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Banned from making pizza on the egg
In trying to get the stuck pizza off and not burn my arm off I wound up sending the scalding pie onto the patio and in the process I slid the stone just a hair and it cracked into 3 pieces.
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Other than that, how was the pizza ?Seriously, don't give up. I don't know why flames were coming up around your plate setter. Next time, try 500. Also, was your stone off the plate setter a little bit, or was it sitting right on it. It should be raised a tad. Also, what was between your pizza dough and the stone. Corn meal? I have always used parchment paper, and left it on for the entire cook. Slides on easy, slides off easy.Also, on your next cook, check on it sooner, and be sure to burp it before raising the dome.We all have disasters from time to time. It's a learning experience. Next time, you won't have that disaster.__________________________________________Dripping Springs, Texas.Just west of Austintatious
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There has got to be a way we spin this into it being your wife's fault. Think my man.
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I really don't see how a pizza can stick to a properly pre-heated pizza stone. I use a pretty wet dough, and it does not happen. Now if the dough tears and lets cheese and sauce onto the stone, that's another story.
Cheap pizza stones will crack. Was it a good stone?
This "failure" aside, it's worth trying again.
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Don't give up. I have the plate setter with legs up, then the grill, then I use the 3 feet that came with my large egg, and I support the pizza stone on those 3 feet, so there is air flowing underneath the pizza stone. I cook around 500-500. Use parchment paper with just a light dusting of corn meal. You can leave the parchment on the whole time or after about 4-5 min. you can lift up the za and take out the paper.Honestly don't give up yet,we all have had cooks that didn't turn out properly. Just try again and you won't believe the taste once you get the process nailed down.Large, small, and a mini
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Hopefully, you didn't use a Pampered Chef stone. Use more corn meal on the stone and on the peel.XL BGE - Large BGE - Small BGE - Traeger Lil' Tex Elite - Weber Smokey Joe
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Dont feel bad. Before I got the BGE - I had been banned from wasting money on a brisket ( with my old side smokers ). Got past it - your next pizza's will be great.
Cookin in Texas -
No lie, it probably took me 10 pizza's before I got the hang of it. I swear I've done every wrong possible.If I had to guess, I would say you did not use an indirect piece under your stone? My pizza were always burned on bottom until I realized that the stone needs to be heated indirectly...not just the pizza.
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Last pizza I did, I used the directions on the pizza. Cook it at about 450 for 15 minutes or so. Came out fine. It was a Walmart deli pizza.ScooterMid TN. Hangin' in the 'Boro. MIM Judge
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I don't warm my pizza stone like others on here. I dust it with cornmeal and when the pizza is done it comes right off. Like others said don't give up, it took me several times to get it right.
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The wife and I were going to make pizzas on the Egg last night and what a disaster!
I saw the post where you got that advice. I do pizza hot but it takes a little practice to get there. I would get one of those airbake pans and hone your skillls with that at lower temps. You will still get great piesI took the advice and got it up to 600 degrees and let the stone sit on it for about 30 minutes. Prior to lighting I filled it up with fresh lump just above the fire box. At 600 degrees there were flames coming up around the the place setter. When I finally got my 1st (and last) pizza on there it sizzled and I thought we were in good shape. I checked on it about 2 minutes later and the crust (fresh from the store) was burnt and STUCK to the stone.
In trying to get the stuck pizza off and not burn my arm off I wound up sending the scalding pie onto the patio and in the process I slid the stone just a hair and it cracked into 3 pieces.I think I'll stick to ribs, butts, steaks, chicken, etc. and leave the pizza to Pasquali's just down the road.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Thanks guys, and I will find a way to blame the wife! What red-blooded American man wouldn't?I used the place setter with the feet down and put the stone on it. It wasn't an expensive stone. I like the idea of using the 3 feet that came with the Egg to raise it up a little and cooking around 500 or so.
