Baked Potato On The Grill

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These Grilled Baked Potatoes turn out with creamy fluffy insides and deliciously crispy skin on the outside with a little hint of smoky flavor from the grill.

These are the best baked potatoes, and a great side dish for all your BBQs, summer cookouts, entertaining, etc. But they work equally well as a main dish with a little melted butter and a salad for easy weeknight dinners.

You can easily grill baked potatoes along with other veggies like Grilled Broccoli and grilled meats, making sure your gill works double-time all year round.

P.S. if you love potatoes you’ll want to try these lick your plate clean easy Smothered Potatoes. #sogood. It works well too with this Grilled Chicken Thighs.

What Are The Best Potatoes For Grilling

You ideally want potatoes with a high starch content as these produce the best fluffy insides on the inside. So try Russet Potatoes.

Why Make This Recipe

• Just 3 simple ingredients for this delicious dish.
• They are super easy to make with minimal prep time and effort.
• This recipe can be easily scaled up to feed a crowd.
• Grill them along with your main dish or extra sides.
• Great for meal prep.
• Suitable for gluten free and vegan diets.

Ingredient Notes

• Potatoes – this recipe calls for russet potatoes.
• Oil – this recipe calls for olive oil but you can use avocado oil and another neutral oil.
• Salt – just use your favorite sea salt.

Grilling baked potatoes is super easy. Gather your ingredients and let me show you how.

How To Grill Baked Potatoes

Get the complete ingredients list and instructions from the recipe card below.

1. Preheat grill to medium heat (about 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C).
2. Wash and dry the potatoes and pierce them all over with a fork.
3. Rub oil over the potatoes and sprinkle salt all over them.
4. Wrap potatoes individually in aluminum foil in two layers making sure there are no exposed spots.
5. Poke holes in the wrapped spuds again.
6. Place on the hot grill and grill for about 45 minutes or until easily pierced with a paring knife or skewer.
7. Let them rest for a few minutes, then unwrap the foil and serve.

Notes On Cooking These With Other Dishes

Might as well make your grill work as efficiently as possible for you by grilling your potatoes along with other dishes.

If grilling with other foods at a higher temperature, your potatoes will cook quicker. If you think that there is not enough time to properly cook the potatoes, you will need to either precook the potatoes before grilling or start by cooking the potatoes first on the grill before adding in the other foods partway through cooking.

If grilling with other foods at a lower temperature, your potatoes will take longer to cook. To cut cook time you will need to precook the potatoes before grilling.

Recipe Tips

• Make sure to preheat grill before cooking your taties, for the best results.
• Try to grill equally sized russet potatoes, so that they cook at the same rate.
• Turn them over once during cooking so they cook evenly.
• Make sure to keep the grill lid closed as much as you can during cooking so that the temperature stays as even as possible (like you would for an oven).
• Make sure each entire potato is well oiled and seasoned.
• If your spuds are undercooked, then grill for a bit longer.
• Done potatoes are super hot, so please use tongs to carefully transfer them to a plate before serving.

Delicious Variations

• Add more seasoning – add extra flavors with garlic powder, onion powder, old bay seasoning, Italian seasoning, etc.
• Add heat – with some red pepper flakes, chili powder, chipotle, etc.
• Vary the coating – use melted butter instead of oil if you prefer.

Storage

Store – Let grilled baked potato cool, then store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. 

Topping ideas

Favorite toppings include;

• Butter – melted butter is so delicious.
• Sour cream – piled high.
• Grilled chicken – cooked at the same time.
• Grilled veggies – also grilled at the same time.
• Cheese – all that melted cheese.
• Bacon – the crispier the better.
• Vegan butter – and vegan cheese (if vegan).

FAQs

More Grilled Vegetables and Meats Recipes

Want more grilling recipes and other delicious recipes? Then try these;

• Best Grilled Broccoli
• Stuffed Grilled Avocado
• Grilled Chicken Tenders
• Grilled Chicken Salad
• Honey Bourbon Grilled Chicken Thighs
• Grilled Mackerel
• Grilled Shrimp Skewers
• Grilled Shrimp Salad
• Grilled Lamb Kabobs
• Grilled Lamb Tacos
• Easy Grilled Peaches
• Bacon and Chicken Skewers.
• Grilled Whole Chicken.

More Potato Recipes

• Easy Smothered Potatoes.
• Air Fryer Baked Potatoes.
• Air Fryer Frozen French Fries.
• Air Fryer French Fries.
• Instant Pot Baked Potatoes.

Weight Watchers Points

There are 6 Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving of this.

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