Homemade Pizza Cooker For Weber

These are the pics of the first burn out and seasoning. I didn't even have the grate in place at this time. I was going to burn my grate clean, but when it started to glow red in places I figured I better get it off. The band is about 9" tall and the slot is 4" tall and wide enough to get the pizza in and out. The whole purpose of the ring is to allow for using a wood fire to cook pizza the way it used to be done, before 'conventional' ovens. Like I said I was using three rather large splits of cherry wood to burn out the ring last night, then I coated it with lard and burned that on before I started to cook the pizzas today. I left the grate out until I was ready to start the cook so I could stoke my fire good before starting. Basically just before I rolled out the crust I banked up the fire with some pecan wood, put the grate in place, and added my pizza stone. While I was rolling out my crust the fire settled in and the stone came to temp. I also used yellow grits on my paddle and stone to keep the pizza from sticking. 

Pretty much. I had to split the ring and re-fit it so that it would fit inside the bottom of the grill. The lid doesn't fit like I would like for it to , but if you can make clean cuts it will still seal up pretty good.The bolts actually hold the ring up some, and also hold the standard grate. They are long enough to serve both purposes at the same time.Once you place the stone over the fire it will stay there. It needs to remain hot at all times. I posted another thread called "first pizza cook on a grill" in which I detailed the cook itself better than I did here.