Pizza on the bbq but not on the grill

Posted by rockymountainandrew, September 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM

I recently ran across a Youtube video showing how to cook a pizza on bricks placed on the bbq grill.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeQBHludGs). He just put a few red bricks on his charcoal grill and after they were heated he cooked the pizza.

All the posts on bbq'd pizza I have seen deal with cooking the pizza right on the grill. Why not use the flat ceramic bricks used in bbq's instead of lava rock or firebrick used in brick ovens? It appears that his plain old red building bricks worked but I think something specifically designed for rapid heating, heat retention and going through heating cycles would be better. They also offer a nice flat surface to place the pizza on. They would be removable after cooling, as they'd just placed on top of the grill, so the bbq can return to normal use.

My gas bbq will get up to over 700F which is much higher than my oven in my kitchen.

So my question is this: Has anyone out there tried to turn their bbq into a "brick oven" with anything like firebrick or small ceramic inserts used in bbq's? Any advice?

Thanks

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