A review of the Weber baking (pizza) stone using both fresh and pre-cooked pizza bases. Pizzas were cooked on a Weber Q220 barbeque (equivalent to the new Q2200).
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@kingcres45505 жыл бұрын
The metal tray is provided so you can easily put the prepared pizza on the stone without having to slide it off. It doesn't defeat the purpose of the stone - the stone's heat is transmitted almost immediately through the metal. And the top is underdone because you have the pizza stone directly on the grill. Weber sell a trivet and advise you to put down 2 layers of aluminum foil, then the trivet on top of the foil, and then the pizza stone on the trivet. This allows heat circulation and much more even cooking.
@DirebonappetitBlogspotmerlotti6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this has made me decide not to buy a separate pizza oven but to give it a go using the bbq. Very helpful tips.
@marekl7 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite video on the internet. I like the way you encouraged the pizza onto the stone with the spatula and the bit with the big knife.
@DashDrones6 жыл бұрын
Marek Larwood it's an awesome video. Hilarious
@tnth909925 күн бұрын
using the tray to cook the pizza on is the best way - heat transfer gives you an evenly cooked base.
@kthrower4675 жыл бұрын
Thank you, very informative!
@thoriclancer17 Жыл бұрын
I use two pizza stones stacked on top of each other with a steel oven rack in between as a spacer. Prevents burning on the base due to less direct heat and gets a nice colour on top. I use the stainless tray on there and it works well. The difference between good and great pizza is mainly in the recipe and preparation of the dough however with quality Ingredients
@greeneyedggirl2 жыл бұрын
Get a second stone and a couple of small bricks, put the bricks on the edge of the first stone, place the second stone on top, and slide the pizza in on a pizza peel lightly dusted with cornmeal, not flower. Perfect pizza everytime!
@deans95314 жыл бұрын
Get yourself a trivet and use that to raise the stone off the grill, should help with more even cooking! great review, thankyou :)
@robertruffin28586 жыл бұрын
P.S. - another thought is to avoid having direct heat right under the stone...maybe to left and right and keep a relatively cool center (assuming grill permits such heat controls)...
@tonyb54696 жыл бұрын
I was going to buy a portable pizza oven, but did not really want to get a new piece of kit. I have a Q200 so will need to find which stone fits best
@amandaandmarkrichards45854 жыл бұрын
I cook my pizza on the Weber tray and pizza turns out perfect I recommend using the tray
@laudel74 жыл бұрын
Mark and Amanda Richards what Weber tray?
@amandaandmarkrichards45854 жыл бұрын
The tray that comes with the Weber pizza stone. It is flat aluminium and sits perfectly flat on the stone.
@laudel74 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Though that one seems discontinued in the uk anyways now
@SamuelPickford7 жыл бұрын
Great review. Have you tired semolina or corn meal instead of flour on the stone / tray to help it slide better?
@agonise.buy.review4137 жыл бұрын
Thanks Samuel. No, only tried flour which was burning, but might try semolina or corn flour as you suggest. Thanks for the feedback
@John007p3 жыл бұрын
Good tip - Semolina works well and doesn't give any nasty burnt taste
@Corza108 ай бұрын
Rice flour works even better.
@awakenedsapien99623 жыл бұрын
Well use semolina instead of plain flour on the tray to help sliding also in a fan forced oven would be better but since i love well cooked pizza and the crunch sound you made me hungry. Looks delicious.
@robertruffin28586 жыл бұрын
I am curious if a torch finish (Searzall?) on the top for a minute or two would be a simple remedy of the cooking imbalance you discussed? Or perhaps also consider using a smaller heat dome than just the grill lid? Nice review overall and enjoyed the call outs on the disparities between instructions. Definitely going to invest in one!
@vaggelisvass19775 жыл бұрын
If you view the official Weber q video it says you need to use a convection tray and trivet and sit the stone on top of that
@ms1974sharko7 жыл бұрын
Hey there. The reason the pizza wasn't cooked on top, is because you didn't use the foil/tray and trivet on the grill before placing the pizza stone on top. If you place the stone on the grill directly, it will get too hot, cook the base and not the toppings (to the same extent). Weber do a good instructional video that covers this here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbd7itWEv9uvmp8.html. Cheers
@georgereid65146 жыл бұрын
use corn meal on your peel to slide the pizza onto the stone
@nofam5 жыл бұрын
Or semolina (or even a sprinkle of cous cous if that's all you have)
@marktindal21864 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing the mistake too
@ukorihcah7 жыл бұрын
pizza peels are generally wood. to remove a finished pizza they use metal peels. in the case of wood or metal peel you can use to transfer your pizza only and only after both pizza bottom and peel have been dusted with flour. you need to do a jiggle once the pizza is on the peel to confirm that it is fact floating on the flour. if not lift up one end of the pizza and toss flour under. repeat on other side.
@agonise.buy.review4137 жыл бұрын
Great, thank you hachiroku, that's really helpful
@ukorihcah7 жыл бұрын
Agonise. Buy. Review I just started using my Weber Q grill very recently to make pizza...my solution for melting the top cheese without burning the bottom so far is to use my pizza peel which has a handle to lift the pizza off the cooking surface for an additional 2 minutes. peels have dropped in price in the past two years. just ordered a metal peel with 40 inch handle for $12 USD on Amazon.
@ukorihcah7 жыл бұрын
Wooden Peels seem to hold flour in a thin layer much easier than metal peels. The metal peel I ordered is yet to come but should allow for safer cheese melting in high temps.
@ukorihcah7 жыл бұрын
I upgraded my gas line regulator to a outdoor deep frying regulator with adjustment. this new line allows for elevated temperatures but require a heat diffuser that of which I use a griddle to diffuse the heat from the burner
@DJaquithFL7 жыл бұрын
I use indirect heat and course ground yellow corn meal instead of flour.
