Nordic Ware 60109 10 25x8x2 Inches Reviews Summary

Size and Fit

Pros:

• "Before buying I checked if it would fit inside my microwave which is tiny. Yes, it fit."
• "This fits well in my small microwave."
• "The small size fits in my microwave."
• "This small microwave bacon cooker fits great in my small dorm-sized microwave."
• "Fits 4 slices of Oscar Mayer bacon easily - 5 slices with slight width overlap."
• "For the price, a perfect bacon cooker fitting smaller microwaves!"
• "I like that is a tad bit smaller and fits in my turntable microwave."

Cons:

• "When I received the product and used it for the first time, I was unpleasantly surprised at how few pieces of bacon I could fit within the rack."
• "Good for small slices of bacon but too small for larger strips."
• "Way too small. You can't lay a piece of bacon down because it's two short and it's only about the width of three strips of bacon."
• "It's maybe 1 inch too short to hold a typical slice of uncooked bacon."
• "This thing needs to be an inch or two wider and longer."
• "The tray functions OK. Only fits about four-five slices, and for some bizarre reason is far too short for average sized bacon slices to fit."
• "Strips of bacon must be cut in half to fit this device."

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "Feels like good quality. It keeps the bacon on top while the grease goes to the bottom."
• "This is very sturdy both bottom and lid."
• "These are tough, but not unbreakable."
• "Great quality, cooks my bacon well."
• "This product is Made in USA from a great company!"
• "Not only is this a brand name product with quality construction, it also manages to be the most affordable product of it's type."
• "They clean up pretty easily with a kitchen sponge."

Cons:

• "The product cracked after initial use."
• "You can see the major crack that formed, now useless. Poor quality."
• "The tree base cracked in the corner on the first deck and first use cooking bacon."
• "This bacon microwave cooking rack and cover would have been a great product, but the tray is deteriorating with every use."
• "But the corner of it broke completely off - so the grease would drip out."
• "The only issue is part of the plastic material is starting to come off and we’ve only used it maybe 10 times."
• "The bacon cooker however has chipped on the base with use, after the first week."

Cleaning and Maintenance

Pros:

• "Clean up is so easy, but even easier using the paper towels."
• "It’s also much easier to clean than I thought it would be."
• "Super nice crisp bacon and easy to clean."
• "Clean up has been really easy too."
• "Like most things, clean up is easy while it’s still warm. No scrubbing needed."
• "It cleans up easily."
• "This is brilliant, works like a charm and cleans up in the dishwasher so easily."

Cons:

• "Cleaning this is a pain in the but, its got nicks and small cuts that the grease gets in and impossible to remove the darkened grease color."
• "Also, not fun to wash."
• "It's hard to scrub the bacon off after cooking it."
• "The only thing I don't like is that it is very hard to clean."
• "The ribs (for drainage) are poorly designed - with 90 degree valleys that are nearly impossible to clean, without soaking and scrubbing - takes 20 minutes to clean."
• "It's not easy to clean grease off plastic by hand."
• "Hard to clean, have to let it soak for a few hours because bacon sticks."

Functionality and Performance

Pros:

• "Makes perfect bacon."
• "Can get 4-5 center cut strips done in 5 minutes for CRISP bacon."
• "Makes great bacon and the lid is definitely a big plus."
• "Nice product. Works very well and if you put a large dinner napkin under and above the bacon, there is no cleanup."
• "This product is perfect for my uses and I highly recommend this if you love microwave bacon, sausage, hot-dogs, or for re-heating steak and potatoes."
• "It worked great for 4 min 50 secs for the pork bacon. It was crispy and the grease was drained."
• "It is perfect and exactly what I needed to cook my vegan bacon in the microwave."

Cons:

• "It took twice as long & then still wasn’t properly cooked."
• "The splatter cover tends to 'steam' the bacon, which prevents the bacon from getting crisp."
• "My bacon was also a rubbery texture cooked this way and took longer than expected."
• "The middle section of the bacon always gets done too much."
• "The meaty parts turned to the consistency of jerky & the fatty parts didn’t cook at all."
• "I found that the bacon was shrunk some 80%. Cooking was uneven."
• "The bacon came out extremely rubbery."