Cooking pizza on your Traeger Grill is a game-changer. It is better than grilled pizza and gives you that wood-fired flavor that you love from your favorite pizzeria. Traeger pizza has a perfectly crispy pizza crust and stands up to your favorite toppings.
I promise you that this Traeger Pizza will be your new favorite comfort food. We are going to use high heat to produce a crispy crust, some charred toppings, and melty cheese.
It's a wood-fired take right in your own backyard.
Ingredients
Dough - We prefer to use homemade dough. I normally make the olive oil dough from the Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day cookbook.
Sauce - Marinara, alfredo, pesto, or soft cheese like goat cheese are all great for this layer.
Cheese - Mozzarella, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, any you like.
Toppings - great choices - Pepperoni, mushrooms, grilled chicken, olives, crumbled cooked sausage, fresh tomatoes, herbs like basil or oregano. For toppings like red onions or garlic, you may want to saute them first. These pizzas cook fast (less than 10 minutes) so there isn't time if the topping needs to get cooked longer than that.
Traeger Pizza Recipe
Step One: Spread the dough out on a floured surface. When I spread the pizza dough, I am looking for an even thickness of dough so that it all cooks evenly and I like the shape to be more rustic.
Step Two: Coat the pizza with your toppings of choice. Start with pizza sauce, then mozzarella cheese, and then other toppings.
How to cook Pizza on a Traeger Grill
Cooking these pizzas on high heat, the wood pellet grill gives you a depth of flavor similar to a traditional wood-fired pizza oven. There is more flavor than a 900-degree propane pizza oven.
High heat is the key to a perfectly cooked pizza and a crispy crust. Using a pizza stone or cast iron skillet will produce a better crust than a pizza pan. Preheat the Trager for at least 30 minutes at 500 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure the pizza stone is thoroughly heated.
Once the pizza stone is preheated, place the pizza onto the stone and close the lid. This will take 8 to 10 minutes to cook. Halfway through the cook, spin the pizza to ensure it is cooking evenly.
Cool for a few minutes. Cut a slice and dig in.
Top Tip
If you have a pizza peel, use some cornmeal or flour to allow the pizza to slide off onto the grill more easily. Once you are ready, put the pizza on the preheated grill.
More Tips & Variations
Crisp Crust: The hot stone or skillet is how you get such a beautiful crispy crust. This was absolutely delicious.
Herbs: Finish off your pizza with fresh herbs (basil is always a favorite) and a drizzle of sauce to add a new element of flavor. The options are endless.
Spice: If you want to add a kick or an element of heat, try hot sauce or red pepper flakes to add a new flavor element to your pizza.
Sides for pellet grill pizza
Smoked Jalapeno Poppers - Go all out on the appetizer and serve your Traeger pizza alongside some smoky jalapeno poppers.
Smoked Nachos - Add another app to the table with these amazing smoked nachos!
Leftover Pizza? Try using it in this Leftover Pizza Breakfast Casserole.
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Recipe
Traeger Pizza
Equipment
- Traeger Grill or other smoker
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pizza dough
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- 1 cup broccoli blanched
- 3 cloves garlic sauteed
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
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- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
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- 8 oz brie
- 1 onion sliced and sauteed
- 2 oz balsamic glaze
- 1 cup baby spinach roughly chopped
Instructions
- Roll out pizza dough onto a floured surface. Make it into a size that will fit your pizza stone or grill. One pound of dough will make approximately two 12 inch pizzas.
- Preheat your grill to 500°F with the pizza stone already on the grill. Allow the grill to preheat for at least 30 minutes.
- Put your topping ingredients onto the dough pies.
- Place the pizzas onto the pizza stone and cook until the crust is browned and crispy. Approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove hot pizza from stone. Slice and serve.
Nutrition
Originally Published January 24, 2022. Revised and Republished April 24, 2024.
Joshua
This was the best homemade pizza I had. Loved the cast iron skillet idea. So much fun to get creative for pizza night. Everyone got to pick their own toppings.