Kent wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> . net...
> >
> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> >>
> >> Stopped at Bed Bath & Beyond yesterday to get a pizza peel, and the one
> >> they
> >> had in stock was about as thick as two pencils, with a business end that
> >> didn't seem tapered enough to slide easily under a pizza. It was also
> >> made
> >> of some kind of wood that wasn't much heavier than balsa. Seemed like it
> >> end
> >> up gouged all to hell by the pizza cutter. Made in China, of course.
> >>
> >> I haven't had time to look elsewhere yet. If you've got one, how thick is
> >> it, and is the leading edge blunt, sharp, or what?
> >
> > They are normally made of light weight wood. My peel tapers along it's
> > entire length somewhat and then more significantly at the front edge. It
> > starts at about 3/4" at the handle and tapers to about 1/2" near the
> > front before the final taper to about 1/8" in the last 3/4".
> >
> > You *DO NOT* cut a pizza on the peel! A peel is a transfer device, just
> > a big spatula really and you don't cut stuff on a spatula either. The
> > peel is used to transfer the uncooked pizza into the oven and remove it
> > from the oven once cooked, that's all. Once you remove the cooked pizza
> > you put it on a platter or disk of some type which is where you do the
> > cutting.
> >
> >
> The above just NOT true. You cut the pizza on the wooden peel, and slide the
> cut pizza onto the pizza pan.
> Sliding a cooked pizza onto a cutting board, cutting it, and sliding it
> after cutting, in some fashion onto the pizza pan sounds almost impossible.
> Even if it's possible it would be lot of extra work, and mess. What I do is
> much easier; it doesn't adversely affect the peel. Just make sure you use a
> restaurant grade peel. When you serve the cut pizza in the pan at the table
> you will think you're at a pizza parlor.
> Cheers,
>
> Kent
>
>

You're supposed to cut the pizza on the cardboard disk, or in the
serving pan using a really big knife. No roller cutters and no cutting
on the peel allowed.