Pizza on the plate setter?

dsmith · January 2011

I own the extra large egg and a baking stone is like $75. Can the plate setter be used for pizza as it seems to be a very similar material?

Thanks

Photo Egg · January 2011

You can cook on the platesetter but the direct heat from below on the platesetter can cause your platesetter to get much hotter than you might want. Could burn your bottom crust before the rest of your pie is cooked.

You don't have to use the XL size pizza stone.
Any size pizza stone can be used on your inverted XL platesetter. I still use a set of BGE feet or other spacers between the pizza stone and platesetter.

vidalia1 · January 2011

A large BGE pizza stone will cook a 16" pie. Just buy the large stone and save a few bucks....btw

Bobby Q (Executive Chef at BGE) puts his platesetter feet up...then a regular cooking grate on the platesetter then the BGE pizza stone on the cooking grate, then the pie on the stone...just an fyi...

kmellecker · January 2011

That's very interesting. What temp does he cook at?

ResQue · January 2011

I do mine the same way as Bobby Q. It seems to come out the best for me. I cook at 550*.

vidalia1 · January 2011

Yep I believe Bobby cooks about the same 450-550 depending on the type of pie, toppings, etc...

WessB · January 2011

My large pizza stone is 14" have I been using a wrong size all these years?????

vidalia1 · January 2011

Your pizzas have been too small but I didn't want to say anything....LOL

but your sliders...mmmmmmmmmm

vidalia1 · January 2011

In all seriousness Wess is right. the BGE pizza stone is 14". I use this

http://www.target.com/AirBake-Pizza-Pan-15-75/dp/B000063SKU

for my pizzas so that is why my pies are almost 16"....

Mr. & Mrs Potatohead · January 2011

You can bake a pie directly on the plate setter (I did it once), but I think you will be much better off with a stone or even just a metal pan. And I would also advise an air space between the setter and the......What ever you use.
I haven't ever done the "air bake" thing that Kim brought us, but that too, look interesting.

Pizza on the plate setter?

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