All right, this recipe is to satisfy the many requests I get for side dishes to serve with your BBQ main dishes which are usually meat of some kind. For those that are tired of potato chips or potato salad, I offer you the "smoked grilled potato."
This recipe actually offers two benefits.
The first - you can get a baked potato without making your entire house feel like a furnace from using your oven. This is especially important when you entertain over the summer and don't want to make your inside guests too uncomfortable.
The second - using your kettle grill to smoke the potatoes imparts a very unique flavor to the potato skins and who doesn't love potato skins!
You will first want to wash and dry your potatoes, I prefer russets. Once dry, poke them with a fork several times on all sides. This will keep the potato from rupturing by allowing the steam inside to escape. Next, cover each potato lightly with your choice of Crisco, butter, or bacon grease then lightly salt and pepper. The grease will help your seasonings stay on the potato.
For your charcoal grill, light your charcoal in a chimney starter and place a drip pan in the middle of your kettle grill. Once the coals are hot, divide them on each side of the drip pan. You will then take your choice of woodchips (pre-soaked in water) and place some on each mound of hot coals. Experiment with different wood flavors. You will be richly rewarded because the flavors are really captured in the potato skins. Try Maple, Apple, or Hickory, they are all very good.
Place your potatoes in the middle of your grill away from direct heat. The potatoes should be soft on the inside with a crispy wrinkled skin in about 1- 1.25 hours. If you have larger potatoes that aren't finished in about an hour, you may want to reload your grill with more hot coals. The skins are likely good and smoke flavored by now so you shouldn't need more wood chips at this point.
Serve them as you would normally with your favorite toppings - butter, sour cream, chives - whatever you like.
If you can't pull your self away from the potato salad routine, try cooking your potatoes by this recipe, cut them up and add to your favorite potato salad recipe. Smoked potatoes with a mayo-based recipe are another great twist that will impress your guests and please your family!
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