what is a pizza peel

A pizza peel is a tool used to place pizzas in the oven without spilling any ingredients or toppings and to remove them once they are cooked. It is a large, flat surface with a handle that allows you to stretch and top your dough on before using it to launch your pizza into the oven. The tool is also used by bakers to slide loaves of bread, pastries, and other baked goods into and out of an oven. Pizza peels come in different 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, such as slightly larger than the diameter of a pizza. Pizza peels are generally made from one of two possible materials: wood or metal. Wooden peels are great for building and launching pies since a light dusting of flour makes them virtually nonstick, while metal peels are ideal for removing pizzas because their thin edge slides under the crust easily, allowing for quick removal.