We have had gas grills for many years and have enjoyed them.  Now, the gas grill has become even more useful.  More on that in a moment.

Some time ago, I was planning to purchase a pizza stone for my oven, which is supposed to be better to cook pizzas.  They are not that expensive, but before I bought one, I heard you only need to go to a home improvement center and purchase unglazed quarry stone tiles.  Then place them in the oven and they work just as well.

Recently, I had a small box of 6-inch square tiles given to me, and thought I would try them on a pizza.  Right after that, I came up with another idea, to try them on the grill to cook some bread and then maybe a pizza.  Figured I would just put them on the grill, get them hot and cook on low heat to test it out.

Today I tried the idea out on some bread dough, which I had making six rolls just for starters.  I let the dough raise, put the tiles on the grill and heated up along with placing some foil with hickory chips in it next to the burner below the grate for smoke flavor.  Then I spread a little corn meal on the tiles and plopped my rolls on the tiles.  

At 15 minutes, they appeared completely done however, they were not as brown on top as I would like.  I coated them with a little melted butter and turned up the heat.  In another 5 minutes, they came out with a nice gold brown crust and a nice crusty bottom.

The results?  They were wonderful!  This has opened an entire new area of experimentation and a new world of smoke enhanced home made breads, rolls and sticks.  Tomorrow I plan on pizza on the grill along with a homemade yeast crust and homemade grilled bread sticks!

My tested on my grill shows that if I want a slightly crunchy bottom crust, to use one tile in thickness, if I want something more like top crust, to use two tiles, one on top of the other.  I would imagine that everyone will have to test to see what works best on their grills.

The tiles only cost a couple dollars, but sure open your grill (gas, charcoal, or wood) to an entirely new area!