I can’t imagine how this would have worked without the deflector shields lucky I had some. Not included. The oven heated up perfect. My handle wasn’t long enough on pizza spatula opening very hot. Make sure you use corn breading or something so will slide off. Not much extra room. My only real gripe. No way to snuff out coals. What a waste. Especially since I use UL lump charcoal from KamadoJoe.
Works well to create great pizzas on the grill and they don’t take as long to cook as I expected. My husband is very pleased with this birthday present for his Kamado Big Joe.
We have used this 3 times. It makes great wood-fired pizzas. When it is 500-550 deg. F, it takes about 8 minutes per pizza. I have had a little trouble keeping it up to 500 deg. Seems to need quite a bit of charcoal. Maybe I just need to load it up more. It is quite heavy to insert and take out. Maybe it is more of a 2 person job. Can be done while hot. Quick-start instructions were good.
Factor in the stone comes with the set and it's a no brainer to purchase the dojoe. I like being able to cook multiple pies without having to open the dome and lose the heat. Easy to dial in the heat.
The key to these incredible products is that you don’t “need” them, but they are part of the KJ experience that adds fun to your grilling. Love this for making pizzas, calzones, etc. thank you Kamado Joe for this product you provide to us.