Dad’s Perfect Baked Potato

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees
2. Poke the potato 6 times with a fork
3. Add salt, enough to make it very salty, to a bowl of water and whisk until salt is dissolved.
4. Toss potatoes in salt water until thoroughly coated.
5. Place potato on a wire rack, place wire rack in rimmed baking sheet, and place in the oven.
6. Start checking potatoes in 45 minutes. Wait until the biggest potato is 200-205 degrees in the center then remove the potatoes from the oven and brush with vegetable oil.
7. Replace in the oven and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
8. You decide what to put on it.