pizza on WSM - tips?

[chihuachsund]

I'm thinking of doing a pizza on the WSM. Any advice?

Top rack or bottom?
Charcoal or wood, or both?
Pan or straight onto the grate? (pan with holes?)

Lessons learned I can learn before learning them the hard way?

Also any good pizza dough recipes greatly appreciated. I have a great little pizza shop that sells me the raw dough for < $3, but I like making my own as well.

Thanks in advance!

 

[chicagokp]

Here's a good one for dough...

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103444

I use my kettle and try to get the stone up to around 550 for the cook.

 

[Still Smokin]

I would only use the top grate, otherwise you will have to pull the bottom grate out to load and unload your pizza. I would also take out the water pan completely to get higher temps.

Are you planning on using a pizza stone?

 

[Callahan-que]

How are you going to get your WSM hot enough to cook a pizza?

 

[tish]

+1 on the dough recipe. That's the one I use, and it always comes out great. Good luck, and don't forget the pron! :wink:

 

[tyotrain]

I do pizza on WSM i put it on top rack on a pizza stone no water pan... cook at around 330-350.

 

[tyotrain]

Here is a pic of a pulled pork pizza I did that way. sorry for it being so big cant get it to go smaller..


Have fun and happy smoking
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[Still Smokin]

How are you going to get your WSM hot enough to cook a pizza?

I can get mine up to 450 w/o the water pan.