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I just can't leave well enough alone
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JB
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About 10 days a go I received my adjustable rig/ spider and wanted to incorporate it into a pizza cook I had already planned for that same night. After fiddling around with it I stumbled on this setup http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=781434&catid=1#, which involved removal of the fire ring. It was the only way I could find to use both platesetter and rig as I do not have an extra stone to use as an indirect piece.
Bente responded that the platesetter would, in fact, fit on/ in the rig as he had done it before. Lit up the Egg last nite for a pizza cook and while I was waiting I started tinkering and figured out how to do it. I went a step further and placed the spider on top of the grid and then pizza stone. This got me so high in the dome that I had to remove the thermometer. Just guessed at temp from experience and put the pies on at what usually is 650-675*. Judging by the time it took each of them (about 5 mins per) that was about right.
The end result was very good. Not sure I noticed a huge difference, but my wife proclaimed these as the best I've ever done... good enough for me. So, I think I'll stick with this setup for a while, although, as the post title suggests... I just can't leave well enough alone.
P.S. Thank you to whomever it was that posted a tip for reheating pizza in a CI skillet a while back. I had never tried it before. Just finished lunch and it worked much better than other reheating methods I've used. Crust crisped back up nicely and was not limp or soggy. 'Nother lesson learned here.
Bente responded that the platesetter would, in fact, fit on/ in the rig as he had done it before. Lit up the Egg last nite for a pizza cook and while I was waiting I started tinkering and figured out how to do it. I went a step further and placed the spider on top of the grid and then pizza stone. This got me so high in the dome that I had to remove the thermometer. Just guessed at temp from experience and put the pies on at what usually is 650-675*. Judging by the time it took each of them (about 5 mins per) that was about right.
The end result was very good. Not sure I noticed a huge difference, but my wife proclaimed these as the best I've ever done... good enough for me. So, I think I'll stick with this setup for a while, although, as the post title suggests... I just can't leave well enough alone.
P.S. Thank you to whomever it was that posted a tip for reheating pizza in a CI skillet a while back. I had never tried it before. Just finished lunch and it worked much better than other reheating methods I've used. Crust crisped back up nicely and was not limp or soggy. 'Nother lesson learned here.
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You're making my mouth waterEgging on two larges + 36" Blackstone griddle
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Thanks Arduinna
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Nice job JB
Don't let those wheels stop turning. -
Thanks Adam, they rarely do.
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Interesting use of the spider & AR.
Very nice looking pizza cooks.
GG -
Thanks GG. It's as high in the dome as it can get and is easy to set up.
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I'm always striving for yet better pizza - this looks very interesting (and the pizza looks great)! I just got the rig and spider for Christmas.
Is that a standard 14" BGE pizza stone?
Do you happen to have a link describing how to fit the rig around/on the PS? I haven't tried the fit on mine (it's still all bright and shiny under the Christmas tree).
Thanks!Egging in Crossville, TN -
looks real good, i like the hotter cooks high in the dome, crust comes out much better than at the lower tempsfukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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Michelle- mine's actually a 13" stone I've had for years. No link to the set up, but basically you insert each leg of the platesetter between the top and bottom rails of the rig so that the setter "rests" on the bottom rail. Put that on the fire ring, standard grid on top, then spider and stone. I would think a 14" would fit as well.
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I agree fishless. I've tried everything from 400 up and prefer the higher temp/ faster cook pizzas as well.
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