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A Backyard Pizza Oven Adds Excitement to any Outdoor Kitchen

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A wood-fired pizza oven makes for an exciting addition to any outdoor kitchen.

When it comes to entertaining family and friends, little beats getting together outdoors when the food becomes the center of attention.  Who doesn’t love hanging out by the grill to see what’s being prepared?  Socializing around the grill has become a national pastime.  And with the first official day of Spring only a month or so away, homeowners coast-to-coast are champing at the bit to make outdoor lifestyle improvements.

Depending on what part of the country you live in, an outdoor kitchen may or may not make sense.  It may not seem like it during Snowmaggedon 2015, but even in New England (the home base for KettlePizza), we enjoy many months of temperate weather where spending time socializing outside is preferred over jamming guests in a hot and crowded kitchen.

In fact, a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows that homeowners who have an outdoor kitchen consistently rate it as their favorite room. And the number one outdoor kitchen item the homeowners regretted not having was a backyard pizza oven. As our KettlePizza customers already know, an outdoor wood-fired pizza oven quickly becomes the central gathering spot for family and friends who not only want to see what’s cooking, but relish the opportunity to participate in a fun and entertaining cooking process.

“The number one item that current owners of outdoor kitchens regretted leaving out was a pizza oven. Backyard pizza ovens serve as a gathering place for guests to participate in the food prep process. It’s what I call ‘kitchen karaoke.'” … June Savage, Realtor associate, Coral Gables, Florida,  ONE Sotheby’s International Realty 

So if you’re flipping through outdoor kitchen furniture web pages and brochures these days, looking forward to a time in the not-too-distant future when snow drifts and ice will be replaced by green grass and flowers, don’t forget to budget for a wood-fired, backyard pizza oven.  If you decide on a KettlePizza — which converts a kettle style charcoal grill, like a Weber, into a pizza oven — you’ll spend as a little as $150 for everything you need to take your entertaining capabilities to an all new level.

Beyond the entertainment benefits, an outdoor wood-fired pizza oven, such as a KettlePizza, has many other benefits, including:

  • You and your guests will eat sooner.  How long does it take for your indoor oven to reach its highest temperature (at least 20 minutes)? And at its highest temp of around 500 degrees F, it will take up to another 15 minutes to bake a pizza.  A KettlePizza oven quickly hits temps of 700 – 800 degrees F, and beyond, so you can expect your pizza to be ready in two or three minutes.
  • Your pizza will taste better.  That’s because a KettlePizza distributes the heat evenly across the pizza and the wood-fired heat delivers a unique and delicious flavor.
  • A wood-fired pizza is healthier for you.  Since toppings like vegetables and some fruit will cook more quickly in a KettlePizza than in an indoor oven, these toppings retain more of their nutrients and antioxidants.
  • A wood-fired oven is versatile.  Baking bread, roasting meats, burgers and dogs and vegetables — all fun and easy to do in your KettlePizza.
  • Wood-fired ovens are inexpensive to operate.  No electricity. No propane.  Just heat from fire.

Are you thinking about adding an outdoor kitchen to your home this year?  Or adding items, like a wood-fired oven, to an existing one?  If so, we’d love to hear what you have in mind.

 

 

 

KettlePizza vs. a Traditional Backyard Pizza Oven – the Choice is Yours

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By Al Contarino, KettlePizza president and co-founder

What better time to highlight some of the benefits of a KettlePizza vs. a traditional brick or stone pizza oven than on DSC_0161National Pizza Day.

If you’re reading this post, you’ve likely thought about having a brick or stone pizza oven in your back yard.  Who wouldn’t want one of these beauties gracing their lawn? And what better way to make new friends or rekindle relationships with long lost relatives:).

Many of you already know that George Peters and I had a similar dream, a dream that ultimately led to the establishment of KettlePizza.  Since KettlePizza was founded, we’ve heard from many adventurous pizza lovers who thought it would be fun to build a backyard pizza oven, in part, due to the high cost of purchasing one.  While I admire their passion and ambition, many have called me back to express their frustration about the inability to find the time to finish what they started.

For these folks, who may be price-sensitive and pressed for time but still insist on outstanding craftsmanship (USA craftsmanship, I should add) and excellent pizza, a KettlePizza is the perfect fit.

