KettlePizza pies for me, myself, & I

[Nate Frost]

Home alone tonight and tomorrow; the wife and kiddos are having a girls weekend on the boat. I've been pizza obsessed lately, that's why I haven't been around much. Doing a lot of research and might pull the trigger on a Pizza Party WFO 70x70. Made this dough Tuesday night thinking I was going to cook pizza last night . The dough had a 4 day proof. It was a no kneed Neapolitan dough recipie using KA's bread flour and 60% hydration. I also decided to try a different setup on the KP to get a more even stone temp; and it worked for me with a more even cook on the pizza. I also started with only half a large Weber chimney of charcoal; the rest was wood. What I did was have the fire to the side instead of the back so the heat went left to right.

It was a nice relaxing evening cooking pies, and hanging out in the backyard listening to some mind relaxing jams, with 2 or 3 beers.

 

[Felix N.]

Looks legit!!!! Buen provecho!!

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

You know how to pamper yourself Nate. Your yard is gorgeous!

 

[Clint]

No complaints there!

 

[Steve_Williams]

Well done! I need to try it!

 

[JimK]

Like they came right out of Italy! Nice.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Beautiful pies Nate, I think you nailed the process.

 

[Barb D]

Nate awesome job, they are fantastic. Like Rich said you have nailed the process for sure. Love your back yard.

 

[Matt H.]

Looks good nate. What type of wood did you use? My pizzas are awful smokey!

 

[Robert T]

Nate I'm always trying to recreate an authentic old school brick oven for my pizza. Looks like you got that part down and it shows in the result. Your pizza is spot on. Truly what I'm always trying to achieve. Great job!

 

[Nate Frost]

Looks good nate. What type of wood did you use? My pizzas are awful smokey!

This is what I use for wood.

Here's how it started

I don't use the charcoal basket that comes with the tombstone kit. I just put on a couple mor large pieces of wood after I put the tombstone on and let it preheat for somewhere around an hour. My bottom vents are closed and the top is wide open opposite the fire; this eliminates the smoke you are probably experiencing. I also cut up smaller chunks of wood to toss in after each pie. Hope that helps.

 

[JeffG]

Great looking pies Nate, have to look up what a Pizza Party WFO 70x70 is though.

 

[WB Zipf]

Man those are great looking pies! I love your landscaping too, it looks like you had a great meal sitting out there in your own oasis eating that pizza!

 

[Matt H.]

Thanks for the info!

 

[ChuckO]

You didn't have to eat alone, I woulda come over and helped you pound those pizzas