How do you grill a pizza?

Heat a covered grill with a Lodge 15-Inch Cast Iron Pizza Pan or a Lodge Pizza Stone on the grate for 20–30 minutes, lid down, until the surface is about 500°F (260°C). Launch the pie, close the lid, and bake 6–10 minutes. Open the lid only to turn it if one side is pale.

Can you put a pizza stone on a grill?

Yes, if the stone is made for high heat and you heat it slowly with the grill, not over a sudden blast. A cold stone on a roaring burner can crack. Cast iron is harder to crack and is the safer first grill.

A cast-iron pan pizza, the setup that also works on a grill grate

Lid down, stone hot

Pizza on a grill

How to cook pizza on a gas grill: a cast-iron pan or a stone, a two-zone fire, and a lid. Temperatures, timing, and why the dough sticks.

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Measurements

A grill is a hot box with a worse thermostat than an oven. Treat it like one. Lid down. The photo is a cast-iron pan pizza, which is the safest way to do this on a grate. A stone works once you trust the heat.

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Two zones if you can: burners on, pan over the hotter side after it has preheated. Stretch New York Pizza Dough a bit thicker than you would for a steel, so a rough launch does not hole it. Dust the Wooden Pizza Peel with Bob’s Red Mill Semolina Flour. Sauce light. Classic Cheese Pizza toppings, not a loaded supreme, or the middle will still be raw when the rim burns.

An Infrared Thermometer for Pizza stops you guessing. Under 230°C (450°F) and you are baking a pale disc with smoke. If the bottom blacks in two minutes, you are on the flame, not on a preheated pan. Slide the pan to a cooler zone and shut the lid.

Common questions

How do you grill a pizza?: Heat a covered grill with a Lodge 15-Inch Cast Iron Pizza Pan or a Lodge Pizza Stone on the grate for 20–30 minutes, lid down, until the surface is about 260°C (500°F). Launch the pie, close the lid, and bake 6–10 minutes. Open the lid only to turn it if one side is pale.
Can you put a pizza stone on a grill?: Yes, if the stone is made for high heat and you heat it slowly with the grill, not over a sudden blast. A cold stone on a roaring burner can crack. Cast iron is harder to crack and is the safer first grill.