Pizza & Cookies!

[Rob]

They say the 50th anniversary is gold, the 25th anniversary is silver. I figured the 24th anniversary must be cast iron. Caryn said she wanted an original Boyett Cast Iron Pizza Oven. She got the oven, I got the pizza and cookies! Kudos go to George Boyett for an excellent design. Caryn just picked up some pizza plates from Target to line the oven. The first one came out easily. The second one was another story.

[planovet]

Sweet!

[dmb90260]

What was your coal count?

I tried with 16 on top and 17 under. A peak at 15 minutes convinced me that I needed more. I added what was in the chimney, about 5 to each side.


It turned out a bit too crispy on bottom but very tasty. (Maybe a little less cheese next time??)
What are those pizza plates made of?
When I talked to George he suggested a 13" pizza stone on the bottom for cookies and such. I am tempted to do a pie and beat Doug Hodder to it.
He is off camping for the weekend and I am not

[Rob]

Dennis--

The total charcoal count was 40. I think there were about 25 on top. The pizza plates were $5 specials at Target The pizza was done first. A Boboli with pizza sauce, shredded cheese, pepperoni. It was designed to be about 425F. After the first ten minutes we checked it and gave it another ten. I think I would go about 17-18 minutes without opening it. Ambient temperature was about 60F and no wind. The pizza crust was great, but the cheese melted a bit too much. I think just those few minutes less would have made the difference.

While we were enjoying the pizza the cookies were baking - no change in charcoal. They had burned down enough to be about 325F. They were premade, precut squares of cookie dough from the grocery store. They baked for ten minutes then had another five added to that. YUM!

[dmb90260]

Rob:

One more comment.. You are obviously from a younger generation. There is no way I could bend down to the ground to get my pizza I have a table for CI but at home I usually have a cookie tray and oil pan on a short gas cooker so I do not have to bend down that far.

Iron By George is great iron..

I will increase the coal count next time, maybe 18 under and 20 over and see how that goes. I do put corn meal under the pizza skin so it slides right on to the the pizza peel and lifts up easily.

[cherokeegeorge]

Rob, wheres my cookies? You did a nice job on the seasoning of the oven Happy annivesary

[dmb90260]

I wonder if Doug's is making it to the Glyphs. With threat of snow it may be too cold for pizza but he could do cookies.

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

He left this morning...
Maybe there will be more than one of George's ovens at the Dam, eh Rob?
I'm sure looking forward to finally seeing one in person and I promise... I won't try to steal it.

[pgwilli]

Must be pizza night....
Norma tried a new flat bread recipe and we dressed it with basil, fresh mozzarella, 'shrooms and tomatoes.
I went with ~ 16 coals down and prolly 25 on top. It was done in 16-17 minutes, but the fresh mozzarella ran all over




Cookies lookin good Caryn

[cherokeegeorge]

that looks good paul, I may have to make one this weekend

[rainjer]

Hey Paul, you should have called me, I would have come by and checked out the new iron....

Jeremy

[dmb90260]

Must be pizza night....
Norma tried a new flat bread recipe and we dressed it with basil, fresh mozzarella, 'shrooms and tomatoes.
I went with ~ 16 coals down and prolly 25 on top. It was done in 16-17 minutes, but the fresh mozzarella ran all over

I had a bit of that action too. Maybe some parchment paper would cure that until we can locate those pizza dishes at Wally World.

[doug hodder]

I wonder if Doug's is making it to the Glyphs. With threat of snow it may be too cold for pizza but he could do cookies.

Dennis....Snow and inclement weather be damned! Doug's did make it to the Glyphs, Steve and I collaborated on a killer pizza, although there was some discussion concerning chicken and artichokes on it....I think Steve got some pics....Also baked up some biscuits and gravy for Sat. morn breakfast! MMMMM...worked perfectly! Good job George! Doug

[Nitetimes]

I wonder if Doug's is making it to the Glyphs. With threat of snow it may be too cold for pizza but he could do cookies.

Dennis....Snow and inclement weather be damned! Doug's did make it to the Glyphs, Steve and I collaborated on a killer pizza, although there was some discussion concerning chicken and artichokes on it....I think Steve got some pics....Also baked up some biscuits and gravy for Sat. morn breakfast! MMMMM...worked perfectly! Good job George! Doug

Didja save me any???

[doug hodder]

I did Rich...but unfortunately, it's all second hand now.... Doug