Grilled Pizza - Papa Murphy's Pizza!

I'll do another post later about how to make your own grilled pizza, a favorite of ours, but today I'll show you how to grill a Papa Murphy's Pizza!

Of course papa Murphy's comes as a take-n-bake in a paper pan.  Normally you turn your oven to 425* and bake for 12 minutes.

This works great, and we love Papa Murphy's because without cheese, they are dairy free for Mr. A, but it REALLY heats up the kitchen to cook those pizzas!

Enter, The Grill

You will need:
* Papa Murphy's Pizza - size Large or smaller.  The Family size won't fit on my grill, if yours is massive it might!  Pro-tip: Tuesday is $10 Tuesday!  Any large pizza only $10!  Also, get on the text list, they have regular deals!  This week was 2 large 2 topping pizzas for only $6.99 each!
*Pizza Stone or cookie sheet, something you can put on the grill as a barrier between the PAPER pan the pizza comes on and the grill
*Oven Thermometer our grill actually has a thermometer right on the lid, that works fine too!
*Timer trust me!  There's not much "Oops-how-long-has-the-pizza-been-cooking" time here!
*Hot Pads probably a no-brainer, but have them handy!

Our grill has four burners, so my instruction will be written accordingly.  If you have more or less you can adjust as needed.

Turn on all four burners!  If you want it to heat up fast go ahead and turn them to high!  The goal here is to get the oven to around 425* and to hold steady with two burners.  I use all 4 to heat it up then turn off the two middle burners off so they are: On-Off-Off-On.

Either while you are heating up the grill or once it is hot, put your pizza stone or cookie sheet directly on the grill grate.  The pizza stone/cookie sheet needs to heat up for 15 minutes before you put your pizza on.  It seems like an insignificant step, but unless you like doughy, floppy crusts, it is important!

Once the pizza stone is hot, unwrap the plastic wrap from your pizza, and put it directly on the pizza stone in the paper pan!  Now close the lid and set the timer for 5 minutes!

Now it really doesn't take long to cook!  Last night our first pizza took a grand total of 6 minutes to cook to perfection!  That is why I HIGHLY recommend the use of a timer!  After 5 minutes check your pizza!  If it's golden brown on top, lift the pizza off the paper pan a bit and make sure it's done underneath.  If it is, use your hotpads and take it off!  If not, rotate 90* and set a timer for 3-5 minutes more (depending on how close you think it is to being done.

From here it's pretty simple, cut and enjoy!  Best part is, the house isn't any hotter than when we started!  And there's no cool down time from the oven cooling off from 425*!

Pro-tip!  If you're doing more than one pizza, ALWAYS let your pizza stone warm up for a solid 15 minutes between pizzas!  If not subsequent pizzas will have floppy crusts!

Enjoy!  and Remember: