- Folding pizza peel for transferring pizza into and out of oven, 12-3/4 by 16-1/2 inches
- Also great for calzoni and focaccia
- Crafted from durable stainless steel and wood
- Handle folds for convenient storage
- Washing by hand recommended
Product Description
Safely remove pizza from hot ovens. Handle folds for convenient storage.Amazon.com Review
In his campaign for accessible, delicious food, Mario Batali is one of the most popular chefs and restaurateurs in the world. Created by Copco and inspired by Batali, the Italian Kitchen line of cookware and tools reflects the famous chef’s philosophy that great food needs no gimmicks. Durable, versatile, and high quality, the collection is perfect for the active home chef.
A must-have tool for anyone who makes pizza, focaccia, or calzoni, this pizza peel transfers fresh pies into and out of the oven without ruining their shape. Thin yet durable, the peeling surface is crafted from stainless steel, while the comfortable handle is made of wood. In a pleasant innovation to many peels on the market, this one features a collapsible handle so storage is not a headache. For cleanup, just wipe it down. –Emily Bedard
Mario Batali The Italian Kitchen Collection Pizza Peel
Tags: Food and Drink
I WAS VERY EXCITED TO ORDER THIS AS I EXPECTED GREAT QUALITY FROM SUCH A GREAT CHEF, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I FIRST TRIED TO UNFOLD THE HANDLE I NOTICED THAT IT DID NOT PROPERLY FIT IN THE NOTCHED WOOD, HENCE MAKING THE SCREW UNABLE TO REMAIN TIGHTENED, DISAPPOINTING AS WITH A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO WHERE THE WHOLE WAS PUT FOR THE SCREW IT WOULD HAVE FIT AND BEEN QUITE USEFUL.
Rating: 2 / 5
I was given a free one of these at a Tupperware party as a door prize for “best Italian stereotype”. My pizza peeler is a bit different to the one in the picture though. My peeler has a wheel which turns as you roll it along the pizza, it also has pedals and is a bicycle.
Anyway, I am sure this product is good, it would be improved with a shredder or torch attached to the handle. So you can make pizza flakes when the power has been disconnected obviously.
4 Stars from me.
Rating: 4 / 5
I recently used my pizza peel and expected everything to turn out just right. I tried to follow the instructions and coat the peel to have the pizza dough just slide right off. Didn’t happen! In fact, it got so hung up on the peel that it had to be reshaped and put on the pizza stone by hand. That’s really disappointing. Also, as some other reviewer noted, the peel scratches very easily.
I enjoy making homemade pizza and I think I will just end up using this pizza peel to remove the completed pizza from the oven and continue to place my pizza directly on my cooking stone without using the peel. It is a shame because I had high hopes for this peel.
Maybe I can find some other uses, like taking items off the barbeque grill when I cannot find my large spatula.
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July 2008 Update: I used the pizza peel again to cook pizza on the grill. I found that as long as I make sure that I completely coat the peel with cornmeal (I inadvertently put cornstarch first time around–thanks for comments noting my error), it is easier to slide the dough off the peel onto my stone. Unfortunately, it still takes some work so that the dough slids off without curling over itself, but I think I have the hang of it.
Rating: 2 / 5
A pancake flipper does the same thing and is much easier to store. Not really worth the money.
Rating: 5 / 5
I tried this peel after my wood peel broke. I like the design and the fact that the handle folds in for easy storage. The problem is that dough sticks like glue to this thing. I had to use 10x as much cornmeal on this than my wood peel. All that extra cornmeal burns and to much stays on the crust. Get a wood peel instead.
Rating: 2 / 5