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You'll feel like you deserve a chef's hat and an Italian accent when removing pizza from the oven with Sassafras's attractive wood pizza peel. Large enough for family-size pizzas, this peel easily slides under a freshly baked pizza to remove it from the oven with panache. Even if you're just reheating a ready-made pizza, the peel is an attractive, authentic way to serve it, giving a homemade feel to even frozen pizzas. Sturdily crafted with smoothly beveled edges and a beautiful finish, this peel should not go in the dishwasher. --Laura Cuthbert
Product Description
Natural Wooden Tapered Edge Board. Great For Sliding Pizzas In And Out Of Oven And To Serve At Table.
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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful
By fdr
VINE™ VOICE
When you purchase this item, make sure you either own or also purchase food-grade mineral oil, designed for conditioning butcher block and other wood kitchen implements. (I learned this by buying the wrong thing first: If the bottle says it's toxic or flammable, this is not the product you want! You can food-grade mineral oil online or possibly at your local grocery store.)
The peel will need to be treated with the oil before use. Don't substitute olive or other edible oils, as they will go rancid. Let the peel absorb all the oil it can (I did a few coats, rubbing it in with a paper towel). Then voila, you have a well-conditioned tool that won't dry out and crack. For the best care, as another reviewer mentioned, you'll want to apply mineral oil after you clean it each time.
This thing is big! My better half came up with a clever way of storing it inside one of our cupboard doors, as it's quite flat; I had thought to store it with the baking sheets, but its handle makes it a bit ungainly.
For the price, it's a great tool, and a little care will go a long way!
The peel will need to be treated with the oil before use. Don't substitute olive or other edible oils, as they will go rancid. Let the peel absorb all the oil it can (I did a few coats, rubbing it in with a paper towel). Then voila, you have a well-conditioned tool that won't dry out and crack. For the best care, as another reviewer mentioned, you'll want to apply mineral oil after you clean it each time.
This thing is big! My better half came up with a clever way of storing it inside one of our cupboard doors, as it's quite flat; I had thought to store it with the baking sheets, but its handle makes it a bit ungainly.
For the price, it's a great tool, and a little care will go a long way!
65 of 69 people found the following review helpful
By Spyce
VINE™ VOICE
There are other baker's peels out there that have an aluminum base and sell for around $20. I happened to see this one on sale in a department store so I went ahead and got it. I make pizza and focaccia on ocassion so it works fine for me. I sprinkle on a little cornmeal before putting on the crust and it slides right off. I was a little skeptical about retrieving the pizza off the stone smoothly since the edges on this peel are much thicker than the aluminum peel, but it actually worked really well. I was able to slip it under the pizza and slide it onto the peel in one smooth attempt. I don't know how well it would work with a really thin crust.
Someone who is really into making pizza and bread may like the aluminum type better since it has a thinner base, longer handle and a little more weight to it.
Someone who is really into making pizza and bread may like the aluminum type better since it has a thinner base, longer handle and a little more weight to it.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
This is in response to the review below which states that the recommended wood peel seasoning with mineral oil is an inconvenience as mineral oil is difficult to find and without other uses. An initial seasoning for an item like this is good idea for long-term use to ensure that pizza/bread will continue to slide off easily. You can find mineral oil at the grocery store in the pharmacy section. It's ... an intestinal lubricant, which should give you some idea for other uses ;-)
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I have 2 of these and on the newer one the joints split after its first use. Very frustrating since it could have been a good product.
This pizza peel is thick so it is best used ONLY while loading the pizza dough with sauce and topping and putting in the oven (over the pizza stone). Once the pizza is on the stone, a thinner and sturdier aluminum peel is 100% better. The thinner aluminum peel is what you need to turn around or removing the pizza from the oven. This is too thick and it does not slide under thin crust pizza easily, so you'll end up pushing the pizza towards the rear of the oven until the back wall serves as a stopper, dirtying the oven with pizza sauce.
Also, its use is quite limited when baking bread. I find it better (and much cheaper) to use strips of 3/8" plywood for baguettes, boules, and other artisan bread. This is way too thick and big for a regular kitchen oven for bread baking. The aluminum peel is excellent for removing artisan bread from the oven.
This pizza peel is thick so it is best used ONLY while loading the pizza dough with sauce and topping and putting in the oven (over the pizza stone). Once the pizza is on the stone, a thinner and sturdier aluminum peel is 100% better. The thinner aluminum peel is what you need to turn around or removing the pizza from the oven. This is too thick and it does not slide under thin crust pizza easily, so you'll end up pushing the pizza towards the rear of the oven until the back wall serves as a stopper, dirtying the oven with pizza sauce.
