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Matthew C

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Since finding the website and reading the threads on cooking pizzas on the grill, it's something I've been wanting to try. I finally had the chance last night and it turned out pretty well. Not the best pizza I've ever had, but I used some applewood chunks along with the charcoal and it had a great smoked flavor.

The ingredients were cheapo- Wal-mart brand crust, sauce, and cheese along with some pepperoni and some pineapple. My 5 yr old thought it was great! I used a Pampered Chef pizza stone to cook it on and positioned the charcoal around the perimeter of the grill.

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Mathew the pizza looks great. If you want the top better done try raising your pizza stone. I put mine on firebricks. Also if you place a couple rails across the bowl of the kettle and sit the lid on that with about 1/4" gap you'll get a hotter fire. I use 2 old rotisserie skewers.
 
Originally posted by Bob Sample:
Mathew the pizza looks great. If you want the top better done try raising your pizza stone. I put mine on firebricks. Also if you place a couple rails across the bowl of the kettle and sit the lid on that with about 1/4" gap you'll get a hotter fire. I use 2 old rotisserie skewers.
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I double cook my pizza, first, just the dough, then I put on the rest (sauce, cheese, topping ... ).
 
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm definitely wanting to try one a little more gourmet in the future. I double cooked this one as well, but the grill didn't stay as hot as it began for some reason. I cooked t-bones a few days before and had a steady 450, but this cook started there and dropped steadily. I wouldn't have thought of elevating the lid so I'll have to give that a shot. Bob, I haven't been able to find any firebricks yet. Home Depot and Lowes don't carry them, so I'm going to have to check with a masonry I guess.
 
Mathew you can use regular pavers or bricks on the grill. You should be able to get firebricks anywhere that makes brick or try your local woodstove dealer.

To bad you don't have Rona stores(Canadian version of HD Lowes)they carry them.
 
I use my rib rack to raise the pizza stone.

I also second the post about cooking the dough first, I tried that last time I did pizza. I cooked the bottom for about 2 or3 minutes on a hot stone, flipped it, and then added my toppings to finish the cook.
 
Originally posted by Dave K:
I cooked the bottom for about 2 or3 minutes on a hot stone, flipped it, and then added my toppings to finish the cook.
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Don't know if any of you have had this problem, and it may not be an issue with room temp dough, but once I preheated a Pampered chef stone in the oven, and then put something frozen on the stone. Within a couple of minutes, the stone cracked into three pieces.
 
The ingredients were cheapo- Wal-mart brand crust, sauce, and cheese along with some pepperoni and some pineapple. My 5 yr old thought it was great! I used a Pampered Chef pizza stone to cook it on and positioned the charcoal around the perimeter of the grill.

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Personally, I go to my local fav pizza joint, not papa johns or pizza hut, LOCAL joint, and buy their dough. I walk in and say, " i would like to buy some dough" for $2 they give me a fresh dough ball. The ball they give, is what they use for a large. Make life easy and there is no mixing or the like.
 
Nice looking pizza! I have yet to do my first pizza attempt, but soon, very soon.

I got one of those Lodge CI pizza pans from Amazon (through TVWBB of course!) and I got my fire bricks at my local building supply/brick yard. Two splits and one full brick and they cost me $3.00. I wrap them in foil to keep them clean. Pizza, here I come!
 
Matthew -- I got my firebricks at the local Ace Hardware store. They come in a box of 6, which is nice. I typically use 3 to hold the pizza stone up, and generally leave 1 or 2 in my kettle to help set up indirect cooks.
 
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