I have the "Only Fire" , version of the pizza kit. They include little clips that act as risers for the grate so it's level with the top lip of the kettle. No need to remove part of the grate to access the coals, just turn it upside down and let the grate flap hang straight down, this way you can easily add more coal or wood. I don't use any coal baskets or slow n sear, I just bank the coals to the back. For the top heat deflector I use the Hunsacker carbon steel griddle because it's the same diameter as the kettle and traps more of the heat, convecting it closer to the pizza. The kettle lid goes on top of that , but you almost don't even need it. I bought the Only Fire because it also included a rotisserie kit that gets quite a lot of use, ( more than the pizza). Thanksgiving day turkey comes out amazing on the rotisserie. Hands down my favorite Weber accessory.
First cook on my Onlyfire pizza unit Monday. Love it. I used a full chimney of lit B&B lump oak charcoal and added some hickory and oak chunks and more unlit charcoal. Used a small leaf blower to really stoke the fire and easily got the temp up very quickly.
Your execution on that device is far better than what I have seen from others. The main issue I have with bbq pizza conversion kits is that many are good at just producing good bottom heat, while the top and the sides remain undercooked or not browned. You did nice job on technique to make sure your cook was even. Bravo!
Your description says the BBQ griddle is no longer available. I see it on Amazon now. Great video, thank you. I was about to drop a lot of money on a fancy pizza oven and remembered I have a weber!
I replicated your modification of the grille surface by incorporating the charcoal basket and found it to be a significant improvement. Thanks for sharing your modifications and charcoal setup!
I was looking for top diffuser ideas to help get the top of the pizza done better, this looks perfect. Thanks for the tip! Ordering a bbq dragon stone now.
Nice post. I too use kettlepizza to make my pizzas with my weber and I have putting my fire box to the right of the unit. In doing so the fire goes to the side so I can observe the pizza getting cooked better and I can also feed the fire box with fuel easily if needed. Works well for me.
That top staone is interesting! Up to now I used a second grill with a second pizza stone on top of the ring, as a heat reflector and cover the whole thing with aluminum foil. It works, but this is more elegant for sure!
Love this video, especially the top stone. As another commented, i went to purchase the BBQ Dragon stone and neither the BBQ Dragon nor amazon have the stone.Drat!
I got a similar pizza adapter and i am thinking of welding a similarly cut 4mm stainless steel plate to create a proper oven with hot air circulation under the plate back to front.
Nice going! I’ve watched dozens of videos to try to figure out how to get the wood up to the pizza stone level. What kind of rings did you use to support the basket?
Love the video...very helpful indeed. Just one suggestion...at about the 5 minute mark you say something like "you can use any kind of wood here" for the flame at the back of the grill. I would clarify that statement, for any novice that may not know that you are referring to hardwoods suitable for cooking/smoking etc. Pine, redwood and others that are full of resin, pressure treated, plywood etc. are NOT good choices. Obvious to most but, there's a reason the world is covered with warning labels. Keep up the good work! Thanks
I guess you can't always assume people are going to use the right thing. I would hope in the bbq/grilling community, people would understand that. Thanks for the comment.
@@crustnq I was wondering if you modified the cooking grate yourself (so you could attach the baskets) or if you were able to find one on-line that was pre-cut to hold the baskets. Also, have you had a chance to see how the LavaLock worked as a heat shield? I wonder if the handles would interfere with the Weber lid. Thanks for all your help on this. I'll be putting my rig together soon.
I mean...most of the links do. I can't control what people make and sell or not. They haven't said they quit making them, but they stopped making them a while ago and won't tell me when they will be getting more.
@@crustnq lol I understand that, I wasn't being a dick, just now found the video looking into this and noticed that none of the links go to the stuff you showed in this video... Also couldn't even find the product at all on the website or anywhere else for the heat deflector which I found super weird.
Excellent Video... Thank you for sharing this video NOTE: The background noise/music was a little too LOUD, making it hard to HEAR YOU. We don't need background noise/music... We just want to HEAR you TALK...
Best post i have seen. Top deflector is genius.
I would almost say that pizza looks like it came out of a fire oven in italy.
Nicely done.
Thank you. Trying again today. Gotta get my recipe right, now.
Watched a lot of webber pizzas video and your pizza looks the best. We’ll done
Thank you. Just an amateur that loves pizza
My friend, you have truly perfected the home woodburning pizza oven !
Thank you, appreciate it.
