Make it easy on yourself, cook bacon in the oven! 375 degrees for 40 minutes. Use foil for easy cleanup (pour that bacon nectar in a jar for later use). Sometime I also put down parchment. Haven’t really noticed a difference when I leave the parchment off. In this pic I cut the bacon in half to fit one pound on a 1/2 sheet pan. Go here for bacon grease (nectar) storage tips.
I’ve also added a cooling rack to add another layer of bacon on top. However that requires scrubbing the cooling rack, which is something I’m not into!
Also, bacon weaves are lovely, so many creative ways to use them!