If you have looked at the alternatives, from a home-made brick or stone pizza oven for your yard to one you could buy assembled and installed, this post is specifically for you.  You’ll see that KettlePizza is a great way to get started with an inexpensive pizza oven that doesn’t compromise quality and will deliver heavenly creations.

KettlePizza vs. a Traditional Backyard Pizza Oven 

  • Cost — KettlePizza kits with a Weber Kettle Grill costs between $200.00-$500.00, depending on the selected setup.  The entry cost for a traditional pizza oven is no less than $1000.00, and that’s if you do the install yourself.  Expect to pay $2500.00-$5000.00 and up if you have an oven professionally installed.
  • Mobility — Because it’s light weight and on wheels, a KettlePizza and Weber Kettle Grill combo can be easily moved around a yard. If you’re taking the family on a summer vacation and renting a cottage for a week or two, don’t leave home without your outdoor wood-fired KettlePizza oven.
  •  Startup Time/Use — The KettlePizza takes about 20-25 minutes to get the charcoal/hardwood and the stone ready to start cooking pizza. Most traditional pizza ovens take an hour-and-a-half to get to temperature, so plan accordingly.
  • Versatility – Since a KettlePizza is an oven, you can cook in it just about anything that you would cook in a standard oven. Traditional pizza ovens are great for cooking other foods as well, once you get past the learning curve.

If you can afford the cost, space requirements and the time to use it, a traditional pizza oven is a fantastic backyard addition for any pizza aficionado. But for those who may want to budget their money and time, but who value convenience and high quality, then the KettlePizza is an outstanding solution.  And don’t forget — the KettlePizza is Made in the USA.  If you’re interested in more information, please visit us at www.kettlepizza.com.

Pizza, pizza, pizza…

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Today’s guest post comes to us courtesy of Kim and Mic Stanfield, a New England-based BBQ competition team exploring the aspects of smoking and grilling!  The post was originally published here

Know those foods that you don’t think  you could give up for good? Yup, one of mine would be Pizza — thick crust, thin crust, stuffed, sourdough, flat bread.  Any of them.

When I was on the last-minute shopping trip before the storm, I thought “PIZZA! We need to have some in the snow storm.”

The grocery store was out of their bakery dough. I’m honestly too lazy to make dough most days, so Target had these Fire Roasted Thin Pizza Crusts; figured we’d give them a try.

Tuesday night of the storm was the pizza night. First we had to clear the snow away from the Weber Kettle Grill and get it cleaned out, and put the KettlePizza kit in.  We have the round stone as well as the tombstone kit (they have a Baking Steel too; that’s my next purchase! : … Baking on the Kettle – WOW!!).

As we set up the kettle and got the charcoal burning in the Weber Charcoal Chimney, I set up the tombstone.  It makes sliding that pizza into the grill even snow kettleeasier than with a round stone.  I like both – it depends on the pizza.  If it’s for competition, then I really like the round stone – but that’s a story for another day.

Not being a good “plan ahead shopper,” we decided to make a pulled pork pizza – dough, BBQ sauce, pulled pork and cheese. Once cooked, we serve with cole slaw – my Mom’s recipe to be exact.

So the KettlePizza, out on the deck and toward the end of a blizzard, was up over 600 degrees in no time.2015-01-28 21.25.36 It’s the same temperature that your favorite pizza joint cooks their pizzas at – a hot, hot oven! The kettle grill can get pretty hot on it’s own, but with the KettlePizza on the grill, the air flow changes and turns your kettle style grill into a pizza oven.

Put the stone you choose on the grill to heat up.  Never put a cold stone on a hot grill.  We brought the pizza out on the peel, slid it in and it was cooked in just a few minutes. The thin pizza crust browned nicely and the cheese melted and got a nice brown color – such a pretty pizza.

I have cooked plenty of pizzas on grills and yeah, you can do it… they taste great – all pizza does to me. But the KettlePizza just makes it better.  It cooks more evenly, you don’t have to lift the lid and both the crust and the top are cooked. Not like the grill where the crust is often too done by the time the top cheese has that golden melted brown.  It’s all in the airflow.

So, yeah, you can do a pizza on a grill – but once you cook a pizza on the KettlePizza with your kettle grill, you’ll never want to cook it another way. I’m not the only one who thinks this is a great product. Check out their other reviews.fire roasted thin pizza

Neopolitan Pizza Lovers, Behold the KettlePizza!

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A guest post by Ann Peavey, aka @SeattleMaven.  The post originally appeared here.

Quietly it lay buried in the advertising pages in the way-back of the October Sunset magazine comfortably-snuggled somewhere between the Incinolet and redwood hot tubs. The simple advertisement for the KettlePizza converter drew me in like moth to flame: The idea of turning my Weber kettle-grill into a Neapolitan pizza oven. Two weeks later came the familiar baying of the hounds as UPS’s man-in-brown dropped an enormous box off on my doorstep – holding within it the key to my satisfying, homemade pizza future.
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An abundance of options are available through the fab folks at KettlePizza: The BASIC CONVERSION KIT simply uses charcoal briquettes and their sturdy 14″ pizza pan along with a unique converter – (this appears ideal for tailgating); the DELUXE KIT which includes a round 15″, 1/2″ thick cordierite pizza stone and wooden peel with the conversion kit; the PROGRATE TOMBSTONE COMBO KIT which is a step-up with a durable stainless-steel grate, extra-thick tombstone-shaped cordierite pizza stone (which heats up to 1000 degrees), and an aluminum peel (with built-in bottle opener); or the Taj Majal of options – the SERIOUS EATS SPECIAL EDITION – with an an add-on Baking Steel insert that heats the heck out of the upper ceiling of the kettle dome and allows for hotter temps and uber-quick blistering of pizza toppings (and I just noticed they’re on sale, too!). I opted for the Prograte Tombstone Combo kit – affordably priced, and able to quickly produce a pizza that’ll stand up to some of the best I’ve had!

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Sure you’ve heard me rave about how Baking Steel changed my life (and it did!) – literally bringing my oven to the Nirvana-level of pizza baking. But this crazy KettlePizza add-on for my Weber grill? It’s literally the next best thing to having your own wood-fired pizza oven (but without the thousand-dollar pricetag). Instead of the 550-degree temperature cap on my Wolf oven, the KettlePizza peaks at temperatures exceeding 700-degrees. I was initially a little apprehensive as I began the assembly process – fully expecting a morning of fist-shaking and cursing missing parts and assuming Twister-like positions. Unexpectedly, within the first 10 minutes the wood handles had been attached, the grate installed, and my Weber was magically transformed. Now it was time to get down to business!

You’ve undoubtedly seen my blog post on the perfect pizza dough. With the beautiful blistering and bubbling this dough-making process achieves, you can imagine my anticipation in seeing how it’d react in the confines of an ultra-hot KettlePizza oven. I began the process by piling a hefty supply of hardwood-chunk coals in the far back reaches of my barbecue (most easily done before the grate is placed on the barbecue). Once ignited, I added two 2″-3″ diameter split hardwood pieces atop the coals to push the temperature up a notch. I was not disappointed: The temperatures quickly rose from 550 to 675 and was ready for pie! The key is keeping a steady, but low flame towards the rear of the kettle.
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Then began the actual cooking process – deftly flinging my first pie off  it’s wooden peel and onto the heated tombstone-shaped stone and watching as it quickly puffed, crisped and bubbled atop its blistering-hot bed. After about two minutes had passed, I carefully slipped the long-handled aluminum peel between pizza and stone to check the crispness of the crust’s bottom. Every 30-45 seconds, I turned the pizza a full 90 degrees to allow for consistent cooking. After approximately five minutes, I could see it was time to give the top a last bit of crisping to create the telltale charring that’s traditional on Neapolitan-style pizzas. Moving the pizza off the stone and gently guiding it up towards the super-heated top of the Weber’s dome did just the trick and in less than a minute it was time to enjoy the fruit of my labor.

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Of course the key to fabulous pizza is the ultra-thin crust that’s best achieved with delicious dough and slow knuckle-work. A quick dusting of your peel with a fine grained semolina will help it gracefully  transition from peel to stone. Fig and garlic, andouille and jalapeno, traditional pepperoni and cheese, margherita with fresh mozzarella and basil all came out with equal success over a course of an hour. Halfway through the process I stoked the fire with 3″-4″ hardwood chunks to keep a steady flame in the back and was pleased to see within just a matter of minutes temperatures quickly raised 100-125 degrees into the 700-degree range.

