First truly successful pizza

ChrisgrillsSTLMO · January 2014

Greetings-

Thanks to everyone at this forum sharing their knowledge, I think I did a pizza worth presenting. The crust was from Trader Joe's, allowed to warm up for an hour before rolling out, topped with roasted red pepper strips, sliced tomatoes, basil, and a mix of mozzarella & provolone slices. Used the PS legs up, 1 inch tall separators, then pizza stone. Kept the egg between 550 and 575 degrees, cooked for 6 min, then turn 180° and cook for another 5 min. Crust was crisp and light, cheese was perfectly melted but not burned. Taste was just amazing, I nearly gave myself a standing ovation :-) Thanks again to everyone who posted their recipes/ideas, they are a great help!

Cheers,

Chris

tulocay · January 2014

I want one. Nice cook!

roblew · January 2014

Nice looking pizza

marcfed · January 2014

Looks good! I find the dough that Publix makes in their deli section to be perfect for my pizza cooks and it only around $2.50 for the dough

shadowcaster · January 2014

Very nice! Pizzas are the best on the Egg

SmokeyPitt · January 2014

Awesome looking pie!

SmokinOutBack · January 2014

Looks great, but I won't be happy till I can use homemade dough every time.

RAC · January 2014

Nice pie!

RickyBobby · January 2014

Awesome looking pizza! Next time, let me know. I'll be over.

tcampbell · January 2014

I was not a fan of pizza until cooking them on the egg.looks great

shannonlcorum · January 2014

I have a book called Artisan Breads in 5 minutes a day by Jeff Hertzberg, MD and Zoe Fancoil. I use an olive oil dough recipe out of there to make my pizza dough thats really good. They also have a book called Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in 5 Minutes a day. Both can be found on Amazon. I don't have the second book, but they have a lot of different recipes depending on the type of crust you want. My kids like the fluffier, bubbly crust, which the olive oil bread does wonderfully. I haven't tried a pizza in the BGE yet, but I have a wood-fired oven that I cook my pizzas in. My temps are usually at least 750 and I have pizza in 90 seconds. When I do use the egg, I will probably shoot for a high temp. More than likely, big pizza nights will be done in the WFO (wood fired oven). Last summer I did 15 pizzas one evening. There's no way I could do that on an egg at up to 10 minutes each.

ChrisgrillsSTLMO · January 2014

Thanks for the comments, I have not tackled a home made crust but it is on the list!

Cheers!

First truly successful pizza

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Pure MichiganLarge BGE, Medium BGE, Mini BGE, Weber Smokey Mountain, Weber Performer.If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

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Pure Michigan
Large BGE, Medium BGE, Mini BGE, Weber Smokey Mountain, Weber Performer.
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.