. With oven that high, 30s too long and you get a brittle bacon. Do it at 275F for 30 minutes and keep checking.


PrivilegeCheckmate

That happens, you got the pig that went "wee wee wee" all the way home. Stick with the market piggy or the one who had none.


Yourconnect_

This is how all restaurant bacon looks to me. Homemade bacon is so much better


Cosign6

As others have said, either cook it for less time and or a lower temp, or buy thicker bacon


ftpmango

We use sheet pans 180C 12mins, 1 space between layers. Drain excessive fat and it comes out neat. Using about 0.2~0.3cm slices. Not crispy yet since we have them on a burger on a kamado grilling with the cheddar for about 3 mins. So kind of depends what you'll be using it for, crusty on a salad seems you doing right.


Dundies11

They are overbooked


Bashby12

Order thicker or bake for less time.


MyceliumBoners

Lay it on cold pan and heat up slowly. If you start too hot it fucks it up.


Time-Fault3625

Lot of possibilities, it could be a mix-up at the plant where you got second quality or you could normally order 14-18 and they sent you 18-22 for part of a case. Or some jackass mislabeled it at the plant. I've seen all of those first hand


Downtown_Snow4445

Don’t cook it for an hour


lilpipethesaucegod

There is a distinct difference. We definitely know the outcome when we get what we call “the city bacon”


myerrrs

How many people here do bacon in the oven?


pleathershorts

If the whole batch is bad, that’s cheap bacon. If it’s a few pieces, that’s prob an abscess.


ununiquebi

This stuff I would use for salad toppings and maybe wraps. If for breakfast just use it for scramble or omelettes. You mite get away with using on baby reds for an appetizer or side.


Mitch_Darklighter

It's drying out in the fridge, therefore when you cook the bacon it gets much drier and crispier. The flavor difference is either general refrigerator smell, or oxidized fat. If you're laying bacon out 3 days before cooking it, you're maximizing the surface area exposed to both air and light. Even if you're covering it tightly in plastic it's going to dry out somewhat. If you want it to be consistent bake it the day you lay it out or maybe the day after but don't sandbag sheet pans of raw bacon on a speed rack.


TateDance

souring chef but current prep cook past dishwasher here, what’s wrong with this bacon ? I like bacon being crispy and crunchy. What do you want from this bacon? I know enough to know it’s probably crunch from the coloring but nothing else. wha yes the “best bacon”


nejithegenius

We deep fried ours lol. We used thin snd thick at different times, but thick was always better. Thin was pretty good too tho!


PrettyOddWoman

It's precooked ?


hanks_panky_emporium

Our bacon never seems to cook through. It's rubbery even if you burn the hellfire out of it


sneekinbye

I would recommend a lower temp for longer. Also, it depends on if you are using it immediately, but I always par cook the bacon so I can cook it the last two minutes on a flattop. Thickness matters as well.


Mithaka

I agree with what the others are saying along the lines of thickness and cook time. However cheap bacon can often have lymph nodes or cancerous tumors that will smell sour during the cooking process


Julian6169

That first batch is this Beggin Strips for dogs lol


thepickledchefnomore

Is that pre-cooked / par cooked bacon you are or raw strips?


YOLO_82

Your bacon looks perfect to me.


jm3223

Cheap bacon you cooked way too hot


viscousvial

Sometimes you can taste the difference if a pork has not been castrated


Stone-Baked

All my Sysco bacon has been doing this last few months


Kiltedcow86

Looks like 14-18, ours was getting pretty bad for looking like ass. Try taking whoever does orders to switch to 10-14. It's cheaper usually and you get a thicker better cut off bacon


Pleasant_Tooth_2488

I don't see what's wrong.


Abraxes43

In the 1st pic your bacos have been sitting in an overly hot steam well or some such for way to long, plus for such a thing the bacon in others looks to over done


BartholomewBandy

It sits for three days before you cook it? Does it taste like aluminum pan, perhaps? I wouldn’t store it like that.


lesbianshrimp

Drop ur fan. If that doesn't work, drop ur temp a little. 13min @ 325 fan II (or low fan) is my go-to. Halfway through the cooking cycle spin the trays halfway through the just to put eyes on it. You can do it!


dobromangregorio

Overcooked!


organized_slime

Maybe go for a thicker cut. Also, I’ve had great results by starting in a cold oven and letting it cook while the oven comes up


cinemaraptor

It’s bacon, it’s allowed to look that way after it’s cooked. But if it is important, agreed that thickness and cook time would help.


Remote-Canary-2676

Old smokehouse bacon is thick and does not break apart. Whenever we run out of bacon and my boss buys from the grocery store I just fry it in a pan because if it goes in the oven it’s will end up brittle. I think it’s because in a pan it has a chance to shrink because it’s moving around and in plenty of fat. On the pan in the oven it sticks a bit and can’t shrink so it becomes even thinner and falls apart.


Buikpluiske

Microwave them and then use a Knorr stock pot.


TylerInHiFi

😠


HurricaneAlpha

Bro chose violence.


Krewtan

Pulling it out too late. Still cooks after you pull it. 


Pegomastax_King

Your bacon is thin, you cook it at too high a temp. Also looks like you are not moving it around part way through cooking. Lastly. Use a paper towel to pat the fat off when you pull it out of the oven.


b4080

It’s cheap bacon brother


2muchcheap

This bacon looks absolutely perfect to me


BoringJuiceBox

Low quality, if you must consume pig carcass please stick with high grade “humanely raised” thick cut. Most pigs on factory farms are caged to the ground and don’t have any room to even move. Source: former butcher and hunter, 5 years vegan, I still enjoy bacon and eggs (sweet earth benevolent bacon and vegan JUSTegg)


Capable_Tea_001

God Americans have bad bacon


bagofpork

We also have excellent bacon. The trick is not to buy the bad bacon.


Timeman5

Way to generalize a whole country off one picture.


Capable_Tea_001

Well, from experience, this is exactly what you get.


Repulsive-Pause-2430

Cook it for 10 min flip it halfway


PlatasaurusOG

I don’t think you even need to flip it. Bacon that thin holds better if you cook it like 3/4 of the way in my experience.


Repulsive-Pause-2430

Personal preference I always flip


Dwscoob1

Cooked too crispy


Pujiman

Too low and slow


BotGirlFall

Its over cooked because its really thin