@matthewgerber17497 жыл бұрын
Found your video while trying to find out what i am doing wrong with my pizza.... i continue burning the arse out of the base..... On a side note about the difficulty you had with the aluminium peel.... it isnt actually a peel, Weber videos have shown them placing the aluminium tray on top of the stone rather than transferring it to the stone directly.
@vaggelisvass19775 жыл бұрын
You need to use convection tray +Trivett + stone so the bbq acts like an oven
@bunbee20232 жыл бұрын
You can also use parchment paper on top of the stone
@rogerwolf9752 Жыл бұрын
I build the pizza on the parchment paper and slide it onto the stone. Then slide it on to a peel to remove it when done. Works Great!
@P.Gillett10 ай бұрын
lol watching you struggle getting the pizza onto the q was hilarious. you are right, the tray is unnecessary. i watched some pizza videos and they say by putting a bit of flour on the pan as you prepare the pizza alllows the pizza to slide off more easily, or something
@richardlove42874 жыл бұрын
Stick the stone on two fire bricks so it doesn’t sit directly sit on the grill. This gets the top of the pizza up to where the heat is and the bottom away from the heat.
@mattyosborne14536 жыл бұрын
It cooked like that because you cooked it wrong, use some foil then a trivet tray on-top of that then the pizza stone on the trivet that way it acts more of an oven with indirect heat. If you sit it staright on the grill of course it's going to burn the bottom
@iannuttall8649 Жыл бұрын
Obviously you can’t read the instructions that come with the stone. You made a complete mess of that lol
@whatthedeuce35452 жыл бұрын
Scorch the top with a torch, or brown the top in the oven. Try ground corn meal instead of flour on the stone.
@ya00007 Жыл бұрын
Price ? And link to where you purchased the stone?
@foxmulder66744 жыл бұрын
The pizza looked good
@eorozba Жыл бұрын
Use a carton box , whit a little bit of floure, to put in the pizza it’s the best
@OKFrax-ys2op4 жыл бұрын
A wood pizza peal works great
@ronpreece34296 жыл бұрын
Use cornmeal its like little ball bearings
@williamallen28176 жыл бұрын
EVERY pizza stone video, FIRST tells YOU, NEVER wash in soapy water !! Soap will STAY for EVER !!
@skystink4 жыл бұрын
so why does it say so in the instruction booklet?
@fcukugimmeausername2 жыл бұрын
@@skystink Instructions are wrong.
@nedflanders1559 Жыл бұрын
Never ever ever never never ever never ever use soap. Instructions are wrong. I don't even use water (except the first rinse). I just scrape off any burned on bits with a metal scraper.
@pauldufresne374810 ай бұрын
Poms! You just don't get it, do you? This was more like "How NOT to use the Weber pizza stone"
@krumple4skin5486 жыл бұрын
Raise the stone of the grill by 2 inches and don't use the foil.
@plokikoki35943 жыл бұрын
I absolutely fucked my pizza up also during the transition
@MrDelvoye5 жыл бұрын
put a lot of flour to make it slide easly
@TheKaukas7 жыл бұрын
How was dish soap taste like on the crust? I can believe if manual really said that, pizza stone have spores that absorb water and dish soap too. Even site like wikihow have better suggestions how to clean it, and what to avoid, Google: "wikiHow to Clean a Pizza Stone"
@TheKaukas7 жыл бұрын
And what funny was the most to me even Weber have no idea what baking tray is for... In manual they say one thing and do another in their videos...
@Ajnichols624 жыл бұрын
Corn meal is your friend
@dannycarter36472 жыл бұрын
I think we call it polenta in the UK and Europe.
@keepitreal51484 жыл бұрын
Thats the biggest pineapple 🍍 chunks I've seen on a pizza 🍕
@craigmilky84302 жыл бұрын
2 quid my pizza stone cost me result!!!
@andrewbassett82105 жыл бұрын
Don't give up your day job!! Mate you have it all wrong. Hopefully by now you have sussed it out. Read further down your comments.
@commissionergordan6 жыл бұрын
That's what you get for putting pineapple on a pizza
@miskatonic62107 жыл бұрын
1. This Weber stone is way to expensive compared to other pizza stones. 2. It isn't even a good one, because it's quite thin and thicker stones hold heat a lot better and therefore you get better results. 3. The metal tray is bs, too. Do you even know what you're doing? You put flour on the pizza stone to make it easier to get it off the stone. If this flour burns it doesn't matter at all. It will fall off easily. It's just a little bit charcoal dust without that much taste. And you never wash pizza stones with soap.
@MarianoVila3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for sharing. If we were all pizza chefs we wouldn't be watching this video in first place. I'm thinking also on putting the stone directly into the grill (not extra stuff). Normally the toppings overcook before the bottom crust so if in your case is the opposite then why not lowering a bit the flame intensity... Any ways thanks for the video. You saved me a lot of money (at the moment) on buying a separate pizza oven...
@Andrea-yd6pu6 ай бұрын
Such a shame
@KeithHeinrich Жыл бұрын
Even though this is an old review now, some clues. I use a very small amount of semolina and flour on the base which helps a lot with moving it off the peel and onto the stone. The peel needs to be properly covered and I still don't use a lot, but I do ensure its completely covered with a little more at the front. This way you'll get a little semolina on the stone but not enough that it gets burnt and nasty. Cooking occurs in two stages. First the base and sauce and when the base is good, pull it out, load it up with toppings and then back in. This way you get a properly cooked pizza. I'm using a home made poolish style pizza base which smells and tastes fantastic. All win. 🤌🍕🍕🍕