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My take on this conversion kit? Definitely go with something in the mid-range. Although I didn’t try the basic kit, I suspect it’s likely the perfect selection for the novice pizza maker or die-hard tailgater. Because of the small size and portability factor, you’d likely be the most popular person at a tailgate! For me? The Tombstone kit offered everything I need – the longer handle on the aluminum peel made it quick and easy to manipulate the pie into the hottest parts of the kettle to achieve a spectacular end result. The icing on the cake? It’s built in the USA!

Things You Never Knew You Can Do with Baking Steel

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Like the KettlePizza itself, Baking Steel is a versatile product with many uses beyond its primary function of providing higher dome temperatures for pizza ovens — like our KettlePizza.  Baking Steel is a 3/16-inch thick pre-seasoned round steel that that fits 22.5-inch kettle grills, like the Weber.  Because it radiates heat so quickly, Baking Steel provides a really hot ceiling for quick crisping on the top of the pizza.

Baking Steel is included with the Made in the USA KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition — a deluxe kit we developed in partnership with Baking Steel and Slice Serious Eats and wrote about last week (it’s still on sale!).

You can, however, also purchase Baking Steel from us separately as an enhancement to your existing Kettle Pizza. Baking Steel is on sale from KettlePizza right now for $79.75!

Did you know that in addition to using Baking Steel to make crisper pizzas, you can use it to cook safe_imagejust about anything you’d use a griddle for.  If it’s breakfast you’re hungry for, wait until the coals get good and hot then lay out strips of bacon, crack open a couple of fresh eggs and pour the pancake batter directly on to Baking Steel.  In a flash you’ll be feasting on a grand slam-style breakfast just like a couple of us did a few days ago. (If you want the full treatment, you can check out our video here).

In addition to breakfast, veggies, steaks and fish that love searing, burgers and hot dogs all taste great off of a Baking Steel.  It’s a very versatile product that just keeps on giving.

Of course, we think Baking Steel has it’s finest moments when it’s joined together with a KettlePizza, churning out great pizzas every four-five minutes for your guests.  But when pizza isn’t on the menu, fire up the grill anyway and put the Baking Steel through it paces with your own creative recipes.

Please let us know what you come up with. We’d love to see your pictures and videos of your Baking Steel at work and we’ll share them with the KettlePizza community.

Serious about Neapolitan Pizza? A KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition Awaits You

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Get the the KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition if authentic Neapolitan Pizza whets your appetite.

There’s a mystique to Neapolitan Pizza shared by no other style of pizza. On one hand it’s among the most basic of wood-fired pizzas — just add fresh tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese, a little basil and olive oil. On the other hand, however, you’ll need an oven capable of reaching up to 900 degrees F to turn out pizza in under two minutes.

Easy, right?  Not so fast.

If you’re fortunate enough to have a stone pizza oven in your backyard, paying $3,000.00 and even up to $10,000 for the privilege, then we hope you have been enjoying authentic Neapolitan Pizza for some time. But if you’re anything like the rest of us, there’s a host of priorities that come before an expensive backyard wood-fired pizza stone oven.  Oh, you know, things like heating bills, college tuition and Christmas presents come to mind.

But what if you could own an easy-to-use, very affordable wood-fired pizza oven that could turn out a delicious Neapolitan Pizza inside of two minutes, and for a fraction of the price of a wood-fired stone pizza oven?

That’s exactly why we partnered with our friend Andris Lagsdin, creator of the Baking Steel, and the folks at Slice Serious Eats, to create the KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition, which includes all the bells and whistles necessary for the budget-conscious, hard-core pizza lovers among us.  The kit comes with our Prograte, tombstone, a Baking Steel, wood and aluminum peels and it’s all yours for only $399.99.

And as always, ten percent of the proceeds from every Made in the USA KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition Kit we sell goes to Feeding America — the largest hunger relief charity in the US.

Don’t only take our word for it, though.  Here’s what a few KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition customers recently had to say:

Setup was very easy, took about 20 minutes to assemble.  It was also very easy to get it heated up and ready to bake.  My first pizzas cooked fast … and were perfect. 

— Barry Duel from Frontenac, MO.

Amazing product that allows me to make the best pizza I’ve ever made.

— James LaCaria from Herndon, VA

I’m looking forward to pizza parties at the house.  This is one of the best additions I’ve made to my entertaining repertoire in years.  Great product with only a small learning curve for very respectable results.

— Gary from OH

This is awesome!  Labor Day Weekend we were cranking pizzas out in under 4 minutes!

