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Anyone ever have a baked potato explode? (kbin.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Idle question. I've always heard that you need to prick the skins before baking a potato. The potential consequence for failure to do so is a catastrophic potato explosion.

Has anyone had this happen to them?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Interesting! That's kind of what I was thinking as a realistic outcome.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hotdogs, on the other hand, do sometimes explode because of all the trapped moisture becoming steam