Pumpkin Pie on the BGE (Warning: pic heavy)

dweebs0r

Someone else made this recently so the credit goes to them.  I have never made a pumpkin pie except using the canned stuff.  I thought I would document the cook on here in case someone else has the urge to try it.

I bought some pumpkin pie pumpkins from Lowes.

Tried to cut them in half and had a heck of a time doing it.  Ended up cutting them with a wood saw.  I dont know if that means the pumpkins weren't ripe enough or what but I couldn't hack through them with a really sharp kitchen knife.  Anyway, cut them in half and scooped out the guts.

Put them on the BGE, indirect at about 350.  They were soft in a little more than an hour.  Here is a tip, put the pumpkins cut side up.  If you put them cut side down (like I did at first) the moisture from the pumpkins leaks out onto the platesetter and causes the egg to smoke.

Scooped out the soft pumpkin into a bowl and blended it up.

Mixed up the pumpkin pie using a simple recipe found using Google.  http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/18470/libbys-famous-pumpkin-pie/detail.aspx

Here are the ingredients used:

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 large eggs
• 1 can (15 oz.) LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
• 1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk

I obviously used my fresh pumpkin in place of the canned stuff.  Mixed it up according to the directions and poured it into the unbaked pie shell.

Grill is a little messy from making country ribs earlier in the day.

Cooked the pie at about 375 indirect until the pie was firm and a butter knife came out of the center clean.

This is the finished product.  The brown parts on the edges are from the pie mixture spilling a bit when I was walking it out to the grill.

The pie turned out really good.  Needed to be just a tad sweeter.  Almost tasted like a sweet potato pie.

Overall, I recommend doing one this way.  I love knowing exactly what does into my food instead of just dumping a can or mush into a pie shell.

The pics and the pie arent as pretty as some of the examples people put on the forum but I still consider myself new to this hobby.  Hopefully this will help someone with Thanksgiving coming up soon and all.

MaskedMarvel

Hey don't dig on yourself that looks awesome. Really delicious!

DMW

That looks great. Right time of the year for pumpkin pie for sure.

NPHuskerFL

That's bad freakin' ass! Sorry but, I may have to copy this one this weekend. Very impressive. And if my smell-o-vision is working it smells and tastes sweet as well....pie :-D

EggoMatic

I surely agree. That pie looks really good. Thanks for posting!

dweebs0r

Thanks for the comments guys!  I have a pile of farm fresh sweet potatoes that I am going to try out on the egg (as a pie) next.

TexanOfTheNorth

Try slicing and grilling some of those sweet potatoes too.

Pie looks great!