Pizza peels are great for placing, removing or rotating pizza in the oven without burning your hands. They are either circular or square in shape and come in a variety of sizes with long or short handles depending on the type you prefer. The two main types are wood and metal. Wood pizza peels warp when they get wet, but they will flatten back out when air dried. They can also burn, stain and become ruined if cut directly upon. Metal peels don’t burn or stain and you can cut directly on the surface without ruining them. Most people prepare pizza on a countertop and then place it in the oven with a pizza peel. Before doing so, make sure the pizza peel is large enough to hold the pizza so that it doesn’t sag over the edge. You can also prepare a pizza directly on a pizza peel and then slide it into the oven. This method prevents the crust from deflating and saves countertop space. Pizza peels made of aluminum or stainless steel are slippery, making it easy for pizza to slide off into the oven. Wood pizza peels must be sprinkled with corn meal or flour prior to placing the pizza on the peel so that the pizza doesn’t stick and it can slide off easily into the oven. Whether you like metal or wood pizza peels best, both types perform well at placing pizzas in the oven and also retrieving them from the oven.

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