So. My wife's out of town. We haven't spent a night apart since we started dating... Before she left, I was wondering what I would do with my evenings while she's gone. Last night I found out...
I watched the first 10 minutes of “2 Fast 2 Furious” on cable. I listened to .NET Rocks! Live. (no google weirdos again, BTW) and I had adventures in barbecuing. Here's how it all went down:
See, I've been on a quest to make the perfect Pizza. I've experimented with different dough, etc. But never can get that great NYC thin bubbly crust. I recently realized that my oven just doesn't get hot enough. So, I've been thinking of how I can get a hotter oven. I then realized that this new BBQ grill I got gets really really hot, like 500 something degrees. Could I make a pizza on my grill? I decided find out if this would work...
Now, of course I couldn't put the pizza directly on the grill, and luckily I have a pizza stone, that I placed on the grill, on which I could put my pizza. So I let the grill heat up, checking the temp now and then.
I got my pizza all ready to go. I went to place it on the grill, but the grill was so hot I couldn't get near it! Then I realized I needed one of those wooden pizza paddles to allow me to safely place this pizza onto the inferno that I managed to create in my backyard.
Enter the power tools. I went down in the basement and quickly cut out of plywood a makeshift pizza paddle using my radial arm saw. Went back upstairs and put some flour on it, and used it to slide the pizza onto the grill. Worked like a charm.
About 3 minutes later, literally, the pizza was done. It looked beautiful! Perfect, bubbly crust! Until I looked at the bottom, which was burnt to a crisp. So, back to the drawing board. I think I can get this to work. I just have to put the pizza stone in later on in the process.
Did I mention there was a bit of wine involved? Anyhow. Luckily I didn't burn the house down or cut my arm off in the process. I did eat the burnt pizza. What else was I going to do? Starve?
Posted
06-25-2004 7:42 AM
by
Brendan Tompkins