Kettle Pizza Cook - Lots of Pies...

It's been a while since I used the Kettle Pizza. Seeing all the pizza posts recently got me craving some pies. So I whipped up a batch of dough and sauce, and fired up the Kettle.

I used Kingsford Pro and little Oak Splits in the Kettle. Made 7 pies, 4 for our own consumption and 3 that went out to neighbors. The pies turned out really good, they just lacked a little top color. The only drawback of the Kettle Pizza IMO is that the dome of the kettle is just too high. I used a foil lined grate above the pizzas before, but that ended up melting and who wants melted foil on their pie? I think a fix would be a big old 22.5" metal sheet that could withstand about 700 - 800 degrees. That would keep the heat close to the top of the pies to get a nice color on the top.

With that said, all other aspects of the pies were on point, so I can't complain. No one else who ate them complained either, lol...

Made eight 11.5oz dough balls for 12"pies...



7 Pies stretched out, awaiting sauce...



Sauced up... 5 with regular red sauce and 2 - 1/2 BBQ & 1/2 red sauce...



Pies are topped and awaiting to get into the Kettle Pizza... 7 Pies and another "7" in the picture. Thank You Ohio for keeping your liquor stores open...



Kettle Pizza running at 600 in the front. All the heat is in the back...



Pie cooking... It's a pretty pic...



BBQ Chicken Pizza - Smoked Chicken Breast (under the cheese so it doesn't dry out, 50/50 BBQ & Pizza Sauce, Mozzarella and Cheddar Cheese, Red Onion. Finished with a little Cilantro and BBQ Sauce...



Bacon & Banana Pepper...



Pepperoni...



Sausage...



Even though I had to use an off-brand flour from Aldi, crust was good. I usually use King Arthur, but it's hard to find flour now a days...




Bottoms had good color and crunch, although I did burn 1 pie pretty good. No need for pics of that, lol...



Thanks for looking!!!

ssv3 said:

Love it! Killer thread and some of the best kettle pies I've seen. :clap2:

Thanks for posting.

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Thank you!!!

Been a while since I used the Kettle Pizza, so I was hoping for good results.

Titch said:

They look very good. how long do they take in the kettle?
Your base looks great to me

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Thanks!!!

As far as time to cook...

Let me 1st say I'm the worst at keeping track. I have a bad habit of not tracking things, then you add in a few mixes, eating pies as they come out, and it just turns into a big cooking, eating and drinking session, with no regard to time...

Anyways, from my memory and with the help of time stamped pics, I'd say they took about 7 - 8 minutes. This includes rotating a few times to get the bottoms done even. The bottoms would be done 1st, and I'd hold the pies up towards the dome of the kettle for a little while to try to get the top a little more color. Time would probably drop a few minutes if I had a heat shield just above the pies...