Chef Pomodoro Aluminum Metal Pizza Peel with Foldable Wood Handle for Easy Storage 12-Inch x 14-Inch, Gourmet Luxury Pizza Paddle for Baking Homemade Pizza Bread
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This is a large, flat sheet of metal with a handle. If you need to manipulate a pizza, it's just as good a tool for that as any other large, flat sheet of metal with a handle.
However, the "folding" aspect of this product is absolutely terrible. The process for folding it as as follows:
1. Turn the large, clumsy thumbscrew while being quietly annoyed that it's so large that there isn't enough clearance between peel and the screw to have your fingers on it while turning it, so you need to turn it 1/4 turn at a time.
2. Realize that turning the large, clumsy thumbscrew isn't actually doing anything, because the bolt that it's threaded onto is also turning. You can thank Frank down in product design for that one. He saved them $0.002 per unit sold by eliminating a carriage bolt from the specification. Good job, Frank. Quality work.
3. Wedge your thumb onto the bolt head to keep it from turning while manipulating the large, clumsy thumb screw 1/4 turn at a time until the bolt loosens enough to allow the rabbet in the handle to clear the metal of the peel. Almost... almost... almost... Oops! You turned it 1/8 of a turn too far, and the bolt ran out of thread, and the the whole thing just came apart and crashed to the floor.
4. Pick the pieces up and reassemble them with the handle folded back over the peel. Manipulate the large, clumsy thumbscrew while wondering if an actual Earth human ever tried to use this thing. Perhaps it's intended for telekinetic users, but that's not mentioned anywhere in the documentation.
5. Put the folded peel into the cupboard. Well, to be fair, they do say "easy storage", and that was pretty easy. The ease was more of a function of my cabinet hardware than anything inherent in the peel, though, so I'm not sure that they can take credit for that.
In short, while the Chef Pomodoro Aluminum Metal Pizza Peel is not complete garbage, it's certainly suboptimal. It's not bad enough to return, but I'll be a little annoyed every time I use it, for the rest of my natural life.
I'd like to thank Chef Pomodoro for helpfully sending me an unsolicited, needy, attention-seeking email asking for me to validate their corporate insecurities with a review. Had I not received that message, I probably would not have bothered to write this review. Good job, guys!
We use this paddle strictly for removing a pizza or turning it. A wooden peel with cornmeal is used to slide the pizza onto the stone. The wooden peel doesn't work well for us after getting the pizza into the oven. It's just too thick. However, this peel easily slides under the pizza to rotate it or remove it once the bottom of the crust is cooked.
My own experience with pizza peels is to use a wooden one for sliding the pizza onto the stone, and then using a metal one to remove the finished product. Once the pizza is in the oven the next one can be assembled on the wooden peel. The metal peel is used to turn the pizza halfway through baking, and then to remove it to a wooden cutting board for slicing.
This peel works very well once the bottom of the pizza has set up. No sticking, nice and slick. Because the metal peel is thin it easily slides under the pizza.
I use this peel with the knob facing down. As a retired engineer it seems mechanically more sound to use it with the handle support on the bottom of the peel, not the top. But that's just me and it probably doesn't make any difference.
I wish the bulge on the handle was on the other side, as it requires more loosening turns of the knob to get the peel to fold past that bulge. Because of this it doesn't fold flat and takes up a bit more space than it should.
I bought the pizza paddle to transfer my pizzas to the pizza stone for baking. I was unable to do this. The raw pizza sticks to the pizza paddle. I folded the pizza in fours and lifted it and placed it on the pizza stone instead. When I tried to transfer the pizza (the description states that it can be used to transfer pizzas) it would not slide off. It is the primary reason I purchased it. My pizza was messy of course. I think the best way to handle raw pizza is to use parchment paper.
I'm regretting the purchase. Also the handle does not fold as the description states. You have to swing or rotate the handle over the metal pizza piece after you loosen the bolt. I thought there would be a hinge of some sort. I was near tears after I realized that I would not be able to slide my raw pizza to the pizza stone. I salvaged it as best I could.
Bolt broke after only a couple of uses and now I cannot tighten or loosen the arm.
I use it all the time for building the pizza on, and then transferring it into the oven. Inside the oven I have the cast iron pizza pan which is preheating getting hot already so the pizza cooks on that, and when it's done I use hot pads and remove the cast iron pan. It stays hot a while after coming out of the oven, so the pizza stays on that, and I cut right on that cast iron pan. But this is a nice tool for building the pizza on and getting it onto that pan. It's very large with the handle extended but I store it with the handle folded in.
