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Sgt. Stel

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Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« on: 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


« Last Edit: April 21, 2015, 11:36:44 AM by Sgt. Stel »
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1buckie

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #1 on: 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 !!!!
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1911Ron

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #2 on: 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?
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austin87

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2015, 05:55:01 PM »
I like that mod. It's pretty close to dinner time and I want some pizza pics!
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Craig

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2015, 06:04:43 PM »
Looks like it should work out nicely! Keep us posted with some pizza cooks! [emoji2]
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Sgt. Stel

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #5 on: 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
« Last Edit: April 22, 2015, 03:53:06 AM by Sgt. Stel »
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CSTampa

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #6 on: 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?   

« Last Edit: April 22, 2015, 09:10:07 AM by CSTampa »
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Sgt. Stel

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2015, 11:43:28 AM »
It is a Weber charcoal grill.  I think it is like 18".

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Sramsey

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #8 on: 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?
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Sgt. Stel

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2015, 05:09:10 PM »
Lowes It was on clearance. 

Here is the grate packaging
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addicted-to-smoke

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #10 on: 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!
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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #11 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.
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addicted-to-smoke

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #12 on: 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
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dcharette

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2015, 03:43:25 PM »
DIY projects are fricken awesome.
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CSTampa

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Re: Pizza Mod on a 26" Kettle
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2015, 10:45:11 AM »
Any update on how the pizza making is working out with this modification?
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