American Metalcraft 2814 28" Aluminum Pizza Peel with 12" Wood Handle, 14" x 16" Large Blade

I purchased this item for a slightly different purpose. I use it when I am BBQing pork shoulders, hams, and/or Boston butts.When BBQing a cooker full of pork it can be difficult sometimes to get under that piece of meat and turn it over or just remove it from the cooker. This fit the bill nicely.My first worry was that it would be flimsily and not hold the weight of the meat that I was picking up. Not going to be a problem.I was very pleased with the construction of this from end to end. I deal with sheet metal of all different types on a daily basis. I found this to be a good sturdy piece of metal in fact it is perfect for what I need it for.This pizza peel can very easily pick up the heaviest of meats that I can possibly throw at it.My other worry would be where the metal meets the wood and would that be a weak point or not. Not! This is put together nicely and I believe it will last me for a long time to come.My overall opinion is that if you want this to be a great long lasting pizza peel then this is the one for you and it’s at a great price. I also think that this is perfect for whatever you can come up with. I will be buying another one or four for all of my many needs.Yes, I did. I paid full price for this item. And you receive my opinion on how I feel about the product after I’ve fully tested it. This I enjoy doing and I hope that I’ve helped someone come to informed purchasing decision. I am not affiliated with the seller, the manufacturer or Amazon.

This is my second pizza peel. The first one (a different brand) is too wide to fit my small, portable pizza oven. The oven works great- it sits on top of a barbecue grill and quickly reaches 700 degrees! But it's narrower than a standard family size pizza, and also a standard pizza peel! I couldn't get a small pizza into the hot oven until I got this utensil! I had to use two pancake turners, which didn't work and made a mess. This works perfectly. The pizzas slide on and off easily without sticking and the handle never gets hot. The blade is strong and doesn't flex with the weight of the pizza. If you need a smaller than normal size peel, get this one!

How did I live without this? Seriously. I love this thing. I recently got on a homemade pizza kick. A friend gave me a pizza stone, and I quickly rediscovered what a pain in the pants it was to get pizza onto the stone and retrieve it later. A big part of why I had quit making homemade pizza in the first place. Enter the American Metalcraft pizza peel.I love the handle options available. This one is 27.85", end to end, which is a great length for me and my home kitchen. Long enough to preserve the hair on my forearms, but sort enough that I am not crashing into stuff with it. I store mine between two metal shelving units in my pantry. Just stand it up in there. You could also drill a hole in the handle, if you were so inclined, and hang it up that way. It is large enough that you probably want to consider how you will store it before deciding on the right length for you. I wouldn't mind having a little bit longer one at some point, too.One of the reasons I bought this one is that I also would like to start baking bread at some point. After doing some research on metal versus wood, length, etc, this model had the best of the features I wanted. I was a little torn about metal versus wood, but the durability and ease of care was the deciding factor for me.I think this is a great product and a great value and I am delighted with it. In fact, I do Pizza Night about once a week now because this makes things so much easier and fun.

I like the product for taking pizzas out of the oven (look at any pizzeria and you will see they use a wooden peel to put the pizza in and metal one taking it out). In addition, with the thinness of the metal makes it much easier to slip under the pizza. The plus is sometimes, with the grease on the pizza, it can get on the peel. Easy cleanup with metal. Not so easy with wood. No issues with the handle fitment and it feels sturdy.It's larger with a slightly longer handle so that aspect does take a bit getting used to but it will work quickly.

I do a lot of baking, including artisan-type sourdough and yeast breads, and my husband likes to make homemade pizza. Several years ago I bought a metal pizza peel and we always had big problems with trying to get my breads or his pizzas to slide off the metal peel onto the baking stone in the oven. Even with plenty of flour or cornmeal or semolina flour under the loaves or pizzas, the dough sticks to the metal. And using parchment under the loaves or pizzas didn't make much of a difference. The metal peel also had a really long handle which made it awkward to use in a smaller kitchen.But after watching dozens of videos on Youtube, it finally dawned on me that our problem with our peel was the metal, not our techniques.So I ordered this wooden peel and felt that the price is quite reasonable. The very first time I used this peel for baguettes, they slid right off the wooden peel onto the baking stone and it has worked like a charm every single time since. My husband hasn't yet made a pizza but I'm confident that it will also work fine.The peel is nice looking, sturdy, and well-made, and my only complaint is that it didn't come with a hole in the handle for hanging, but it took my husband only a few minutes to get out his drill and add that handy feature. I then found a suitable cord to thread through the hole and the peel now hangs ready for use at any time.I definitely recommend this wooden pizza peel.