Also, its use is quite limited when baking bread. I find it better (and much cheaper) to use strips of 3/8" plywood for baguettes, boules, and other artisan bread. This is way too thick and big for a regular kitchen oven for bread baking. The aluminum peel is excellent for removing artisan bread from the oven.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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In case anyone is wondering after reading John Henderson's review and gripe about mineral oil.....mineral oil can be found at any drug store and is very inexpensive. Use it occasionally to oil your pizza board, cutting boards, butcher block, wooden knife handles. These items will last much longer if you do. Plus, you can take it if you have a stomach ache! See? It does have more than one use!
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Nice shape - form follows function. Clean lines. Typical nondescript Asian wood species. Surface finish was a bit rough. I used a palm sander and 60 grit paper to remove the "Sassafras" logo from the handle and wet sand the entire surface, front and back, followed by 220 grit wet sanding to produce a smooth surface finish.
Even if you do not sand it before use, the instructions require the user to purchase mineral oil to treat the peel. Omit this step and the peel will absorb food such as tomato sauce and stain, and even worse, will crack and split from a few washing and drying cycles. Plan on a heavy application of mineral oil, soak a day, and wipe off the excess, then apply another coat a week or two later and annually after that.
I'll probably use this functional model for a year and then copy the design and execute it in cherry for a really nice looking peel that is also functional.
It's good to make pizza on a real pizza stone, and trying to use a pizza stone without a peel is at best frustrating, and possibly dangerous working in a 500 F oven.
Even if you do not sand it before use, the instructions require the user to purchase mineral oil to treat the peel. Omit this step and the peel will absorb food such as tomato sauce and stain, and even worse, will crack and split from a few washing and drying cycles. Plan on a heavy application of mineral oil, soak a day, and wipe off the excess, then apply another coat a week or two later and annually after that.
I'll probably use this functional model for a year and then copy the design and execute it in cherry for a really nice looking peel that is also functional.
It's good to make pizza on a real pizza stone, and trying to use a pizza stone without a peel is at best frustrating, and possibly dangerous working in a 500 F oven.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By G. Umsted
Amazon Verified Purchase
I use the peel mainly for bread and have had no problems. After reading all the reviews before this purchase, maybe previous users who had warping problems did not use enough mineral oil for "seasoning" before first use. Or were over zealous with cleaning. It took mine almost 3/4 cup applied over 3 days before no more oil was absorbed. Even after many uses, the peel gets an light oil rubdown once in a while. Have not needed to get any water near it for "cleaning". A light wipe with a dry paper towel works. Water and wood do not mix! As for sticking problems, if corn meal does not provide enough slide, try using parchment paper. Dust peel with cornmeal, cut parchment paper approximately the same size as bread or pizza, dust paper with cornmeal and build pizza or bread on top. Everything should slide right off. The parchment paper will not interfer with baking results, plus it provides a small grip for sliding the peel underneath when ready to take the bread or pizza out of the oven. Am absolutely happy with this product and expect it to last for many many years.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pizza peel
I worked in a pizza restaurant when I was younger and this peel is restaurant quality. Makes cooking on the pizza stone a breeze.
Published 1 month ago by Dennis Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
great product!
I can not imagine any other implement to use with the Old Stone. Excellent product, hopefully it shall last a long time...
Published 1 month ago by MrDaniels
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sassafrass Peel
No, I'm not happy with this. It really hasn't been used all that much in the year that I've had it, maybe a dozen times. It's not been sent through the dishwasher. Read more
Published 21 months ago by kkr
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast Delivery and as described
This is an awesome product. I use it everytime I make pizza.... LOVE IT!
Published on October 10, 2010 by Cindy
1.0 out of 5 stars
Cracked and warped really fast
We were initially impressed with this wooden peel, but after just a few uses the wood began to split and it soon curled into an unusable warp. Read more
Published on April 10, 2010 by John Scott Tynes
5.0 out of 5 stars
No complaints
Works well! Conditioned with mineral oil after receiving it, and it has helped make many a pizza. It's quite large, but easy to store by just hanging the handle on a nail in the... Read more
Published on March 27, 2010 by C. Danielson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pizza Peel
Nice and big will fit very large pizzas. Warped slightly first time I washed it. Now I wash both sides.
Published on November 24, 2009 by P79tiger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just make sure you have room
This is the real thing. Previously I'd been using a little guy that had always fallen short. The only problem I have now is it doesn't fit it any of my cabinets or my pantry it's... Read more
Published on November 23, 2009 by Mary A. Phillips
1.0 out of 5 stars
Faulty Design
I bought my Sassafras Pizza on July 25th and treated it with food-safe mineral oil after each use. Now it has split down the middle, rendering it unusable! Read more
Published on November 2, 2009 by A. Cave
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works Great!
Never had a peel before but it works great and is easily cleaned up, great tool to have when making pizzas.
Published on October 21, 2009 by J. Mangiapane
