First Pizza on UDS

[LukeRoz]

Had beautiful weather this wknd so I decided to clean out the UDS and try some pizza on the stone i recieved for Xmas. Used some oven cleaner and pressure washer to clean, burned out and reseasoned, threw on a naked fatty (till about half way done), made some 5 min Artisan Bread dough, piled on some ingredients for a Mexican Pizza, threw on the sliced fatty slices, then popped it in the UDS till it looked done. Came out fantastic!! Cant wait for more nice weather to bbq....

 

[Carbon]

Now that's an UDS and a fine looking pie!

 

[Toney Marconi]

Nice Pie!

Do you use wood or just charcoal? What temp do you cook it?

 

[LukeRoz]

I used charcoal and some mesquite (from a flavoring pack i received for Xmas as well...basically an aluminum cup filled w/ mesquite chips/sawdust)....i cooked at about 300-350 for about an hour, give or take......

 

[Johnny_Crunch]

Nice pr0n!

 

[J-Rod]

Did you preheat the stone?

 

[LukeRoz]

i did not pre-heat the stone. I made the pizza right on the stone then put in UDS. I actually had no idea that people pre-heated the stone until i went to post pics on here....turned out fine though

 

[Carbon]

With a pre-heated stone it probably would have cut your cooking time by half. Next time try 400F if you can get your UDS to maintain that temp.

 

[garzanium]

nice looking pie! I may try my hand at it with the kettle tonight for first time..I dont own a pizzza stone..so will be using a cast iron skillet..hope to get similar results!!

 

[1911Ron]

Dude that is one UGLY drum:biggrin1: But the food that it turns out is fantastic!:clap:

 

[superlazy]

yummy!!!! I need a cast iron stone now

 

[hcj3rd]

Looking at your UDS put a smile on my face. That is one UGLY Drum Smoker. Great job on the pizza.

 

[NazBQ]

Man that looks good!

 

[jmoney7269]

Looking at your UDS put a smile on my face. That is one UGLY Drum Smoker. Great job on the pizza.

Yes, I grinned a little when I saw that pic! Usually them theones that cook the best. Thats a true UDS there. Ace hardware sells little latches that work great for holding down the lids. Just spot weld em on, my buddy did it and works great, I like your vise grips better though.

 

[LukeRoz]

Thanks for the "compliments" on the UDS. She definitely smokes like a dream...just not a pretty dream The vise grips work great, er used to....a few rainstorms seized them up a little. I did however get a cover over the weekend so that should take care of it.....

 

[J-Rod]

i did not pre-heat the stone. I made the pizza right on the stone then put in UDS. I actually had no idea that people pre-heated the stone until i went to post pics on here....turned out fine though

Try preheating the stone (leaving in the cooker the whole time) and use a pizza peel to put the pie on the stone. That's really what they're designed for plus you'll get a lot crisper bottom on the crust.