Product Description

Bacon in the microwave? Most people would say when pigs fly! But thanks to the Presto PowerCrisp, it's easy to prepare crisp, extra-lean and undeniably delicious bacon right in your microwave, and without all the added fat. One-year limited warranty. Model 05100.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1249 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Presto
• Model: 5100
• Released on: 2007-05-14
• Dimensions: 2.40" h x 10.00" w x 10.50" l, 1.50 pounds

Features

• Microwave bacon cooker cooks up to 10 strips of bacon at a time
• Load by draping strips of bacon over tent-shaped plastic racks
• Choose between crisp or soft consistency; tray collects fat drippings
• Cool-touch wrap-around handle; dishwasher-safe parts
• Measures 10-1/2 by 10 by 2-2/5 inches; 2-year limited warranty

Amazon.com Review
Bacon is excellent with Sunday brunch fixings or on a turkey club sandwich, but many don’t cook it often at home because of the high fat content and the mess. The PowerCrisp just may change all that by providing a leaner and cleaner way to make bacon. This microwave bacon cooker cooks bacon either to a crisp or a soft consistency, depending on how much cooking time it’s given it in the microwave. It has a pair of tent-shaped plastic racks that are easy to load by simply draping strips of bacon over them. The racks rest within a 2-inch-deep tray, which collects all the fat drippings as bacon cooks so the meat is not sitting in its own grease as with stovetop frying. And, as opposed to pan-frying, there is no splatter involved when cooking bacon in the microwave. Simply place a paper towel over the racks and it captures any grease and keeps microwave walls clean. The wraparound handle makes it easy to remove the PowerCrisp from a microwave turntable and dispose of hot drippings without burning hands. Slotted tops on the two plastic racks allow you to slide a knife through the racks to remove cooked bacon. The PowerCrisp cooks up to 10 strips of bacon at a time and both racks and the bottom tray are completely dishwasher safe for easy cleaning. Presto covers this microwave bacon cooker under a two-year limited warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde

Amazon.com Product Description
The easy way to make crisp, delicious bacon in your microwave. Bacon cooks leaner and healthier than pan fried. Special cooking racks allow fat to drip down into the exclusive deep base. An easy-grasp handle wraps around the entire base so it's always within reach. Cooked bacon easily lifts away with the edge of a knife. Bacon cooker is fully immersible and dishwasher safe. Removable cooking racks separate and stack in base.

Customer Reviews

Not worth it
I used to use one of these. Save your money by microwaving your bacon like this: lay a couple layers of paper towel on a microwavable plate or platter. Lay the bacon on the paper towel, then cover with at least one layer of paper towel to prevent spattering.

The paper towels absorb the grease. If you like, you can even do additional blotting of the bacon afterwards with paper towel. I feel that this approach eliminates as much grease as using this contraption, and it is easier to clean up afterwards.

Best thing since sliced bread!
I've owned one myself for a while and decided to pull an Oprah, It's one of my favorite kitchen gadgets and all my friends are going home with one!

Crisp Bacon
Does a nice job. The bacon is crisp and the majority of the fat is rendered out. In most microwaves the focus of the radiation is low and in the center of the oven, because of this it takes longer to cook the bacon with the Presto because of its vertical configuration.