— Nick from Hawthorne, NJ

For more information about the KettlePizza Serious Eats Special Edition, please visit us.  A Neapolitan Pizza is calling out to you!

P.S. Come back soon for more information on the versatility of the Baking Steel.

 

KettlePizza Makes a Great Holiday Gift!

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KettlePizza is an ideal holiday gift for a foodie or anyone who enjoys great tasting pizza hot off the grill!

If you haven’t already noticed, the holiday season is upon us.

As you’re shopping for that perfect gift this year, we suggest you consider Made in the USA KettlePizza.

Perfect for grill aficionados and foodies looking for new recipes, or for families that enjoy home cooked meals and entertaining friends, the innovative KettlePizza kit is a wonderful way to bring wood-fired oven flavor to your cooking and entertaining repertoire without the expense of buying or building a brick or stone oven in your backyard!

For the person who already has a KettlePizza and loves using it, consider one of these great gifts:

KettlePizza Wooden Pizza Peel and Cordierite Stone Kit

Kit includes the KettlePizza 22 inch wooden pizza peel and the 15″ cordierite pizza stone.  Great for use with the KettlePizza or in your home oven.

KettlePizza Metal Pro Pizza Peel and Cordierite Stone Kit

Kit includes the KettlePizza pro grade pizza peel and the 15″ cordierite pizza stone.  Great for use with the KettlePizza or in your home oven.

KettlePizza ProGrate & Tombstone Combination Kit

Made specifically for the hardcore KettlePizza user or professional who wants faster cooking cycles and higher dome temperatures for near-Neopolitan pizza results.

Don’t just take our word for it, take a look at these gift-giving experts who have recommended KettlePizza in their holiday gift guide lists:

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And don’t forget to check us out on on page 67 of the annual Tailgater Magazine Holiday Gift Guide too!

KettlePizza is available online at www.kettlepizza.com and also at Amazon.com, Hayneedle, HomeDepot.com, Target.com, Wal-Mart.com and Wayfair.com.

Happy Thanksgiving from the KettlePizza Family

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It’s been an exhilarating few weeks here at KettlePizza. So as we head full speed into the holiday season, Happy-Thanksgiving-from-The-Twinerywe wanted to take this opportunity to fill you in on what we have been up to, which is a lot:  we added to our dealer network here in the US and abroad, announced a super holiday sale on our Made in the USA KettlePizza kits and accessories, and celebrated our third year in our current manufacturing and office location.

As if that wasn’t enough excitement for one month, we even drew the interest of a business reporter who was curious enough in our story to interview us, tour the plant, meet our employees and enjoy a few slices right off of a piping hot KettlePizza.

We were flattered and grateful when this article appeared in the Boston Business Journal.  And also very thankful to all of our customers and business partners without whom we would not be where we are today.

In case you missed some of the recent KettlePizza happenings, here’s a recap:

  • To jump-start the holiday shopping season, and as some of you already know, we launched our holiday sale well in advance of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. We are offering huge discounts off of select KettlePizza merchandise now and through Monday, Dec. 1, aka Cyber Monday.   Please start filling those shopping carts!
  • Also, we really want to encourage everyone to “shop small” this Saturday, November 29, which is Small Business Saturday.  Founded four years ago by American Express, Small Business Saturday has become a powerful, annual movement and supports the businesses who are largely responsible for job creation and for keeping the jobs in the US.
  • Our national and international network of dealers continues to expand.  Today, we have established partnerships with dealers in 20 US states and internationally we are now working with distributors in Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the UK, and our newest partner, On the Patio in the Republic of South Africa.  On top of this, we grew direct sales to nearly 60 countries, and
  • This is the three-year anniversary of our move into our headquarters at 8 Federal Way, Groveland, Mass., a
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    KettlePizza worldwide headquarters, 8 Federal Way, Groveland, Mass.

    small town of less than 7,000 residents and located 31 miles north of Boston. Our modern offices and manufacturing space give us the room we need to grow.  If you’re ever in the area and want to see the how we make the KettlePizza, the door is always open.

The KettlePizza community is global, passionate and growing. With close to 34,000 likes on Facebook, a growing Twitter following and this blog, we look forward to another year of engaging with you while providing you with updates about your favorite wood fired pizza oven.

Above all things, we are thankful for the year-long support of our customers and partners.  With that said, the KettlePizza family would like to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.  And we know you know what to do with any leftover turkey.  To get you started, here’s a great turkey pizza recipe.

