Checkered Chef Baking Sheets With Stainless Steel Rack

I purchased this to try baking baccon and was very happy with the resuts. We make our own baccon and it does not have as much fat as store bought and may be the reason why it does not cook the same. Using this to bake it makes for more evenly cooked and crunchy baccon. The rack seems solid and cleans easily with a brush.

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I prefer the grid over the many bars style of rack. Much better for wings, which is the main reason we got it, to use in the convection oven for BBQ legs, wings and the like. Does a good job. Have to soak a little to get it clean but not bad, as you do with any rack, so that isn’t a downfall by any means. Good quality, worth the money.

Update: A few months later, I bought two more as gifts from friends. You DO need to put foil in the bottom of this to reduce cleaning, but it really improves the flavor of tater tots, egg rolls, any frozen food that is supposed to be crispy.

I did a lot of research on the best bacon pan – and this one popped up a few times. Purchased – and a WIN. Really great pan for bacon – pizza too actually. Grates allow for solid crisping, and the overall surface area means you can fit over a 1/3 (almost a full 1/2) of the package of bacon on it at a go. I spray the grate with PAM just to prevent sticking (I would recommend this – I tried once without and the bacon stuck a bit). Only complaint is, it’s challenging to clean. Now, I’ll be clear, I’m a lazy cleaner. I like to rinse something and run it through the dishwasher. That will work fine, but your pan won’t be pristine after a few goes. Doesn’t make much of a difference to me – the pan still works amazingly and I’m sure will last a long time!

during normal baking, the tray bent at 200C. And still hasn’t gone back to normal shape. useless

This product was purchased to cook Bacon in the oven. We have tried several different bacon cooking products including an electric bacon cooker and a microwave bacon cooker and neither performed adequately for us. We had cooked bacon in the oven before and were satisfied with the result but the bacon sat in the grease. The Checkered Chef Baking Sheet and Rack set solves the problem of the bacon sitting in the grease. We have used it two times, cooking a package of bacon each time. Both times the cleaning was easy. The rack is soaked and shortly the tiny bits of bacon debris comes right off. The baking sheet we line and let it cool till the bacon fat firms the n take the parchment and throw it away (no grease down the drain). This product is sturdy and very well made. Overall a great purchase. My only regret is not buying it before the other failed products mentioned earlier, it would have saved me money. I didn’t rate “Durability” because I have only used it twice but it seems to me that it will last us for the rest of our lives.

Feb 20 2021
Follow up on my review from 2019 – Since my original review I have used this pan innumerable times for a variety of cooking needs and this pans durability is not in question at all. This pan is still every bit as “Awesome” as I stated in my earlier review. Prior to buying this pan I had read reviews that claimed it was cheap and warped and not sturdy but those reviews ae totally false and should not be believed. This pan has held up fantastically with only minor scratches where the rack feet sit on the pan. I would by this pan again and not even blink and eye. If you are looking for a heavy duty pan with a rack this is the pan to buy.

Update (April 2022): I have used this pan extensively for baking Bacon in the oven, for meatloaf on my Grill; and for baking bread and cakes in the oven and it has lasted and performed perfectly. Many occasions the temps have been at 400 degrees in the baking process. Any negative comments you might read ignore. I do not know what those people were doing with their pan but they must have been abusing it somehow. BUY this pan! I will buy it again if I ever need another one which is unlikely!