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Hans61
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Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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Looks like my very first pizza, although done in an oven. I used a metal peel, didn't flour the bottom of the dough enough*, and snapping the pizza onto the stone resulted in the sauce, cheese, and toppings transferring perfectly, sans dough. Is that what happened to you?
* you cannot flour the bottom of a pizza enough to slide off a metal peel reliably; once I got a wood peel for putting the 'za's onto the stone, problem solved (kept the metal peel for removal, allowing me to build the next pizza on the wood one as the previous pie cooked).
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It's nice to see the fails as well. We all have them!Cooking on a Large Big Green Egg in North Chicagoland.
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Thanks for sharing Hans. For some reason, my fails only happen when I'm cooking for others.Phoenix -
Stoogie said:I've done that."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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That would make me sad, hope you had another lined up.Dave
Cambridge, Ontario - CanadaLarge (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018) -
Botch said:Looks like my very first pizza, although done in an oven. I used a metal peel, didn't flour the bottom of the dough enough*, and snapping the pizza onto the stone resulted in the sauce, cheese, and toppings transferring perfectly, sans dough. Is that what happened to you?
* you cannot flour the bottom of a pizza enough to slide off a metal peel reliably; once I got a wood peel for putting the 'za's onto the stone, problem solved (kept the metal peel for removal, allowing me to build the next pizza on the wood one as the previous pie cooked).“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
Coach Finstock Teen Wolf -
I would have scraped her up and gave it a go.. Thanks for posting it up.. I had fails like that in my oven.. hate cleaning cheese off the bottom.XL.......for now
Kernersville, NC -
Stubby said:I would have scraped her up and gave it a go.. Thanks for posting it up.. I had fails like that in my oven.. hate cleaning cheese off the bottom.
“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
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I had a similar pizza failure this weekend. I lit my xl and got the coals going. Apparently time got away from me. I checked and it was at 450. I went ahead and put my first pie on and checked it after 4 minutes to rotate it and noticed it seemed to be cooking a little fast. Another 4 minutes and I checked again to find it burned. I then realized after closing the bottom vent that I had wrapped my thermometer.
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Hans61 said:Stubby said:I would have scraped her up and gave it a go.. Thanks for posting it up.. I had fails like that in my oven.. hate cleaning cheese off the bottom.Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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I had a similar expierence my first couple of puzza’s. What ever you do, don’t get discouraged. Stay the course. Took me about a dozen times to dial it in. Once you get the transfer mastered, work with your doughs. Eventually it all comes together.Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
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Been there, scraped it into a pile and ate it ;-) luckily bachelor nightSouth of Columbus, Ohio.
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alaskanassasin said:Been there, scraped it into a pile and ate it ;-) luckily bachelor night
I believe the fancy pants people on TV call this deconstructed.
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I've turned a few pizzas into calzones after they just didn't want to come off the peel right."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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I'm sorry this happened. I havevn't had a full failure, but some that required some adjustment.
If I can offer a tip for those using corn meal or similar: jiggle the pizza and swish it around a little before you launch to make sure it isn't sticking.Mountain View, CA -
2-3 weeks ago we made our own dough it went well. This was traders joe dough and the culprit was not enough flour. Lesson learned :-)
also will look into the wood peel and/or using parchment paper“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
Coach Finstock Teen Wolf -
Hans61 said:2-3 weeks ago we made our own dough it went well. This was traders joe dough and the culprit was not enough flour. Lesson learned :-)
also will look into the wood peel and/or using parchment paperSandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
You can also oil a pizza pan, build the dough on that, put the pan onto the pizza stone then remove once the dough sets up a little. Thanks for sharing!=======================================
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My failure was a small hole in the dough when rolling it out, I saw it, but holes have never been a problem on a pan in the oven.... but leakage on the stone was catastrophic.South of Columbus, Ohio.
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Any pro tips for cleaning the stone?“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
Coach Finstock Teen Wolf -
Hans61 said:Any pro tips for cleaning the stone?They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
DMW said:Hans61 said:Any pro tips for cleaning the stone?“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
Coach Finstock Teen Wolf -
JohnInCarolina said:Stoogie said:I've done that.
Luckily, you have a bunch of folks here with tons of pizza experience (i'm not one of them) who can help out.
Wood peel for launching and parchment paper are good tips.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
Hans61 said:They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
Fail is only when you did not gain knowledge from results that were not what you expected.
You did not fail. You gained valuable experience. You were not 100% wrong on this cook, you were just a little less than 100% right.
Thank you for sharing."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
Make your pizza on one of these (a perforated pizza pan). Place it on top of the stone for 5 mins. Then slide it directly onto the stone. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000D8CAO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Charlotte NC - Large Big Green Egg (2009) w/Nest and Handler
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If your talking about the aftermath I use a dough scraper, works great for scraping detritus off.
South of Columbus, Ohio.
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