25 – 50% Discounts on the KettlePizza and Accessories Begins Sunday!

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While it may be hard to believe, ’tis the season.  Yes, the holiday season is upon us and that can only wishlistmean one thing: the greatest savings period of the year for gift-buying is just around the corner.

Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday.  Back-to-back-to-back opportunities to click through your holiday shopping list while experiencing significant savings.

This year, KettlePizza is once again doing its part to help make your holiday shopping experience more enjoyable and affordable because from Sunday, November 23 through Cyber Monday, Dec. 1, we’re offering 25-50% off of our Made in the USA KettlePizza kits and accessories.

Yes, you read it right — up to 50% off starting this Sunday.

If you’ve been thinking about sharing the joy you’re experiencing with your own KettlePizza with a loved one, friend or colleague, there will be no better time than from Nov. 23 – Dec. 1 to make your purchase. And if you’ve been putting off buying your first KettlePizza, or want to add to your collection, well, the sale begins in four short days.

This year, we decided to kick off our holiday sale prior to Black Friday, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.  We will not be surprised to see other small businesses throughout the US do the same.  One thing is for sure:  come Small Business Saturday on December 29, small businesses in every industry and category and in every nook and cranny in the country will be pulling all the stops to help you check off all of the items on your holiday shopping list.

Whether you’re shopping on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday or Cyber Monday, we encourage you to make our country’s small businesses the first stop on your shopping excursions. It’s the small businesses who continue to fuel job growth and keep the jobs in the US.  At KettlePizza, we’ve been committed to US job growth since day one. Without our small businesses, personalized service and the quality we’ve come to expect and love from a hands-on approach to building and servicing better products will become obsolete.

You’ll  be hearing from us throughout the season, but until the next time, we’d like to thank you for your business and wish you and yours the happiest and healthiest holiday season.

KettlePizza and Halloween Go Together like Dr. and Mrs. Frankenstein

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Tweet your Halloween pizza creations to us @Kettlepizza
Tweet your Halloween pizza creations to us @Kettlepizza

If you’re reading this, you probably agree that every day is a great day for pizza.  But did you know that Halloween is the busiest day of the year for the pizza industry? And this year, this ghoulish of holidays falls on a Friday, likely the busiest day of the week for the pizza world throughout the year.

With this said, we have two pieces of advice for you:

  • If you’re having a Halloween party and ordering out for pizza, place your order earlier in the day – or even today. And be kind to your delivery driver: make sure your house number isn’t hidden by Halloween decorations and don’t forget the gratuity for a job well done.
  • Instead of ordering out for pizza and risking a late delivery of luke-warm pizza, and instead of making your meal of pizza a side note to your Halloween fun, make it the center of attention by cooking on your KettlePizza.

What better way to spend a crisp autumn evening than in your backyard, catching up on the week’s events with Dr. Frankenstein, Spiderman, Mary Poppins and Tinkerbell, and standing around the mellow glow and warmth of your KettlePizza while eating a delicious pizza?

While delivery pizza is obviously convenient, the fun factor is close to zero.  Now imagine your kids and their friends dressing up spooky pizzas with nutritious toppings like mozzarella strung out like a spider web, black olives in the center of pineapple slices like the eyes of a ghoul, or a Bell pepper cut in strips to form the legs of an imaginary creature.

If you still want to celebrate Halloween with your KettlePizza but want to get right down to the cooking to avoid dealing with “hangry” house guests, a few great brands make it easy to do so.  Papa-Murphy’s, for example, is making its Jack-O-Lantern pizza available through Halloween.  Papa Murphy uses pepperoni and olives for the smiling jack-o-lantern along with red sauce and mozzarella cheese.

So pick up a Jack-O-Lantern pizza from Papa Murphy, fire up the KettlePizza, and you’re in business…or do it yourself.   If you’re a DIYer, here are a couple of great Halloween pizza recipes to help get you started:   Spiderweb pizza, or scare away vampires with roasted garlic pizza.

Celebrating Halloween with grilled pizza adds exponentially to the fun factor. And just because Halloween marks the official end to National Pizza Month, remember that at KettlePizza — and we think the same goes for you — every month is national pizza month.

Tweet your spooky pizza creations to us @Kettlepizza and we’ll share them on Twitter and Facebook for the whole global KettlePizza community to see.

More importantly, have a safe Halloween!