Primo Pizza Oven for Oval Large PGLGP

Does this fit the Primo Oval Large only?

Yes. Each Primo pizza oven is made for one grill and seats inside that firebox, so this one belongs to the Oval Large and nothing else. If your grill is an X-Large, a Round or an XX-Large, buy the pizza oven listed under that size instead.

Which baking stone should I use with it?

Either the oval Fredstone cut for the Large, which follows the shape of the firebox, or one of the round ceramic stones, which fit several Primo sizes. If you own more than one grill, the round natural finish stone moves between them; if you only own the Large, the oval stone uses more of the bed.

What charcoal should I use for pizza?

Lump charcoal, lit early and left alone. It reaches high temperatures readily and burns cleanly once it has settled, which matters when the food is only over the fire for a few minutes and has nowhere to hide from harsh smoke. Add fuel before you start cooking, not between pizzas.

How many pizzas can I cook one after another?

As many as the stone can keep up with. Each pie draws heat out of the surface it lands on, so the honest limit is how quickly your setup recovers, not how much charcoal is left. Working in a steady rhythm with a pause between launches gets better results than rushing them out.

Do I need heat deflector plates as well?

For everyday indirect cooking on the Large, deflector plates are the part that takes the fire off the food, and they are worth owning whether or not you cook pizza. How you arrange things for pizza specifically depends on how the pieces stack in your grill, so read the fitting instructions that come with the pizza oven.

Is a pizza oven worth it if I already have a baking stone?

It depends how often you cook pizza. A stone alone will bake a good pie, and plenty of people stop there. The pizza oven is what you buy when pizza has become a regular fixture and you want the setup to be the same every time rather than assembled from whatever is in the shed.