Pizza Peel?

[JimM169]

I'm fed up with struggling with my Morrisons folding peel which works OK but is too small (similar to this one)

https://tinyurl.com/ybhpjxvp


So what so the collective recommend as a replacement, do I go for metal or wood, slotted or solid?

Would like to be able to handle a 10" pizza as a minimum and more concerned about lifting the pizza from the worksurface and sliding into oven\onto pizza stone than removing the cooked pizza from the oven

Thanks

[FlabbyMidgets]

Alphin Pans are good. Worked with pizzas part time while in uni for different franchises. They are quite good. Last about a year or so. Where they are bent fatigue cracks. We bend them to make it easier to use.

I'm not sure exactly what size we use but I can measure it when I'm working next if you want

https://alphin.co.uk/product/pizza-peel-9-x-9-blad...

Edited by FlabbyMidgets on Friday 5th June 16:05

[omniflow]

Read the Pizza oven thread for full details, but if you're after a peel to put uncooked bases into a pizza oven then you need a wooden one.

Nothing fancy, just a plain ordinary wooden pizza peel that's the right size for the opening on your oven. Should be around £12 - £15.

[deckster]

omniflow said:

Read the Pizza oven thread for full details, but if you're after a peel to put uncooked bases into a pizza oven then you need a wooden one.

Why's that, out of interest? My metal peels seem to work fine with my Ooni but always happy to find out I'm doing something wrong!

[omniflow]

deckster said:

Why's that, out of interest? My metal peels seem to work fine with my Ooni but always happy to find out I'm doing something wrong!

For some reason the uncooked pizza is far easier to slide off a wooden peel than a metal one. I was getting very pissed off using the peel that came with my Roccbox - the only way I could get it to work was by using a load of semolina. I switched to a wooden one and haven't looked back.

[JimM169]

I always use a load of semolina too, not a bad thing as far as I'm concerned as I like the texture it adds to the base

[omniflow]

JimM169 said:

I always use a load of semolina too, not a bad thing as far as I'm concerned as I like the texture it adds to the base

I used to find that it burned. The stuff off the bottom of the first pizza would taint the second pizza.

[tomsugden]

I've got two of these and they work really well:

https://www.biggreenegg.co.uk/shop/eggcessories/al...

[JDiz]

omniflow said:

Read the Pizza oven thread for full details, but if you're after a peel to put uncooked bases into a pizza oven then you need a wooden one.

Nothing fancy, just a plain ordinary wooden pizza peel that's the right size for the opening on your oven. Should be around £12 - £15.

This. Wood for putting in, metal for removing

[JimM169]

Thanks for all the feedback so far

My concern with the wooden peels is that they look a lot thicker than the metal ones - I've always made my pizza on the work surface then slid the peel under the pizza using one quick motion. Can you use the same technique with the wooden ones or do you build the pizza directly on the peel?

Thanks

[Hanglow]

You either build it on the peel or ideally build the pizza on your worksurface then slide the pizza onto the peel, like this;
https://youtu.be/TBTa3n_0N-A?t=269

the GI metal peels are very good if a bit spendy but will last an age.

[arn22110]

An old broom handle and 3mm ply works a treat. I have two and build them on the peels.

[Dan_1981]

Got a couple of these from b&m.

Build pizza on board, slide in.

I use a basic metal kitchen slice for retrieval.

[Laplace]

I ordered this one recently. Much prefer a square and tapered edge for launching onto the stone. For a tenner it's ideal.

[JimM169]

Laplace said:

I ordered this one recently. Much prefer a square and tapered edge for launching onto the stone. For a tenner it's ideal.

Thanks for the link, just ordered one - they're on special at the moment so at £7 it'd be rude not too

[hyphen]

Main Pizza makers thread is here if of interest, may get more replies https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[theguvernor15]

I just use an alu launching peel that we sell in our showroom...
Build and stretch on the kitchen top, whip the peel
Underneath it & launch it in the oven.
I’ve never used the peel that came with my roccbox