re: pizzas
So is the cooking grate right about where the thermometer is (just below it)? I couldn't make my stock JJ work well for pizzas because I couldn't raise the pizza high enough to take advantage of the shallow lid, so it remained too close to the JJ's coals.
Now, my regular 18.5" is another thing altogether, affording both more distance from coals and the ability to raise the stone up from the grate, something I couldn't do on the JJ because its cooking grate is higher in the bowl.
Sorry for the thread jack; that chicken looks amaze.