Anyone use the KettlePizza with a Performer?

[Josh G]

Ordered a kettlepizza off the Groupon deal and am very excited to try it out.  I was on their website and the instructions say on the performer to remove the plastic rollers on the lid bale.  Does anyone have experience with the kettlepizza on a performer?  I know it gets hot and am not interested in melting anything. 

Thanks!

[jfbincypress]

I've only made 5 pizza cooks, but my rollers are fine.


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[kettlecook]

Only way I'd put the plastic rollers back on is if I always had the fire opposite them, on the table side. In my haste to use my KettlePizza I forgot to remove them and yes, one side melted a little and stuck to the side of my Performer kettle.


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[Jon]

I've never tried with mine, but maybe I will. Melting the rollers would give a good excuse for ordering cool Zavod44 rollers.

[MikeRocksTheRed]

My rollers melted a long time ago so I just left them on.

[TheDude]

I've never tried with mine, but maybe I will. Melting the rollers would give a good excuse for ordering cool Zavod44 rollers.

You need an excuse?

[macmanjpc]

Yup. Good news...




Bad news...

[Jason]

@macmanjpc

Those rollers are toast!

How long have you had your Kettle Pizza?

[macmanjpc]

@macmanjpc

Those rollers are toast!

How long have you had your Kettle Pizza?

Lol. I know. Weber sent me a few things under warranty recently including a new lid slider kit incl. rollers due to the melting, a new 22" Mastertouch lid/handle/thermometer combo to replace the performers original lid that was starting to rust at the handle weld. They also sent me a new one touch cleaning kit and charcoal grate. Great company and awesome support! Why I keep buying more webers.

Had the kettle pizza a couple years. In truth, only used it a few times. A pizza night is quite a bit of work so you need to be doing multiple pies to make it worth the effort. Gotta make sure to preheat for some time to get everything got enough. I picked up a big green egg pizza stone and that's been great. The couple thinner ones if tried cracked where the bge has been unstoppable.

Check out the heat in there! Get it hot with a mix of lump and bricks then add a small log of hardwood to get the heat. Next time I do pizzas I'm gonna try wrapping a second grill in tinfoil and putting in the top section of the kettle pizza. I've read this really helps in deflecting heat back down on to the cheese top and speeds up the process.

[kettlecook]

@macmanjpc

Those rollers are toast!

How long have you had your Kettle Pizza?

Lol. I know. Weber sent me a few things under warranty recently including a new lid slider kit incl. rollers due to the melting, a new 22" Mastertouch lid/handle/thermometer combo to replace the performers original lid that was starting to rust at the handle weld. They also sent me a new one touch cleaning kit and charcoal grate. Great company and awesome support! Why I keep buying more webers.

Had the kettle pizza a couple years. In truth, only used it a few times. A pizza night is quite a bit of work so you need to be doing multiple pies to make it worth the effort. Gotta make sure to preheat for some time to get everything got enough. I picked up a big green egg pizza stone and that's been great. The couple thinner ones if tried cracked where the bge has been unstoppable.

Check out the heat in there! Get it hot with a mix of lump and bricks then add a small log of hardwood to get the heat. Next time I do pizzas I'm gonna try wrapping a second grill in tinfoil and putting in the top section of the kettle pizza. I've read this really helps in deflecting heat back down on to the cheese top and speeds up the process.

Larger pieces and/or more pieces of wood will get your ceiling temps higher.


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[Idahawk]

 Are you guys sure that wood burns hotter than charcoal ?

BTW here's a $2.00 cure for the  lid roller melting issue.

Cheap sockets , I used 2, 1/2 drive size 13 sockets on mine.




Bargain bin at the parts store


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[kettlecook]

Are you guys sure that wood burns hotter than charcoal ?

BTW here's a $2.00 cure for the  lid roller melting issue.

Cheap sockets , I used 2, 1/2 drive size 13 sockets on mine.




Bargain bin at the parts store


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Uhhh....Ye-ah! Even the coals from hardwood will burn hotter than charcoal. And when it's flaming like you want for the high ceiling temps, well, I hope you get the picture. The purpose of the plastic rollers is so there's no metal to porcelain contact to damage the edge of the lid.


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[jaynik]

I haven't melted my rollers yet.  Maybe my grill isnt' getting hot enough.

[Jon]

...Next time I do pizzas I'm gonna try wrapping a second grill in tinfoil and putting in the top section of the kettle pizza. I've read this really helps in deflecting heat back down on to the cheese top and speeds up the process.

It does work, but at the high temps you are trying to get, the foil melts onto your pizza.

[macmanjpc]

Really? Aluminum foil has a meting point of over 1200 degrees. I can't see getting up that high.