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I am not easily impressed with build quality today. Well my Green Mountain grills pizza attachment show'd up today.

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And man am I impressed, the thing is solid S.S. and heavy gauged steel, and stone appears to match the quality of to S.S. I don't know when I'll have the time to give it a test run, but it won't be long. Hopefully this week!!!
What a refreshing box opening, I wish they were all like that.
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Here's a photo without the stone in it.
Can't wait to try it, I have a feeling that this one will be a home run.
Thanks for looking.
Dan👍
 
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Good deal! You are right, most stuff is built like crap anymore.
This thing is built like I would build it, maybe better.
It's nice and heavy, I'm sure it will out last the grill.
 
Get the dough going!!!!
It wasn't supposed to be here until Thursday, when i got home from grocery shopping it was on the porch, or I would've bought pizza making stuff. Maybe Friday, I can start my Friday pizza nights again.
I used to make pizza every Fri. night, but got away from it, time to try to remember my S.D. dough recipe. It took me forever to dial in, and the recipe was lost in our move. I'm sure I'll remember it once I get started, I hope!!!
 
I don’t really do fancy as far as doughs or breads. We have a Zojirushi bread maker and stick with that recipe book. It has a beer dough recipe, ready to go in 2 hours. I’m sure I’m missing out by keeping it so simple, but it’s still a fun day. I have 12” pizza screens, each batch of dough is 4 12s so I do two batches of dough and it really takes care of the pizza craving for a while. Plenty of leftovers to be reheated in the air fryer for the next few days.
 
Thats great. I agree, not easily impressed these days. I'll bet thats a breath of fresh air.
 
Nice . Interested to see it in action .
I mixed up 2 batches of dough this morning already .
Gonna leave it sit on the counter all day .
 
Better you than me... The "rememory" is a terrible thing...

Good luck with the new toy ...
Im a little bit worried about the memory, and hoping muscle memory kicks in.
It ain't easy getting old, that's for damn sure .
 
Looks nice. If a magnet sticks to that stainless be sure to keep it out of the weather. My gas grill (different brand) has rust on the surface of the 'stainless' side tables which I need to remove and re-passivate.

Try writing the recipe down before you start looking online or you'll never remember the details once you start looking at 100 other recipes trying to decide which looks closest.

I keep all recipes on various systems and synced using my web server as the go between. Phone, tablet, work computers, home computers, the recipes are everywhere. Oh, and they're printed too. Or they're in books... Not interested in losing any.

Just last week I asked my sister if she still had Mom's old recipe box and if the recipe for Aunt Teen's Wacky Cake was in there. Yep! Too cool, first cake I ever made. Gonna make one soon. Saw a recent episode of 177 Milk St and Chris Kimball did a show on that cake. I never knew the history of it, and it got me to thinking, I've gotta get that recipe. It isn't in the cookbook my sisters wrote years ago, and they're both gone. Imagine my delight when this turned up. Too funny how we can be so attached to one recipe, one method, etc.
 
Nice . Interested to see it in action .
I mixed up 2 batches of dough this morning already .
Gonna leave it sit on the counter all day .
I do remember that this time of yr my dough would or could be ready in one day, in the refer or winter it was at least an overnight fermentation or better yet two day fermentation.

I just hope my starter will come back to life. It's been in the refer for a few months. I think Ive only fed it twice since putting it up for storage.
Worse case, I have a bunch of rescue starter in the freezer .

My first attempt will probably be a yeast dough, until I get my starter up to snuff again .

I don't know why making dough intimidates me, but it does.
I sure wish I had my old recipe and notes. It made the perfect pizza for me. It made a hybrid between Napoleon and NY style pizza.

The sauce, is easy.
I can buy stanislaus tomatoes in a #10 can for less than $10 locally.
I buy the whole tomatoes and devide the can into four parts, vacuum seal and freeze for future use.

And I just found a local Italian place that sells fresh buffalo mozzarella. They really don't sell to the public, but after talking with the man that owns it, he said he would gladly sell to me whenever I needed it .
He and my Noni were both from Palermo Sicily. He knew of my family's name. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. LOL!!!
I guess it's good or he wouldn't offer to sell to me.

