Baked potato question

Cook till it is 210 degrees internal temperature, get it there however you like

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If I normally do two at once in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes, if I add another potato, should I add more time?

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I always bake at 450 to get them done faster. No need to add time since a typical oven won't have any issues with 3 potatoes. It might take longer of you were doing it in a toaster oven or the like.

slather with oil and salt. Bake for 1 hour at 425. Check for fork tenderness

Thanks everyone. I was in a time crunch to get them done before grilling out with family. I raised the temp to 400 for the last 25 minutes after reading this thread and they came out pretty good.

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slather with oil and salt. Bake for 1 hour at 425. Check for fork tenderness

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Based on recent threads by both Roscoe14 and madamsquirrel re exploding baked potatoes, I’d add poke holes in the potato before baking, too.

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Baked potato question

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I was in a time crunch to get them done before grilling out with family.

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Just throw them in a microwave instead of worrying about it. 5 mins in a zip lock with occasional flips. The put in a toaster oven or heated oven for a couple of mins to toast the skin.

I use to waste time with the oven, and did the microwave and haven't gone back. I eat baked potatoes multiple times a week so saves so much time. I got a few of those red potatoe express bags now though instead of using zip locks.

Tasseo,
What is your method?

When using a potato bag, do you poke your potato with a fork? Once? or several pokes? I found the red bags at Amazon, but silent as to poking the spud.

Thanks

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The oven will not know that you added another potato.

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Unless you tell it what you are doing. Best to keep quiet and just add the Potatoe!

Poke some holes with fork on sides and top.
Brine with salt water for 1 minute

Cook 425 for 45 minutes

Take out and check temp. Should be 205 internal.

If so, brush with duck fat or bacon fat.

Put back in 425 for 5 minutes

They done.

it takes a while for an oven to heat a potato from the outside in, to a constant temp for cooking consistently. this can be overcome by putting a hot potato in the oven which is already consistently hot throughout, after 3 minutes in the microwave. this reduces cook time at least 10 minutes.

never wrap in foil, that's not a baked potato, it's a potato boiled in it's own water.