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When you make a baked potato...

J Town Girl — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:35:12 GMT

Do you prepare it in the oven or microwave? I love baked potatoes but they have to be made in the oven. I love to bake them for about an hour depending on the size so they have that crispy outer skin and fluffy insides.

Years ago there used to be a show on The Food Network called "TIPical MaryEllen" and I remember her saying how she never liked microwaved potatoes because in the microwave the potatoes steam, not bake.

I'll go out on a limb and say that most people probably do make their potatoes in the microwave but I just don't care for them that way. I'll never order them in a restaurant because I know that is how they are prepared in a commercial kitchen.

I'm not a fan of microwaving expect for bacon and popcorn. I don't even like water heated in a microwave to make a cup of tea. I always tell my husband that if our microwave broke I don't know that I would even bother replacing it. I have a countertop convection oven that I use it constantly and that's good enough for me.

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On It — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:43:09 GMT

@J Town Girl I only use the oven for baked potatoes. I put them on a cookie sheet but cook an hour and a half or longer depending on the size of the potatoes.

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beach-mom — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:44:45 GMT

I do mine in the microwave inside a "potato sack" I got at a craft show. We like them, but there is nothing like a potato baked slowly in the oven!

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pupwhipped — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:44:57 GMT

Oh yes, most definitely in the oven but prepared two ways. I like to wrap mine in foil before baking and my husband likes his, well, naked. Ha! I top mine with butter, sour cream, salt, and pepper. My husband simply drowns the heck out of his with salsa. 😲

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brandiwine — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:46:14 GMT

I use my Ninja air fryer. Fabulous. Never a microwave

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Icegoddess — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:48:19 GMT

Oven only. Hate microwaved baked potatoes. They are a different texture, grainy.

@J Town Girl I have a instant hot water spigot at my kitchen sink for hot water for tea.

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godi — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:50:49 GMT

Crock pot.

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phoenixbrd — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:52:27 GMT

@J Town Girl I share your sentiments....favorite potato is baked the old fashion way, if I don't have time...the Instant Pot to the rescue. I rarely use the microwave and have an electric kettle that boils hot water for hot beverages.

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PickyPicky3 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:54:15 GMT

Definitely oven if you have the time. However, I have started them in the microwave and finished baking in the oven as a time/taste compromise.

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Foxxee — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:55:47 GMT

An air fryer makes the best, but I microwave mine first a few minutes to get it started, then put in air fryer.

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LavernLuvsShoes — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:57:33 GMT

I only make them in the Fall and Winter, because I don't like them microwaved either, and it's too hot and humid where I live to fire up the oven in the Spring and Summer...

So, yeah, I make mine in the oven - wrapped in foil - baked at 400 for an hour - Yum!

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Etoile308 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:00:43 GMT

I also often start mine in the microwave and finish in an oven. Especially if I'm trying to coordinate cooking time with other courses.

I don't think I've ever had a baked potato in a restaurant that was cooked in a microwave. Usually they're wrapped in foil.

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kaydee50 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:07:49 GMT

I didn't know there was a difference in the taste of baked potatoes!! I use the microwave inside a sack l was given by friend like a previous poster mentioned. 5 minutes and the potato is done. Can't imagine heating an oven for baked potatoes but then I rarely use my oven--LOL!!

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MildredM — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:13:56 GMT

Pierce, rub with lots of butter, wrap in foil and cook on BBQ. Yummy.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:27:23 GMT

Always bake potatoes in the microwave. Don't have the time or patience to wait an hour for a potato and won't heat the oven for one hour for one potato.

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PA Mom-mom — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:30:19 GMT

@J Town Girl I rub my potatoes with olive oil and apply lots of kosher salt and bake for about an hour. DH wouldn't have it any other way. They are great to have with grilled steaks. The leftovers make wonderful steak and potatoes for breakfast the next morning.

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Jk9 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:51:59 GMT

We just started air frying our baked potatoes. I rub with oil to give a crispness to the skin. Otherwise I bake the old fashioned way.

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jannabelle1 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:57:55 GMT

I prefer an oven baked potato, but I don't like turning on the oven for over an hour for 1 or 2 potaotes. I sometimes start them in the microwave (as others have mentioned) and finish baking for 30 minutes in the oven.

Regarding wrapping the potato in foil to bake it - just a comment. I've read that rubbing oil on it and then wrapping in foil is the equivalent to steaming the potato. I've tried it both ways (with and without foil) and I think the statement is true - JMO though!

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alliswell — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:25:47 GMT

Baked, no microwave, for me. Instead of the gigantic oven, I use a small, mid-size roaster oven, and roast three at a time.

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stevieb — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:30:40 GMT

I prefer them baked in an oven but mostly rely on the microwave. I tried one of the microwave sacks but didn't think it made much of an improvement.