My BBQ pizza effort.

[Ritchie335is]

I had a go at this tonight after reading a thread on here somewhere about using a Weber to do pizza.
It went very well! I only took two photos unfortunatly as I was a bit busy, must try harder next time!

Picked up 5 airbricks this afternoon from B&Q for the grand sum of £1.80 and the spent about £15 on stuff for the pizza!
Made the bases with strong flour, salt, yeast, sugar, olive oil and warm water.

This is the first one before, either that or its a lobster carrying home his takeaway after a night out..


And after..


No photos of the second one unfortunatly as it was better and I was too busy scoffing it.
If you have never tried this with your BBQ I highly recommend it, they were cracking although the trick seems to be keep the base as thin as possible and have a bit of restraint with your toppings.

[150bhp]

That looks very tasty.

[prand]

My mother in law has that glass lobster chopping board. Useful for rolling dough I guess, but horrible for cutting anything with!

I was thinking about doing pizza on the Weber, a few times I've had it up to 300C+ when I've overdone things with the charcoal. That's getting up to good pizza cooking temps, much better than the 200C or so I can get in the normal oven.

I guess you were using some sort of Pizza stone to cook on that you leave in to heat up?

[Ritchie335is]

prand said:

I guess you were using some sort of Pizza stone to cook on that you leave in to heat up?

Just normal air bricks out of B&Q, seemed to work ok.
I cant tell you how hot the bbq was though, I dont have a thermometer, must get one!

[DeputyDawg]

Excuse me for sounding a bit thick but how do you combine the Weber with the bricks (to create a cracking pizza).

I only ask as I just bought a Weber.


s'ok, I found this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeQBHludGs

Edited by DeputyDawg on Wednesday 11th August 10:14

[y2blade]

DeputyDawg said:

Excuse me for sounding a bit thick but how do you combine the Weber with the bricks (to create a cracking pizza).

I only ask as I just bought a Weber.

+1

[Ritchie335is]

DeputyDawg said:

Excuse me for sounding a bit thick but how do you combine the Weber with the bricks (to create a cracking pizza).

I only ask as I just bought a Weber.

Get plenty coal going for loads of heat. Then lay the airbricks onto the grill and put the lid on so they heat through. I gave my bricks a bit of a scrape first to remove any loose bits.
Then slap your pizza onto the bricks and put the lid back on.
Check occasionally, (mine took about 10-15 mins).

Jobs a goodun.

[DeputyDawg]

Ritchie335is said:

DeputyDawg said:

Excuse me for sounding a bit thick but how do you combine the Weber with the bricks (to create a cracking pizza).

I only ask as I just bought a Weber.

Get plenty coal going for loads of heat. Then lay the airbricks onto the grill and put the lid on so they heat through. I gave my bricks a bit of a scrape first to remove any loose bits.
Then slap your pizza onto the bricks and put the lid back on.
Check occasionally, (mine took about 10-15 mins).

Jobs a goodun.

Cheers,

I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

[y2blade]

DeputyDawg said:

Ritchie335is said:

DeputyDawg said:

Excuse me for sounding a bit thick but how do you combine the Weber with the bricks (to create a cracking pizza).

I only ask as I just bought a Weber.

Get plenty coal going for loads of heat. Then lay the airbricks onto the grill and put the lid on so they heat through. I gave my bricks a bit of a scrape first to remove any loose bits.
Then slap your pizza onto the bricks and put the lid back on.
Check occasionally, (mine took about 10-15 mins).

Jobs a goodun.

Cheers,

I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

fantastic I'll be giving that a go too

[Ritchie335is]

Let us know how you get on, One thing, see if you can get some sort of corn meal to help slide the pizza off of the board onto the bricks.
This is the hardest bit about the whole thing and I almost ended up with a calzone with one of my attempts.

[Original Poster]

Good effort!

[zakelwe]

That's not a Weber in that video though, does a weber get hot enough for grilling at such high temps? I've only used it for low so I do not know.

Worth a try though, ghetto style is always good.

Andy

[Ritchie335is]

zakelwe said:

That's not a Weber in that video though, does a weber get hot enough for grilling at such high temps? I've only used it for low so I do not know.

Worth a try though, ghetto style is always good.

Andy

That is a Weber one touch. The same one as mine, more or less.
Any Weber should be fit for the job.

[prand]

My weber easily gets up and over 350C when I go a bit mad with the charcoal, which is good pizza cooking territory, I'm sure I could push it up higher.

Interestingly, the top zone on my thermometer abopver 300C says "Damage to BBQ!", but I'm sure the Weber can handle it...

[mattdaniels]

Pardon me for being thick but why do you need the bricks?

[prand]

Bricks retain heat, which would be lost when you remove the bbq lid. Same as a pizza stone, too, will crisp the base nicely more like a real brick oven. Holes channel heat to base.

[mattdaniels]

So like the plates in a gas BBQ then?

Edited by mattdaniels on Friday 13th August 06:19