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Grilled Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

Grilled Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

Grilled Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza - the great flavour of a BBQ burger in pizza form; all cooked on the backyard grill.
Course BBQ/Grilling
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings 3 servings (one 12-13 inch pizza
Calories 803 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

For each 12 inch pizza you will need:

  • 1 ball Pizza Dough
  • 3/4 cup Coca Cola BBQ Sauce
  • 6 ounces ground beef
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • salt and pepper to season
  • 4 slices cooked smoked bacon
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese I use a blend of part skim mozzarella and cheddar

Instructions

  1. Stretch or roll the dough out into about 12 inch rounds.
  2. Preheat your gas grill to about medium low heat and place the stretched dough portions, a couple at a time directly on the grill. Watch these carefully, adjust the temperature and move them around on the grill as needed. You will know it’s time to flip them when the dough bubbles significantly. You can burst any really large bubbles before you flip them and cook for an additional minute or two, then remove to a wire rack to cool.
  3. Cook the bacon not quite crispy and brown the ground beef along with the garlic using salt and pepper to season. If you like you can use some of my <a href="https://www.rockrecipes.com/smokin-summer-spice-dry-rub/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Smokin' Summer Spice Dry Rub</strong></span></a> to season the beef as well.
  4. To cook the pizza, spread the BBQ or Pizza sauce over the prepared flatbread crust and add the cheese, beef and bacon.
  5. Preheat the grill. If using a gas grill, turn off the burners on one side and place the dressed pizza on the opposite side. If using a charcoal grill build the coal fire on one half of the grill and cook the pizza on the other side.
  6. Once the pizza is in place, shut the lid and cook until the cheese completely melts. This can usually take anywhere from 10-15 minutes. I turn the pizzas 180 degrees half way through the cooking tome so that they brown evenly on the bottom. Sometimes I will move the pizza over the fire in the last minute if I want a really crispy bottom crust.

Recipe Notes

This recipe calls for BBQ Sauce or Pizza Sauce but if you have both on hand, a blend of half of each is also a really tasty option too.