Preheat oven to 450. Rinse your potatoes, then cut slits about 1/8 inch apart, three quarters down the potato.
Optionally, you can add butter into every other slit (no more than 1/2 stick per potato)
Wrap the potato in tin foil then place in the oven.
45 minutes into cooking, open up the tinfoil so the top browns . After 60 minutes, check with a fork. The fork should poke through the potato with out resistance.
When the potato is done, top with cheese, bacon, sour cream chives, and a little more bacon for presentation. Enjoy!