Traeger Wood Pellet Barbecue As Pizza Oven And Another Floor Tile

During a discussion with my Son-in-Law about built in barbecues and outdoor pizza ovens, we decided to try baking a take-and-bake pizza on his propane grill.  I had tried this before on my Traeger, and it worked OK, but the crust got a little too brown on the bottom.  We turned off the center two burners on his gas grill and put the Pappa Murphey's on, using the supplied pan, (some kind of heat resistant cardboard?)  It came out perfect.  Just light brown on the bottom.  It got me to thinking about the ceramic floor tile that I use in my Lazy Daze oven to reduce the hot spot there. Check out my previous post on 3/9/13, "Use Your oven".   Home Depot has ceramic floor tiles up to 20" X 20", so I bought one.  Grill on Traeger measures 15" X 20".  My brother has a tile saw, so we cut this one to 14" X 20" to leave some circulation space around the edges..  I have had some feedback on the floor tile breaking after heating in the Lazy Daze oven.  I suspected that maybe, too much heat, too fast as I have never had one break.  I always heat up in the oven from the start giving the tile time to heat up gradually.  I put the modified tile on the Traeger and started it on smoke and let it heat up for a bit.  I then gradually heated it up to 475F on the thermometer.  No Problem.  Since I have been on a program to shed a few pounds, my intake of pizza has been pretty much stopped.  I had promised myself a reward of a slice of Costco, Deep Dish Pizza, (8 oz = 600 calories) when I reached my short term goal of 195lb. The Deep Dish  is a little different in that it is thicker and it comes in an aluminum pie pan.  Baked it at the instructed 400F for 40 minutes and it came out just right.  At a later date, I will try a conventional Pappa Murphey pizza and report.

Here is the link to Traeger Grills

By the way, these tiles are less than $2.  Pizza Stones are WAY more than that.

Ceramic Floor Tile On Traeger Barbecue As Pizza Stone

I wouldn't try this tile with a propane or charcoal grill as they are pretty much direct heat and my get too hot and break the tile.