Pizza Questions

Steve13

So I tried my first pizza last night and it didn't go so well. Dome temp at 450-475, pizza stone on grid which was on top of a second fire ring I have . Corn meal on the stone and so forth. I did preheat the stone but the corn meal burned and the bottoms got pretty charred after 15 minutes or so. Still decent flavor where it wasn't burned but I didn't expect them to cook so quickly. Any thoughts on what might have gone wrong ?

WessB

Steve13,
You will have much more success if you put a platesetter between your stone and the fire...either legs down or up, it will take the brunt of the heat leaving the stone more equal to your dome temp..[p]Wess

Darnoc

Steve13,
I think your temperature is a bit low and that is why the bottom did burn.I would pre heat to 500-550 and the cook should take ten to twelve min.After 10 minutes check the crust.

ted

Steve13,
To avoid the burn crust, make sure that you have an air gap between the platesetter and the pizza stone. 450-475 works everytime for me.
Ted

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WessB,We do pizza at 530 degrees for about ten minutes. We use the plate setter with legs down and the BGE pizza stone right on it with no space .The plate setter and stone go in after the fire is lit and heat up gradually. We never have a burnt crust and the top is bubbling. Hope this helps.