How do you know when a baked potato is done?
When baking a baked potato in the oven how do you know when it's perfectly done?
Squeezing it doesn't seem to be that accurate for me. And using a fork seems pretty arbitrary. Any better ways?
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Insert a paring knife from the top of the potato. If it goes in easily and doesn't support the spud, it's done. If you can pick up the spud, it's got a few more minutes.
If you want to go all engineer on your unsuspecting spuds, take their temperature with an instant read thermometer. According to several online sources I found, the ideal internal temp for your 'tater is 210F (99°C).
I am using wooden toothpick for that. If toothpick goes easily into potato - it's done, if you need some effort to put it in - it's not.
All right, I'll take the bait. Poke it with a fork and see if it feels right - tender, not much resistance.
This isn't really arbitrary at all: you need something that can poke in easily enough to not destroy the potato but not too easily, so you can feel the texture of the potato. A fork is one such thing that everyone has in their kitchen. And it's easy: most people know how a baked potato feels when you stick a fork in it because they've stuck forks in a ton of potatoes before. Sure, you could manage with a few other things, but why bother? It's a good tool for the job.
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