You're Cooking Bacon on High Heat
Woah! Slow down there, partner. There is absolutely no need to try and rush the bacon cooking process. If you try to get it as crispy as fast as possible, it won't render its fat properly and you'll have both burned and chewy bacon. Nobody wants that.
You're Washing Your Poultry
Julia Child was an advocate for rinsing poultry, but modern science has proven her way wrong. Washing chicken doesn't pull the bacteria off of it necessarily. However, it does 100% spread that bacteria all around your kitchen through little water droplets. DO NOT rinse your poultry.