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Desideria

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:25:55 GMT,
(jj) wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I'm a newbie BBQer and I'm also a newbie baker so I figured what the
>heck, let's put some bread dough on a steel plate in the ECB (el
>cheapo Brinkman). The dough is just Costco white flour, Costco yeast,
>some melted butter and water...oh yeah also some steel cut oats in
>this batch. Once I get the hang of this, I'll add stuff like parmesan
>cheese and jalapenos to the dough. I'm digging the smoky flavor -
>maybe one day I'll be able to visit Al Forno in Rhode Island and try
>their famous grilled pizza.
>
><cough> like I said, I'm a newbie and my temp regulation skills are
>poor. The score board so far is 2 charbabies and 1 slightly under
>cooked. I think I'll put a cheat and go dual layer on the steel
>plating with about a 1/2" space between the 2 plates. (I'm an amateur
>backyard welder)
>
>I haven't done any mods to the ECB except drilling some air holes in
>the coal pan. The legs are still on the inside. I didn't know about
>ECB mods when I bought the thing (because it was sooo cheap!)
>
>One of these days, I'll weld up my own smoker but right now I'm just
>starting to learn about what works and what doesn't.
>
>And yeah, I eat meat.

Let me know how your adventures go. One of my dreams is pizza on the
grill--gas to start, then someday maybe a charcoal grill when I get a
Weber kettle.

So far, ISTR mine have been both undercooked and burned--at the same
time!

Desideria