Aluminum Head with a Wooden Handle all Made in the USA,Aluminum head with rounded corners is 14-inch wide by 16-inch long with a 8-inch wooden handle. Transfer pizzas, delicate breads, pastries, into an oven where transferring them directly by hand could deform their delicate structure Peels allow food to be placed further back in an oven than could normally be reached by the baker Keep the baker's hands out of the hottest part of an oven, or prevent the baker from burning their hands on the hot baked goods Prior to use, peels are often sprinkled with flour, cornmeal, or milled wheat bran, to allow baked goods to easily slide onto and off them A pizza peel is a shovel-like tool used by bakers to slide loaves of bread, pizzas, pastries, and other baked goods into and out of an oven. It is usually made of wood, with a flat carrying surface (like a shovel's blade) for holding the baked good and a handle extending from one side of that surface. Alternatively, the carrying surface may be made of sheet metal, which is attached to a wooden handle. The word presumably derives from the French pelle, which describes both a peel and a shovel. There are peels of many sizes, with the length of the handle suited to the depth of the oven, and the size of the carrying surface suited to the size of the food it is meant to carry (for instance, slightly larger than the diameter of a pizza).
I don't usually write reviews. I ordered the 14 x 16 inch aluminum pizza peel with wooden handle. It's realy well made and large enough and sturdy enough for a full size pizza. There are still some things made in America and this is one of them. It just barely fits in the cookie sheet cabinet under my counter. The handle makes it kind of long so don't be surprised. Delivery was very fast and packaging was great. Rub the edge with Scotchbright when you get it..
OK, so for working with a pizza stone, one of these is a must. This one has been very sturdy and has helped me through probably like 25 pizzas so far. 4 stars for that. However, don't go and thinking just because you buy one of these getting your pizza in and out will be easy. I thought my pizza was going to slide on and off like a dream. nope. So here i thought just add more flour and my pizza was going to slide off like a dream. Yep, but now the bottom of my pizz..
