Perfect Grilled Baked Potatoes

Sometimes I make baked potatoes in the oven. And sometimes I make them on my grill. Gas or charcoal, it doesn’t matter, you can make great potatoes on either one.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword baked, grilled, potatoes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 15

Servings

Calories 292kcal

Ingredients

4 large Russet potatoes
olive oil
kosher salt

Instructions

Fire up your grill for indirect cooking. You want the temperature at the grates to be 350-400 F.
Rinse off the potatoes and pat dry.
Use a knife to poke 3-4 holes in the tops of the potatoes, going about 1/2 of the way into the potato.
If you're using potato nails insert them now.
Drizzle the potatoes with just a bit of oil. Use your hand to rub the oil all over the potato. If you don't want to get your hands oily just use a brush.
Sprinkle the potatoes with salt. Don't be shy with it and make sure you get all sides.
Transfer the potatoes to the grill and cook for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. If you're not sure how consistent or high your grill temperature is, I recommend checking them after 45 minutes.
Once the potatoes have reached an internal temperature around 210 F (a degree or two isn't going to make a big difference), they are done. If the potatoes are different sizes you'll want to check the temperature in more than one place.
Remove and let cool slightly before serving.

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