Weight reduction on a pizza peel?

[rslaback]

Picked up this homemade pizza peel at Goodwill for a few bucks. Appears to be made of ash and fairly well. But the slot is throwing me for a loop. What possible purpose could it serve?

 

[PCustoms]

Looks more like a cutting board then a peel with that shape.

I can't think what the slot would do

 

[mike93lx]

It's a "super peel"

Shop All – Super Peel: Moving Dough Just Got Easier!

The slot is to help with transferring dough

 

[mrb1]

Yep^^^^^Needs the "belt"

 

[PCustoms]

It's a "super peel"

Shop All – Super Peel: Moving Dough Just Got Easier!

So not homemade

The slot is to help with transferring dough

Any idea how? The website seems to have some dead pages

 

[mike93lx]

Any idea how? The website seems to have some dead pages

I believe the intent is to slide a sheet through it, like parchment or wax paper.

Feels like a solution in search of a problem

 

[rslaback]

So not homemade



Any idea how? The website seems to have some dead pages

Apparently a sheet of pastry cloth goes through the slot all the way around the bottom and clips to make a belt. Then you grab the seam and move it up and down the board in order to pick or place your dough.

 

[RTM]

I believe the intent is to slide a sheet through it, like parchment or wax paper.

Feels like a solution in search of a problem

In my home made pizza dough making, this is definitely a problem i have. I pretty much quit making dough for my pizza oven, because everything sticks to the peel. All three of them. Store bought dough, or recipe from my local pizza guy. Only thing that doesn’t stick is pre shaped pizza.

 

[mike93lx]

In my home made pizza dough making, this is definitely a problem i have. I pretty much quit making dough for my pizza oven, because everything sticks to the peel. All three of them. Store bought dough, or recipe from my local pizza guy. Only thing that doesn’t stick is pre shaped pizza.

What are you using between the dough and peel?

Pizza shops don't use these shenanigans because they use semolina to make the dough slide

 

[rlitman]

What are you using between the dough and peel?

Pizza shops don't use these shenanigans because they use semolina to make the dough slide

They throw flour on the peel, but they also stretch the pizza OFF the peel and work fast. The more time the pizza spends on the peel, the more opportunity it has to stick. It takes a lot of skill to get as fast as a pro, without tearing the dough.

 

[RTM]

What are you using between the dough and peel?

Pizza shops don't use these shenanigans because they use semolina to make the dough slide

Semolina. Like little ball bearings. But it still sticks like a mother and tears the dough.

 

[mrb1]

Dusting with cornmeal works great also.