Home Made Pizza Kettle Question
I bought a food grade steel barrel for $10 over the weekend including a lid. It held some sweet smelling blue food coloring/additive and by the time I got it home in the back of our SUV, I wanted a funnel cake. I cut the barrel and made a pizza kettle for my 22.5" OTG (after burning off the old barrel paint, cutting the front hole, etc. pics to come later). I have read that people have issues with the bottoms of their pizzas burning while the tops of the pizzas are not yet fully cooked because so much heat stays up in the grill lid. I have cut the barrel lid to the diameter of the pizza kettle and am going to attach it as a heat deflector. How high above the pizza kettle opening to attach the deflector? Do I want the deflector to be the diameter of the pizza kettle or do I want it smaller to properly vent during cooks? Any help would be appreciated.
I bought a food grade steel barrel for $10 over the weekend including a lid. It held some sweet smelling blue food coloring/additive and by the time I got it home in the back of our SUV, I wanted a funnel cake. I cut the barrel and made a pizza kettle for my 22.5" OTG (after burning off the old barrel paint, cutting the front hole, etc. pics to come later). I have read that people have issues with the bottoms of their pizzas burning while the tops of the pizzas are not yet fully cooked because so much heat stays up in the grill lid. I have cut the barrel lid to the diameter of the pizza kettle and am going to attach it as a heat deflector. How high above the pizza kettle opening to attach the deflector? Do I want the deflector to be the diameter of the pizza kettle or do I want it smaller to properly vent during cooks? Any help would be appreciated.
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