Like the title says, I tried an off brand vortex cone as a charcoal fence with my PizzaQue. It seemed to work out fine, but I need to try it more and play around with the setup. I used Kingsford Pro charcoal with pecan chunks.
The normal operation with the stock expanded steel mesh charcoal fence is top vent closed, bottom vent closed or slightly cracked. I found that with the cone, the bottom vent needed to be about halfway open, otherwise it would choke too much and not get hot enough.
The pizza came out great. Before you comment about the other crust not being dark enough, I only make gluten free pizza because my wife is allergic. It does get some color as it cooks but nowhere near as much as regular dough. This was her first time having it cooked like this and she was thoroughly impressed. This was only my second time making gluten free pizza with the PizzaQue, but I like the results better than the oven; no having to parbake the crust and better color.
by ettonlou
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Yup, this works great. I use two baskets in the center to easily form snakes when I smoke briskets.
Grab some foil and cover the top of the pizzaque ring after you dump the coals and put the lid on top. This drops the ceiling giving you more concentrated heat over the pizza.
Pizza looks great! I’m planning on trying pizzas for the first time on my new performer and was going to try this method. Glad to see it works!
How’s the pizza