Cooking Jacket potatoes on the fire

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Will they work??? Or will we go hungry? We have bought a folding fire pit and we're toying with the idea of baking jacket potatoes on it, Girl Guides seems like a loooong time ago and wondering if this will actually work or any tips????

pre-cook (half the normal cooking time) them before wrapping in foil.

Yes will always cook them at home and have them on the first night

Whilst your campfire is getting hot, slice the potato open (length ways). Fill the potato with marge or butter. You do this now as it helps prevent the potato from drying out when it is cooking in the campfire. You can also add some flavouring at this point.
Wrap the potato tightly in foil (shiny side on the inside). Some people like to rub the potato in cooking oil for a crispier skin. The secret to cooking your jacket potato on the campfire is where you place it in your fire pit. You don’t want to put your potato in the flame. Instead, pull some hot coals from the campfire, and place your potato in those embers. You want to have hot coals both under and over the potato. Expect them to take at least 45 minutes. Give them a turn every now and then or reposition them in the embers. To test if the potato is cooked, don’t unwrap the foil (as you could get ash over the potato). Instead, with a Hot Glove on, push your finger into the side of the wrapped potato. If the potato feels soft and your finger leaves a dent, then the potato is probably cooked.
Sweet potatoes can be cooked in exactly the same way as regular baked potatoes. These take about half the time to cook, though. They also end up a lot softer. Personally, I prefer baked sweet potatoes on the campfire.
This is another alternative to the regular baked potato, and again cooks in about half the time. Slice a potato into about 1 cm or 1/4 inch slices, but keep all the slices together to keep the shape of the potato. Put butter or marge between the slices. Slice up some onion and place between these layers. Wrap in foil and cook in exactly the same way as baked potatoes.