Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 13x9 deep side baking dish

Single layer the bottom baking dish with tater tots

Chop up the bacon and begin to cook in a large skillet

Chop up the onion and add to the bacon after 2-3 minutes

After another 2-3 minutes add the ground beef

Once the ground beef is cooked thoroughly; turn of the heat and drain

Put the beef & bacon mixture back in the skillet; keep off heat and stir in all of the cream of mushroom soup

Stir in salt & pepper to taste and 1/2 of the shredded cheese to the beef-soup mixture

Once well mixed, pour over the layer of tater tots

Layer the rest of the tater tots on top then layer the remainder of the cheese on top

Bake for 45 min or until the tots are crispy