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edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Hi[p]tried to cook a pizza using the stone. the crust burnt but the cheese on the top wasn't even melted. Any suggestions? (used boboli crust).[p]Thanks!
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  • Citizen Q
    Citizen Q Posts: 484
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    amanda,
    Try placing the stone on 3 firebricks set on edge, this will both add more ceramic mass and elevate to stone to keep it from getting too hot. It will also bring the face of the stone above the rim of the egg making it easier to get a peel under the pie.[p]Cheers,
    Sean
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  • The Naked Whiz
    The Naked Whiz Posts: 7,777
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    amanda,
    We would need to know how long and at what temp you cooked. Boboli crusts are already baked, so you really only need to warm and crisp them. Thus you need a relatively low temp. I would use whatever temp was specified on the package.[p]TNW
    The Naked Whiz
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  • eggfoot
    eggfoot Posts: 138
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    amanda,
    i have done a few and 400 was about the right temp left on until the cheese was browned. i think around 20 min with homeade crust. was real good.
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  • Spin
    Spin Posts: 1,375
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    amanda,[p]You were lacking enough heat in the dome area to cook the top of the pizza as fast as the dough was cooking. If you burned the dough the cook was too long. If you didn't cook the toppings enough, the cook was too cool.[p]Raise the cooking temp to a well heated (so the dome temp will be there as soon as you close the lid) 550F and cook the pie for 8 minutes the next time. A shorter cook will allow the dough to not burn.[p]You may need to adjust your cooking time for your exact pizza but this should get you close.[p]Good luck,'Spin
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  • Unknown
    Unknown
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    Especially for pizza, make sure the EGG is up to temp, not just the air inside.
    Pizza toppings cook by the heat coming off of the dome. If you put the pizza in soon after the thermometer reads the dome temp you are looking for, that’s too soon. Wait until the dome is very warm to the touch.

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  • Haggis
    Haggis Posts: 998
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    Michael B,[p]And the pizza stone needs to be hot as well.
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