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Want to be able to make your own delicious brick oven pizza at home but don't want to invest the hundreds of dollars and precious backyard space to make a traditional pizza oven? Make the PizzaPro for only fifty dollars and a few hours of time. The pizza pro is a modified BBQPro charcoal grill that can easily be made in an afternoon. Its is inspired by the FrankenWeber grill by pizzahacker
After moving from New York City to Springfield Missouri I was extremely disappointed to find out that pizza in the Midwest is either cracker thin or an actual tomato pie with sauce and meat thrown in. So I started to make my own NY style pizza and found it to be delicious and pretty easy. During the summer though turning the oven on heats up the whole house and makes it a hassle to cook. The easiest solution to this is to make your own outdoor pizza oven! Read on for the details of how I built mine.
After moving from New York City to Springfield Missouri I was extremely disappointed to find out that pizza in the Midwest is either cracker thin or an actual tomato pie with sauce and meat thrown in. So I started to make my own NY style pizza and found it to be delicious and pretty easy. During the summer though turning the oven on heats up the whole house and makes it a hassle to cook. The easiest solution to this is to make your own outdoor pizza oven! Read on for the details of how I built mine.
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Signing UpStep 1Get your supplies and assemble the grill
Required Items:
A Charcoal BBQPro Grill $27 at Kmart
8 Fire Bricks ~$13 check your local hardware store or stone lot.
Metal Hangers
Furnace Cement ~$5 at Ace Hardware
A pizza Stone or Unglazed Terra Cotta tile ~$2
Grand total: 47ish dollars
Tools Needed:
Drill
Masonry drill bits
Hammer and Chisel
Putty Knife
Metal Snips to cut the Hangers
Once you have the needed supplies you can assemble the grill according to the instructions and start working on converting it to the PizzaPro. The first step in the conversion is to remove the hinges that hold the top of the grill onto the base. Then you need to move the handles from the front of the grill to the top so that you can lift the lid on and of easily. I used the same screws and handles that came with the grill and just drilled new holes in the top.
A Charcoal BBQPro Grill $27 at Kmart
8 Fire Bricks ~$13 check your local hardware store or stone lot.
Metal Hangers
Furnace Cement ~$5 at Ace Hardware
A pizza Stone or Unglazed Terra Cotta tile ~$2
Grand total: 47ish dollars
Tools Needed:
Drill
Masonry drill bits
Hammer and Chisel
Putty Knife
Metal Snips to cut the Hangers
Once you have the needed supplies you can assemble the grill according to the instructions and start working on converting it to the PizzaPro. The first step in the conversion is to remove the hinges that hold the top of the grill onto the base. Then you need to move the handles from the front of the grill to the top so that you can lift the lid on and of easily. I used the same screws and handles that came with the grill and just drilled new holes in the top.
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Have the metal hangers held up?
Have you tried firing it w/wood?
I cant believe you haven't gotten more comments on this great 'ible...
I wonder if using some metal might be even more effective than using stone/brick for the lid, after all metal absorbs and radiates heat far better than stone. The downside is that it would be heavy.
One last thought is that adding some kind of insulation on the lid of your oven might be good to prevent losing so much heat.