Cruzette wrote:

I cook my bacon at home until it's almost done. I use my George Forman Grill and cook 5 lbs of thick bacon at a time. Once cooled I put it in a big Ziplock baggie and freeze it. I pull out a few pieces at a time when needed and microwave for about a minute. Not only does this save time, but our 5er doesn't smell like bacon afterward and I don't have to deal with the grease in the RV.

At home I do collect the bacon grease and pour it into a jar once it's cooled and close it with a lid. Then I toss it out. This is the way our local waste management has asked us to dispose of grease.

My husband's family always reused their bacon grease for everything. Heck, they even spread it on their biscuits instead of butter. Of course, they all died at a relatively young age of heart attacks too.

Jack_Jack wrote:

I spend one afternoon every so often frying bacon and sausage. When it is cool, I put it in freezer bags and place it in the freezer. I can take out what I need or bring the bag with us in the RV. I save, usually a pint jar of bacon grease and keep it in the fridge. I do not save any more until that is used. If my afternoon of frying comes along and I still have some grease left, I throw that out and replace with a fresh pint jar full.

I take the jar of grease with me when we go camping, If I am planning on frying potatoes, or making Biscuits and gravy. (I keep biscuits baked and frozen too.)

I put some bacon grease in a big skillet and throw some of the bacon and sausage back in it for a few minutes to warm it up, and, then use the grease to make gravy. No grease smell in the RV!

ladymc53 wrote:

I have a small electric griddle from Wal-mart that I fry all my bacon on with the vent hood running. I fry it completely done, ziplock bag it and stick it in the fridge. I take out what we want and nuke it for about 10 seconds and it's great - why recook it for 1 min. It will make the kitchen smell of bacon if you do it that long...but then, I don't care - I love the smell of bacon.

kihutson wrote:

My mom used to use the saved bacon grease to pop popcorn. We had a special pan that we used solely for the popcorn (we had popcorn a LOT since it was inexpensive). Popped with the bacon grease sure gave it a different but yummy flavor that can't be beat.