Kettle Pizza Build

[dazzo]

Hey Hogsy, do you have a couple of kettle gassers, or is that Golly?     

I've been using my kettle gasser, with a 20" pan in the lid for heat reflection. The pizza sits in a pan on the grate during the cook.

Takes about 5-6 minutes per pie to cook.

Maybe just something to play with while you acquire parts   

[MacEggs]

Ya can't rush these things Mac
Let me just say , the wheels are in motion.

I was just busting your b@lls, dude ... no worries! I know you have the Aussie meet up ...
Listen to some Hoodoo Gurus for me ... Man, they rocked in the '80s. One of my favourite Aussie bands. 
And shotgun a Swan lager, too .. 

[Hogsy]

Mac you can bust my balls anytime.... Did I just say that 
Swan lager... Now that is old school

[HankB]

Been to another Fabricator and he said the same thing- just buy the KP
Still looking for a drum , I picked one up a couple of days ago,got it home and it didn't fit the kettle
So I need to source another drum
Will keep you posted

Is the drum too big? Just cut it and find a weldor who will weld it back together with a little overlap. In fact I've got a Roti ring build in progress and that's what I'll do to fit it to a kettle. I plan to do the welding myself, having recently acquired a MIG welder. But I recently got a SS motorcycle muffler welded along with a cracked part for the sidestand bracket. When I dropped the parts off, he said it would be $35-40 but when I picked the stuff up, it was $20.  I also asked him about pointers and he said to bring my equipment over one day and he'd show me what I need to know. (When I picked the parts I gave him some brisket and ribs and will likewise reward with something from the smoker when I come over for 'welding lessons.') Point is, if you find the right guy, you can probably get some welding done for not a lot.

If I couldn't do the welding, I'd probably overlap and drill and bolt the joint.

[pbe gummi bear]

Any updates to this project, Hogsy?

[Weber MD]

Or just get this:

http://www.weberbbq.co.uk/product/weber-original-charcoal-pizza-oven/

How in the hell did I miss this? Has anyone used one of these? 4 minutes to cook, 15 minutes to get up to heat, 60 minutes of charcoal per firing.

[KettleAddict]

I found this video a while ago. It may help in your quest to build a cheap pizza oven. http://youtu.be/VdWPUKibdeU. If the link doesn't work search "how to build a kettle pizza clone". Good luck

[Hogsy]

Any updates to this project, Hogsy?

Sorry for the late response, although not a kettle here is my new pizza oven

Was thinking of selling it and buying the pizza attachment sold in the UK but after cooking a few pies on it, I gotta say the kamado cooks an amazing pizza, in fact the best I've ever cooked so for now I'll be hanging on to it

[pbe gummi bear]

Niceeeee. Are you doing high heat cooks on that kamado? I just joined the kamado klub today.

[Hogsy]

Congrats L, I saw the kamado you picked up in off topic
So far I've only cooked pizzas , so yeah high heat cooks
There's a bit of a learning curve with the kamado . They don't drive like a kettle

[pbe gummi bear]

Congrats L, I saw the kamado you picked up in off topic
So far I've only cooked pizzas , so yeah high heat cooks
There's a bit of a learning curve with the kamado . They don't drive like a kettle

Hogsy, the internet guys say that these older kamados won't do high heat well and crack. Are you just ignoring that it do you have evidence otherwise?

[Hogsy]

I was blissfully unaware until you mentioned it
I haven't done a lot of research on the kamado but I thought it was more the firebox's (which are easily replaced) that cracked not the actual kamado
Got a link to what these internet guys have to say?

[pbe gummi bear]

Idk the specific between each brand of kamado but this manual http://www.nakedwhiz.com/oldmanuals/showpp78.htm?I13 says don't run the p
Temp past 600F for a pachinko palace kamado. Ymmv for the imperial kamado or kinuurayaki kamado. The older ones were made of clay and aren't as reaistant to temp fluctuations as the more recent ceramic bbq's. I might be making a bigger deal of it than neccessary but it would be a shame for that nice cooker of yours to crack. Swamprb has done some nice kamado restorations in case you haven't seen it

[Hogsy]

Thanks L, I'll look into it a bit more
Funny that on the previous page it states 600f as the correct temp for cooking thin steak
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/oldmanuals/showpp78.htm?I11

[MacEggs]

Is it safe to say that you have abandoned the whole KettlePizza build?? 

Nice pick-up, BTW.