I'm doing beef back ribs and a duck this weekend. I'll ease back into the pizza.Thanks again for the advice!Sarasota, FL via Boynton Beach, FL, via Sarasota, FL, via Charleston, SC, via The Outer Banks, via God's Country (East TN on Ft. Loudon Lake) -
Plate setter with legs down
grate in place,I use a cast iron grate.
Stone on grate,Preheat for 10 minutes at 550
sprinkle stone with cornmeal ,add pizza
12 to 15 minutes later,check for bottom of pie to be browning
Enjoy best Brick Oven Pie you ever cooked !
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Plate setter with legs down
grate in place,I use a cast iron grate.
Stone on grate,Preheat for 10 minutes at 550
sprinkle stone with cornmeal ,add pizza
12 to 15 minutes later,check for bottom of pie to be browning
Enjoy best Brick Oven Pie you ever cooked !
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Plate setter with legs down
grate in place,I use a cast iron grate.
Stone on grate,Preheat for 10 minutes at 550
sprinkle stone with cornmeal ,add pizza
12 to 15 minutes later,check for bottom of pie to be browning
Enjoy best Brick Oven Pie you ever cooked !
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Got any advice on briskets? Can't seem to get it right?
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Got any advice on briskets? Can't seem to get it right?
Start another thread.__________________________________________Dripping Springs, Texas.Just west of Austintatious -
What I do...
Plate setter legs down.
3 little balls of alunimum foil wadded up
Pizza Stone
Lay the dough out on Parchment paper inside when making pizza. Paper slides on the Pizza Stone, after 3 to 5 minutes, hold the edge of the pizza with something - slide the paper right out. I used to use corn meal, try not to let the pizza dough sit on whatever I was making it up on - so it wouldnt stick. Parchment paper does so much better.
Cookin in Texas -
Yes, do as VI stated initially and we wil happily help you
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I am going pizza tonight, you now have me gun shy.
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I did one tonight. I didn't raise the stone off of the plate setter and it turned out fine. Did you use a pizza peel? Also watch the videos on Freds Music & BBQ site. He has tons of great videos on cooking on the egg. I turned my pizza every 2 minutes. That kept it from burning.Mark Annville, PA
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Looks great, where did you get the stone.
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I did one tonight. I didn't raise the stone off of the plate setter and it turned out fine. Did you use a pizza peel? Also watch the videos on Freds Music & BBQ site. He has tons of great videos on cooking on the egg. I turned my pizza every 2 minutes. That kept it from
Unless you have an IR or oven thermo you don't know the temp of the stone. If you use a heat shield against the radiant heat, then some space and then the stone you know the stone is at the temp of the egg and no hotter.Steve
Caledon, ON
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I'm in the minority on the corn meal vs parchement issue, I have tried both and like the corn meal. This may be based on my previous experience back in college I worked at a pizza joint and before getting the egg have been making pizza with corn meal on a stone in the oven for years. The biggest thing to remember is you can't let the assebled pizza sit long before getting it onto the hot stone. Another key, is toppings, this is one place where less is more. Use really good quality toppings but not a ton of them...you will NEVER get "extra cheese" at Bill's BGE Pizzaria.
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@Bakeman, the stone in the picture is a Pampered Chef stone, but it was not cooked on that stone. The stone that I cooked on was the XL Big Green Egg stone. I usually bring my pies in the house on the pizza peel and slide them on to the PC stone to cut the pizza.
@Little Steven, I'm still new to the egg. Only a month in. I plan on trying to raise the stone the next time. I have an XL Egg, so I didn't get feet for my egg. I'm going to try the foil balls under the stone to raise it up. Hopefully that will keep my crust on second and third pizzas from burning.Mark Annville, PA -
Hey just trying to help man. I use 3/4 " plumbing tees for the spacers
Steve
Caledon, ON
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I appreciate the help. I like the plumbing tee idea. Might have to make a trip to Lowes tomorrow.Mark Annville, PA
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OK, so crushed it tonight. My own dough and sauce, weef happy.
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My first pie and we loved it http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh612/jholland70/94b5f913-1.jpg
Don't give up!!!
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