Drea Knufken
Who doesn’t love crispy, tasty bacon? In 1993, then 8-year old Abbey Fleck was making bacon one morning with her dad. Normally you drain those curly strips of artery-clogging goodness on paper towels, but the Flecks were out, and nobody wants to use newspaper or anything else with ink on it.
That’s when Abbey and her dad came up with an ingenious and far healthier way to cook bacon – by letting it drip cook. Their microwave-safe, inch-deep plastic skillet comes with a framework above the dish to support the rashers of bacon. When they’re done cooking, you just dispose of the grease as usual. You still need a paper towel to keep it from spattering all over the place, but no longer do you have to let your strips of salted pork sit in congealing grease that gets all over your fingers and makes a huge mess.
Numbers are lean, but Abbey and dad’s Makin BaconCE appliance has really helped her, er, bring home the bacon.
