BBQ Brethren "BBQ PIZZA" Throwdown!

Six pages of sheer lunacy and not a single entry yet....

Seems normal....

Biggy.. you back from the beer run yet. Did they have any Fosters???
 
Six pages of sheer lunacy and not a single entry yet....

Seems normal....

Biggy.. you back from the beer run yet. Did they have any Fosters???

It's only been one day since the TD started. :twitch:

CD
 
Lunacy cannot start until Monday..............New Moose Rules........:shock:
 
What, there are special rules?!?!
 
Geez, what does it take for y'all to quit yammering and actually post a cook? :p

Well get ready to eat some humble pie... pizza pie that is, 'coz I'm about to throw some down! let's get this BBQ Pizza Throwdown rolling!

*** cue my theme music*** This is my official entry for the BBQ Pizza Throwdown. Did I say that right?

Finally found some tipo 00 flour locally, without having to pay an arma and a leg for it. So, Fri night I mixed up a batch of pizza dough (recipe from the Forno Bravo website) and let it ferment/rise in the refrigerator overnight.
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Also marinated some turkey breast tenderloins in tandoori spices.
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Next morning (Sat), the weather was beautiful! Perfect day for a throwdown cook. Fired up the eggs and some tunes, made a cup of coffee, and got to work.
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Started by grilling the tandoori turkey on the large egg.
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Put the pizza stone in the large and let it come up to temp. Meanwhile, grilled some veggies for some of the pies on the small egg.
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The dough looked great after the overnight fermentation. Punched it down, let it rise again and rolled out 4 crusts. I used half the recipe from the Forno Bravo site and made four 10-11" pies.
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Dressed the ladies up, and got ready to cook the pies.
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Had to pause for hydration. The weather was spectacular. Like the new mod to my small egg? :-D
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Pizzas were on for 5mins, spun around 180°, parchment paper removed, then another 5mins. I noticed that the tipo 00 doesn't brown like AP flour does. The crusts did get cracker-crispy though.

First up - Pizza Margherita - Tomatao sauce, mozz pearls, tomato, basil, garlic, dressed with EVOO.
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Second - grilled veggie medley - grilled veggies (poblano, yellow peppers, red peppers, green peppers, jalapenos, onions) and mushrooms.Dressed with pecorino romano cheese.Finished with ghost pepper salt which totally made this pie awesome.
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Third - turkey pepperoni and grilled veggies, with red onions. Also dressed with pecorino romano and jalapeno slices. OOOPS!! ... I forgot to take a pic of this one. :doh: See below for a glimpse of a slice (top left corner).

Fourth (and last) - tandoori turkey! Also with grilled onions, peppers, and some left over ikra in the sauce from a while ago.
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And a side profile pic ( sorry for the blur - farkin phone autofocus picked the wrong part of the image to focus on):
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A sampler plate:
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The boys cooling down after a morning of cooking.
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I leave myself at the mercy of the Throwdown gods to select a picture as my entry for voting during this throwdown.

I had a wonderful Saturday morning, sitting by my cookers, drinking a few brews, and listening to some tunes. Much better therapy than a shrink!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend too!
 
It's a shame that Caliking has no idea how to cook.


Fark! Looks like I am out of this one already
 
Ya know, I was almost bought in to caliking's cook right until he showed his farkin' pool waaaaaaaaaay too many times. I still have a foot of snow on the ground and I am sure that is nothing compared to people further north. Oh well, enjoy the summer in Houston :thumb:


BTW, pies look mighty fine regardless. What is the trick to getting the dough so thin and even?
 
Nice pies and as for the pics of your pool................:mad2: I got over 30" on the ground with 16" more coming on Tuesday. Any more an I be grilling on the, farking, roof...:mmph: But, boy those are some great pizzas.
 
Hey, that's not fair! Can you enter four pizzas? :mmph:

CD :becky:
 
Here it comes. I thought I would step outside the box on this one, so here goes. Unfortunately mother nature decided to play a part in today's cooking.

Started with a basil, oregano, garlic pizza dough.

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After sitting for a few hours, it was time to get the show on the road.

I got the kid to make the filling for the deep dish pizza.

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While that was cooking, I got the grill on to get nice and hot and got out the dough. A little rolling and it was ready.

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Now for some of the filling. Some chopped Chorizo, sprinkling of parmesan and a little pepper jack cheese.

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Then it was time for the grill. Remember I said Mother Nature wanted in on the fun?

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After about 10 minutes on the grill it was time to bring it in. Well not thinking too clearly I grabbed my welding mitts, the one I use to pull hot stuff off the grill, and went out side. Well I certainly learned the folly of my ways, as they 400+ degree cast iron pans were really hot. Luckily it was only a minor burn to one finger. Lesson learned to grab my silicon slip on handle as well as the welding gloves for getting the hot stuff off the grill.

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And the official entry for the Pizza Throwdown, and the proverbial money shot...

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It was delicious.

Thanks for looking.

Dean
 
A wet or moist welding gloves does very little to prevent heat. But, your sacrifice looks like it was worth it.
 
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