There was a trend on another site where everyone made pizza so I thought I'd give it a whirl since I'd never made pizza at home that wasn't a take and bake.
The Publix dough worked well... I olive oiled the pans and then wiped out the extreme excess making sure to get the sides as well. I then built the pies and while the oven was warming I put the pans on the stove top to prewarm the bottom and the dough.
The dough was a smidge puffy but overall pretty good
The local 4 year old wouldn't eat it though as the pepperoni was under the cheese and not on top. Everyone is a critic.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thought the principle of using cast iron is that it goes into the oven until it’s screaming hot, and then you drop the pizza in?
I've done it in cast iron the Serious Eats way and it was like OP - shaped in a cold pan then baked.