Put down that phone. Before you call for delivery, check out these 10 easy tips to cooking a homemade pizza on a grill. You’ll need dough, fuel for direct cooking, clean grates, ingredients for building your awesome pizza, and a timer. Ready, set, GRILL!
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Jan 11, 2013Kevin says...
Hi Mac,
Thank you for the question. First, be sure to check out my video on grilling pizza if you haven't already at http://www.weber.com/blog/single/homemade-pizza-on-the-grill. One advantage to grilling pizza directly on the grates is that it does cook fast. You?re looking at about 10 minutes total cook time verses 15 minutes or longer on a stone. I personally like the pizza crust to be grilled directly on the grates. The flavors and aromas are out of this world. But that also goes for the stone too. In order to do a pizza on the stone, you need to lay the coals evenly across the grate just as if you were going to put the dough directly on the grate. Once that is done, the stone needs to be pre-heated for 10-15 minutes. One thing to watch is the temperature of the grill. If it's too high, around 450-500 degrees, the dough can cook very quickly and get over done. This is why spreading the coals evenly is a critical step in the process. Either way you cannot go wrong with grilling a pizza, especially on a Weber. Hope this helps and let me know if you have any other questions.
Happy Grilling!
-Kevin
Jan 9, 2013Mac says...
I am curious how pizza grilled on the grate compares
with pizza grilled on a pizza stone. I know Weber offers the
stones as accessories, but I wonder what advantage they
provide vs. the cooking grate. Thanks for any advice!
Mac