# Share your experience with cooking frozen za on the grill **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556 "2013-08-07T03:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/1 "2013-08-07T03:51:48Z")
I’ve seen some boxes with instructions for it ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/2 "2013-08-07T05:33:41Z")
I hope you don’t have to turn it over. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/3 "2013-08-07T05:45:21Z")
“Za?” Really? That’s it, you’re banned. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/4 "2013-08-07T05:56:21Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > “Za?” Really? > > That’s it, you’re banned. Urban Dictionary suggests that anyone using this word deserves a kick in the nuts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/5 "2013-08-07T08:33:08Z")
Come on, pizza is such a long and difficult word to type. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/6 "2013-08-07T12:31:02Z")
I’ve only grilled th piz section and that za section together, so YMMV. Generally I’ll preheat the gas grill with a large cast iron pan in the center. When it’s hot, I’ll place a frozen pizza on the warming rack above the cast iron pan it and check frequently. There is a fair bit of variation in the cooking time, but I don’t heat up the house and I like the way it turns out. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/7 "2013-08-07T12:48:02Z")
Maybe OT, but if you have pizza dough, it works fantastic on the grill. Just roll it out, put it on the grill for a couple minutes until the bottom is browned, then\* turn it over and put toppings on the browned side\*, and put it back on the grill to brown the still-raw side. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/8 "2013-08-07T13:27:20Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Maybe OT, but if you have pizza dough, it works fantastic on the grill. Just roll it out, put it on the grill for a couple minutes until the bottom is browned, then\* turn it over and put toppings on the browned side\*, and put it back on the grill to brown the still-raw side. Obligatory Good Eats link: [http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/grilled-pizza-three-ways-recipe/index.html](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/grilled-pizza-three-ways-recipe/index.html). I have not tried this, but I have just obtained a new grill and it is on my list. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/9 "2013-08-07T13:28:27Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I hope you don’t have to turn it over. Tastes like az. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/10 "2013-08-07T16:14:35Z")
Home Run Inn, which is a Chicago pizza chain, also makes a line of frozen pizzas (I’ve read, though I can’t confirm, that they’re the top-selling frozen pizza in the Chicago market). In the last year or two, they’ve begun promoting grilling their pizzas – I’ve seen a number of billboards during the summer for it, and they even have a [dedicated web page](http://hrigrilling.com/) for the concept, with instructions for both gas and charcoal grills. From their standpoint, I imagine it makes sense – I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that sales of frozen pizzas goes down during the summer, as some consumers don’t want to turn on the oven (and heat up the house). ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/11 "2013-08-07T22:29:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > “Za?” Really? > > That’s it, you’re banned. All I can say is that nearly 30 years after reading that ‘za’ was a hot new slang term for pizza, I’ve finally actually seen the word used by someone. I’ve still never heard it spoken. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/12 "2013-08-07T22:44:18Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > All I can say is that nearly 30 years after reading that ‘za’ was a hot new slang term for pizza, I’ve finally actually seen the word used by someone. I’ve still never heard it spoken. You don’t know PSXer very well, do you? I wouldn’t count this as a veritable sighting of the word “za.” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/13 "2013-08-07T22:58:58Z")
My sister and I call pizza “za” because we’ve never actually heard anyone in real life say that and we think it’s funny. Looks like this thread is going to turn into a discussion of the word “za.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/14 "2013-08-07T23:01:42Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Maybe OT, but if you have pizza dough, it works fantastic on the grill. Just roll it out, put it on the grill for a couple minutes until the bottom is browned, then\* turn it over and put toppings on the browned side\*, and put it back on the grill to brown the still-raw side. You think someone who won’t take the time to type _pizza_ is going to actually _make pizza_? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/15 "2013-08-07T23:05:24Z")
I broke a pizza stone on a charcoal grill once. I think I didn’t spread the coals out before putting the stone on. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/16 "2013-08-08T03:27:23Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > All I can say is that nearly 30 years after reading that ‘za’ was a hot new slang term for pizza, I’ve finally actually seen the word used by someone. I’ve still never heard it spoken. We did occasionally use the term in college. About 30 years ago, in fact. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/17 "2013-08-09T01:27:08Z")
I bet grilled za is so delicious that you’ll want to eat the hole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/18 "2013-08-09T01:49:00Z")
I say za sometimes. I don’t usually grill it, though. I’m a crazy spendthrift who uses his AC. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/19 "2013-08-09T05:47:18Z")
Check it, bra, you warm your grill 'til it’s toasty then toss your frozen za on the grate and then just chill for, like, 8 songs worth on the Bieb’s swaggy new album. Dude, then you pull it off, slice-and-dice, and chow down. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556/20 "2013-08-09T05:53:41Z")
No one who would say brah or swaggy would listen to Justin Bieber. Kanye would have been a better choice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-cooking-frozen-za-on-the-grill/665556.md?page=2)