Smoked potatoes

[hockeybc69]

Sitting here wondering what to make for dinner and it hit me...... Why not smoke whole potatoes??

Googled it, and found this one.

Smoked Potatoes

These potatoes are sure to win over your guests. Crisp, crunchy outside; soft, flavorful inside. Very simple to make.

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 2-3 hours (depending on potato size)

What you will need:

•8 baking potatoes

•1 c bacon grease (softened)

•2 T granulated garlic

•2 T dried parsley

•2 T seasoned salt

•2 T coarsely ground black pepper

•2 T sugar

•2 T paprika

•2 T dried chives

•1 T onion powder

Preparation

1.Rinse the potatoes. Dry well with a paper towel. Poke through skin several times with a fork and set aside.

2.Wisp all dry ingredients together in a bowl. The chives will mostly rise to the top during wisping. When all dry ingredients are thoroughly mixed, mix for a few seconds with your hands to disperse the chives. Set aside.

3.The next steps are easiest is you do one potato at a time. Coat a potato generously with bacon grease. Spend about 15-20 seconds rubbing the grease in. You are trying to force the grease into the holes you made with the fork as well as rub it into the skin. Place the potato in the bowl with the dry ingredients and roll around, completely covering with the mix. Place the potato on a plate. Repeat until all potatoes are coated thoroughly. Let stand for 5-10 minutes.

4.Place the potatoes on your smoker when there is about 3 to 3.5 hours of cook time left. I recommend you use a potato rack and rotate the potatoes 180° after 1.5 hours. potatoes are done when toothpick slides easily into the potato. Keep in mind, the outer skin will be crispy and may be difficult to pierce. Once through the skin, the toothpick should slide easily into the potato.

[hockeybc69]

Pretty dang good!!!!!!

[thirdeye]

Those sound great. What kind of pit temp did you use and what kind of flavor wood?

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No thread hijacking intended, but here is another one that is also pretty good: You can get the idea from the pictures, lay down the bacon (the thinner stuff works best), then layer potatoes, cheese, butter, onions, seasonings... whatever you like. You can also par boil the potatoes if you want. Bring each piece of bacon to the center and cut off the excess... overlap them and hold in place with toothpicks. You need some kind of a pizza stone as a heat barrier, and I have a spacer between the skillet and the stone. This can also be cooked in a 325° oven. Once the taters pass the toothpick tenderness test it's ready. I always think this dish will be greasy, but once the "pie" is turned out on a serving plate it's easy to blot any excess.

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[Seabass77]

WOW!!! That looks amazing.

[hockeybc69]

Wow, thats a heart attack in a pan!!!!!!!

But well worth it!!!

I used a mix of maple and apple.

My wife wanted to eat just potatoes and pretty much didnt eat much of the ribs I made.

I had the smoker at 225.

I put the potatoes on for about 2 hrs, and transferred to the oven at 300 for about 20-30 minutes to finish them up.

They turned out AWESOME!!!!

PS - I didnt have bacon grease, so I melted butter instead...