Norpro Grill/Bacon Press
from: Norpro
Price: $7.99
Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Product Description:
Short on time? Handy press will cook your bacon in half the time.
Amazon.com Review:
Bacon curls while frying, making it difficult to cook evenly. Long ago, cooks found a simple solution to this problem: hold bacon to its proper shape by flattening it with a heavy, cast-iron press. Norpro's press hews to that tradition. It's made of traditional cast iron and has a wooden handle that stays cool while the press is in use. For speeding up the bacon-frying process, the press can be preheated--also preheat it when you're flattening hamburgers, grilled sandwiches, or quesadillas. Season the press by coating it with oil and heating it for 20 minutes; after cleaning it in soapy water, it should also be lightly coated with vegetable oil to prevent rust. --Fred Brack
Short on time? Handy press will cook your bacon in half the time.
Amazon.com Review:
Bacon curls while frying, making it difficult to cook evenly. Long ago, cooks found a simple solution to this problem: hold bacon to its proper shape by flattening it with a heavy, cast-iron press. Norpro's press hews to that tradition. It's made of traditional cast iron and has a wooden handle that stays cool while the press is in use. For speeding up the bacon-frying process, the press can be preheated--also preheat it when you're flattening hamburgers, grilled sandwiches, or quesadillas. Season the press by coating it with oil and heating it for 20 minutes; after cleaning it in soapy water, it should also be lightly coated with vegetable oil to prevent rust. --Fred Brack
Features:
- Presses frying bacon flat to prevent curling
- Use also for flattening burgers, grilled sandwiches, quesadillas
- Made of cast-iron, with stay-cool wooden handle
- Needs to be seasoned before use
- Hand wash in soapy water and lightly coat with oil
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Bacon Press
I don't really like this Bacon Press. It's not the greatest thing.
It's easily rust,even greased, awkward to use, and doesn't fit any size frying pan well. It stays in my cabinet.
Rating: 
- Need evenly cooked bacon?
We cook tremendous quantities of bacon (because it is the only source of protein that one of our sons will eat). Our son insists that the bacon be extra extra crispy (if it will bend, he won't eat it) therefore a bacon press is a necessity.
Pros:
1. Wooden handles stay cool
2. Heavy enough to do their job very effectively.
3. Bottom surface flat enough that they can be used on non-stick surfaces (unlike some others that have decorative ridges that make cleaning difficult ... Read More
Rating: - Bacon Press
I bought this for my boyfriend that likes to cook!! He loves and I agree, it is great. Will probably get another one!!
Rating: 
- Embossed design on bottom prevents proper cleaning!
Someone didn't think things through on this.There's a "Bacon Press" design on the bottom surface that has all sorts of irregular nooks and crannies, it's a pain in the behind to clean.The round bacon press by Norpro is much better (though a bit big for some situations) because the bottom surface is just ridged to give that striped "grilled look".
I don't know why that design is not on the top surface instead of on the bottom.Just plain dumb.
Rating: - Only 6 1/2" in length
It is only 6 1/2" in length.I thought it would be longer since bacon is cut approx. 10" so you have to keep moving it around.The weight is good.
- Bacon PressI don't really like this Bacon Press. It's not the greatest thing.
It's easily rust,even greased, awkward to use, and doesn't fit any size frying pan well. It stays in my cabinet.
- Need evenly cooked bacon?We cook tremendous quantities of bacon (because it is the only source of protein that one of our sons will eat). Our son insists that the bacon be extra extra crispy (if it will bend, he won't eat it) therefore a bacon press is a necessity.
Pros:
1. Wooden handles stay cool
2. Heavy enough to do their job very effectively.
3. Bottom surface flat enough that they can be used on non-stick surfaces (unlike some others that have decorative ridges that make cleaning difficult ... Read More
- Bacon PressI bought this for my boyfriend that likes to cook!! He loves and I agree, it is great. Will probably get another one!!
- Embossed design on bottom prevents proper cleaning!Someone didn't think things through on this.There's a "Bacon Press" design on the bottom surface that has all sorts of irregular nooks and crannies, it's a pain in the behind to clean.The round bacon press by Norpro is much better (though a bit big for some situations) because the bottom surface is just ridged to give that striped "grilled look".
I don't know why that design is not on the top surface instead of on the bottom.Just plain dumb.
- Only 6 1/2" in lengthIt is only 6 1/2" in length.I thought it would be longer since bacon is cut approx. 10" so you have to keep moving it around.The weight is good.
