Conveggtor or pizza stone for pizzas?

bgeaddikt

I was told by my local dealer, several different occasions with different reps as well that by purchasing the deflector plate AKA conveggtor i would be able to smoke meats(legs up) and pizzas (legs down). Figured i would save money but it wasnt my idea, but my dealer. It worked out with no problems but havent tried a pizza stone so i dont know if there would be a difference

onedbguru

typically the conveggtor (aka plate setter) is used for indirect cooking - including pizza. 

you would normally do conv legs up, grate, pizza stone because if you do pizza at >500 dome, the platesetter will be way too hot and will just char the pizza and you will be able to use the result as fuel in your next cook. (well, maybe not, but it will be the same color). 

I actually add 3 fire bricks on top of the grate, then the pizza stone. This gets the pie further up into the hot dome.

pgprescott

Legs down is the older recommended setup. They had problems with the heat being directed to the gasket and increased failures of said gasket. People mostly go legs up, cooking grid and stone. Raise the stone with a raised grid or bricks to get higher in the dome I you like. Also, @RRP aka Ron Pratt, Dunlap, IL sells another gasket that is popular and would eliminate failure. Happy egging. 

Mickey

I lost several platesetters at EggFests and never looked for them. Hate them. 
Go stones!

bgeaddikt

Baked 2 pizzas right now with the wifey(she made the pizzas) and kiddos. No pizza stone used since i havent bought 1 yet and havent had any issues making them on my plate setter. Corn meal was used so it didnt stick but the wifey didnt corn meal the granite counter while prepping them! Managed to get passed it though and they tasted great. Pepperoni, shredded cheese, crushed tomatoes, minced garlic, etc. Egg only went to 600°F due to me trying to align the dome because of the underbite and i made it worse mid cook! Either way i was really satisfied and the taste was amazing. 2nd batch so far. Will try switching up the baking setup to see if the results are any better. 1 got a little more toasted but was still delish. Any constructive  criticism is more then welcome. It was soo good i wanted more! So i grilled a steak right after! Undercooked it to my standards(i prefer well done) but i understand the juicyness in the red stuff! Also had 1 of my pizza slices look like you know what...well you all can be the judge
 

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Jupiter Jim

Get a Roswell rig and two BGE 14" pizza stones and have a pizza party! With the plate setter and one stone on the top you will be as high in the dome as possible. I usually use the plate setter and I can't remember why I did not use it when I took this picture.