Welcome to the EGGhead Forum - a great place to visit and packed with tips and EGGspert advice! You can also join the conversation and get more information and amazing kamado recipes by following Big Green Egg to Experience our World of Flavor™ at:
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Pinterest  |  Youtube  |  Vimeo
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.

Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch

Which Cast Iron Skillet for Pizza?

garthb4903
garthb4903 Posts: 116
in EggHead Forum
Do you have a recommendation for which cast iron skillet to use that fits in the large for pizza?
L, M, MM "These pretzels are making me thirsty"
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    I think @Focker has done a lot of these. 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • GoldenQ
    GoldenQ Posts: 600
    Try the 15 inch Lodge with 2 handles     I think the 17 may be too large
    I XL  and 1 Weber Kettle  And 1 Weber Q220       Outside Alvin, TX-- South of Houston
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    edited January 2018
    The only pizza I've done in CI is Kenji's pan pizza. 10" diameter is called for and it fits in a large fine. Mine is a Wagner, but a Lodge would work of course.

    For Chicago deep dish, I prefer a steel cake pan. For a standard pizza, a stone or steel is my weapon of choice.

    CI pan pizza...



    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • xfire_ATX
    xfire_ATX Posts: 1,210
    I use this one as my baking stone

    PSWOO
    (2) half circle stones
    Grate
    That on the grate
    XLBGE, LBGE, Charbroil Gas Grill, Weber Q200, Old Weber Kettle, Rectec RT-B380, Yeti 65, Yeti Hopper 20, RTIC 20, RTIC 20 Soft Side - Too many drinkware vessels to mention.

    Not quite in Austin, TX City Limits
    Just Vote- What if you could choose "none of the above" on an election ballot? Millions of Americans do just that, in effect, by not voting.  The result in 2016: "Nobody" won more counties, more states, and more electoral votes than either candidate for president. 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited January 2018
    Kenji's recipe calls for a 10", but I prefer a thinner 12" pie. 




    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Focker said:
    Kenji's recipe calls for a 10", but I prefer a thinner 12" pie. 
    I have always meant to try that, but somehow never have. A 10" pan makes a VERY thick crust with that much dough.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited January 2018
    Carolina Q said:
    Focker said:
    Kenji's recipe calls for a 10", but I prefer a thinner 12" pie. 
    I have always meant to try that, but somehow never have. A 10" pan makes a VERY thick crust with that much dough.
    I agree Q, and you still get plenty of pillowy chew, closer to the old school Pizza Hut.

    Also cut the oil down as well, you still get the audible frying at the end.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    Agree with the others. My 10" works well but its thick. The plus side of that is it holds up to a lot of toppings. I also like throwing the cheese all the way to the iron as the cheese "gasket" as I believe @Griffin called it is solid. I will be trying the 12". The real answer is either work fine
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 35,025
    do the newer 12 inch lodge skillets with the assist handle fit the large, i have only used their older model 12 inch
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • GoldenQ
    GoldenQ Posts: 600
    Lodge is or  has come out with a 12 that is like the 17 with two handles that should fit
    I XL  and 1 Weber Kettle  And 1 Weber Q220       Outside Alvin, TX-- South of Houston
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    @fishlessman, Looks like Lodge has two 12" skillets, the standard and the pro-logic.
    Standard... 18" total
    ‎shop.lodgemfg.com/images/L10SK3_Measurements.pdf

    ProLogic... 18.688"
    ‎shop.lodgemfg.com/images/P12S3_Measurements.pdf

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 35,025
    Carolina Q said:
    @fishlessman, Looks like Lodge has two 12" skillets, the standard and the pro-logic.
    Standard... 18" total
    ‎shop.lodgemfg.com/images/L10SK3_Measurements.pdf

    ProLogic... 18.688"
    ‎shop.lodgemfg.com/images/P12S3_Measurements.pdf
    so they changed it again. my first lodge has a longer handle and no easy lift handle at 18 inches. not sure i see any benefit to the new prologic
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hardwoodcooker
    hardwoodcooker Posts: 18
    Depends on how much pizza you can eat.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,448
    I bought a lodge 12 inch flat round griddle. Worked fine.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    If you have an existing 12" Lodge, an angle grinder makes short work of the handle.  I hadn't used that particular pan in probably a year before cutting off the handle - now I used it all the time.

    These pan pizza's look great everyone.
    Phoenix 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    Chubbs said:
    Agree with the others. My 10" works well but its thick. The plus side of that is it holds up to a lot of toppings. I also like throwing the cheese all the way to the iron as the cheese "gasket" as I believe @Griffin called it is solid. I will be trying the 12". The real answer is either work fine

    I didn't come up with the term "gasket". Seemed like that was what everybody was calling it back then. Now I've got a craving for pizza.

    Rowlett, Texas

    Griffin's Grub or you can find me on Facebook

    The Supreme Potentate, Sovereign Commander and Sultan of Wings

     

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories