Oklahoma Joe’s wood fired pizza oven?

[chp]

A few years ago we got a small Bakerstone pizza oven for our gas grill.
grill.

It fits right into the Weber and away we went making pizza. It does a nice job and the IR detector says it gets a little over 500 F.
As we continue making pizza, we have learned that hotter is better. So here is my latest idea….

Using an old Oklahoma Joe’s grill, I am planning to make a grate insert to hold our little pizza oven. Anyone tried this or have any thoughts?
I’m pulling the legs off another OJ and will install those to make it more stable. I can also use the taller stack from the other one to get more draft if I have trouble with the fire. It seems like it is similar to the gas grill, but I am hoping for some improvement using wood/charcoal to heat it….

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. Thanks.

 

[clifish]

You will love the wood for the cook, I get it going with briquets and put the wood on top once it is rolling. I have a blue rooster wood fired oven and that baby will get the stone into the 600 deg range easy. Pies take only a few minutes.

 

[chp]

I’m making progress. Everything seems to fit and she is a stout little thing. No worries about tipping over anymore.

All cleaned up and ready for burning in…

 

[chp]

I got to try some pizza!

I went with lump
Charcoal for the first cook

Cowboy pizza

and we keep that warm while we toss another in. I’m pretty happy with the first run!

 

[tbern]

Your pizza looks great!!

 

[JLeonard]

Great looking pies!
Jim