Potato Soup. Evidence ranking
Easy Spicy Baked Potato Soup
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Split Decision
Current evidence cannot confidently separate the top two. Treat this as a shortlist, not a single crown.
#1 ranked recipe
halfbakedharvest.com
· top 1% of 767 analysed
4.93 from 285 ratings
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#1 published Potato Soup by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-13): Easy Spicy Baked Potato Soup from halfbakedharvest.com (of 767 rated recipes across 78 sites). Verdict: Split Decision. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Potato Soup recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Easy Spicy Baked Potato Soup from halfbakedharvest.com (767 rated recipes across 78 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
4.93
halfbakedharvest.com avg
4.57
Ahead of its publisher by 0.36 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 285 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 1% of every Potato Soup recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Cheeseburger Potato Soup (foodnetwork.com), ★ 4.92 from 26 ratings.
What this takes
6 · 45 min total · 15 min prep · 14 ingredients · 1 steps
- 6 slices thick cut bacon, chopped
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose or gluten free flour
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable broth
- 4 Russet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 cups milk
- 1/3 cup salsa verde
- 1/3 cup plain greek yogurt or sour cream
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- chopped green onion, for serving
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Potato Soup
This is the potato soup we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
65 min total
4 steps
Needs cook QA
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We already drafted The GüdDish from the field. It is not cook-validated yet, so Rank stays primary until QA is green. We do not ship a half-tested recipe as the answer.
Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 767 scored recipes. First 10 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 20 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Easy Spicy Baked Potato Soup4.93 from 285 ratings
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2Cheeseburger Potato Soup4.92 from 26 ratings
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3Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup4.99 from 221 ratings
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4Potato Soup Recipe5.00 from 302 ratings
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5Cream of Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup4.97 from 33 ratings
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6Potato Soup Recipe4.97 from 456 ratings
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7Creamy Coconut Ginger Sweet Potato Soup5.00 from 37 ratings
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8Ham Potato Soup Recipe4.90 from 309 ratings
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9Leek and Potato Soup4.98 from 144 ratings
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10Creamy Thai Carrot Sweet Potato Soup4.90 from 181 ratings
Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
767Recipes rated
78Sites
18,123Ratings
HighOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Potato Soup recipe?
#1 published Potato Soup by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-13): Easy Spicy Baked Potato Soup from halfbakedharvest.com (of 767 rated recipes across 78 sites). Verdict: Split Decision. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-13.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.