Accessory for cooking pizza and other foods on an outdoor grill

A portable combination cooking accessory apparatus and cooking member adapted for facilitating even heating or smoking of food items when used on an outdoor grill or other cooking surface having a hood cover, comprising:

• at least one base member for resting on the grill or other cooking surface above a heat source of the outdoor grill or other cooking surface;
• a cooking member held in a cooking position or a storage position;
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• a support member pivotably attached to said at least one base member and extending away from said at least one base member and the heat source, said support member comprising at least one cooking member support portion holding said cooking member in an elevated position relative to the heat source, and a plurality of angularly-oriented heat-deflecting support member panels, wherein when the cooking member is held in the elevated position, the plurality of angularly-oriented heat-deflecting support member panels in conjunction form a V-shaped structure positioned underneath said cooking member that deflects and re-directs heat from the heat source to and above outer extents of said apparatus, reducing heated air from directly accessing a bottom surface of said cooking member while effectively routing heated air to move from the heat source to over a top surface of said cooking member and between the hood cover and the top surface of said cooking member, and wherein said support member, the cooking member support portion, and the plurality of angularly-oriented heat-deflecting support member panels are collapsible into a flattened configuration as said support member and the plurality of angularly-oriented heat-deflecting support member panels pivot relative to said at least one base member.