Pizza stone/heat deflector out of lava stone (basalt)?

maluszynski · Oct 21, 2021

Hi good people,

I have found myself in Mexico.
And soon I will have a kamado cooker from Chargriller in the back yard. However this comes without the heat deflector or "smoking stone" as they call it, and these seem hard to get by here. So I was thinking maybe I could use a volcanic rock that is easy to get a hold of here (something like this https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-935969388-comal-de-piedra-volcanica-2030-_JM)

Do you think this will do the job as a heat deflector in a kamado? Or is a clay pot tray better?

Moose · Oct 21, 2021

Are you able to get a pizza stone? That might possibly be a better, and more economical solution. It seems to me a clay pot tray would crack as that kind of clay is not made to be exposed to high temperatures.

MQ2 · Oct 23, 2021

Find a piece of mild steel and put in there.

Yeasty · Oct 23, 2021

My heat deflector is an old heavy ragged cast iron skillet that I cut the handle off. I found it cheap at a flea market. I use alum. pie pans in it to catch the grease. Works great and it will never wear out.

1MoreFord · Oct 23, 2021

I have this griddle in my Akorn for my deflector.
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/outdoor-gourmet-14-in-preseasoned-round-griddle?sku=14

I put a deep pizza pan from WalMart on top of the griddle for a catch pan.

maluszynski · Oct 25, 2021

Yeasty said:
My heat deflector is an old heavy ragged cast iron skillet that I cut the handle off. I found it cheap at a flea market. I use alum. pie pans in it to catch the grease. Works great and it will never wear out.

How do you hold the pan in place?

Yeasty · Oct 26, 2021

I use the Grilldome Indirect Cooking Rack inverted (near the fire)

Pizza stone/heat deflector out of lava stone (basalt)?

maluszynski

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Moose

somebody shut me the fark up.

MQ2

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Yeasty

Knows what a fatty is.

1MoreFord

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maluszynski

Found some matches.

Yeasty

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