Your suggestion of cooking the bacon in the oven is great except, it leaves one humongous greasy mess to clean up! And I hate cleaning the oven! Also it is laying in the grease as it cooks.

I found a better way to cook bacon without being burned with splatters. And I can save the grease, strain it thru cheesecloth and store it in the fridge or freezer for seasoning foods (beans and greens especially), or for making my own soaps. I use my George Foreman Grill. I cut the bacon in half and place across the grill. Close the lid and it cooks it quickly, evenly and the grease drains off as it cooks.

C. Kilmer