What temp, and how long should I cook 1 or 2 baked potatoes at?

[sniffa]

On a crappy electric oven?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Depends on what you want their end state to be.

[sniffa]

5. I like it soft through the innards

and the skin to be crisp. I've been struggling for years to get it right on the electric stove. x(

[jobycom]

18. For crispy skin, oil them, bake at 425 for 1 hour, let sit for 15 minutes.

The higher temp crisps the skin.

Small potatoes can cook in less, big potatoes maybe 15 minutes more.

[sniffa]

19. So many different suggestions but I like this one

I'll try it tomorrow. :thumbsup:

[BikeWriter]

2. Hell, Pard, just run it past one of my threads for a minute...

[Duer 157099]

3. No microwave? n/t

[Left Is Write]

4. 400, about an hour.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. 350 for two hours...

Works for me!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. First, scrub the potatoes, get them nice and clean.

Then, rub them with oil, olive or vegetable, if you have it.

Put them in a 400 oven for 30 minutes, just on the rack, no pan.

After 30 minutes, prick them with a fork a couple of times. Lets them steam.

Another 30 minutes - 1 hour total - and they're done.

After you take them out of the oven, wrap them in a towel for 5 minutes. It's a nice finish, like letting meat sit after you cook it, to seal up the juices.

Enjoy, honey .....................

[DeepBlueC]

8. pierce the skins with a fork a couple of times

before (or during if you have started) baking.

[MajorChode]

9. This is very important as I found out one time

When they expode in your oven it makes one helluva mess.

[MajorChode]

10. 375 for 1.5 hours

Actually the temperature doesn't matter a whole lot because you don't really have to worry about them burning.

I prefer to cook mine at a fairly high temperature of 450 just because they cook faster and don't tend to loose as much moisture. Just test for doneness after 45 minutes. To test either squeeze them with a towel to see if they have gone soft, or you can stab them with a fork and it should go in and come out fairly easily.

Like someone else said, stab the bejesus out of them before cooking.

[greenbriar]

11. Kosher salt on the outside

wash them really well,

rub butter all over them and then sprinkle generously with the big Kosher salt

[BikeWriter]

12. Don't listen to the potato haters! 45 to 50 minutes at 400...

wrapped in foil.

[Kali]

13. got a metal skewer around?

bake at 400 for 30 minutes with a skewer run through the center. To get crispy skin rub with some kind of fat or oil - bacon grease being the best, of course. Easy to test a baked spud for doneness - just STICK A FORK IN IT! :rofl: (I kill myself)

[applegrove]

14. Microwave them for about 5 or ten minutes then put them in the oven

to cook the rest of the way. Maybe 45 minutes???

[DS1]

15. !

[Liberal Veteran]

17. For shame!

How dare you call out someone for using a preposition at the end of a sentence when it is obvious that real crime was the sentence fragment, "On a crappy electric oven?".

[petronius]

20. Good point - if he doesn't put them IN the oven, time and temperature don't matter

Personally, I go microwave for 9.5 minutes. However, I like the dryish crunchy bottom that results from the MW method (most cooks would consider a potato the way I like them to be irreparably fucked up)...

[sniffa]

21. Fragments are

[sniffa]

22. D'oh

:rofl:

I was in Dave blog mode and probably drunk.

[DS1]

16. Set the oven for 8,000 degress, bake for .2 seconds

[Skittles]

23. JAYSUS SNIFFA

I'LL SCHEDULE YOU IN SHORTLY