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I was making myself an early lunch, and once I finished, a bunch of smoke came out of the pan, and knowing that our fire alarm automatically alerts the Fire Department, I didn't wanna get hung with a $1,000 fine, so I opened the window and back doors, and let the smoke out before the alarm tripped. However, I closed the door, but left the window open, just in case. I've had experience doing this before, but let me make one thing clear-- I am not great at cooking bacon.
 
Your heat is too high, I cook on med/low heat and bacon turns ou great...never had it smoke.

And if you get fined for tripping a fire alarm cooking, its time to move.
Accidents happen and that is one thats un-avoidable ( spill something in the oven while baking ( turkey grease/butter ) you wouldnt believe the smoke from that...

Crazy for them to fine you for that.
 
sonocativo said:
Your heat is too high, I cook on med/low heat and bacon turns ou great...never had it smoke.

And if you get fined for tripping a fire alarm cooking, its time to move.
Accidents happen and that is one thats un-avoidable ( spill something in the oven while baking ( turkey grease/butter ) you wouldnt believe the smoke from that...

Crazy for them to fine you for that.
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Ah, that would explain a lot. Noted. I am used to cooking with high heat, so I guess I'll need to adjust for bacon.
 
I bake my bacon. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, arrange bacon in strips, put the pan in the cold oven (do not preheat) turn oven onto 400. Bake 17-20 minutes. After the grease cools in the pan a bit you just pull the foil off and toss it, no messy clean up :)
 
ambrosia said:
I bake my bacon. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, arrange bacon in strips, put the pan in the cold oven (do not preheat) turn oven onto 400. Bake 17-20 minutes. After the grease cools in the pan a bit you just pull the foil off and toss it, no messy clean up :)
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That's good advice. I just might use that. Thanks.
 
You mean if someone accidently set the fire alarm off they have to pay a fine ? That stink.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Yup, and it's $1,000. I'd rather not, thanks.
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They do this to prevent idiots from playing with it causing false alarm, wasting the firemen's time and money.

If you do accidentally set off the alarm, you need to call them right away. You shouldn't be charged.
 
I use the microwave for bacon....comes out great and no smoke...

Laura
 
I can't imagine he has fire alarms, those have to be pulled. He's talking about smoke detectors.

I used to have a condo that had smoke detectors in the hallways that if they were triggered to fire department was notified, but not the ones inside the apartments, just the common hallways. Maybe since this is a halfway house or something for the mentally ill they're hooked into the system, but I can't imagine them fining people for burning their dinner. That's beyond stupid and completely different from pulling a fire alarm.

A false alarm, for a fire alarm is fine able. I had a friend who's 3 yo daughter pulled one at the laundry mat and the owner wanted him to be the fine she was going to get for the false alarm, but it wasn't 1k either, it was more like $100, regardless though it's a completely different situation. Mark is either a)very confused or b) full of it.
 
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ambrosia said:
I can't imagine he has fire alarms, those have to be pulled. He's talking about smoke detectors.

I used to have a condo that had smoke detectors in the hallways that if they were triggered to fire department was notified, but not the ones inside the apartments, just the common hallways. Maybe since this is a halfway house or something for the mentally ill they're hooked into the system, but I can't imagine them fining people for burning their dinner. That's beyond stupid and completely different from pulling a fire alarm.

A false alarm, for a fire alarm is fine able. I had a friend who's 3 yo daughter pulled one at the laundry mat and the owner wanted him to be the fine she was going to get for the false alarm, but it wasn't 1k either, it was more like $100, regardless though it's a completely different situation. Mark is either a)very confused or b) full of it.
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Yes I do. I have flashing fire alarms that goes straight to the CFD. That alarm box is no small smoke detector. It's a jumble of wires and passcodes.

And I'm not full of it, either. I'll prove it to you.
 
ambrosia said:
I bake my bacon. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, arrange bacon in strips, put the pan in the cold oven (do not preheat) turn oven onto 400. Bake 17-20 minutes. After the grease cools in the pan a bit you just pull the foil off and toss it, no messy clean up :)
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I bet the grease get on the boiler heating element. If I was to cook bacon in the oven I would put it on a boiler pan that has a tray with holes so the grease can drip down into the pan. My idiotic ex-husband would boil meat on the boiler pan and cover the tray with aluminum foil so the fat could not drip into pan . The top over oven got coved with grease.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I bet the grease get on the boiler heating element. If I was to cook bacon in the oven I would put it on a boiler pan that has a tray with holes so the grease can drip down into the pan. My idiotic ex-husband would boil meat on the boiler pan and cover the tray with aluminum foil so the fat could not drip into pan . The top over oven got coved with grease.
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It's in a baking pan, the grease stays in the pan, it's not flat and doesn't have holes in it that would leak grease out the bottom. You could use a broiler pan but you'd be better off just using the bottom section and lining it with foil. Leave that top piece off, less messy.
 
This is no joke. This is why we get hit with these fines.
 

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ambrosia said:
It's in a baking pan, the grease stays in the pan, it's not flat and doesn't have holes in it that would leak grease out the bottom. You could use a broiler pan but you'd be better off just using the bottom section and lining it with foil. Leave that top piece off, less messy.
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The boiler pan come with a tray that fit on top and it has small holes so the grease can drip down into the pan . This so you don't start a grease fire in the oven and it keep the grease from spitting onto the boiler heating element. I could not use my boiler because of ex husband cooking his meat the wrong way , it too smoky . I do not care about getting messy, I am more concern about getting grease on the boiler heating element , that is a lot harder to clean than a dirty pan.
 
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