pizza stone

[bluejay]

Hi swaggers ,having seen the many goodies cooked in webbers including pizzas i  was wondering if there is a pizza stone especially made for the webber have seen some stones on the net ranging from $9.90 up to $60 what would you recommend is there good and bad ones?
Bluejay

[griz066]

Hi swaggers ,having seen the many goodies cooked in webbers including pizzas i  was wondering if there is a pizza stone especially made for the webber have seen some stones on the net ranging from $9.90 up to $60 what would you recommend is there good and bad ones?
Bluejay

Yes webber make them for the different sized webber Q BBQ's. They are awesome, for a quick pizza base just use a large tortilla they are fantastic
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[Bigmacthepunker]

Hi Bluejay,
I only use the cheap $20.00 ones. Just heat them for about 20 to 30mins before using them. Keep he dough thin and don't overload the topping. Can't go wrong.
Cheers
Big G

[KingBilly]

I use a cheap normal sized stone in my Baby Q.  Just took a bit off two sides with the angle grinder so it fits under the lid.  Takes a full sized base.

KB

[Axl]

I have the Weber pizza stone for my Baby Q and it works excellently, I mentioned to the wife that we should get another so we can have one pizza cooking and the next one ready to go and I scored one of theses for xmas (see pic bellow).

I think the stone is to big for the Baby Q (I havent tried it yet) but if it is as King Billy said I'll simply cut it down to suit. You get these sets from any good BBQ shop for around $40 and I reckon the huge spatula will be really handy as the pizza trays get very hot and are hard to grab using a tea towel.

[Jon]

Pardon my ignorance but what is the go with pizza stones? do they cook better? taste nicer? I have always just used a perforated pizza tray so the base cooks as well.
Someone please enlighten the ignorant masses.

[scarps]

Pardon my ignorance but what is the go with pizza stones? do they cook better? taste nicer? I have always just used a perforated pizza tray so the base cooks as well.
Someone please enlighten the ignorant masses.

Stops the bottom burning and results in a more even cook

[ras]

We found that with a stone you can get it very hot by preheating and it will keep a constant temperature. Thin homemade base, fresh topping ingredients and not too much topping, hmm  hungry thinking about it.
We just use the cheap ones.
Works in weber as well as the oven.

The stone makes a huge difference.

The only downside is that we don't really eat takeaway pizza anymore. Spoilt.
Ras

[DeLuxHiLux]

I use a 200mmx 200mm outdoor paver. I brought it for $4. Get one with a smooth top, but not glazed. Works a treat..dont be temptedto get a concrete one as they will stain andabsorb any fat that runs onto it. Upside is they are hard to break and dirt cheap and you can get them from so many places

[dirtpilot]

To use  pizza stone properly you need to heat it up as much as you can. 20 minutes at least. Use plenty of flour on your pizza base to stop it sticking. A steel pizza paddle is a handy to turn and remove pizza from stone. Stone work by giving more heat and absorbing moisture from the pizza. The hotter the stone and pizza oven the better the results. If you want to have a second pizza ready to go get a wooden pizza peal. The webber q stones are expensive, just get a cheapie and cut down to size.

[dirtpilot]

Here is my set up. Bottom stone is a weber one, top one is a cheapie i cut to size with a angle grinder. The rack is bent out of wire mesh. Cook pizza directly on stone, remove with steel pizza paddle. Here i am making a garlic and herb pizza and a salami pizza.

[krisandkev]

I use a 200mmx 200mm outdoor paver. I brought it for $4. Get one with a smooth top, but not glazed. Works a treat..dont be temptedto get a concrete one as they will stain andabsorb any fat that runs onto it. Upside is they are hard to break and dirt cheap and you can get them from so many places

I use to use a paver in the oven but when I used it in the Weber it spilt.  It appears the paver did not like the flame heating it.  I now have just a cheapie pizza stone.  The only thing I found was that when I made my own dough it was hard to get onto the heated stone, and then I saw someone using baking paper.  The dough is rolled onto the paper and then it is easy to slide the paper onto the stone.      Kevin

[dirtpilot]

Plenty of flour is your freind.

[kylarama]

Plenty of flour is your freind.

Try semolina instead.  you need less than flour and 100X better for moving the dough from a tray to the stone.

[fishfinder]

when i read the title i thought it meant something else

[Chris-Vi]

We cheat. Use the Weber stone and alloy tray that come with them. Bought a second Weber tray and cook one and then while eating that have the second one cooking. Works well for us. 

[Mrs smith]

After rolling the dough out I place it on the lightly oiled ally tray thing that come with
the stone and finish adding the toppings, once done I place the ally thing on the dusted
pizza stone for about 5min's then slide the ally tray out to finish the cooking. While
it's cooking I make the next one one the ally tray repeating the above process removing
the cooked pizza from the webber with a barby mate onto an oventray for cutting and serving.

[griz066]

We used to make a dough but now just use tortilla's cos it's easy.

[Brumbypt]

we make the pizza on the bench while the stone is heating up. but we make the pizza on Baking paper, no flour needed.
Use a big sheet so with plenty out the sides to grab hold of, gather the baking paper up as to make sure the pizza is supported on the sides, takes a little practice but you pick up the paper with pizzza and after practice doesnt spill..

anyway place on to pizza stone, cook for 5 to 10 mins then the baking paper slips off easily.
We also use a convectional microwave oven. cos I didnt put in an oven.


also for the base I always use Lueke bread mix, the base just tastes so nice off very nice.

love a thick crust.. yummy.


Peter,
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[nickandbron]

I cut down a 600mm x 600mm non-glazed tile into two 400mm x 250mm pizza stones. Local tile place gave it to me for free. The rectangle shaped stones make better use of the Baby Q shape, just make rectangular bases to suit.

One sheet of the Wiltshire BBQ mat cut in half fits the two stones perfectly with a slight overhang for sliding the pizzas on and off the stones.

Two stones this size also fit perfectly side by side on the family q.

[dirtpilot]

I thought you need to cook the pizza directly on the stone?