Wood-Fired Pizza

[Broncosfan]

Anyone wood fire pizza at home?? Any suggestions for someone that is getting ready to try it for the first time??? Something that I have wanted to try for a long time. Long term plan is to build a brick pizza-bread oven outside.

[Inor]

Anyone wood fire pizza at home?? Any suggestions for someone that is getting ready to try it for the first time??? Something that I have wanted to try for a long time. Long term plan is to build a brick pizza-bread oven outside.

I do wood-fired pizza on my grill all the time. It is freakin' awesome! I use a Big Green Egg for my BBQ.

The key is to use indirect heat. I also have a pizza stone that I set on top of the grate. (If you do not have a pizza stone, I have heard of folks using a marble pastry rolling board as well. I expect a large marble floor tile would also work.) Just put some corn starch on the stone so the pizza does not stick to it. Also, make sure the fire and stone are stable at about 350 before you put the pizza on. It is insanely easy to do and the results are outstanding!

Let us know how it goes and please post some photos.

[Broncosfan]

I do wood-fired pizza on my grill all the time. It is freakin' awesome! I use a Big Green Egg for my BBQ.

The key is to use indirect heat. I also have a pizza stone that I set on top of the grate. (If you do not have a pizza stone, I have heard of folks using a marble pastry rolling board as well. I expect a large marble floor tile would also work.) Just put some corn starch on the stone so the pizza does not stick to it. Also, make sure the fire and stone are stable at about 350 before you put the pizza on. It is insanely easy to do and the results are outstanding!

Let us know how it goes and please post some photos.

Inor
Thanks for the info! Not sure how soon I will try it but it won't be a long time. Do you make your own crust or buy a pre made one?

[Gambit]

I use my grill as well I might by a large flat stone but my pizza pan seems to work just fine
now I want to make pizza, maybe buffalo pizza tomorrow night? I have earned it

[hawgrider]

Lookin good Gambit!!!!!

[RockDoc]

We just ordered a RoccBox pizza oven. Can't wait to give it a shot. Due to arrive around the end of August from UK. I think I used up all of my gift requests for a year from the Wifey.

gets to 900 degrees.....9....freaking hundred degrees! Wood or propane. I'll be eating pizza for weeks.


https://www.roccbox.com/us/product/

[Inor]

Inor
Thanks for the info! Not sure how soon I will try it but it won't be a long time. Do you make your own crust or buy a pre made one?

Yes.

Actually Mrs Inor makes the crust when we make it. But during the house build we have just bought them in the interest of time. But they are still pretty good.

[Gambit]

premade crust is bread dough the crust you can get from the tube is a sin and should never be eaten
I make my dough similar to a bread dough but use 40/60 bread dough to all purpose flour and let rest over night in fridge
make sure to have it in a air tight container and thin layer oil . cold press olive is best
let it hang out to room temp to rise once more which should be about 2 hours

if you use a pizza grill pan you want to make sure that dough is stiff or it will drip into the holes and ruin your day
a stone you can use thick corn meal which is make it more crispy and help non-sticking

[Broncosfan]

Thanks

I plan to make my own in the near future but starting out I will probably use the pre made ones. I think I have several recipes in a book for a bread maker.

[Gambit]

here is a simple pizza dough
no need to put it away in the fridge but it will make it better if you do

1 cup luck warm water
2 tbsp. good olive oil
1-2 tsp sugar. I like 1 teaspoon to help with foaming
3 cups of bread flour or 50/50 bread too all purpose flour
1 and tps salt
1 packet of yeast . never use instant yeast for anything!!

put water sugar and yeast together and let them make sweet love till it foams up, roughly 15 mins
add 1 tablespoon of oil then lightly mix flour and salt mix then kneed

put it in a bowl that's greased with the other tablespoon of oil so lightly covering the dough ball in and let it hang out for 1 and half hours or double in size
punch it down and let it rise once more 1 hour and a half or doubles in size again

that's it you done

*NOTE* never use more sugar then salt also sugar is not needed but I like to use sugar or even honey to help the yeast
also use cooking spray to help greasing the bowl, I spray the bowl and then add oil and I feel it just helps better

this dough is a stiffer dough and is good for a pizza grill pan so it don't drip threw the holes but if you use a stone I will add more water like a few tablespoons worth and maybe a little more oil

also never use instant yeast

ok hope that helps you and also get a standing mixer if you don't have one
I take that over any bread machine any day