First Pizza on the Egg

garyflintstone

Had to try pizza for the kids.  Temps shot up to 50 degrees in Michigan.  Cranked up the egg to 600 degrees with no issues.  Actually hit 650 on accident the first day.

I used straight overnight pizza dough from flour water salt yeast book by Forkish.  Dough was awesome.  First pizza very bad, but by the second day and fourth pizza shape was almost round.  I seem to get oblong pizzas for some reason. 

Kids and wife loved the pizza.  It was very good.  Five minutes at 600 and it was done.  Even made focaccia with the last of the dough and it was great. 

I used adjustable rig to get pizza stone high up in the dome.  Should have took a picture of the set up.  Sorry. 

Photo Egg

Looks great...I'm with you, I can't make a round pizza to save my life. lol
Makes them look more homemade.

Homebrewguy

I've gotten my egg up to 600 here in MI even when the temps were lower.

northGAcock

Man that looks a 100 times better than my first one. Go for greatness!

pgprescott

I give you a "like". Nice job.

Photo Egg

northGAcock said:

Man that looks a 100 times better than my first one. Go for greatness!

I had to salvage my first pizza by turning it into a Calzone...And even that looked like crap, but it tasted great.lol

Carolina Q

Looks good, especially the charring on the bottom!

If you want round (and they truly don't taste any better ), you have to start with round dough balls. Like this (best part is the last few seconds)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-V1J86REA

Then, watch the first 4 minutes of this for some ideas on shaping the pie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjYqw1CLZsA

This one's probably the most illustrative I've seen... if you're into butt cheeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_StjYBHqHU

If the dough has been refrigerated, be sure to put it out on the counter (covered) a couple of hours before you attempt to shape it.

Dredger

That looks great. Gotta love the flour on the counter look. It means you did it yourself. Congrats.

theyolksonyou

Round is boring