Homemade pizza makes me happy. It makes my kids happy. When I decided to try Grilled Pizza, it was an experience. A delicious one. I love Our Best Bites and when I discovered their pizza sauce, it changed my pizza life. I won’t use any other sauce. Plus it makes a great dipping sauce for breadsticks. Now, the grilling of pizza isn’t that hard. The trickiest part was not burning the crust while heating the toppings. Give it a try. Just make sure you have all your toppings ready to go. I love a thick crust. It was nice and crunchy on the outside, and soft in the middle. Make them thick or thin. Just make them.
Pizza dough (store bought or make your own)
Olive Oil to brush on the dough
Toppings (cheese, pepperoni, olives, etc.)
pizza sauce of your choice (regular, bbq, alfredo)
Olive Oil to brush on the dough
Toppings (cheese, pepperoni, olives, etc.)
pizza sauce of your choice (regular, bbq, alfredo)
Preheat your grill. This is an important step. The rack needs to be nice and hot so the dough will start cooking immediately and the overall temperature needs to be hot in order to act like an oven when the lid is closed. I set my gas grill to medium-high heat, and leave the lid shut.
Next, get all of your toppings ready. You have to move very quickly while on the grill so everything needs to be prepared and easy to grab. I set everything I need next to the grill.
When your dough is ready, roll it out with a rolling pin, or even just use your hands to press and stretch it. Circle or rectangle, it doesn’t matter. It’s easiest to make personal sized pizzas when grilling it. Plus each person can make their own to their liking. That way you can turn it over with out trouble. Once your dough is flattened out, drizzle a little olive oil on one side and brush it around.
Toss it (oil side down) straight on the grill and then shut the lid immediately.
You’ll want the heat to stay inside so it acts like an oven and cooks the dough. The timing all depends on the heat of the grill and the thickness of the dough. But it usually only takes about 5 minutes or less. Have a spatula handy to lift up the dough and check it. You’ll want to see nice brown grill marks, but avoid burning it. If you can tell that your dough is cooking too fast and too hot, you may want to use indirect heat. For a gas grill with multiple burners, turn off the burner directly under the pizza, but leave the others on. For a charcoal grill, move the charcoal to one side of the grill and place the pizza on the other side.
As soon as you flip it, grab that tray with your toppings and put them on the cooked side right away. Shut the lid again and leave it shut. The second side cooks pretty fast. If the bottom of your pizza is done, but the top still needs to cook, you can place it on an upper rack if you have one.
Toss it (oil side down) straight on the grill and then shut the lid immediately.
You’ll want the heat to stay inside so it acts like an oven and cooks the dough. The timing all depends on the heat of the grill and the thickness of the dough. But it usually only takes about 5 minutes or less. Have a spatula handy to lift up the dough and check it. You’ll want to see nice brown grill marks, but avoid burning it. If you can tell that your dough is cooking too fast and too hot, you may want to use indirect heat. For a gas grill with multiple burners, turn off the burner directly under the pizza, but leave the others on. For a charcoal grill, move the charcoal to one side of the grill and place the pizza on the other side.
As soon as you flip it, grab that tray with your toppings and put them on the cooked side right away. Shut the lid again and leave it shut. The second side cooks pretty fast. If the bottom of your pizza is done, but the top still needs to cook, you can place it on an upper rack if you have one.
Take a peek at the bottom crust and as soon as it’s done and your cheese is all melted, grab a spatula and pull it off.
Dig in.
If you can grill pizza, you can grill pretty much anything.
I have to say though I have had and enjoyed grilled pizza I have never tried it. You give some great tips and I am tempted!! What a fun site you have here. I love the recipes!! Great to find you on voiceboks!! I am now a happy follower!
Yum, I've been wanting to make grilled pizzas all summer. Your little pizzas look so tasty!
We love grilled pizzas! it's the only way to enjoy pizza over the summer 🙂
Yum! I love your blog, but wish that you had a search bar on the top side so that I could easily search for a recipe that I have seen in the past.
Looks wonderful – what a great summer 'trick'. Thanks Mandy for sharing another special idea and recipe.
Stephanie- your wish is my command!
Im so happy you posted this. Their pizza sauce recipe sounds great! I have a couple I like, but not 100% satisfied with. Im excited to try this one! The grilling of pizza seems awesome. I've always wanted to but never have. Maybe next weekend we'll give it a try! : )
I've never grilled pizza before, but being as I love super crunchy crust, I am just going to have to try this 🙂
Great looking grilled pizzas! Making me hungry! I would love to invite you to include it in Tuesday's Tasty Tidbits over at PermanentPosies.com. Great addition!
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