This lady uses a colander - cheap, and with different diameters - but no handle.
Please help me to keep my kitchen clean
I have an inexpensive splatter lid from ikea sort of a fine metal grid/mesh. it is very big and fits all my pans and pots easily.
Well I just tried the colander method and it worked a treat. There was a small amount of splatter when I removed it to flip my bacon, but still 90% better (less mess) than before. Thanks for posting.
Looks like something I might have to add to my kitchen thanks for posting.
The only problem with our automatic floor cleaner is that itās too large for the cats to ride. . . .
My colanders were in use - so I used a metal sieve.
Perfect: the right diameter - no greasy drips off the protruding edge; holes for the steam - so crisp frying; a handle; it can be dishwashered; a new use - now Iām not sieving flour for fancy sponge cakes - I rarely made a cake, but stillā¦
And itās FREE - splatter sieves cost anything from five to thirty quid.
I am a very happy bunny.
I will have to try mine. I have one that is very fine I use to strain my bone broths with, it would be perfect. Costco even has sets of them in different sizes, might need to get a set to fit all the skillets and pans.
I did check out the silicon cone mentioned above but reviews of it were not good so I passed, this idea has a lot of promise. Thanks for mentioning this.
Have you tried baking your bacon? Itās the only way I cook it now. No mess and it comes out perfect. I prefer a cold oven, 400 degrees, for about 20 minutes.
No I havenāt. I usually bake sausages or burgers as I nearly always end up burning them if I fry them, so will try that. Thanks for the tip.
A bit of an upfront expense, but if you can manage it, I canāt recommend the Instant Pot enough. A decent-quality knockoff would probably do just fine as well. Itās cut down on kitchen mess significantly for me, and is a huge time-saver to boot. You can sautee, steam, pressure-cook, etc all in the same high-walled pot.
If that is too much of an expense, simply sauteeing stuff in a high-walled pot rather than a pan can help a lot to mitigate grease splatter. For shallower pans, splatter screens do help, and donāt worry about the huge diameterāitāll balance just fine on a small or large pot. Thereās also this type of splatter guard as an alternative, which I have been considering but havenāt actually tried. It has good reviews and is a much less bulky option:
The frywall? No, thatās why I said I havenāt tried it. Iāve heard good things, though. The Instant Pot I use pretty much daily at this point, and I do have one (enormous) standard splatter screen that does the job when I need it on all my pans.
Well, I had a look on Amazon and have bought an instant pot in the sale! Have used it first time today for pot roast beef - was a little scary with all that steam, but I survived, and the meat is so tender. Iāll maybe attempt cooking bacon in it tomorrow morning.
Reading through all these posts, it was a choice between getting a dog or an instant pot - the pot won this time.