Blueberry Pie Baked Outdoors

Last Updated July 7th, 2021 at 10:29 pm by Lisa

Bake a Blueberry Pie right on your grill, just like an oven! Serve this grilled dessert all summer with ice cream at cookouts and July 4th.

Baking can be done right on your grill both gas and charcoal will work. I give all the credit for this creative baking idea to dear friends who live in Texas.  It is so hot during Summer, and they didn't want to heat their kitchen. So we baked a pie on their grill, once I got home, I couldn't wait to try it out.

And it works SO well, as a matter of fact, you can bake all kinds of recipes outdoors including savory pies, fruit pies, and even casseroles. Who wouldn't love dinner or pies baked at your next outdoor party?

Set Up The Grill To Bake!

Step 1: Buy 6 Fire Rated Bricks <very important they will withstand direct heat off the grill, ask at the builders supply store or order online fire-rated bricks used to make pizza ovens, not the red bricks - those won't work.
Wrap each of the  6 Fire Rated Bricks in heavy-duty foil.
Place all 6 foil-wrapped bricks on the gas grill.

Step 2: Heat your grill to medium-high heat, you want your temperature around 350-400 degrees.

Step 3 & 4: Set oven temperature and grill surface thermometer gauges in your grill.

Top Grill Baking Tips

The key to this process is in the preparation of your grill with a couple of things.

• These are the temperature gauges I used, they are helpful as the oven gauge was getting a different reading than the surface of the bricks by over 25-50 degrees at times.
• Each grill will vary a bit but don't worry, it's just a pie! The key is to not let the temperature soar over 400 degrees, or you might brown the crust a bit, and if that starts to happen, simply place some foil over the pie edge.
• You will need to rotate your pie about every 10 minutes (use good hot pads). Grab a cool beverage and enjoy the process. Opening the grill allows some heat to escape and ensures the gas flames below are more evenly distributed while baking.
• Watch the temperature gauges while baking to get an evenly baked crust while not burning the pie. Adjust the flame or open the lid to adjust.
• Grills will vary in their heating temperatures and "hot spots", mine runs hot so my temperature is on the lower side. I use a gas grill and have not tested this on a charcoal grill.
• Prepare your pie crust and let them chill in the fridge for at least 60 minutes, this helps get a nice flaky pie crust.
• You can use either a ceramic pie dish or metal on your grill, as long as you have the fire bricks underneath. (If you place any pie dish directly over the fire, the pie will burn and the pie dish will possibly crack).
• Initially heat the grill at medium-high temperature and then drop it down through the baking process as it gets hotter and hotter, and when the grill lid is open as you rotate your pie, this will drop the temperature.

How To Bake A Pie In A Grill

Keep your house cool and bake away outdoors on those balmy warm summer days. Make your pie, and have it ready to go.  Then fire up your grill!

Time To Bake!

pie crust

1. Sift all dry ingredients; flour, sugar, salt.
2. Next cut the butter with a pastry cutter into the mixture (or use 2 knives going in opposite directions).
3. Next, add ice water and form it into a ball, mixing with your hands until it comes together.
4. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, in two halves, and chill for 60 minutes.

blueberry filling

1. In a medium bowl, mix sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, lemon juice, lemon zest, and butter cubes. Then gently fold the blueberries into the filling mix. Set aside.
2. Roll out your chilled pie crust and place it in the bottom of your oven-safe pie dish.
3. Next, pour the blueberry filling into the pie dish.
4. Place top crust on pie, I used a flag pie pastry cutter from William Sonoma. Roll the edges under neatly and press.
5. Bake on grill 375-400 degrees for 50 minutes.
6. Rotate pie every 10 minutes a quarter turn clockwise, this helps to bake it even. Serve slices of blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream, and enjoy!

Rotate the pie every 10 minutes a quarter turn clockwise, this helps to bake it even, as almost all grills have hot spots.

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