CSG-BBQ-Pizza-Pot-Luck-7/25/09

On 7/25/09 the making of BBQ Pizza was thoroughly studied during a pot luck dinner at the Charles Street Garden in Sunnyvale, CA. Steve Zornetzer, M7, offered the lessons, and several others took a shot at making BBQ pizza to share.

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(C) George Hamma 2009

Steve shows us the sample BBQ pizza, just coming off the fire.
It looks really good, getting everyone enthused about learning how to make BBQ pizza and giving it a try.
Cutting it up is easier with a pizza knive.
First step: use olive oil to prepare a work surface for the dough.
Spread the olive oil around to cover the work surface, in this case a coated cookie sheet
Add the pizza dough, available for purchase from many sources including Trader Joe's
Start spreading and kneading the pizza dough
The idea is to get it about the size of the cookie sheet without making any holes in it.
Knuckles, fingers, whatever works is OK.
We're done spreading - the gloves make using the olive oil and spreading ingredients easier.
Carefully pick up the pizza dough as a sheet for transfer to the BBQ grill.
Steve is particularly good at this - pick up the whole sheet of dough.
Moving the dough to the nearby BBQ grill.
On the grill - close the lid for about 3 minutes. Time to get the toppings together next to the BBQ for quick access.
The dough will become bumpy after heating and the bottom side will become crisp and hard.
Large flippers are very helpful for turning the sheet of dough
Flipping is easier now that the lower side has become stiff.
OK, now we're cooking the other side of the pizza dough and we're ready to add toppings.
First is to add some more olive oil.
Spread the oil around on the top of the pizza dough.
Steve prepared fresh tomato sauce for the pizza
Mushrooms were prepared and cooked in advanced.
Onions were prepared and cooked in advance.
The first layer is mozzarella cheese.
Steve added some pesto sauce he had prepared on half this pizza
The fresh tomato sauce went on the other half.
Add some mushrooms.
Add some onions.
Some sliced-up peppers finish this one. Close the lid for a couple of minutes to get the cheese melted.
It's a good time for conversation in anticipation of the result.
Here's the pizza - all done, coming off the BBQ
Cutting up the pizza.
Ready to share.
OK, team number two gets their pizza dough out - Jenny's turn.
Spreading the dough.
Putting more olive oil on top before transferring the dough to the BBQ - the top side goes down.
This is a tricky part - getting the sheet of dough on the grill.
Confidence is important.
Someone spotting with the cookie sheet is not a bad idea for first-timers.
Success!
Preparing toppings for the next pizza while this one cooks its first side.
Flipping the pizza dough with a little expert help.
Adding toppings.
This pizza has a different set of toppings - the nothing is mandated.
Lots of fresh vegetable slices from the garden.
More learners sharing the experience.
Taking the pizza off the grill.
The second one is done.