I have the "Only Fire" , version of the pizza kit. They include little clips that act as risers for the grate so it's level with the top lip of the kettle. No need to remove part of the grate to access the coals, just turn it upside down and let the grate flap hang straight down, this way you can easily add more coal or wood. I don't use any coal baskets or slow n sear, I just bank the coals to the back. For the top heat deflector I use the Hunsacker carbon steel griddle because it's the same diameter as the kettle and traps more of the heat, convecting it closer to the pizza. The kettle lid goes on top of that , but you almost don't even need it. I bought the Only Fire because it also included a rotisserie kit that gets quite a lot of use, ( more than the pizza). Thanksgiving day turkey comes out amazing on the rotisserie. Hands down my favorite Weber accessory.
Thanks for the tips on how to use it. I just ordered the "Only Fire".
First cook on my Onlyfire pizza unit Monday. Love it. I used a full chimney of lit B&B lump oak charcoal and added some hickory and oak chunks and more unlit charcoal. Used a small leaf blower to really stoke the fire and easily got the temp up very quickly.
Your execution on that device is far better than what I have seen from others. The main issue I have with bbq pizza conversion kits is that many are good at just producing good bottom heat, while the top and the sides remain undercooked or not browned. You did nice job on technique to make sure your cook was even. Bravo!
Thank you. That was my biggest concern also. Some are using a steel plate, and I am sure that works too, but the thick ceramic holds the heat nicely.
@@crustnq no issues with the weight of the top stone? they're currently sold out everywhere, see what you did LOL!
@@quailstreetcoffeeroastersm6674 none so far. Maybe I need to contact them and tell them to step up production.
Your description says the BBQ griddle is no longer available. I see it on Amazon now.
Great video, thank you. I was about to drop a lot of money on a fancy pizza oven and remembered I have a weber!
@@jeffmckeown9639 that must have just been released. Thanks for the heads up
Nice work. Only video I've seen where the dude actually knows how to make proper pizza.
Don’t know about proper…I just like to eat good pizza. Always leaning and trying new things over here
I replicated your modification of the grille surface by incorporating the charcoal basket and found it to be a significant improvement. Thanks for sharing your modifications and charcoal setup!
Glad it worked. My next step to to find a suitable replacement for the pizza dragon stone
Excellent video! 👏🏾
Thank you
This is the content that I was looking for!! Thank you!!!
Very nice looking pizza and you’ve given me some ideas to craft my camping pizza oven 👍👍
Wow these pizza's look amazing! That bbq dragon stone really makes a huge difference!
It really does. I tried some other things, and nothing held the heat properly.
awesome video! very informative and you make it look easy.
Thank you! It's been too long. Gotta fire it back up
by far the best pizza set up shown and tutorial, great job!
thank you. I'm no expert, just a guy who likes pizza
I was looking for top diffuser ideas to help get the top of the pizza done better, this looks perfect. Thanks for the tip! Ordering a bbq dragon stone now.
Hope it works out for you. They really are nice.
Winner. I wish I could get the bbq dragon deflector thing in the uk .
This is the best kettle BBQ pizza setup I’ve seen 🤌
Nice post. I too use kettlepizza to make my pizzas with my weber and I have putting my fire box to the right of the unit. In doing so the fire goes to the side so I can observe the pizza getting cooked better and I can also feed the fire box with fuel easily if needed. Works well for me.
I may have to try that
It really works well. Been doing it for years.
Best kettle cooked pizza I've seen. Great job
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, you really made a difference in the way I use mine🤜
Glad to hear
That top staone is interesting! Up to now I used a second grill with a second pizza stone on top of the ring, as a heat reflector and cover the whole thing with aluminum foil. It works, but this is more elegant for sure!
I did that at first, but this is working way better. The heat retention is awesome.
Love this video, especially the top stone. As another commented, i went to purchase the BBQ Dragon stone and neither the BBQ Dragon nor amazon have the stone.Drat!
Yeah, its disappointing. I've contacted the company and they won't give me a timeline.
great pizza. just curious have you ever placed another rack on top so that you have 2 areas of cooking surface?
I got a similar pizza adapter and i am thinking of welding a similarly cut 4mm stainless steel plate to create a proper oven with hot air circulation under the plate back to front.
Would be interested to see how that turns out. I haven't gotten that ambitious.
Genius, thanks for sharing!
Great video! Quick question: if I only wanted to use lump charcoal, would I use the same amount as briquettes in volume?
@@eddlf1044 hard to say. I find the lump burns quicker and hotter.
Nice going! I’ve watched dozens of videos to try to figure out how to get the wood up to the pizza stone level. What kind of rings did you use to support the basket?
Glad it could help. I just use steel wire.
You could also get one more BBQ Dragon heat deflector/pizza stone for the grate and super convect the chamber for higher temps and even heat...???
Not really sure what it would do that my pizza stone isn't. Besides, they aren't available at all right now. Wish they were.
