Pizza on the bbq but not on the grill
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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5 Comments:
I've cooked pizza, bread, and buns on a cast iron griddle on the grill, and on a pizza stone. Works fine.
dbcurrie at 12:02AM on 09/15/09
Hawaiian Pizza is usually made on the grill. I just use a cooking stone, You can pick one up fairly cheap from pamperd chef online.
Pinupgirl4ever at 12:59AM on 09/15/09
What a great idea! I can't see any reasons why this wouldn't work. Make sure the bricks are butted tightly together so the dough doesn't snag on a space between. And watch for drip off from cheese or sauce - if it gets onto the brick, it may end up on the next pizza.
-Dawn
WickedGoodDinner at 12:51PM on 09/15/09
I love to bake bread and especially pizzas on my grill. I use a cheap pizza stone I got at Big Lots. For thicker crust pizza's I'll use an inverted Wilton baking sheet.There are quite a number of sites with what you're looking for. Some of the ideas that I like suggest using non-leaded pottery to simulate a brick oven on one's grill. The sites are primarily about baking bread (pizza's bread, right?) at home, but they have a wealth of experiences from reader contributions.
My main goto site is: www.thefreshloaf.com
RossS at 12:52PM on 09/15/09
Well I did it. I got 4 new firebricks (4 1/2 x 9) for $2.50 each and heated them up for 40 minutes with my 4 burners on high. The temperature gauge in the top of the grill cover hit 680.
My pizza cooked in just less than 4 minutes. Not quite a "char" on the crust but certainly very dark brown spots.
Much crisper than my oven pizza's.
Looks like this will be my preferred method in the summer instead of heating up the house. But with the winter cold coming, I doubt it will work as well.
rockymountainandrew at 11:55PM on 09/17/09