How to Use A pizza Peel
Suzanne writes: Hi Albert, I have a pizza stone but I need to get a peel. I am a bit leary of them though as I don't know if I will be coordinated enough to get the pizza on to the stone without sending it flying in to the depths of my oven! Also, can I put the stone on my grill? will it damage it or should i buy a stone for the grill and one for the oven? I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks and Pizza on Earth. . . My response: Great suzzane. Learning to use a peel is like anything else..it takes practice. I make my dough on the counter. After I stretch it out, I make sure it has enough flour or cornmeal underneath it.. It needs to be able to slide so I can put the peel under the dough. Then I put my toppings on the dough. I sprinkle a little corn meal or flour on the peel so it will slide underneath the pizza. You need to use a quick jerking motion to get the pizza on the peel. It's kind of like " Newton's Law of Pizza " an object a...