2 Pizzas on Pit Boss CH5

[Jason TQ]

So after my charcoal infused weekend I'm glad the pit boss is still here. I've actually never made pizza in my CH5 :twitch:. Done it a bunch of times on my Tailgater with good results (other than a few burnt bottoms). So curious how the vertical will do with direct heat way lower.

I have 2 cookie tray in there as it heats up to "high" which is 400-450'ish. Will put the 2 pizzas I have on those. With older tiny human helping cooking more so I don't have to do it anymore :biggrin1:........we've had fun using biscuit dough, croissant role type dough recipes that he can participate in. Roll ups, smaller individual pizzas oven pizzas, garlic breadsticks etc.

So these 2 pizzas are croissant roles and then a "focaccia in a can" that was marked down to $.75 a can at Kroger. Had it the normal way and was a decent bread for that price.

Here's pics and let's see if I burn them, undercook them or if they just turn out good. Leftover meatballs and some onions on parts of both

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Looking good

 

[ronbrad62]

Pizza!!!! I see your sauce work is as smooth as ever. No brush marks.

 

[Jason TQ]

Looking good

Pump the brakes....mistakes have been made

 

[Jason TQ]

Guess I'm ordering pizza for dinner :shock:

 

[gtsum]

Lol. It happens to the best of us every now and then!


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[drunkenmeatfist]

Will you post pics of the pizza that gets delivered?

 

[Jason TQ]

Will you post pics of the pizza that gets delivered?

I very much like this comment

 

[Jason TQ]

Damn this pizza escalated quickly :-D

Using the infrared the pans temped 400 when I put them on. These pics were after about 5mins and they were looking good. Bottoms if anything still needed like another 8-10mins..........which began my demise........

I normally have a full pan on the bottom rack. This time I just had some foil to baffle the violent heat and thought "hey to crisp up the crust I'll just remove that and put the first pan on the bottom for like 2mins and then shift the pans'"

That was a bad idea as it went from not even close to crisp to burnt in about 90 seconds :becky:. But I didn't learn my lesson so I took that burnt one out (pic below and it looks awesome on top even though the bottom is a literal dumpster fire) and put the other one below while literally watching it for another minute. This pic the top looks perfect, but as per above the bottom is burnt to hell.

So I perfectly caught the focaccia pizza with a nice golden bottom in time, but.........because the pan is fairly thick and still hot it kept cooking and only about half that bastard was edible enough for my kids :icon_blush:.

So lesson learned......
1. Don't unbaffle the baffle
2. The thicker sheet pans continue cooking so pull that parchment off the pan when done
3. Maybe don't get distracted by The Greatest American Hero reruns when making pizza
4. Children need to learn to be disappointed and have ramen noodles for dinner (which is always a back up in our house)

 

[drunkenmeatfist]

I've bolliterated a few crusts like that. I just got a fork and ate the toppings and scraped down until I hit the burnt bottom.

 

[Jason TQ]

I've bolliterated a few crusts like that. I just got a fork and ate the toppings and scraped down until I hit the burnt bottom.

No toppings were wasted in the making of this pizza.

Wife asked when the next time I was gonna screw up dinner was gonna be. I told her to give me at least 24hrs :mrgreen:

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

No toppings were wasted in the making of this pizza.

Wife asked when the next time I was gonna screw up dinner was gonna be. I told her to give me at least 24hrs :mrgreen:

Ahh...The supportive wife...:roll:

 

[Jason TQ]

Ahh...The supportive wife...:roll:

Lol, ya. God I love that woman.

The day she stops giving me chit is the day I worry :-D.

 

[Smoke Dad]

So you cook your pizza on paper? Interesting... My last pizza went from round to square and minus a few toppings when I tried to transfer it to a preheated cookie sheet on the grill. Had to start all over. Ended up using foil but I like the idea of using butcher paper [emoji848]. That just might be a better option. Gotta buy one of those big paddles to transfer also but in the meantime i can leave it on the paper and just pull the whole thing off onto a cutting board or something.

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[Big George's BBQ]

A bad looking pizza can still be good Kids need to learn the lesson of disappointment :biggrin1:

 

[kevinstaggs]

... Wife asked when the next time I was gonna screw up dinner was gonna be. I told her to give me at least 24hrs :mrgreen:

Dude, show her your skills - burn some breakfast in the morning.

 

[NoOne]

Damn - the top of those pizzas look great!

 

[jzadski]

Well if the toppings were ok you could always throw them on some toast :-D