I have a pellet grill/smoker. I've made pizza and smoked cheesecake, many times. But I would like to use the thing as an oven more often during the hot Summer weather because I like home-baked goods but I don't like to heat up the house with the oven.
In my first attempt trying to make bread, the bottom was quite burned. Unlike pizza dough, which cooks quickly, I realized that a loaf of bread being much thicker would not cook so quickly, might actually burn, and so I made very small loaves, almost rolls-sized. But they still burned on the bottom, with a thick but fairly easily cut-off layer. What can I do to bake bread (or anything else) in my pellet grill/smoker without burning it? Do I need a baking stone? Something else?
By the way, when I make pizza, I put the dough directly onto the grill, or for cheesecake, put the baking pan directly onto the grill. I haven't been doing anything to try to protect them because they seem to cook fine without doing anything else.
In my first attempt trying to make bread, the bottom was quite burned. Unlike pizza dough, which cooks quickly, I realized that a loaf of bread being much thicker would not cook so quickly, might actually burn, and so I made very small loaves, almost rolls-sized. But they still burned on the bottom, with a thick but fairly easily cut-off layer. What can I do to bake bread (or anything else) in my pellet grill/smoker without burning it? Do I need a baking stone? Something else?
By the way, when I make pizza, I put the dough directly onto the grill, or for cheesecake, put the baking pan directly onto the grill. I haven't been doing anything to try to protect them because they seem to cook fine without doing anything else.