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Camp Cooker Pizza Camping Recipe

Cook over coals for 20 to 25 minutes, flipping the pie iron over every five minutes. Remove from the fire. Open the pie iron and check for doneness.

1. Preheat pizza oven to 500°-550° F and reduce heat to low 2. Using pizza spatula or pizza peel, add your pizza to preheated oven 3. Follow cooking instructions provided on your premade pizza.

Build your fire in the center (left to right and front to back) of the pizza oven using 7-9 sticks of dry kindling, one to two odor-free, non-toxic fire starters, and two to three pieces of seasoned medium or hardwood. Alternatively, you can light your fire with a butane torch.

Preheat the liberally oiled stone on the camp fire and divide the dough into 4 pieces. Carefully place one piece of dough on hot grill. The dough will begin to puff almost immediately. When the bottom crust has lightly browned, turn the dough over using two spatulas.

Step 5: Baking Your Pizza

You can either place the Pizza and Aluminum Foil on a rack in your oven or just put the Pizza on a Pizza Pan or Pizza Stone. I use the foil so I can just throw it out when finished. The Pizza should bake in about 10 to 15 minutes depending on how brown you like your cheese.

Preheat your cast iron bakeware before adding your batter or dough for crunchy edges on cornbread, pizza, and biscuits. Prefer a delicate crust? Add your batter for cakes, pies, and other soft baked goods directly into your room-temperature pan. No preheating needed!

One of the things I like about cast iron (which most pie irons are made of) is that it holds and distributes heat evenly, which is important when cooking over a campfire with uncontrollable heat. Food seldom burns, so even the novice can turn out a perfectly cooked meal every time.

Cook With a Base of Coals

For optimal heat while cooking with cast iron, you want to start with a bed of coals in your firepit. Build a fire in your fire pit and allow 4 to 6 medium logs to burn down. This will create a base to radiate heat to warm up your cast iron griddle, grill, or wok.