GASMAN Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 This is the third time cooking anything in the KK and thought I would try some pizzas...store bought dough from a local Italian bakery at 1$ a pizza...heat soaked stone to 500 for about 45 min...seemed the appropriate temp although took a little longer to bake....probably because I was opening every 5 min...about 15 min total...1 plain and 1 with carmelized onion and leftover smoked chicken from my 1st cook...turned out great..KK held temp despite multie openings...some pics 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GASMAN Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thank you to all who post on this site as I probably would have had several stumbles without reading all your tips first! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvinque Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Good looking pies and most people here use their upper rack along with the stone to get overall better pizza! Garvin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASMAN Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Closer to the dome? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Your pizza looks very tasty. I try to cook mine around the 500 F mark also, not too much higher. I set the rack with the KK pizza stone in it on top of the main grate and that gets the pizza up into the dome more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequod Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Looks great! Agree with above. The stone is perfectly shaped and sized to fit on the upper grate and get your pizza into the dome. I like 550, but 500 works too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stile88 Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 nice looking pie indeed yes next time get closer to dome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 For a 1st time attempt - DAMN! Like others said, use the upper grate next time and add a bit more heat soaking time - at least an hour. And - No Peaking!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASMAN Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 I will do that next time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Pizza looks good. A great first attempt. But 15 minutes for a normal thinner crust is 2-3 times too long. I basically agree with @tony b upper rack and way more heat soak time. I would go as long as 2 hours. Just crank the KK up when you get home and let it ride for a long while. My guess is that stone was nowhere near 500* otherwise the bottom would be half burnt at 15 minutes especially if the dough had any sugar or oil in it which I'm sure it did if it was store bought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Nice looking pizza, bet it was tasty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pearson Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Nice cook for first pizza can I have a slice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Great looking pies.. It's also much easier to use the peel on the upper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith B Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Very nice pies! I did my first pizza on the main grate as well. I will be moving to the upper grate on the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASMAN Posted April 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 No heat deflector either right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequod Posted April 27, 2017 Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, GASMAN said: No heat deflector either right? Correct. Should look like this...except for those old Kamado Joe grates that I was cleaning on the main grate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Ora Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 YumSent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
