Why ever would I "Chop and cook bacon in pan until crispy; remove bacon and WIPE PAN, THEN ADD OLIVE OIL; add chopped Brussels Sprouts and cook until caramelized and tender"
Why remove the bacon grease just to add oil??!! Blasphemy.
I mean, that's the "good stuff"! I even remember in my youth, back when the tectonic plates were still moving about and dinosaurs roamed freely, my Mom had a little container on the window sill above the stove, with a recessed strainer portion under the cap, into which you'd pour the "drippings", to save and reuse later. Because, of course, everyone made bacon with frighteningly anti-low-cholesterol regularity.
Fun side thought: the other day my grown daughter, my grown self professed vegetarian leaning daughter, tells me, "I'm vegetarian Dad, but I still eat bacon." I think she says these things to watch my brain turn into a Mobius strip.