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Baked Tater Bar

spud188 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:52:37 GMT

Soon I am serving a Baked Potato Bar.

What would be the best way to keep them at serving temp??

I can only think of using a Nesco after they are baked. Would you bake them in foil??

Re: Baked Tater Bar

Bluffbaker — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:24:54 GMT

We provided baked potatoes for a youth group at church once. I baked the potatoes as late as I could, wrapped them in foil and then put them in an insulated container. They stayed piping hot!

Re: Baked Tater Bar

software — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:01:36 GMT

Bake them using any method you prefer but do wrap in foil afterwards

You could use the Nesco or a crock pot.

An insulated cooler would work also

@spud188 wrote:
Soon I am serving a Baked Potato Bar.
What would be the best way to keep them at serving temp??
I can only think of using a Nesco after they are baked. Would you bake them in foil??

Re: Baked Tater Bar

sabatini — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:12:34 GMT

I would NOT wrap the potatoes in foil unless they could be guaranteed to stay at a temp of above 140 degrees.

Believe it or not, a foil wrapped baked potato - held at an improper temperature, is deadly.

Is My Baked Potato Safe to Eat? - StateFoodSafety.com

Re: Baked Tater Bar

Toppers3 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:22:37 GMT

Hi @sabatini,

Thanks for sharing this really important information with us about not keeping baked potatoes wrapped in foil after they're baked if the temperature for the potato is not hot enough for it.

I did not know this. I learned something new today, thanks to you.

Re: Baked Tater Bar

sabatini — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:25:19 GMT

Gee, thanks, @Toppers3.

I used to be in the restaurant business, and had to be ServSafe certified. The 1st time I ever took that class, the baked-potato-in-foil danger shocked me!

It really is good info to have.

Re: Baked Tater Bar

dfyre — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:44:46 GMT

Whenever I have company and want baked potatoes, I do them in my crockpot. Takes quite a long time to "bake" but they taste great. You could do this and keep them on warm setting.

Re: Baked Tater Bar

mustang66lady — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 03:10:22 GMT

@spud188

I did a baked potato bar for Christmas-I baked the potatoes in the oven sans foil. The skins were crispy like a restaurant when I took them out of the oven and placed them in my Nesco roaster. When we went to eat them, the skins were soft-the potatoes were still very hot but the heat from all of them in the roaster plus I had put the lid on, made the skins soften and I was disappointed. If I do this again, I think I will just put the potatoes on my hot buffet server-unless someone has a better idea as I am open to ideas!

Re: Baked Tater Bar

spud188 — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:35:22 GMT

Thank you for taking the time to answer me.