Daily Slice: Grilled Flatbread at Universal Cafe, San Francisco

"Sort of an open-faced, fancy-pants quesadilla," is the note I typed into my phone after eating one of Universal Cafe's grilled flatbreads, and it might as well serve as my whole review. It's pretty hard to think of their toppings as resting on anything other than a tortilla. Though, please understand, I do like quesadillas.

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3 Comments | Posted by David Kover, January 30, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, flatbread, grilled pizza, san francisco, Universal Cafe

The Pizza Lab: The Complete Updated Guide To Grilled Pizza

I've long said that grilling pizza is by far the easiest way for a regular home cook to get pizzeria-quality, soft and airy, crisp, well-charred, smoky pies at home (that is, without resorting to hacking your kitchen equipment), and with grilled pizza season well into full swing, I figured it was time we updated last year's Grilled Pizza Guide, which gives a pretty good overview of the process, but ignores one thing: Toppings.

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21 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, July 15, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Tagged: grilled pizza, pizza lab

Providence, Rhode Island: Al Forno, the Birthplace of Grilled Pizza

Al Forno is the place where grilled pizza was born. Judging by the pizzas I tried there last week, it's still on its game. Pizza is served as an appetizer there. Our tip? Forgo a table and just sit at the bar, drinking beer or wine and eating the pizza.

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10 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 27, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Al Forno, grilled pizza, Providence RI, reviews, Rhode Island, Slice reviews

Daily Slice: Grilled Pizza at Academia Di Vino, NYC

Academia di Vino is a very respectable two-location wine bar (Upper West and Upper East) with that offers grilled pizza. The Tomato, Basil, and Mozzarella ($12) features a few splotches of a cooked, olive-oil heavy tomato sauce (a departure from the uncooked canned San Marzanos that top Al Forno pies), and a good amount of fresh and dried mozz. But the Robiola, Black Truffle Pâté, and Pecorino ($15) is the one to get here.

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15 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, April 4, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: Academia Di Vino, Daily Slice, grilled pizza, Manhattan, NYC, Upper East Side, Upper West Side

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge, 1

Cambridge, 1 is located in the heart of Harvard Square, in what used to be the the city's original firehouse, with a recently-opened second location in Boston's Fenway neighborhood. Appropriately enough for a former fire station, this hip, minimalist bar, as popular with the locals as it is with Harvard glitterati, serves pizzas grilled over a charcoal fire.

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17 Comments | Posted by Andrew Janjigian, January 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Cambridge 1, Cambridge MA, grilled pizza, Massachusetts, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews

Slice Tests the Kettle Pizza Grill Insert

The Kettle Pizza grill insert promises to help you turn your 22-inch Weber kettle grill into a fire-breathing pizza-cooking machine. But does it work as billed? That's the question we sought to answer last night when we tested it out.

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32 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 3, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Tagged: grill hacks, grilled pizza, Kettle Pizza, oven hacks, Pizza Kettle, pizza ovens, Weber Kettle grills

A Test of the Kettle Pizza Weber Grill Insert

Dagnabbit! While we were waiting for Kenji Lopez-Alt to get back to town and help test the Kettle Pizza grill insert we bought last week, SE'r Mmmph received his and beat us to the punch. No biggie—we'll still be grilling with ours. In the meantime, here's Mmmph's report on the device that aims to turn your grill into a coal-fired pizza oven.

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21 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 31, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Tagged: grill hacks, grilled pizza, Mmmph, oven hacks, Pizza Kettle, pizza ovens, Weber Kettle grills

Aftermarket Insert Turns Your Weber Kettle Grill into Coal-Fired Pizza Oven

A Massachusetts inventor makes an $80 insert that goes between the kettle bottom and lid that supposedly retains the high heat needed for making perfect pizza.

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50 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 20, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Tagged: grill hacks, grilled pizza, oven hacks, Pizza Kettle, pizza ovens, Weber Kettle grills

How to Grill Pizza Indoors

If you've got a backyard or deck and a grill, grilling pizzas is a natural in the summer. After lighting up the grill, hot, crisp-chewy, perfectly blistered crust is just a few minutes away. But what if you, like me, recently moved from a decked-out Brooklyn apartment to a Manhattan high rise with no outdoor space? The answer seems obvious: Grill the pizza indoors on a grill pan.

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27 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, June 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: cooking, galleries, grilled pizza, homemade pizza, how-tos

My Sigh Saturday: How Not to Grill Pizza

Or, 'Supreme Grilled Pizza Failure' I want to cry. This is about as far as I got with my supposed-to-be-epic grilled-pizza session on Saturday. [Photograph: Adam Kuban] I was so jazzed on Friday night. My friend Justin, who lives a mere three blocks away from Girl Slice and me, was having a Saturday afternoon cookout. He has two grills, and his place is actually the site Kenji and I borrowed to shoot the Slice Grilled Pizza How-To. I was going to prep at home and then carry everything over shortly before grill time. What could go wrong? [If that's not...

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18 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 1, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: fail, grilled pizza