First try at pizza on the WSM (no Pizza Kettle)


 
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Took my first stab at pizza on my WSM. Important to note that I don't have a pizza kettle, so had to get creative. Took a lot of advice from the VWB community before I started. This place is an invaluable wealth of knowledge. So here was my setup:

Placed the charcoal ring on the lower cooking grate:



to get the pizza closer to the dome and achieve equal cooking on top and bottom, raised stone using rib rack:



Put 1 and 1/2 chimney starters of lump charcoal in, access door off and was able to achieve 550 degrees:



Pizzas took 5-6 minutes to cook. I was very happy with the results considering it was my first attempt. Made four pies (2 cheese, 1 pepperoni, 1 pepperoni, peppers, and onions) and each was better than the previous:





What to working on for my next cook? Honestly I was extremely happy with the taste and the texture of the crust. I would like to have to top of the pie a bit more brown so will work on getting the pizza closer to the top of the dome or maybe a diffuser to push heat directly away from the pizza stone. And obviously I have to work on my pie making; that's a pretty sad looking circle. All in all I couldn't have been happier. Family and neighbors loved it.
 
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Perfect looking pizza! Very innovative set up. I can tell you did a lot of reading and thinking. Don't worry about the circle. Mine usually look like a trapezoid when I'm done. Very nice.
 
That's some good heat you got out of your WSM. I'm sure I've tried a papa murphy's on it but it's been well over a year.... I'll have to try again
 
Congrats my friend, you make us WSM pizza cookers proud!!! Now pass a piece please
 
Out of the box thinking for sure and they look awesome. You've got the idea so just keep making them, they only get better.
 
Very nice results on your first run. I'm still trying to figure the pizza thing out. Looks like you have it down. Nice job!
 
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