First try at pizza

FlyFishNC

Well, it's been forever since I've posted anything on the site... I have been doing quite a bit of cooking on the egg, but it's been the same old stuff that I've posted before.

Last night we decided to give the new pizza stone a test drive.

This one is the first pizza I cooked... It's a plain cheese pizza for my wife and daughter.


Mine was spicy sausage, jalapenos, & tomatoes...very good.


And right after I pulled it off the stone.


Both were made using store bought crust mixes and baked at 450 degrees in the egg. I did learn that you should probably let the egg stay at temp for a few minutes before throwing the pies on there. My daughter was "starving" so, I put theirs on first and had to listen to complaints, but the complaint department had closed for the day. Mine had no smoke flavor... Guess it pays to wait sometimes.

BigA

they look good, and yes wait before you throw them on, i wait atleast 45 min before i throw mine on otherwise the pie takes a ton of smoke.. :S

SurfsideMike

They look good. I'd just try to be careful about putting food on too soon. Make sure all the charcoal is at least grayed over before cooking, or you risk a real acrid smoke flavor. You may also want to experiment with different types of lump charcoal. I've found different brands really do vary in burn time and flavor. Also, sometimes I have troble detecting smoke flavor immediately after cooking on the grill. Try a piece tomorrow with a fresh nose. I bet there's more smoke flavor there than you realize.