Perfectly Fluffy Smoked Baked Potatoes

Are you ready for some smoked baked potatoes??!! Do you have an electric smoker or Traeger you cook meats on and want to add a side dish alongside them? This is the way to do it. I will never make potatoes any other way after tasting how amazing they taste out of our smoker.

Baked Potatoes in a Smoker

This time we made some smoked taters. I will say I will never make them in the barbecue again because they were totally amazing with a crispy skin but still fluffy and tender on the inside! Id have to say this is the best way to cook baked potatoes probably ever.

I bought an inexpensive electric smoker years ago but then we upgraded! You don’t have to have a really large version for this idea, or a brand name. Certainly one of our favorite potato recipe ideas that is super cheap and can be filled with all the things for dinner.

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To get your meats absolutely perfect we have this printable meat smoking chart to refer to so each and every time it will be fork tender.

Smoked Baked Potatoes Traeger

I will say with the main brand here that it typically is better keeping an even temperature that doesn’t sway a lot. This is most important if you live in colder areas like we do. You can get a blanket to put over it too that will help keep it steady.

Baked Potato in Pellet Smoker

If you want to try smoking meats and other foods this is a great food to start with. I assure you this smoked potato recipe turns out great, and it’s kinda’ NO fail. As you can see in this video and photos we also made smoked bacon wrapped pork chops with them and they took the same amount of time so if you’re game go for both!!

Should baked potatoes be wrapped in foil?

No it’s not great to wrap potatoes in aluminum foil for baking or smoking. 

• Foil holds in the steam and moisture which will make them soft and almost a boiled taste.
• If you love crispy potato skins you will NOT want this result for sure.
• If baking in the oven you’d want to turn them over halfway through the baking time but in a Traeger or other brand there isn’t really a need.

Since the heat circulates well through the underside of the grate, the skins turn out great without any effort at all. Same goes when making our air fryer baked potatoes too because the skins come out amazingly tasty.

Ways to cook baked potatoes

Pressure cooker baked potatoes is the quickest way to get them cooked for sure, but not the ideal texture for sure. If I do make them this way for time purposes I will spray with some olive oil and air fry them at the end. Making them this way gets both textures you want without moving them at all.

Crockpot baked potatoes  don’t get that crisp skin I love but is a great hands off potato recipe idea for sure.

Baked potatoes on the barbecue taste similar to this and great if you’re smoking hamburgers this way. Just throw everything on at once.

Smoked baked potatoes

This is what you’ll need:

1. Potatoes – medium size, we used russet, sweet potatoes could be used too
2. Olive oil
3. Salt – larger varieties are best, like sea salt
4. Wood chips – we use this variety pack and used apple wood for this recipe

This go around we are keeping them whole, if you want a faster cook time you can make smoked potatoes that are diced really with the same ingredients + we add a bit of butter too. Here’s the printable recipe for smoked baked potatoes as well:

When you’re ready to start dinner look at our meat smoking chart linked above to determine how long each meat will take.

• Then see how to smoke salmon 
• Our smoked meatloaf recipe is great with this side dish
• Smoked pork steaks are great too with a dry rub that’s over the top

Baked potato toppings

1. Salt and pepper with a little butter
2. Sour cream and smoked bacon bits

Stuffed with our 5 ingredient chili and cheese is probably our favorite way to go.

Traeger Baked Potatoes

You can watch this video showing you how we made these here. You start off by piercing your potatoes with a fork or knife all over to vent. Fill a flat bowl/container with salt.

1. Rub olive oil on one of your potatoes and then roll it in the salt. Do this to all your potatoes, then you’re ready to smoke.
2. Set smoker to 275, fill container inside with wood chips of your choice and smoke for 2 hours or until they’re tender when poked with a fork.
3. Allow to rest for a few minutes when you take them out
4. Slice, fill with chili for a main dish or sour cream and butter for a side dish!