The Big E brings no shortage of staple fair foods like deep fried desserts, colossal turkey legs and arguably one of the most popular items — a baked potato.

While not as outrageous as some of The Big E’s foods , the baked potato at the fair has conjured a cult following. But which stand’s potato comes out on top? It depends on who you ask.

MassLive’s social media posts elicited all sorts of opposing comments last year when we sent a reporter to try the Maine baked potato . His assessment of a “7.5-8 (out of 10), it’s pretty good,” caused some uproar.

Comments from our social media included: “The CT potato is much better,” “it wasn’t very good at all. Had a better one at Wendy’s,” and “the CT one is much better and back this year…”.

While fairgoers tend to be most vocal about the

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