The easiest way to make bacon is to bake it in the oven.
Preheat oven to 400*
(some recipes say to put the bacon in as soon as you turn on your oven. Do it either way and see what works best for your particular oven and thickness of bacon. I like the thick sliced bacon and I let it come to room temp before pealing them apart so I go with the preheating the oven)
Cover a large cookie sheet with tinfoil
Lay slices down
Bake for 20-30 minutes
Keep an eye on it from the 20 minute mark onward. Once it starts browning, it goes quick.
Clean up is sooo freaking easy. Wait till the grease cools then just carefully fold up the tinfoil and toss into the garbage. Put clean cookie sheet back in the cupboard.