Update International (APP-1226) 12" x 14" Aluminum Pizza Peel

A pizza peel is used to slide prepared raw pizza, or a round of bread dough, onto a hot pizza stone in the oven. To prevent the dough from sticking, you first put flour or cornmeal on the peel, then place the dough on it. Supposedly, then, you place the tip of the pizza peel where you want the far end of the pizza to land, then do a skillful little maneuver in which you shove the peel away from you to get the pizza sliding away from you then smoothly pull the peel back toward you, leaving the gorgeous pizza on the stone.As anyone who has tried it knows, it's not as easy as it sounds. The first few times you do it the pizza sticks to the peel before finally tumbling onto the stone, resulting in a surrealistic looking shape and possibly pizza topping everywhere and a cook's bruised ego.I have learned to do this with a wooden peel  Pizza Peel / Paddle, Amish Made in the USA . However, I must say the metal one makes it easier, and I highly recommend this one for anyone new to using a pizza peel. Overall, there are two big advantages of a metal peel over a wooden one:1. It is very slippery so the pizza or bread slides off more easily. The wooden one requires using more cornmeal. In addition, I do a small movement to 'test slide' the pizza before putting it on the stone. If it appears any part of it is sticking, I add more cornmeal under that spot. The metal board is much more forgiving. Out of habit I still jiggle it to confirm the pizza is slipping on it like a newbie skater on the ice--but so far I've used it a dozen times and never had to add cornmeal.2. It is easier to clean.An additional advantage of this particular metal one is the super long handle, which allows you to transfer the pizza to the stone with your hands even further away, and for me at least it leads to a slightly speedier and stress free operation.The long handle has one disadvantage for me: It doesn't fit into any of my kitchen cabinets. I keep my wooden peel (with shorter handle) next to cookie sheets in a cabinet with shelves for such objects, but this one is just too long. I ended up keeping at the back of my kitchen counter, propped up against the wall behind the mixmaster; works for me but if this is a deal breaker make sure you have a place to put this before purchasing.

Good product for the price and what I use it for. It works great for placing a frozen pizza onto a stone or the oven rack... it works great for removing ANY pizza from the oven.... But don't try to make your own pizza and think you are going to slide uncooked, unfrozen pizza dough on or off of this thing. I tried once and it came out looking like an accordion! It WAS, however my first attempt at a non-in-pan-deep-dish-type pizza. Maybe there's a trick to it? I tried oil... maybe flour? Well, anyway. it's very handy... I usually just eat enhanced frozen store-bought frozen anyway... cause what's a man my age doing rolling out bread dough?

This works perfect for our table top pizza oven. Dust a little flour on to keep from sticking and we assemble our pizza right on it and pop it in the oven. Cleans up easily. It would be nice if it had a hole to hang it. My husband drilled a hole through the wooden handle to hang because it is a bit large so it doesn't fit in any of our cabinets.

Great peel at a bargain price. I don't think I could have chosen better. Now, we heat our pizza stone in the hot oven, while building the pizza right on the peel. If you use enough flour on the peel while forming the dough, it slides right off onto the hot stone, which makes for delicious pizza! We then lift the finished pizza off the stone with the peel, transfer to a metal pizza pan to cool, and slide a pizza from the peel onto the still hot stone. Nothing could be easier!!!

With summer well underway, we are making grilled pizza once a week. This aluminum pizza peel makes flipper our masterpieces super easy. Highly recommended

Solid, functional. Works as advertised. I recommend using a wooden peel to get pizza into the oven, then use the aluminum peel to rotate and eventfully take it out of the oven. I found raw dough sticks a little too easily to the metal, even when floured. Generally a good product though. Seems solid and durable enough although I've only had it for about a month.

This pizza peel is pretty great. Both myself (tall guy) and my girlfriend (short girl) can use it with ease to get homemade pizzas in and out of the oven. The handle is sturdy, long, and easy to grip. The peel is large enough to fit a two person pizza with no problem.I would definitely recommend using a pizza stone and cornmeal in combination with this. The pizza stone cooks the pizza much better, and the cornmeal makes sliding the pizza on and off the peel many times easier.

If you make pizza at home this is a must have tool. As a matter of fact, you have to get 2. I use one to prep the pizza, the other one to take it out of the oven. I lay a piece of parchment paper on the pizza peel and assemble the pizza on the peel then use another peel to take the pizza out when it is ready.