Effects of Frying Procedures and Compositional Factors on the Temperature Profile of Bacon

Abstract
The effects of frying procedures (preheated vs cold skillet) and compositional factors (adipose vs lean) on the final temperatures attained in fried bacon were investigated as a prelude to studying the kinetics of N‐nitrosopyrrolidine formation in bacon. With a preheated skillet set at 171°C, the final temperature reached in whole bacon samples at the end of the 6 min frying time was 164 ± 3°C. Bacon samples, initially placed in a cold skillet preset to heat to 171°C, attained temperatures of 127 ± 5°C and 165 ± 6°C at the end of 6 and 8 min frying periods, respectively. It was observed that the lean bacon strips rarely exceeded 145°C while the adipose approached 165°C when separated adipose and lean components from whole bacon samples were fried for 6 min in a preheated (171°C) skillet.

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