This is sort of a follow-up to a previous pizza dough question - but, as you'll see, it has spun a bit out of control.
I've got a kamado grill and got an add-on for it that basically turns it into a pizza oven. We used it for a small dinner party and it was a ton of fun, using the Milk Street dough and sauce recipes. Making smaller pies, we found that a pizza for every two people was enough and ended up with a little leftovers that people were glad to take home.
My wife was really thrilled with it and said we should do it again. I agreed. However, we now have 25+ people coming to the next one. That's a lot of pizza. I'm trying to plan out the best ways to manage dough, pizza assembly, and baking both to get everything done reasonably and to maintain my sanity. I'm already bald - I have no hair to pull out :-)
Any advice? We're enthusiastic, but not super experienced entertainers.
Thanks!
Mitch
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0544Milkstreet
November 25, 2019
My friend and I built a clay oven in our backyard several years ago. We were so impressed with ourselves that we decided we needed to celebrate by throw g a pizza party for our friends. I was pretty nervous at first. How much dough, how much sauce, what kind of pizza does everyone like? We put out an email inviting our guests and asking for preferences. One person volunteered to bring their favorite toppings and it cascaded from there with everyone else listing the things they plan to bring. I make the dough and the sauce. We roll out individual pizza dough rounds and stack them between parchment. All the toppings are set out on the kitchen island and everyone creates their own masterpiece. Our oven temp is almost 1000°F so each individual pizza is in and out in about 30 seconds. It’s so much fun that no one minds when things go sideways, like the time it rained and we had to change from a outdoor pizza party to an indoor pasta party. There are always leftovers and they become salads, sandwiches and soups in the following days.
We've done it so many times that we can send an email on Thursday for a party on Saturday and everybody knows what to do. It had become a group effort and nobody is stressed!
0544Milkstreet
November 25, 2019
My friend and I built a clay oven in our backyard several years ago. We were so impressed with ourselves that we decided we needed to celebrate by throw g a pizza party for our friends. I was pretty nervous at first. How much dough, how much sauce, what kind of pizza does everyone like? We put out an email inviting our guests and asking for preferences. One person volunteered to bring their favorite toppings and it cascaded from there with everyone else listing the things they plan to bring. I make the dough and the sauce. We roll out individual pizza dough rounds and stack them between parchment. All the toppings are set out on the kitchen island and everyone creates their own masterpiece. Our oven temp is almost 1000°F so each individual pizza is in and out in about 30 seconds. It’s so much fun that no one minds when things go sideways, like the time it rained and we had to change from a outdoor pizza party to an indoor pasta party. There are always leftovers and they become salads, sandwiches and soups in the following days.
We've done it so many times that we can send an email on Thursday for a party on Saturday and everybody knows what to do. It had become a group effort and nobody stresses anymore!