"Kent" > wrote in
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>
> "George" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> John Haverty wrote:
>>> Hello, I am new to this group. I am interested in your favorite
>>> grilling recipes. I have a Char-Broil gas grill. I am interested
>>> in ideas and favorite recipes that you have cooked that you would
>>> recommend.
>>>
>>> Last year (Summer) we did a lot of basic chicken, steaks, etc., but
>>> I am looking for recipes that go beyond the basic and that you
>>> recommend. We have done seafood in the past.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>> Grilled pizza works well. Make some basic dough and then stretch
>> pieces it out to make small pizzas. Shape is not important. Cook one
>> side and flip and then add minimilist toppings and cook until done.
>>
>>
> For me pizza doesn't bake properly when cooked directly on a gas
> grill. The bottom heat is too high; the crust gets crisp before the
> top is cooked. This most true with any pizza containing sausage. If
> anything works, it would be the simple Pizza Margharita[tomatoes,
> cheese and nothing else].
>
> I have a new technique that works much better. Put a stone of some
> kind on the grate and with a peel put the pizza onto that. You have to
> warm the stone at least 15 minutes to make it work.. I use the
> cheapest stone from Walmart laid on a large pizza pan for this. You
> could use an about to "discard cookie sheet", though not a nonstick
> one. This creates a "pizza oven" like atmosphere, and the pizza cooks
> pretty well. It's sort of like a "gas "wood burning brick oven".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kent
>
>
>

+1 to using a pizza stone. I do this and the pizza is amazing. Great
crisy crust with nice bubbles and a slight charring.