Smoked Baked Potatoes
On December 07, 2021 (Updated September 27, 2024)
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This extremely easy recipe for smoked baked potatoes is sure to result in the tastiest potatoes you’ll ever eat! They’re everything you love in a baked potato with a wonderful smoky twist.
Smoked Baked Potatoes
Regular baked potatoes are great and all, but smoked baked potatoes are that and so much more. Baking them in the smoker adds the most amazing smoky flavor (without being too overpowering), and the potatoes come off the smoker soft and fluffy with perfectly seasoned skin.
The best thing about these smoked baked potatoes is how easy they are to make. You only need 4 ingredients to make these (3 if you use Hey Grill Hey’s Beef Rub), and they’re basically foolproof. Beginning smokers rejoice! This is a great recipe to try if you’re just starting out or need to break in a smoker.
Ingredients for Smoked Baked Potatoes
Now, as promised. These baked potatoes only require 3-4 ingredients. Here’s what you need for these baked potatoes:
- 6 large russet potatoes. I recommend going with classic russet potatoes for this recipe. These potatoes are high in starch and the quintessential baking potatoes. They also take the smoke well and provide you with a good, hearty side dish.
- 4 Tablespoons olive oil. Grab some high-quality extra virgin olive oil for this recipe.
- 4 teaspoons Hey Grill Hey Beef Rub. My Beef Rub is a salt and pepper-based rub that adds lots of amazing flavor to beef and vegetables. If you don’t have any Beef Rub, no worries! You can season these potatoes with 2 teaspoons salt and 2 teaspoons fresh cracked black pepper!
That’s it! No fancy ingredients or special trips to the grocery store are needed! Now all you need to do is grab some wood, light the smoker, and get to cooking.
How to Smoke Baked Potatoes
Smoking baked potatoes may just be the easiest thing you cook on your smoker. The only thing you need to worry about is maintaining a consistent temperature. Here’s how to smoke baked potatoes:
- Preheat. Fire up the ol’ smoker to 225 degrees F. You can use pretty much any hard or fruitwood you like for smoking, and the potatoes will pick up the perfect kiss of smoky flavor. I say experiment until you find the one you like best.
- Season. Scrub and dry the potatoes. Pierce with a fork all around each potato. Next, drizzle with olive oil and season with Beef Rub or salt and pepper.
- Smoke. Place the potatoes on the grill grates of the smoker, close the lid, and smoke for around 2 hours or until the potatoes have softened and pierce easily with a metal fork.
- Serve. Serve immediately with your favorite toppings!
The best thing about this method is that you can toss your seasoned potatoes on the smoker alongside whatever else you are cooking. Meat and potatoes are the ultimate duo, right? I’ve cooked these alongside smoked prime rib, and it makes for the most amazing meal. Smoked ribs, brisket, pulled pork, all of these are perfect smoked potato accompaniments.
How Long to Smoke Baked Potatoes
I found with the smoker preheated and running consistently at 225 degrees F, it will take around 2 hours to smoke a baked potato. Better yet, have an instant-read thermometer handy, and cook these potatoes until the temperature reaches 205-210 degrees F.
One final way to tell how long to smoke baked potatoes is to pierce the potatoes with a fork. If they pierce easily they’re ready to eat!
More Smoked Potato Recipes
Smoked potatoes are on a whole other level of smoky goodness. They’re filling, hearty and make the ideal side for BBQ. If you’re looking to add to your recipe arsenal, try out these other smoked potato recipes from Hey Grill Hey.
Smoked Baked Potato Recipe
This post was originally published in December 2018. We recently updated it with more information and helpful tips, but the recipe remains the same.
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Smoked Baked Potatoes
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Ingredients
- 6 large Russet potatoes
- 4 Tablespoons olive oil
- 4 teaspoons Hey Grill Hey Beef Rub or equal parts salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat. Preheat your smoker to 225 degrees F. Any wood works well with baked potatoes, so you can experiment to see which is your favorite.
- Season. Scrub and dry the potatoes well. Pierce each potato with a fork on all sides. Drizzle with olive oil and rub all over the skin of the potatoes. Lastyly, season each potato on all sides with the Beef Rub or salt and pepper.
- Smoke. Place the potatoes directly on the grill grates of the smoker. Close the lid and smoke for 2 hours or until the potatoes reach 205-210 degrees F. You'll also know they are done when they pierce easily with a fork.
- Serve. Remove the potatoes from the smoker and serve with your favorite toppings.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I cooked for almost 3 hours and they were still on the hard side. I used relatively small potatoes as well, so not sure how you could possibly cook large russets in 2 hours. I finally microwaved them just so we could eat. The flavor was nice in the end, but I think the recipe should not give a cook time of 2 hours when its actually much longer.
I can’t honestly give a 1 because it may be that I did something wrong. Large russett potatoes, wash, dried, poked holes with a fork, olive oil , salt and pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika, smoker set on 225, after 3 hours the skin was rocks hard as were the potatoes, we ended up cutting them up and frying them. First time so I don’t know what happened
Had the potatoes in for almost 3 hours and they were still not done.
Sorry to hear about your experience. I would check your smoker with a reliable external thermometer to make sure it’s running at the right temperature.
Smoked at 225 for 2 hours. Totally raw still. I did an 8 hour smoke on a pork shoulder yesterday and smoked to perfection so it’s definitely not my smoker.
Delicious! One thing to note – in directions above it says 2 hours at 225, on video it says 3 hours at 225 – in actuality it took me 4 hours at 225. They were great and had great smoke flavor!
This was delicious but my potatoes stalled at 174° at about an hour and a half and never climbed
Excellent way to completely cook a whole meal on a smoke
These smoked potatoes were excellent. Simple and tasty, far better than your everyday version. I find that the simpler the recipe, the better the result.
This has been one of my go to camping recipes for years. This and pulled pork dirty fries are my favorite way to use pulled pork.
Can you smoke the potatoes a couple days in advance then reheat them?
Are you thinking hunting or fishing trip? After a couple of days, they likely won’t make great baked potatoes but certainly some awesome fried potatoes.
I can’t get past rubbing them taters with either left over bacon grease or ghee. Give um some good kosher sea salt and sum fresh ground pepper. Throw um on the smoker. Bacon is smoked right next to them. Freaking amazing. Please folks never wrap those russet’s in foil, let um take on all the flavor. Peace!