Grilled pizza technicals

I have had a few questions about the technical aspects of grilling pizza on bricks. A burned crust can be a problem and is best managed by allowing airflow under the bricks. Look at the way we have constructed the bricks in our grill. This allows for airflow to go under the bricks and diffuse the heat more evenly. The top bricks are sitting on a frame of bricks that are seated on their sides. It is constructed as a platform.

Hopefully, this answers some questions and makes the process easier to understand. Give it a try, your family will love grilling pizza!

I love grilled pizza!

Peace,

Julia

Pizza on the Grill a great party for teens

Pizza on the Grill

Friday: Grilled Pizza

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Refelections from the Backcounter
Grilled pizza! A great way to entertain teens. Have your teen invite friends over to construct and grill pizza! Pizza dough is easily made using frozen bread dough and kids love to roll it out and make their own creative toppings. We have had two teen birthday parties for our kids and all invited had a great time. I gave each participant a paper chef's hat and apron and much to my surprise everyone loved wearing them and truly got into the spirit of the event.

Any grill can turn into a pizza oven. There are lots of websites with instructions on how to grill pizza. We used bricks in our gas grill and the pizzas turned out perfectly with a crispy base and well cooked toppings. A pizza stone also works but if the heat is too hot stones will crack and break. We moved to the bricks for this reason. They were purchased at Home Depot and were very inexpensive

What you need:

• Prepared pizza dough




• Pizza peel (to slide pizza onto hot stone or brick)




• Grill (gas or charcoal)




• Pizza sauce




• Cornmeal to place on peel so that pizza will slide




• Rolling pins, chef hats, aprons, flour to dust work surface




• Toppings (grated mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, peppers, artichoke hearts, olives)




• A fun group of cooks




• Pizza rotary cutter and cutting board

How to grill pizzas is discussed at this website.

http://www.preparedpantry.com/vol4iss6-22.htm

Enjoy and don't get discouraged if you don't get it quite right the first time. It does take a little practice. This is a great way to enjoy Friday night and to engage the kids in a fun activity

Peace,

Julia