Is it ok to put jacket potatoes in the oven and then go out??q

[BettyButterknife]

I'm going out about 3pm and want our tea to be ready when I get back around 5pm.

Is it ok to leave the oven on while I'm out? Was thinking of putting the potatoes in around 150 degrees.

Am severely sleep-deprived with a 5 week old baby, so may not be thinking straight - need mumsnet to tell me if this is a terrible and dangerous idea?!

My DH has a real thing about this but we've always done it in my family.

I suppose the only dangers are if the oven blows up or if you are massively delayed and the potatoes catch fire. Both are probably very unlikely eh.

Hope you get some good sleep soon.

My oven has a timer which allows you to set it to turn off at a certain time - does yours have that feature?

The risk is probably similar to going out and leaving the dishwasher on, which the fire brigade would advise against but many people would still do.

Oh good, I'm glad it's not entirely out of the realms of normal behaviour.

Does 2 hours at 150 sound about right?

i always do this. 150 for 2 hours is ok. put them in a cold oven and then switch on to 150 I reckon.

Don't forget to stab them ..exploding potatoes not good

I always do this - if the oven wants to blow up I'm sure it will find a way...

And I go out leaving the Dishwasher and washing machine on... and sometimes the wood burning stove which must be more dangerous still... ?

Thanks, all, it was fine of course, and we had lovely hot supper waiting when we got home :)