allows the bacon to shrink like conventionally cooked bacon 0040 fig1 depicts the manner in which cooking rack 70 may be used for packaging and storing strips of bacon 22 a series of cooking racks 70 supporting strips of bacon 22 are stacked upon one another in a manner similar to that depicted in fig1 the stack is then stored within a carton 76 the cooking racks 70 are removed from the carton 76 for placement within a microwave oven as needed although cooking rack 70 has been described for use with bacon cooking rack 70 may be used with any suitable food item referring to fig1 cooking rack 80 includes a rigid outer frame 78 which is secured to a region of flexible ovenable material 82 having a pattern 74 of holes 72 therethrough food for cooking is supported by the region of material 82 during cooking within a microwave oven cooking rack 80 is supported on a plate 12 although the flexible ovenable material 82 is typically paper parchment or plastic alternatively the region can be made of or supported by rigid material with holes 72 therethrough in such a case outer frame 78 may be omitted support members may be included to provide stiffness referring to fig1.