Baked potatoes are traditionally cooked in an oven, but if you want a perfectly fluffy and crispy baked potato in a fraction ...

Among the oven, microwave, and air fryer, I found that the air fryer yields the most evenly cooked baked potato. There were no weird undercooked parts, and it wasn't overcooked or dried out.

I made a baked potato in different appliances — a microwave, air fryer, and oven — to find best cooking method. The best was from my air fryer.

First I preheated my toaster oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. The air-fryer recipe I chose didn't include preheating, which was a time-saver. Then I pierced the skin of each potato ...