| Presto 05100 Microwave Bacon Cooker | 
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| Brand: Presto
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 466
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10 x 2.4
Warranty: Presto Products are warrented against defects in parts and manufacturing for 90 days. For repairs after 90 days, call 1-800-877-0441 for a service center in your area.
MPN: 05100
Model: 5100
UPC: 075741051000
EAN: 0075741051000
ASIN: B00006IUWC
Release Date: May 14, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Simple and Efficient. Assembles and diassembles easily. October 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cooks more evenly than flat bacon cookers, paper or glass dishes. Bacon varies from brand to brand, package to package and even slice to slice within a package so some variability is inherent in any microwave bacon cooker regardless of style or design because of the bacon, not the device or microwave.
Peeking under the paper towel as the bacon nears the end of the cooking and you'll catch it just right. It certainly cooks it fast enough to watch the finish. It keeps bacon high and dry out of the melted fat.
 Presto October 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The product does the job, but the clean up is really messy. Back to the skilet.
Excellent September 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Presto microwave back cooker is the best bacon cooker I have ever used. I have one for my house and one for my travel trailer. Thanks
Works great! September 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Works like a charm. I did notice that the thinner bacon cooks better than the thick but that may be due to the fact I've only used it twice so haven't got "feel" of it yet. I do like the fact that it drains the grease as you cook so your bacon isn't getting deep fried......a real plus. All in all a handy kitchen tool to have.
 Microwave Bacon Cookers - An Expert Opinion September 13, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
OK, I love my bacon. I think everybody knows that.
I've owned a number of microwave bacon cookers over the years always in search of the latest advances in bacon technology.
Back in the day, mama always fried bacon in a pan and would pour the grease in a used can of Crisco and put it in the fridge until it got full, and then would throw it away.
Growing up during the 1960's I remember seeing the greatest advancement ever in bacon technology on the Merv Griffen Show. A representative from G.E. was on the show and demonstrated one the first microwave ovens. Originally microwaves had large wattages and were designed for use in commercial kitchens. And on the show they used bacon to demonstrate microwave cooking.
Merv, who of course later became a billionaire by televising the game Hangman on TV, just could not believe the man when he said he could cook 4 pieces of bacon in 1 minute by putting it on a paper plate in the microwave. Merv, along with millions of viewers at home, were all amazed when the microwave did just that! I knew at that point that one day, I too would own a microwave oven and cook my own bacon in it.
Then one day in the early 80's I had my own microwave oven, which my brother had given to me as a Christmas present. Of course in those days, you used paper plates and paper towels to cook your bacon.
Grease is your enemy when it comes to bacon. You just don't want it. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of crisp bacon, instead I believe the best bacon is meaty and hearty with just the slightest hint of fat.
So the most important factor is selecting your bacon by viewing the front of the package and the "representative slice" in the window on the back.
Next is your bacon cooker. You want to separate the grease from the bacon. The first models, and some say the best models, have waffle ridges on the surface where you lay your bacon flat and the grease runs down into a collector area while your bacon cooks above the grease.
Next were models where you hung your bacon over "trees" and the bacon hung down and the grease ran down into the collection tray below. My favorite of this type is the "Bacon Genie". However the problem with this approach is that the bacon would stick together at the bottom and instead of a flat piece, you had a folded piece of bacon.
Then the next generation of bacon cookers had the slots where you would place each piece of bacon in a slot so they stood up vertically. Then you used a skewer to keep them in place. These produced some nice bacon, but was time consuming to set-up and hard to clean.
The Presto 5100 is a vast improvement over tree bacon. Here there are two plastic inverted V shaped racks that you lay your bacon over. This prevents the ends from touching forming the dreaded "loop" bacon pieces and you get nice flat pieces with the grease falling down into the tray. The V pieces pop apart and are stored flat in the tray for easy storage.
It seems that the 5100 is the best engineered bacon cooker, though I sometimes still prefer my flat tray as the best result vs. preparation.
Enjoy bacon the way the Good Lord meant it to be - meaty and greaseless.
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