Baked Potatoes on the Grill

Can you Smoke Baked Potatoes?

You can absolutely smoke baked potatoes on the grill. Although, I’m not talking about wrapping them in foil and tossing them on the upper rack. Why bother with the grill? The foil will keep the smoke flavor out AND keep the skin from getting crispy. Boring. Leave the foil inside and smoke those potatoes indirect on the grill which will leave them with crisp, fantastic skin and a lovely smoky flavor.

Baked Potatoes on the Grill Ingredients:

• 4 baking potatoes, washed and dried
• Olive oil
• Coarse salt
• Fresh cracked black pepper
• Granulated garlic

I’m not listing any amounts here because I don’t ever measure anything with this recipe. I simply coat. You’ll understand in a minute. Just know we are cooking these baked potatoes on the grill without foil.

Smoked Baked Potatoes Prep

Start off by drizzling or brushing olive oil over the baking potatoes:

Then hit the tops of the potatoes with the salt, pepper and granulated garlic:

How to Smoke Baked Potatoes on a Charcoal Grill

Next, prepare the grill for two zone or indirect grilling. In this case, I have my kamado grill set up with the plate setter in between the fire and the grill grate and a chunk of peach wood on the Rockwood Lump Charcoal. Accordingly, for a more traditional grill, put coals on one side and the potatoes on the other. Target temp is 300F degrees.

How to Smoke Baked Potatoes on a Gas Grill

Light the burner(s) on one side of the grill and leave the other side off. Set a chunk of smoke wood on a grill grate over a lit burner and place the oiled and seasoned potatoes on the cool side of the grill. Then, close the lid and let the heat and smoke make those potatoes magical. Target temp in the grill chamber is 300F.

I place the potatoes seasoned side down on the grill:

Then I hit the tops with salt, pepper, and granulated garlic to coat evenly:

***Pro Tip ~ Only season one side on the plate or platter and the other side on the grill

If I season the potatoes on both sides before they go on the grill, a bunch of the seasoning will just stick to the plate. Thus, season the top, place them top side down on the grill and then season the other side that is now exposed on the grill. 

How to make Smoked Baked Potatoes on the Grill

Close the lid and let the heat and smoke work their magic. Now, don’t head inside and clean off that plate with the remains of the oil, salt, pepper and garlic. That’s flavor gold right there:

Hence, keep that oil and seasoning around. When the potatoes start to feel soft, which requires a squeeze and can be pretty hot so be careful, drizzle the remaining oil and seasoning on the potatoes:

How long before they start to get soft? About 45-60 minutes depending on the heat of the fire and the size of the spuds, although this is just when they start to get soft, not when they are soft all the way though. Also, don’t bother flipping them over. Just move them around if one is cooking faster than another, otherwise don’t move them.

How long do you smoke baked potatoes on grill?

Total cooking time is about 90-120 minutes, again, depending on the heat of the grill and size of the taters. Thus, when they feel soft all the way through, remove from the heat and serve:

Smoked Baked Potatoes on the Grill Run Down

The skin can get almost crispy with a lovely flavor of salt, pepper and garlic and a lovely hint of smoke. So easy to do in terms of prep, these smoked baked potatoes on the grill are a hit any time I bake (grill) them. Additionally, it’s even vegetarian/vegan if you are on the plant based kick. Baked potatoes on the grill without foil are phenomenal.

Also, here is the post of the pre-marinated, reverse seared pork chops I grilled that are next to my potato

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Baked Potatoes on the Grill

Baked potatoes, drizzled with oil, seasoned and smoked on the grill. These potatoes are night and day better than oven baked potatoes.

Prep Time2 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 32 minutes mins

Course: Baked Potato, Side, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, American Fare, Baked Potatoes, BBQ, side Dish, Smoked Baked Potatoes

Keyword: #Grilled, #Smoke, #Smoked, Baked Potatoes, Grill, Indirect Grilling, Side, Side Dish, Smoke Baked Potatoes, Smoked Baked Potato, Smoked Baked Potatoes, Twice Baked Potatoes, Two Zone Grilling

Ingredients

• 4 baking potato washed and dried
• olive oil
• coarse salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• Granulated garlic

Instructions

• Drizzle the potatoes with olive oil and then hit them with the salt, pepper, and garlic
• Prepare the grill for two zone or indirect grilling and add a chunk of smoke wood.
• Target temp of 300 degrees
• Place the potatoes seasoned side down on the grill and season the tops
• Close the grill
• When the potatoes start to soften up (approximately 45 minutes in), drizzle over them the remaining oil and seasoning from the plate they were prepared on
• When the potatoes are soft all the way through (about 90 min) remove from the heat and serve

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Scott Thomas, the Original Grillin’ Fool, was sent off to college with a suitcase and a grill where he overcooked, undercooked and burned every piece of meat he could find. After thousands of failures, and quite a few successes, nearly two decades later he started a website to show step by step, picture by picture, foolproof instructions on how to make great things out of doors so that others don’t have to repeat the mistakes he’s made on the grill.

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