Pizza Party

[ZILLA]

My #2 Daughter got married last Saturday and while all the kids were in town we had a Pizza party the next Monday night. Here are some pics of some Pizza's I made in the firebox of the Gator. I made five 18" Pizza's but only got pics of three or four. It really worked out great. Enjoy...... PIZZA PARTY

 

[spicewine]

Nice lookin' Pizza's bro. But I really like the Bourbon pix8)

 

[BBQchef33]

ok
i am pissed...

that was just WRONG... CRUEL... and INSENSATIVE... so much for support from my Brethren....


I started Atkins again this week.. down 7 lbs..

Now I WANT PIZZA!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrr.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

gotcha..:tongue: 8)


Awesome lookin pies Z.. But one question.. why the firebox?? Have you ever done them on a stone in the chamber?

 

[jt]

I started Atkins again this week.. down 7 lbs..

So I guess you're not buying peanuts for Christmas?

 

[BBQchef33]

Still have some from the last 20# order a month ago.

 

[ZILLA]

Awesome lookin pies Z.. But one question.. why the firebox?? Have you ever done them on a stone in the chamber?

Sorry for tempting you Boss, But no I never thought of cooking the pizza in the main, It's just a lot easier to get the temp in the fire box to 400-450 in a smaller compartment. I would have to use a butt load of lump in the main chamber grill to achieve that temp. It would be nice to cook two pies at once though.

 

[BBQchef33]

With pizza that looks like that, its a good thing its only one at a time, that way as u finish the first, the second is ready. :biggrin:

Anyway.. throw in log! I cook them in my Klose BYC at 350.. takes a little longer but works great. I use a chimney of lump and then 2 oak logs, With that fuel load, 400 is easy with dampers wide open, but i damper it down a little to get the lower temps.

 

[Solidkick]

We got introduced to pizza in the smoker when we competed at Charleston MO last spring. Used the smoke chamber, and put the pizza on a pizza stone. No water in the water pan, and did use wood. Slap your Momma good eats!

 

[BBQchef33]

Z .. I just went and checked out the pics of your pit again. its nearly the same as my BYC..

If you like the > 400* temps, you can also build a fire in the bottom of your vertical. Damper the direct heat with a broiler pan from your oven, or with a chafing dish placed on the bottom shelf and cook the pies in the Vertical. (Leave the firebox door cracked open with a small fire going.). I did it this way when i first got the BYC and it worked well.. Me personally like doing it around 350 and using the thicker doughs.

 

[Qczar]

My #2 Daughter got married last Saturday and while all the kids were in town we had a Pizza party the next Monday night. Here are some pics of some Pizza's I made in the firebox of the Gator. I made five 18" Pizza's but only got pics of three or four. It really worked out great. Enjoy...... PIZZA PARTY

That, looks like a GREAT JOB Zilla!

Noticed you have a screen on top of the stone. Is it better than just cooking on the stone once the stone is good and hot?

I gotta get a bigger smoker one of these days................

 

[brdbbq]

Z .. I just went and checked out the pics of your pit again. its nearly the same as my BYC..

If you like the > 400* temps, you can also build a fire in the bottom of your vertical. Damper the direct heat with a broiler pan from your oven, or with a chafing dish placed on the bottom shelf and cook the pies in the Vertical. (Leave the firebox door cracked open with a small fire going.). I did it this way when i first got the BYC and it worked well.. Me personally like doing it around 350 and using the thicker doughs.

Just call Dominoe's...going to Duck now

 

[Neil]

Made me hungry for za. I am definately going to try that now.

 

[ZILLA]

That, looks like a GREAT JOB Zilla!

Noticed you have a screen on top of the stone. Is it better than just cooking on the stone once the stone is good and hot?

I gotta get a bigger smoker one of these days................

Hello QCZAR, Well here's the deal. Before I broke my wood pizza peel giving my neice a good hearted shwack one day. My wife pesented me with a metal one. Now the pizza won't slide off like it did with the wood peel. Even when I used corn meal under the crust. So I went to the screen. I strech the dough and place it on the screen and then top it. In to the cooker and afterit sets I remove the screen and finish on the stone while I make the next pie.

 

[qman]

get a new wooden peel, and don't abuse the girls with it anymore:grin:

 

[Brauma]

Dam Zilla, you got it goin on. I wasnt planning on lighting up the Dera this wknd but now Im thinking - PIZZA!!!

 

[Smoker]

get a new wooden peel, and don't abuse the girls with it anymore:grin:

Get a new wooden peel, and DO abuse the girls with it...and post the pics:grin:

 

[ZILLA]

:shock: Yall are as bad as me! :twisted:

 

[BBQchef33]

Dam Zilla, you got it goin on. I wasnt planning on lighting up the Dera this wknd but now Im thinking - PIZZA!!!

yup.. me too was gonna do some birds, but think im gonna try some pizzas in the MOAB.

 

[Ron_L]

Thanks for the pics, Zilla! Nice job! Now you've gone and made me thirsty!

It's 5:00 somewhere, right?

Phil... There's a pizza place here that makes crustless deep dish pizzas. Maybe you can find one around there...