Pizza Stone question?

Unknown

Can I use a regular pizza stone? Or do I have to have a specific one for the mighty Egg? I got a brand new Large egg yesterday and already have a months worth of food planned!!!! Thanks in advance - Horseradish

stike

Horse Radish,
no magic. whatever you have, go ahead. for some reason though, i think there's a general consensus that the pampered chef one's all seem to crack. i don't know if that's the egg doing it (we seem to all go 500-600 or so for pizza), or if they break 'in general'.

Unknown

stike,
Thanks for the info, Time to Commence firing it up.

gdenby

Horse Radish,[p]There have been a number of people, myself included, that have had burnt gaskets that may be related to having a too large third party stone in the Egg. In other words, I had a 14" stone in my medium, and I toasted the gasket during the second use. I've since had an Egg 12", and haven't had any problems.[p]gdenby

stike

Horse Radish,
put it in as the egg comes up to temp....
don't put it cold on a hot fire. not so much for thermal shock's sake, but because a cold mass like that will drag your set dome temp down unless you bring it up with the dome temp.

bbqbeth

stike,
yep! been there, done that. crack.

Unknown

Horse Radish,
I use a regular pizza stone from wally world and so far no problems. My setup is on a raised grate about one inch above the gasket. No platesetter and temp about 450.

The Naked Whiz

Horse Radish,
Here's a link to my pizza hints and tips. Any reasonable stone will work. Pampered Chef stones crack. See the photo on my web page. [p]TNW
[ul][li]Pizza Hints and Tips[/ul]

bbqbeth

zunibbq,[p]but never put a stone on the hot grill...check out spin's pizza recipe. killer. :-)[p]have fun!

Unknown

Horse Radish,[p]I have a Chefmate pizza stone that was $10 at Target. I've used it five times at 600 degrees+ and its worked great.[p]Keep on Eggin',[p]Big Green Egghead

Unknown

bbqbeth,
I leave my stone is outside and i always let it come up to temp with the egg. I'll check out spin's recipe. Suppose to snow around here but i think its time for a pizza.

EGGOMANIAC

Horse Radish,[p]I'll probably gp the Target or Wally route - but I did see Alton Brown use an inverted terra cotta pot base FWIW.[p]Geez - 2nd AB reference and he lives here in Marietta, GA
:-)[p]If there are any FoodTV folks out there you absolutely gotta goto tvgasm.com for their foodtv HILARIOUS writeups.

bbqbeth

Zunibbq,
always pizza time! Spin's is the best!
and let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!
ciao..

The Naked Whiz

EGGOMANIAC,
Terra cotta for pizza? Are you sure that wasn't the rib roast flower pot show?[p]TNW