Thank you so much for this video. Can you also share your pizza + dough recipe?
Link is in description
Awesome vid thanks bud
What is under the grill grates
Love the video...very helpful indeed. Just one suggestion...at about the 5 minute mark you say something like "you can use any kind of wood here" for the flame at the back of the grill. I would clarify that statement, for any novice that may not know that you are referring to hardwoods suitable for cooking/smoking etc. Pine, redwood and others that are full of resin, pressure treated, plywood etc. are NOT good choices. Obvious to most but, there's a reason the world is covered with warning labels. Keep up the good work! Thanks
I guess you can't always assume people are going to use the right thing. I would hope in the bbq/grilling community, people would understand that. Thanks for the comment.
Has anyone found a alternative to the dragon stone? Since it's no longer available
Not yet. Going to try some alternatives this summer
So is your plan to replace the bbq dragon with the lavalock?
@@frfsolrac77 I won’t replace it till I have to. I’m working on that that will be. Don’t know for sure yet
Great video. Bad Dragon currently out of stock... GRRR LOL Thank for the video.
😭
I have reached out to BBQ Dragon to see if they will get them again. We will see
Yeah went to order one ….. nope
Nice mod. How long did it take go up to the cooking temperature? Thx.
@@trido3815 thanks. I usually start the process 40 minutes before the first cook
Did u try the lava rock heat shield
I haven't seen it. Does it work well?
Where did you get the heat deflector?
It's not currently in stock/production. They sold out right after I posted the video
@@crustnq damn…ok thanks…I found something like it on Amazon…a baking steel…supposed to do the same thing
@@littlenel17 I plan to try one of those and do another video
@@crustnq I look forward to watching
Nice video....stupid question, but I have to ask. What kind of wire did you use to attach the charcoal baskets to the grate? Thanks.
Just steel wire I had in the garage.
@@crustnq I was wondering if you modified the cooking grate yourself (so you could attach the baskets) or if you were able to find one on-line that was pre-cut to hold the baskets. Also, have you had a chance to see how the LavaLock worked as a heat shield? I wonder if the handles would interfere with the Weber lid. Thanks for all your help on this. I'll be putting my rig together soon.
Any chance you could give us the measurements of that stone so we can find something similar?
The tabs are 22”. It fist the Weber 22” kettle. The only other thing I’ve seen is a steel plate that would do the same thing, or similar.
@@crustnq thx
Link for dragon stone?
@@marctorres2001 they aren't in stock. Link is in the video description. The company won't say when they will have them again.
Great video. Two questions- where did you get your pizza peel and is your rack on your weber a standard rack?
the peel is just from amazon. The racks on the grill are originals.
None of the links go to the items used in the video! Does dragon not make that deflector anymore?
I mean...most of the links do. I can't control what people make and sell or not. They haven't said they quit making them, but they stopped making them a while ago and won't tell me when they will be getting more.
@@crustnq lol I understand that, I wasn't being a dick, just now found the video looking into this and noticed that none of the links go to the stuff you showed in this video... Also couldn't even find the product at all on the website or anywhere else for the heat deflector which I found super weird.
is it better to cook on a pizza stone instead of the metal pan it comes with? if so why?
Mine didn't come with a metal pan. Stones hold heat much better. The thicker the stone, the better.
I can’t find that bbq dragon stone
They seem to be out everywhere. I have contacted the company, but they won't say when they will be back in stock.
Informative great video
Glad it was helpful!
Do you rotate the pie or just let it cook since you have the dragon.
I rotate a couple times
Thanks for the video. I just liked and subscribed. I'm #99.
Thanks for the sub!
What size is your pizza stone?
16"x 5/8". Link is in description.
Excellent Video...
Thank you for sharing this video
NOTE: The background noise/music was a little too LOUD, making it hard to HEAR YOU.
We don't need background noise/music... We just want to HEAR you TALK...
it's a shame that dragonstone is available now
agree, but they don't seem to care
Don't get me wrong... The Music is Beautiful.. but a little toooo LOUD.
Taking the time to comment on the background music volume….wow
@@chadh983
YES... "WOW"
the background music/noise makes the video... good and bad...
Shape not perfect but looks good overall 👍
Everybody's a critic.
Dude...!!!
Barefeet and fire ???
Its the primal way! But also I had a foot injury and couldn't wear shoes that week.
Not sure how you use your weber, but the fire stays inside in mine.
To be honest you may as well buy a proper pizza oven for a few hundred dollars and save yourself all this trouble 😂😂😂
A "proper" pizza oven will cost me thousands to build. But...you seem to know best.
@crustnq it's amazing how many people are not appreciative
This is fucking fantastic