If I must say it myself, I think I make a mean pizza in a conventional oven. Lately I have been reading all the posts on uni ovens, brick ovens, cooking pizza on the grill, etc. This started the inch to do something. I didn't want to invest in a uni type oven at this time.
So doing some research, I saw the Kettle Pizza Kit . To me the kettle pizza kit wasn't worth the price and besides I didn't have a kettle grill. I did some more research and came across a post about making a kettle pizza clone. Since I still didn't have a kettle grill, that wasn't much help. Except it got me thinking. Why couldn't I do that with my Old Smokey?
The clone used metal flashing to make the pizza cooking chamber. I had some flashing in the hoard of things in my garage, so I tried it. But it seemed too flimsy to me. Then I remembered that a few years ago when I made my UDS I bought a cheap kettle grill at Dollar General. (It was originally $50 but was slashed to get rid of it so with all the discounts I got it for something like $10). I used the top on the UDS, but I had the bottom in the garage somewhere.
Digging around I found it and the handles etc. I bought a pizza stone for $10 and a peel for $15. This morning I started the build.
Here are all the parts:
Tracing the cutout on the kettle bottom
Used a grinder to make the cutout
All assembled with handles and top vent. Had to put the handles on top since if they were on the side the unit wouldn't fit inside the Smokey when storing it.
Stone on the Smokey
The finished product
Fit checking the peel
When not in use, all fits together for storage.
Well it took about 30 minutes and about $28 in parts to make. Off to the store to get some ingredients for a pizza or two so I can try this baby out. I'll post the results later tonight.