Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle

Sgt. Stel · April 21, 2015, 11:13:02 AM

My first cook on this Kettle will be pizza. Here is the mod I'm going to try.

With the original grill height being 8.5" (I got this measurement by placing a paper plate on the grill and measuring through the vent hole) I wanted to lift the pizza up into that dome for the heat.

I built a grill shelf that raise the stone up 5 inches. I took an 18" charcoal grate and put lags on it. For legs I used Carriage bolts with washers and nuts to adjust the height. Here are a number of pics of how I set up the "Grill Shelf".

Cost:
Grill - $14
hardware - $2.90
Stone - $20 (on clearance)

I'll post more pics of the actual Pizza cook tonight!

Sgt. Stel

1buckie · April 21, 2015, 11:32:34 AM

Nice step-by-step on that one......should work very well from what I've seen of other's risers & mods !!!!

1911Ron · April 21, 2015, 01:29:10 PM

That should work. Do a test run and put an oven thermometer on the stone to see what kind of heat you will get, wouldn't hurt eh?

austin87 · April 21, 2015, 05:55:01 PM

I like that mod. It's pretty close to dinner time and I want some pizza pics!

Craig · April 21, 2015, 06:04:43 PM

Looks like it should work out nicely! Keep us posted with some pizza cooks!

Sgt. Stel · April 22, 2015, 03:46:27 AM

You know I can slow smoke 200+ lbs of pork butts. No problem! I ran the kettle, awesome! Here is the temp holding pic

Making pizza, on the other hand, I have MUCH to learn!

I had corn meal on the stone. I had flour on the cutting board that I created the pizza on. There was a catastrophic failure when attempting to transfer the pizza from the cutting board to the stone. so bad that I ran to Pappa Murphy's to get a pie to cook. (sorry no pics - It was SAD)

Running the kettle when well. I need to improve my pizza making skills!!!

Sgt. Stel

CSTampa · April 22, 2015, 08:53:21 AM

The raised grill alone is brilliant. It looks better than the "Hovergrill" that you can buy with the Smokenator for $30 plus to increase grilling capacity. What size is the new grate?

Sgt. Stel · April 22, 2015, 11:43:28 AM

It is a Weber charcoal grill. I think it is like 18".

Sgt. Stel

Sramsey · April 22, 2015, 03:09:59 PM

Quote from: Sgt. Stel on April 22, 2015, 11:43:28 AM
It is a Weber charcoal grill. I think it is like 18".

Sgt. Stel

Where did you get the stone?

Sgt. Stel · April 22, 2015, 05:09:10 PM

Lowes It was on clearance.

Here is the grate packaging

addicted-to-smoke · April 23, 2015, 05:10:43 AM

A Weber 7441, a 22.5" kettle charcoal grate as well as the 18.5" WSM's lower cooking grate.

And now also ... a 26.75" grill's raised pizza grate!

jmwhite · April 23, 2015, 05:25:40 AM

Anyone know the dimensions of the charcoal grate of an 18" kettle? I'm thinking that might be a better fit for what I've got cooking.

addicted-to-smoke · April 23, 2015, 07:09:58 AM

Quote from: jmwhite on April 23, 2015, 05:25:40 AM
Anyone know the dimensions of the charcoal grate of an 18" kettle? I'm thinking that might be a better fit for what I've got cooking.

According to Amazon, the Weber 7440 is 13.5" in diameter.

http://www.amazon.com/Weber-7440-Replacement-Charcoal-Lower/dp/B000WEKNXI

dcharette · April 24, 2015, 03:43:25 PM

DIY projects are fricken awesome.

CSTampa · August 25, 2015, 10:45:11 AM

Any update on how the pizza making is working out with this modification?

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