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Baking Steel Pizza
cazzy
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Decided to give the Baking Steel a try for pizza yesterday. I have mixed feelings, but i'm not exactly going to give up just yet. I struggled finding my sweet spot and honestly have turned out better pies from a stone. Using Caputo 00 Pizzeria flour, and just didn't get the spring i'm accustomed to. Will try again...maybe I'll try with bread flour and see how it comes on the steel just for giggles.
If anyone has had success with 00, please let me know what temp you rolled with. My first one was at 550 and my second one was at 650 and the bottom started to burn before the toppings were done. With a stone, I usually roll at 700 for pies.
Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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Looks great to me cazzy:)
Pizza is awesome on the egg!!
Hows ya gettin' on, me ol ****?Kippens.Newfoundland and Labrador. (Canada). -
Looks pretty durn good from here, like it had a nice crispy crust to it.
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Nice job...Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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I use caputo tipo 00 and it takes a lot of heat compared to lower glutan/protein flour. Haven't used the baking steel over 550. It does heat up faster than a stone, but you have to keep it shielded or you'll burn the crust.
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From a crust stand point, it was the best bottom crust I've had so far, but I don't know if that had to do with me going 2 oz heavier on my dough. It actually didn't droop down...but it lacked some of the nice chew.Griffin said:Looks pretty durn good from here, like it had a nice crispy crust to it.
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dude...you have that bad ass peel. I'm envious.
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Dude, the peel is flipping legit!nolaegghead said:dude...you have that bad ass peel. I'm envious.
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Well there's your problem right there! Your steel has holes in it!!Flint, Michigan
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Looks great to me. I need to revise my pizza crust. Mine puffs up way too much when I do pizzas. Even if I poke holes in it with a fork prior to toppingColumbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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The steel transfers more heat more quickly to the pie than a stone. At the same temperature, the bottom will get more done faster.
Which can be a problem in an Egg. The initial recommendation for using a steel was for home ovens that could not get as hot as an Egg, but did have a broiler element on top. That way, hi temp was coming from both sides.
In an Egg, the air temp above the pie is usually lower than the temp coming from either a stone or steel. The toppings need to be thin.
I'm using an all purpose dough ball from a deli. It doesn't have very hi hydration. But better than what i can make. I'm getting a better, crisp crust w. the steel. But the toppings need to be minimal. Some good oilive oil, a bit of sauce, some fresh mozz and very thin shreds of meat. A sprinkle of parm.
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I just bought a "Pizza Dough Docker" from Amazon for less than $10, and supposedly that keeps the dough from forming large bubbles. It dosen't punch holes, it just 'attaches' the bottom layer to the top surface.
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We used dockers when I made pies as a kid. I have made tons of homemade pies, and have never had a problem with bubbles. Initially I thought I would, but that hasn't been the case. Prolly because the way I press them out.hotwheels said:I just bought a "Pizza Dough Docker" from Amazon for less than $10, and supposedly that keeps the dough from forming large bubbles. It dosen't punch holes, it just 'attaches' the bottom layer to the top surface.
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I had a Baking Steel type thingy fabbed. From some initial experiments of my own, and form others on here, the steel seems to work best in the 500ish range. I tried caputo 00 flour once and was not too happy with the resutls, but was told that it likes higher heat than what I usually do pizzas at (600ish). So the steel may not best suited for caputo00 pies?#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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Might be glad I didn't get one for the egg...
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Z_Eggineer said:Might be glad I didn't get one for the egg...Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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