My wife started cooking bacon in the oven or toaster oven. It increases latency from a cold start (preheating) but I find it takes less attention that a stovetop, and the result is still tasty. I am curious if you have experimented with that, specifically because as you state you enjoy the scheduling most.
Yes! I found that oven bacon is pretty great and low effort. But slow. Air fryer bacon is amazing though and fast. But still I find pan bacon the most enjoyable and then I can vary the qualities so the kids get crunchy and I get soft.
