Baked Potato with Chili

Yesterday we had my parents and sister over for a winter/early Christmas party.  I bought five baker's russet potatoes and wanted to know how to bake them properly.  In a search, the first four links came up with the exact same method of baking potatoes.
1. Scrub potatoes
2. Poke potatoes with 6-12 deep holes
3. Rub them with vegetable oil (or cooking oil of your choice)
4. Sprinkle kosher salt or sea salt
5. Bake in the oven, placing a baking sheet on a rack underneath for about 1 hour at 400 degrees.
After making these and seeing that we needed to clean the oven rack, we thought about baking them directly on the baking sheet next time.

The skin is crisp and flavorful.  The potatoes were gorgeous.  We topped them with chili and everyone was completely full.  Some were good and ate salad (I wasn't among them), but we all had room for some chocolate fondue and fresh fruit!

Potato bar with chili, toppings and sauteed mushrooms

Sparkling Cider, ginger snaps, Spitzbuben, and banana bread

(P.S. sorry the pictures are terrible quality)