I really need to get my butt over to Sicily before what little family I have left over there is gone.
They used to come here for our family reunions, now it's our turn to go visit .

My wife retires at the end of July, we can finally start to travel. I want to spend at least a month over there between Italy mainly Sicily, and Germany, my wife is 100% German, and she has never been there, it's time we fix that.

Good luck with your pizza, I know you have it dialed in. I need to work on my pizza game once again. Uggg!!!
 
I don't know why making dough intimidates me, but it does.
Don't let it . Don't worry about what it is or looks like at the time of mixing . Know what it will be after resting and rehydrating .

Practice .
These are from last week . 9 hour rest on the counter .
around 4 hours or so , I pull it out and fold it in on itself .
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This is from this morning .
You can see it has no shape , and just spread out in the tub . Starting to hydrate .
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I did 2 , grabbed one just to show what starts to happen .
Folded back into itself . seem on bottom .
I know you've done all this before .
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170 grams warm water
1/4 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp salt
260 grams 00 flour or sub in what you have .
I add some sugar if cooking at 450 ish

no sugar if using the higher heat pizza ovens .

This was from the pizza last week . Just to show the dough structure .
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These are from last week . 9 hour rest on the counter .
around 4 hours or so , I pull it out and fold it in on itself .

170 grams warm water
1/4 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp salt
260 grams 00 flour or sub in what you have .
I add some sugar if cooking at 450 ish

no sugar if using the higher heat pizza ovens .

This was from the pizza last week . Just to show the dough structure .
Doesn't your yeast give up? 9 hours at room temp, My SAF instant yeast would have quit, or is that the intent? Then just allow the water to 'raise' the dough in the oven? Interesting. From the pics it looks like your crust is still raising as you're assembling.

Mine I do 1-3 days in advance and ferment cold in the fridge. Get it out for an hour on the counter to warm up covered, then start shaping and make pizza. I've never heard of a room temp rest that long, but obviously it works... Looks great!
 
Doesn't your yeast give up?
No . There could be a spot in there where that happens , but long enough it starts to make yeast . Like a sourdough starter .
I do all kinds of this stuff , and change things up to get the best results . I've gone 10 days in the fridge .
I normally mix dough on Sunday and throw it in the fridge and use it through the week as needed .


I've never heard of a room temp rest that long, but obviously it works... Looks great!
King Arthur 00 flour recipe . Several rustic no need bread doughs go 12 hours to overnight .
 
Don't let it . Don't worry about what it is or looks like at the time of mixing . Know what it will be after resting and rehydrating .

Practice .
These are from last week . 9 hour rest on the counter .
around 4 hours or so , I pull it out and fold it in on itself .
View attachment 736545

This is from this morning .
You can see it has no shape , and just spread out in the tub . Starting to hydrate .
View attachment 736547
I did 2 , grabbed one just to show what starts to happen .
Folded back into itself . seem on bottom .
I know you've done all this before .
View attachment 736546
170 grams warm water
1/4 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp salt
260 grams 00 flour or sub in what you have .
I add some sugar if cooking at 450 ish

no sugar if using the higher heat pizza ovens .

This was from the pizza last week . Just to show the dough structure .
View attachment 736544
WOW!!!
That looks amazing, my old recipe had air pockets like that. I have some spinal injections later in the week, so I most likely won't make up some dough until the weekend. Im gonna use your receipe. I just flagged it so I can find it easier.

Thank you, Rich.
Dan.

P.S. I love pepperoni pizza, it's my favorite .
 
Doesn't your yeast give up? 9 hours at room temp, My SAF instant yeast would have quit, or is that the intent? Then just allow the water to 'raise' the dough in the oven? Interesting. From the pics it looks like your crust is still raising as you're assembling.

Mine I do 1-3 days in advance and ferment cold in the fridge. Get it out for an hour on the counter to warm up covered, then start shaping and make pizza. I've never heard of a room temp rest that long, but obviously it works... Looks great!
A lot of our pizza joint leave their dough balls out at room temp all day/ evening.
 
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