Father's day plans

[ibglowin]

I am a little hung up on the price $150 + more for other options. Some people are saying you need to fabricate a door to help keep more heat in. If you need that then do you really need the kit? I have installed a thermometer on my Webber so with a little trial and error I think I should be able to cook a pizza successfully even without a door.

 

[Boatboy24]

Mike: have you looked at the KettlePizza? It is pricey, but has great reviews. I've been eying one, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

 

[ibglowin]

Yep, thats the one I am looking at on Amazon. The "deluxe" kit is $228!

 

[Runningwolf]

The Kettle Pizza was the first thing I saw and the reviews are all good. When I saw the pizza oven for a gas grill for only $130 I thought cool, until I read the reviews.

 

[the_rayway]

I still like my pizza done on the charcoal bbq. Yum!

 

[Runningwolf]

Ray, really? Does it really make that much of a difference and are you using a pizza stone? I am definitely interested in hearing more about it.

 

[ffemt128]

Father's day for me consisted of waking up and painting the back of the house from 7:00 am until 1:30 pm. After that I cleaned up and my wife, 7 y/o daughter and I went to the Washington Wild Things game. I'm not really into baseball but it was alot of fun. After the game we came home and had wine with neighbors. I did get a 28" tv for my office which I'll hook up this week after I pick up a wall mount...

 

[the_rayway]

Hey Dan,
Just like the flavour difference between a gas grill and charcoal: the pizza takes on this really lovely smokey flavour, and gets a nice crunchy bottom. The cheese turns smokey too.

I've never used a stone, I let the coals get nice and low then put the pizza directly on the rack. It takes some patience not to rip it off the grill half-raw and eat it because it smells so good Definitely worth the wait though.

I would think a stone would protect the bottom more if you're doing it with recently lit coals, and would disperse the heat a bit better. If you give it a go, let me know how it turns out!

 

[ibglowin]

I got some gift certificates to Amazon for fathers day! I think I will pull the trigger on the basic Kettle Pizza insert for the webber!