Price: US $39.99
Rating: 4.7 / 5.0 from 2 Reviews
Specification
✅ Aluminum Head with Foldable Wooden Handle, measuring 12-inch wide by 14-inch long with a 10-inch foldable handle. Total length when fully extended is 24-inch long
✅ Made of commercial grade aluminium and all natural pine wood, the Aluminum Metal Pizza Peel Paddle is the perfect tool and companion in baking and cooking pizzas, bread, pastries and more!
✅ Transfer pizzas, delicate breads, cakes, pies, pastries into an oven, wood fired oven or grill to keep from burning your baker's hand from the oven or from the hot baked goods. Perfect as a cake lifter
✅ Foldable design for extremely easy storage, capable to fit in any kitchen size; in a house, restaurant, apartment or condo!
✅ With a safety backstep, this peel is designed perfectly for lifting pizzas, or cake sheets out of the oven, the Metal Pizza Paddle is a must have for any baker and pizza chef. Compatible with Uuni 3, most commercial pizza ovens and accessories, Pizzeria Pronto, Green Egg, Mastercraft!
Description
Summary
POMODORO's Aluminum Metal Pizza Peel with Foldable Wooden Handle was crafted specifically for the pizza maker, home chef and artisan baker. Designed with function and practicality in mind, the aluminum metal is made from commercial grade aluminum for durability and withstanding high temperatures. With an 11-inch foldable wooden handle, it can easily be folded inward to save space, making it easy to store. The paddle is a perfect match for any kitchen décor, gourmet pizza parlor and bakery. It's incredible strength prevents warping and subdues heat from transferring pizza and baked goods to and from an oven/grill.
Use
Use POMODORO's Aluminum Pizza Peel to transfer pizzas, bread and other baked goods to and from the oven, outdoor grill and wood fired ovens.
- Turn the wood knob to loosen the screw and turn handle 180°. Firmly tighten the handle prior to use.
- Sprinkle with flour, cornmeal or milled wheat bran to allow the pizza, bread and baked goods to slide easily onto the peel.
- Carefully place onto a pizza stone, baking sheet or tray with the peel
- Once finished cooking, slide out the pizza, bread or baked goods from the oven using the peel
- Mmmm, enjoy and serve!
Care Instructions
- Hand wash in warm, soapy water. Scrap off any excess food or crumbs from the peel using a soft sponge. Dry immediately.
- Do not soak or use abrasive scrubbers. Not dishwasher safe
- Once you are finished cleaning, loosen the wood knob and turn handle inward for storage.
With a small footprint of 12-inch x 14-inch, POMODORO’s Aluminum Metal Pizza Peel is theperfect all-purpose pizza peel!
Materials:
Metal Peel: Commercial-Grade Aluminum
Wooden Knob + Handle: All Natural Pine Wood
Measurement:
12-inch x 25-inch (fully extended)
12-inch x 14-inch (folded)
The pizza paddle came in a cute pizza box! The minute I opened it I could smell a musty smell. It was the wood handle! I should have sent it back immediately, but I didn’t. I tried several methods to clean it, including vinegar and water. But it still stinks. I have put it in the garage! I contacted customer service and they responded with a completely surprised attitude, telling me to clean it with vinegar and water and a static sheet! I have sent then a return email stating it still is unusable and asked what they would be doing. THEY NEVER RESPONDED. At this point it’s a unusable pizza paddle. I guess I’ve learned my lesson. Send it back if it stinks!
I am now elderly. Getting a pizza (homemade) into and out of the oven was getting harder all the time. I could get it into the oven, most of the time. But, I had to ask my son, who moved in with me to care for me, to get it out of the oven. I hate to do that as I am quite independent. When I saw the pizza peels on Amazon, I quickly got the Pomodoro peel. It had great reviews and had a ridge on the back to hold the pizza on the peel. I used it for the first time this week and I love it. No more burned wrists on me or my son!!
Just go this and if you try to bolt the peel to the handle there is a contour line that should trap the peel so it doesn't rotate when clamped. I am going grind back the edge of the peel so it will fall inside the contour.
This is one of those "you only had one job to do" deals. In any case, paid up for a supposedly better quality tool and I have to fix their carelessness. No everyone has access to a grinder.
Works well, using it in an Ooni oven. The foldable element requires unscrewing the bolt, folding it then rescrewing so it’s not a simple folding mechanism
Really nice product, used a couple of times now - works well and fits within our compact pizza oven. Bought in a rush otherwise I might have been more patient and bought something less expensive. That said it's nicely presented and does what I needed.
Product information
| Product Dimensions | 25 x 14 x 1 inches |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 1.76 pounds |
| Manufacturer | POMODORO |
| ASIN | B01NBX7GOB |
| Item model number | COMINHKPR136940 |
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