Sweet Potato Casserole - make ahead to bake later or fully bake and re-heat?

[Lady Florida.]

One of the things I'm bringing to our Thanksgiving gathering (which is tomorrow for us due to dss' work schedule) is my sweet potato casserole. They live an hour away and we're leaving around 10:30 but dinner isn't until 2. Only one oven is available but we might be able to juggle some items after the turkey comes out, while it rests. 

[AK_Mom4]

I hate battling for limited oven space, so I would make it and bake it at home before you leave. Pack it in a cooler with towels or buy one of those cheap styrofoam coolers. For just an hour drive, it should stay hot the whole way.

[KungFuPanda]

I would not count on the host's oven. They're probably stressed enough with the stuff they have going. I'd prep today, bake tomorrow, and insulate the food with a hot pack for the drive over. I just bought a casserole carrier this year for my own hour-long-drive-with-hot-food. In the past I've used a cooler and some foil-wrapped hot rocks, or beach towels and a laundry basket. It'll continue to cook a little bit during the drive, so feel free to pull it from the oven a little sooner than normal.

[zoobie]

Do you have a crock pot you can bring? I'd cook it in that in the morning, wrap it in a towel, and plug it in once you get there on warm.

[SparklyUnicorn]

I hate battling for limited oven space, so I would make it and bake it at home before you leave. Pack it in a cooler with towels or buy one of those cheap styrofoam coolers. For just an hour drive, it should stay hot the whole way.

 

This is what I'd do too.

[Guest]

Yes, bake it and pack it in a cooler with towels. It will stay piping hot if packed tightly.

[Lady Florida.]

Thank you for the replies. I think I'll choose make ahead today and bake it at home tomorrow before we leave. My main concern was not so much the one hour drive but that we'll be there for several hours before it's time to eat. If we leave here at 10:30 I have to take it out of the oven in time to wrap it for travel. And we're not eating until around 2:00. Hopefully I can pack it so it stays warm. 

[Tess in the Burbs]

I make a yam dish that is just best served the day of.  I tried once to do it, add the marsh mellows for the drive over and they had melted before arriving.  So now it's done on the spot or not at all.  

[Bambam]

Yes, I'd make it today, but bake it tomorrow. They sell those hot/cold packs that go under (if hot) a 9x13 dish. I'd wrap it in old towels too. At the destination, I might see if I could stick it back in the oven for 10-15 minutes right before you eat. 

[KungFuPanda]

Dude. I didn't even think of the crockpot option. I change my vote to that since you're hanging out before eating.