Jacket potatoes are a staple British meal with endless topping variations. Regardless of what you choose to have on them, crunchy skin is a must-have. When you leave spuds in the oven to cook for hours, the results speak for themselves, but the desirable crispiness is hard to replicate quickly. Luckily, the humble air fryer … Read more
Jacket potatoes often require a low, slow bake to ensure the skin dehydrates and crisps up while the inside turns fluffy. There are many ways to speed up the process, like microwave cooking raw spuds before oven-baking, but this often leads to uneven results. Rapid cooking doesn’t allow enough time for the skin’s moisture to … Read more
Air fryers have long been hailed as the must-have kitchen accessory, loved for their ability to turn any food into a crisp, crunchy delight with little effort. After years of grappling with the microwave and oven to cook jacket potatoes to perfection, I decided to see what the fuss was about making them in the … Read more
Ben Newman, better known as Spudman, rose to fame on TikTok by filming videos about all things spuds from his jacket potato van based in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He’s one of many people on the social media platform who claim to have mastered the art of perfectly crispy potatoes cooked in an air fryer. Speaking exclusively to … Read more
Jacket potatoes can take more than an hour to cook right through in the oven and sometimes aren’t even crispy by the end of it. According to one cooking expert, those looking to get that perfect balance between fluffy and crunchy can turn to their air fryer for some help when cooking spuds. Taking to … Read more
