Date:         Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:03:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stoned pizza
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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yer right, yer right.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



Robert Fisher typed:
> Geez you're picky...
> You already said you had a peel (lift the edge of the pot)... other than
> that it's up to your nose and experience.
> You have to get used to handling the pot hot anyway as it has to pre-heat
> (like the pizza stone) to be effective.
> Otherwise go back to eating meat and beans like any normal camper would.
> : )
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Stoned pizza
>
>
>> Super-brilliant ideas!
>>
>> The only problem with the plant pot idea is that it hides the pizza or
>> bread so I can't inspect it for "doneness."
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Fisher typed:
>>> --snip--
>>>> I'd like to line the inside lid of the
>>>> 'q with stone lining, but I can't picture what kind of adhesive
>>>> could be
>>>> used that would not outgas something horrible, would hold up the
>>>> vehicle
>>>> vibrations and the heat of the fire, and accomodate the different
>>>> thermal expansion coefficients of the metal and stone.
>>> --snip--
>>>
>>> Plant pot... y'know, those orange-y things with the hole in the bottom.
>>> Find
>>> a heavy one of the right size (diameter/depth), invert it over the pizza
>>> stone (presumably with the pizza or whatever in place first). Get a
>>> replacement grill thermometer at HD or someplace similar, same place you
>>> get
>>> the pot (the one I got goes up to 700 F), drop it in the hole, and there
>>> ya
>>> go.
>>> The hole also helps you pick up the pot, if you have an appropriate
>>> implement or asbestos hands; serves as a smoke hole if you decide to
>>> smoke
>>> something (or if you're a lousy cook and you burn your food).
>>> It won't even cut into your '100 pounds' much. : )
>>> When you're on the road or storing it wrap it in and old towel and keep
>>> it
>>> in the grill.
>>>
>>> Cya,
>>> Robert
>>>
>