Today, I'm going to show you some of the experimenting. I did to see if it's possible to cook a pizza on a barbecue
Maybe everyone else wants a barbecue, but you fancy a pizza and you want to cook it outside
Maybe you're away camping or maybe you're at home, but your ovens broken
test A : so I started by tipping some charcoal into the barbecue and
I used lighting gel to help get it started nice and easily
You just squirt a load on
and
Light it up with a match
When the charcoal was nice and hot I spread out the coals
Put the grill [on] and tried placing a pizza straight on top then I put the Lid back on to act as an oven
after
[a] few minutes I could smell burning so I took it off to have a look
It looked fine from the top, but the underside was a bit black, and it hadn't really warmed [through] yet. [I]
test B : Decided to try again, but this time I let the coals die down and move them into two piles on the outside Edge
the idea was that the heat is not so intense in the middle where the pizza is and
Instead it rises from the sides around the pizza like an oven
This time I tried cooking a frozen pizza to see if it would help
It says it should take 13 to 16 minutes in an oven, but [it] didn't give any indications about barbecuing [I]
Placed the pizza in the middle same as before and put on the Lid
After around 10 minutes it was looking pretty good, so I took it off to have a look
It was definitely nice and hot all the way through but unfortunately the base had burnt again
Maybe if I taken it off sooner, it would have been okay
But I did want to make sure it was cooked all the way [through]
It was obvious that the heat from the coals was just too intense for the pizza
test C : So I decided to try one of these pizza stones
It's a ceramic stone. Which you heat up first then cook your pizza on
Normally they go in the oven
But I wanted to try it out on the barbecue
You're not supposed to put it over direct flames, so I let the coals die down and spread them out evenly again. I
Put the Grill back on
Placed on the pizza stone and Lid to let it warm up
After a few minutes. I took another pizza sat on the stone and put the Lid back [on]
You need to make sure you check it regularly, but using a pizza stone. You can get a delicious perfectly cooked barbecue pizza
of course the stone is very very hot so do be careful when handling it [a]
Lot of people probably haven't got a pizza stone
test D : So I wondered whether there was anything we could use instead and I decided to try a cupcake tray
the idea is the pizza will sit on top and the coals will make pockets of hot air in each Hollow which will cook the
Pizza but not burn it
So I placed the tray on the grill
Then [set] the pizza straight on top like this and put the Lid [back] on to bake it
I kept on checking it and it didn't take long before it was smelling amazing and cooked all the way through
Carefully transfer it onto a chopping board and is ready to serve
This time the base is really nice and not actually black
and
If I lift it up to show you the underside you [can] see the imprints from the cupcake Tray and how the air [pockets]
Stopped it all from burning pretty cool. Huh, I
Hope you enjoyed watching this video if you do try
Barbecuing a pizza you [can] let me know how you got on in the comments below
and
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Stay safe have fun and as always. Thanks for watching