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Bacon never takes that long to cook, though...

If you do it right, it does. I cook bacon on a rack in the oven on 350 degrees (F, for those on the other side of the pond). No grease splatter, the the bacon always comes out crisp. It takes a bit longer than a frying pan, but, then cleanup doesn't take all day, either.