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Fuzzy, for a mere $295 or so, you can have a pretty sweet unit designed for your gas grill with the 2stone system. One owner reports cooking temps on the stone at 600F to 650F. The size is a bit smaller so one pizza at a time though. There is a second stone under the diamond plate "ceiling".

Steve,

For that amount, I could go to Pizzetta 211, with my wife, 6 times, including wine. It also doesn't look like it would work.

But why stop there? From the same vendor, I could buy an outdoor pizza oven for a mere $2700. That's only around 55 meals at a high-end pizzaria!

Oh, how can you put a price on the sense of accomplishment?

Making stuff yourself is rarely a good value proposition. Heck, you should see what recreational fisherman pay per pound....

My new stone turned up unbroken. More pizza this weekend, I think! Maybe even before the weekend, though most evenings are shot already.

I am claiming a spare kiln shelf or two to use in the old kettle grill.... At least the old glaze bits will make the pizzas very colorful. And all of our glazes are food safe, so that's ok.

My venison sausage costs a mere $26.41 per pound...

Paul, good to hear from you and I hope your pizza making goes well! Over on another forum that is mostly BBQ, they have some members that use the Pizza Kettle. Mixed reviews, most of the guys work out some sort of ceiling for it instead of leaving the ceiling "open" and covered with only the Weber's dome lid.

BeckyH, those are perfect. If my stones turn up broken, my next swat is a couple of closely fitting kiln shelves that are half or a third the price of the "pizza stones" that I bought. If I had known about them before I made my purchase, I'd have gotten a couple of those packed up and sent over.

Da Bull Man, When I was hunting in Oregon, I always figured it was much much cheaper for me to go buy top steaks than the money involved in weapons, scopes, reloading ammo, clothes, license, gas for vehicle, bandaids and ointment for cuts and scrapes, etc etc etc.

Just making sure you're not serious about using the used kiln shelves. I mean, you're joking, right?

I do find it amusing that kiln shelves have become less expensive than pizza stones. 10 years ago, it was 3X price the opposite way.

A simple way to make a ceiling would be to put a grate on top and place bricks/stones/etc. up there on the grate, and cover with the dome if the coverage isn't complete, though I think some air would need to go through.

BBQ forum guys are nuts. But, I'll try a few more cooks as-is, and maybe try a ceiling if I'm feeling crazy.

Still cheaper than a shrink...as far as value...jury is still out!