storing bacon fat

[invader q]

I've got a lot of recipes that use bacon fat. It seems like I need the stuff a lot when I'm not cooping up a bunch of bacon. How long will the stuff store? Do you just put it in a clean jar in the fridge?

Thanks!

 

[placebo]

We freeze ours in a small container, works great.

 

[geek with fire]

I keep the overflow in the freezer, but always have a couple cans in the fridge.
Edit: forgot to address what you asked about container. I just use cleaned soda pop cans with the top cut off. Cover them with plastic wrap and a rubber band.

 

[bbq bubba]

I have had good luck with putting it in mason jar's in the fridge..
My grandma always kept it that way.

 

[ds7662]

Yep that is the way the elders did it and always worked for them.

 

[cowgirl]

Same here Bubba and DS...I use canning jars.

 

[geek with fire]

The only thing I don't like about the jars is that it's hard to get everything out, not to mention clean when you're done. I like the pop cans because I can set them in a hot fryer to soften the edges, then flip 'em over and dump the whole load out. Then pitch 'em when they're empty.

 

[bbq bubba]

If Patty say's it's O.K...................

 

[cowgirl]

LOL! Gee, I should have a t-shirt printed with that on it.

 

[ba_loko]

For my entire life, my Mom always kept a bacon tin with filter in the cabinet. Each time she'd fry bacon she'd pour off the grease into there and stick it back into the cupboard. I suspect she washed it occasionally, but it never saw refrigeration and she used from it for everything from beans to cornbread, etc.

 

[bbq bubba]

And were all still alive......

 

[invader q]

Thanks everyone. Time to go cook some bacon.

 

[spyx]

I have always kept it in a jar w/ lid in the fridge and use it when i need it and when i make bacon, i add to it.

 

[bustedluckbarbq]

My grandmom kept a mason jar of it on the counter.... used it all the time... it had a lid on it but it never went in the fridge... i have some in a coffee can... gotta let it cool before ya put the plastic lid on tho....

 

[low&slow]

My mom did the same thing. I use a porcelain jar that was made for bacon drippings, it has a filter built in the top. I pour all my drippings into the filter and and I end up with clean bacon grease in the bottom. Mine has never seen refrigeration either. It just sits on the counter top next to the stove.

 

[walking dude]

same here........mom and grandmother, used a van camp's pork and bean can......on the stove...........fried tators.........used that bacon grease........any thing that needed frying.......didn't use no veggie oil......or canola, or peanut........good ol bacon grease

 

[desertlites]

yup,always have on hand here-but I do keep in the fridge( bugs & critters)flying things not roaches.heck I think we all grew up on bacon grease.couldn't live without it

 

[filterchef]

Here is a great website with tons of "Bacon Grease Recipes". You can even submit your own recipe and have others rate it.
http://www.filterchef.com/recipes/

 

[jbchoice1]

I've got a bacon tin with filter... just pour it off as soon as your done... keep it in the cabinet or at room temperature... clean and good

 

[ddave]

Wow, you guys are bringing back some memories. My mom used a glass peanut butter jar on the counter. Never saw it in the fridge. Don't know if it was ever empty enough to be washed.

Dave