Small Pizza Stone Question

Unknown

I have a 14" baking stone for pizza, but want to cook two or three 9" quesadilla at the time. Will two, or three, 9" baking stones fit into a large egg? I have a brisket cooking, so don't want to open the door and measure, but would like to place an order for either two or three 9" stones if they will fit. Anybody know?

Sandbagger

Chuck/Tx, the large grid is approx. 18 inches in diameter. So, you can get 2 nine inch diameter stones or if you can find them 3 eight inch diameter stones. Just remember, the interior diameter of the fire ring is approx. 16 inches, so the stones will sit above the fire ring a bit. T

cbs

Chuck/Tx,[p]I just cook quesadillas on the regular grate. They come out great.[p]CBS in Austin

Unknown

Chuck/Tx,[p]Just took a 9' tortilla to my large plate setter legs down and folded in half. Looks like 4-5 may fit in half. on my 13 1/2 in pizza stone 3-4 halves look o.k. with some overlap. Save your $$$ for something more interesting that 2-3 smaller pizza stones.

Unknown

cbs, hmmmm -- are you saying you lay the flour tortillas on the grid, directly over the coals without any kind of indirect set-up?

Unknown

Richard, that sounds like a great idea, thank you. Four folded would obviously only be the same as two unfolded, but that would work pretty well for me. Most of the time I only need to cook two 9-inchers (or four folded), one for myself and one for my wife.

Unknown

Sandbagger, that's what I needed to know. I may not buy small stones after reading the two post up above, but if I ever do I want 9-inchers. Based on what you said, I would be limited to two of them. I like the 9-inch size better than 8-inch because I use 9-inch tortillias, and also if I were to make small pizzas I would want 9-inch stones for them. Thanks for the reply. This forum surely is helpful.

fishlessman

Chuck/Tx,
you could get three nine inch stones in there if you varied the heights on top of firebricks, just stagger them. for your quesadillas, you could also just cook them on fire brick splits if you were to get the hard brick variety. already mentioned, i just fold them

Unknown

fishlessman, if your name is what it implies, I can relate to you. I fish, but go fishless, or almost fishless, all too often. Good to know about possibility of three 9-inch stones as you described. I too like the idea of folding them; as someone said, I can do that and save my money for something other than two or three small baking stones.

YB

Chuck/Tx,
Here is a picture of 2-9" deep dish ceramic pizza pans with tomato pies in them.The only way they will fit is on a raised grid.Hope this helps.
Larry
[ul][li]Tomato Pies[/ul]

Unknown

YB, after reading all the post I've decided to cook quesadillas folded as one person suggested (said I could get four of them on the plate setter). I may eventually buy two 9-inch stones for making small pizzas, but that can wait awhile since I have a 14-inch pizza stone. I'm surprised, however, that you have to use the raised grid. I would have thought the width of the egg would be greatest right at the regular grid level. Good picture -- those pies make me hungry.