Burn pieces of bacon, sire! (9)

I believe the answer is:

carbonise

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'burn' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'pieces of bacon sire' is the wordplay.
'pieces of' is an anagram indicator (the pieces of the word in a different order).
'bacon'+'sire'='baconsire'
'baconsire' is an anagram of 'CARBONISE'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for carbonise that I've seen is " Char".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app