June 17, 2010 BBQ Grill Pizza

I tried another pizza on the BBQ grill.  I made some modifications, so maybe the top firebricks will get hotter.  This is where I posted on the lower temperature of top firebricks http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,11085.msg101079.html#msg101079

The first modification was I took a stainless steel shelf apart.  I put that under the firebricks.  Then I took the piece of galvanized steel and cut it with the shears.  I am not sure if this will help the top bricks get hotter, but the back is slanted down to the grates.  This is just a rough cut, but I’ll see if it works tonight.  Another thing I did was took a plastic container opener my dad made me years ago, to open syrup cans, and placed that on top of the steel pan (with the firebricks on) to see if that would also help get the top firebricks hotter.

The pizza is finished on the modified BBQ grill oven.  When I made this pizza, I changed how I was going to go about baking it, since my crust almost got burnt the last time.  With the new modifications, the temperature came up a lot faster on the hearth and top firebricks in the steel pan. It only took 35 minutes to get to 667 degrees F.  I then turned off the grill, because I had seen before, in the test of temperatures of the hearth and top firebricks in the steel pan, that the top loses heat, slower than the bottom hearth.

Norma