Baked Potato On Ceramic Grill

Brush olive oil over the potato.

Baked potato on ceramic grill. But this year it s only just ramping up. Brush the potato tops with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Grilling baked potatoes is a lot easier than some people imagine. The key is to bake potatoes on the grill in foil.

Poke potatoes all over with a fork. Prep potatoes wash and dry the potatoes. Load them up with plenty of toppings and serve alongside grilled protein. These baked potatoes are cooked on the grill making them a super easy side dish to make whenever you re grilling out.

When summer approaches and we turn our attention to the grill our baked potato habit typically comes to a halt. In the same amount of time it takes to bake a potato in the oven you can bake a potato on the grill and let me tell you they re transcendent. Check about halfway through and turn potatoes over for even cooking. Slice each potato in half the long way and cook potatoes another 2 minutes on high power.

It s this that differentiates a ceramic kamado from other kettle style smokers. How to grill baked potatoes. Place potatoes on the grill and close the lid. I grill my baked potato on a charcoal grill because it adds more flavor however a gas grill will work.

You want the temperature of the grill to be at 400 450 degrees f. Rub with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Prep and preheat grill turn the grill on medium high and preheat for about 15 minutes with the cover closed. Wrap potatoes in foil tightly.

Place on the grill if using a gas grill place on top 400 degrees. Wash and dry potatoes. To make a baked potato on the grill start by washing the potato under cool running water and removing any blemishes or green spots with a knife or vegetable peeler. The kamado manufacturers claim that a ceramic grill is ready to cook on in 10 minutes marginally optimistic but certainly by 15 minutes i find that you can get up to the benchmark smoking temperature of 225 f or 110 c.

Scrub potatoes clean and poke holes all around potato. I just use my hands. Then rub your potatoes with melted butter or brush it on. Cook on prepared grill for 15 to 20 minutes turning once.

Rinse and scrub the potatoes to clean them and remove excess dirt. Grill until fork tender rotating every 15 minutes or so about 1 hour. Place your foil wrapped potato on the hottest part of the grill then cover the grill. Preheat a grill for medium heat.

Drizzle each washed potato with olive oil and season well with salt and pepper. Each potato is going to need 2 wraps of foil so if you are grilling 4 potatoes you will need 8 pieces of foil. Roll each potato up in aluminum foil and fold the ends in. Then pat the potato dry poke holes in the skin using a fork and wrap it in aluminum foil.

The foil absorbs the heat trapping it in and prevents the skin from burning while the potato slowly comes to temperature.