Great product!

This peel looks professional! It is a wonderful tool for retrieving very hot dishes or foods from my oven. Its construction is of the finest quality and it makes me feel like a true chef when I use it.

surprisingly disappointing

this is the first time i haven't been satisfied with a KAF purchase (which is impressive considering how often i order from KAF. thanks, KAF!!). as another reviewer said, a protective shipping film is applied prior to full assembly and can't be fully removed at the base of the handle. in addition, every metal edge is so rough all around the peel and especially near the handle, which is also rough. i'm worried about it scratching my new baking steel (purchased from KAF). it's on the large side, too, so without a pre-drilled hole to hang it from, it is cumbersome to store. this is the only time i've been disappointed by a KAF purchase, but it's a big let disappointment. would give zero stars if able.

Wonderful Stainless Steel Baker's Peel

Its a wonderful peel. I use it for bread and pizza. I would highly recommend. You can use with or without parchment paper. If you want to go with a high quality peel go with this one! You will have to find somewhere to store it is the only challenge.

Bakers peel, sometimes I miss the wooden one

I love the construction, the balance and ease of picking up my pizzas/breads. There is something slightly less satisfying about having a wooden peel which this replaced. I don't like cutting pizzas on this peel since it will eventually get scored and dented. I suppose I need both, but it is a bit easier spinning a crust in the oven. Well made and does the job, but I miss my wooden peel.

A little hard to handle

It is well made but very large and heavy. For me, it is hard to handle in my conventional oven. I got it to use with the pizza stone. If you have a larger oven, it may work good for you but for me, it’s just very awkward and large.

A quality product. It has

A quality product. It has good strength for its thickness. It could use a hole and leather cord on the end of the handle for hanging on a kitchen ring over an island.

Perfect decision

Truly wonder why I waited so long to purchase this pizza peel! No more burned fingers trying to reach in the oven to grab my pizza on its parchment off a hot pizza stone. It’s easy to build the pizza on and slide it onto to stone to cook and coming out of the oven. Perfect!

Bakers Peel

Overall, I highly recommend investing in a bakers peel, especially if you are passionate about baking breads and pizzas. It will make your baking experience much more enjoyable and efficient. Its sturdy construction, smooth surface, and comfortable handle are all qualities that make it an essential tool in any baker's kitchen.

Perfect Item for my bread

I have a wooden pizza peel which works great for the pizza dough but not so well for my breads. This peel works excellent for the bread. They slide right off and do not stick. So glad I purchased this item and I highly recommend it. Perfect size and easy to lift.

Everything I could have wanted

Everything I could have wanted and more in a kitchen tool. Love the flat metal paddle material and the length. Highly recommended to anyone wanting to make pizza at home with ease. Put some linseed oil on the handle and gild that lily.

This is a great little Peel

I have been wanting a short handled peel when I make pizzas. I use a bake stone and I usually place that in the oven, to heat, before placing the pizza on it. I needed something to transfer the pizza onto the stone, in the oven. This is perfect and very well made.

Baker's Peel; the ustensil that makes the Pizza stand out!

Some years ago, I used to have a Wooden Pizza Peel, although it was somewhat tricky to clean and maintain. To avoid bacteria on the wood's rough and porous surface, I cleaned it with vinegar, water, and baking soda; it was not as glamorous as it seemed.

Baker's Peel

I love it. Makes getting things in and out of a hot oven so much easier and safer from burns. Actually there isn't one thing that I have purchased from KAF that hasn't been terrrific.

Good option, but not the only peel I’d want

I’m using this for indoor, conventional oven, not an outdoor or designated pizza oven. Wonderful quality and useful. Very large, consider your storage before you get it. One issue, when I bake pizza, the pie goes in and out of the oven several times for each step. Noticed the hot dough can get moist underneath from condensation forming on the cool metal of the peel during those few minutes in between baking. Now I transfer the pizza right away to wooden peel for dressing pizza before baking again. But I love how the metal peel angles just right and is very sturdy yet lightweight.

Sturdy construction. Quality materials. Should

Sturdy construction. Quality materials. Should last many years. As good as the long handled ones I used years ago as a pizza cook. I use a well seasoned bamboo paddle to build on and place on pizza stone, and use this one to turn and remove from oven. But this paddle is all you really need.

Perfect gift.

I purchased this for my son-in-law, who really enjoys cooking, for Christmas. He and my daughter recently remodeled their kitchen, including a high end gas range from Italy. It has a pizza setting on the oven and we did individual pizzas one evening, so he got this gift early. It was a perfect coincidence - he absolutely loved it!

Disappointed in design and assembly of product

When this peel arrived, I was disappointed. First it doesn't sit flat on the counter because the knob on the handle is thick and the arm is straight. The arm should have been angled slightly so that it sits flat on the counter when you are assembling your pizza on it. Second, the put a protective piece of plastic on top of the metal sheet. They put it on before they welded the handle on, so that when you peel the plastic off, it doesn't come off entirely and some plastic is left underneath where the handles is welded on. Since this is used in a hot oven, I don't want melted plastic in my pizza.

The peel seems to have

The peel seems to have been sloppily made. Metal was bent up on top where it attaches to the handle, sharp edges in several places around the blade. It was damaged in shipping due to poor packaging--just loose with not enough air bags (some of which it punctured), in a big box that was mostly unsealed and the handle poked out. It came out of its plastic bag and I think the blade Handle badly scrapped, metal too. I've spent a couple hours filing and hammering and sanding to make it safe to use without cutting hands and fingers. Still a bit to go. Did get a refund, thanks to KAF being a good company. It would be a good idea to spot check the manufacturer and shipper for quality and consistency.

Perfect Kitchen Assistant

The product arrived in perfect condition. This peel is the greatest to get pizza in and out of the oven. Placing a piece of parchment paper on the peel and then assembling the pizza on the paper and then sliding the entire thing onto a preheated pizza stone is the easiest and fastest way to bake a pizza. When the pizza is finished baking, it is just as easy to retrieve the whole thing from the oven and place on a cooling rack! I used to burn my hands many times prior to owning this wonderful peel.

Large Baker's Peel

Arrived in great condition last week. I've already put it to work, transferring bread to the oven last weekend while baking. I sprinkled flour on the peel to keep the bread from sticking, but ended up using a bench knife to help transfer the bread from the peel to the pre-heated baking stone in my oven. I attribute that solely to the fact that this is my first time wielding a peel, and I anticipate it will take me a few rounds of bread baking to get a handle on how to use it properly. I think the peel is good quality and would recommend it to someone looking to purchase one - I'm excited to build my skill set to use it adeptly!