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Smoked baked potatoes with cheese, sour cream and chives on a white plate

Easy Smoked Baked Potatoes

Learn everything you need to know to make these simple smoked baked potatoes! 
Whether you've got a gas grill, a Traeger or Pit Boss pellet grill, or even a Masterbuilt electric smoker, we've got you covered!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Potato, Side Dish, Vegetable
Cuisine American, Australian, barbecue, BBQ, Vegetarian
Servings 4 Potatoes
Calories 250 kcal

Equipment

  • A Smoker or Pellet grill -OR-
  • A Gas or Charcoal Grill setup for indirect heat
  • Basting brush
  • Long Handled Grill Tongs
  • A Knife
  • Hickory or Fruitwood pellets, woodchips, or chunks

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Russet Potatoes Washed and Dried
  • 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 2 tablespoon Kosher Salt
  • 4 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese optional
  • ½ Cup Sour Cream optional
  • Chives minced, optional to sprinkle

Instructions
 

Prepare the Grill or Smoker

  • Preheat the smoker, or grill setup for indirect cooking, to 225°F. If using a pellet grill, load the hopper with your chosen pellets, turn on the grill, and set the temperature for 225°F.
  • Once the grill or smoker is near its temperature, add your wood chips, wood chunks, or pellets into a pellet tube smoker and place over the direct heat and close the lid.
    Wood chips being fed into the wood tray of a masterbuilt electric smoker

Prepare the Potatoes

  • Wash and dry the potatoes. Pierce holes with a fork in several places on each potato.
    4 Russet Potatoes
    piercing a potato before smoking
  • Rub the potatoes with the olive oil and sprinkle with Kosher salt
    2 tablespoon Olive Oil, 2 tablespoon Kosher Salt
    raw seasoned potatoes

Smoke the "Baked" Potatoes

  • Once the grill or smoker is up to 225°F and producing smoke, oil the grates and place the oiled and salted raw whole potatoes into the smoker, or on the cool side of the grill. Close the door or lid.
    smoked baked potatoes in a smoker
  • Smoke for about 2 hours and rotate the positions of the potatoes as neccessary for even cooking.
  • After 2 hours check for doneness by piercing with a fork to see if the times slide in and out easily. Or, use an instant thermometer and once the smoked baked potatoes reach 205°F internally remove them from the smoker or grill.
    a temperature probe in a smoked baked potato
  • Cool the potato slightly and cut in half.
  • Top with butter, shredded cheese, sour cream and chives.
    4 tablespoon Butter, 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese, ½ Cup Sour Cream, Chives
    smoked loaded baked potatoes

Nutrition

Calories: 250kcal
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