Wooden pizza peels are a smart addition to any pizzeria! Handle pizza screens and pans with ease in your pizza oven. Choose from the different widths offered by Zanduco that best suit your business—from commercial kitchens to residential ones. Choose a handle length that is more comfortable for you! A longer handle allows you and your staff to distance yourselves from the oven but still easily place and retrieve your pizzas and other baked goods. Johnson & Rose and Omcan are 2 of the top market brands today, so be sure to invest in an wooden pizza peel from them now!
Not looking for a wooden pizza peel? Zanduco also carries aluminum pizza peels for your convenience!
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Wooden Pizza Peels best used for?
They excel at launching raw pizzas, since dough slides off wood without sticking the way it can on metal. The tapered edge slips under the dough cleanly. Wooden Pizza Peels are the launching tool in most pizzerias, a core part of your pizza supplies.
Which size of Wooden Pizza Peels should I choose?
Blade sizes run from about 14 by 16 inches up to 20 by 22, with overall lengths past 40 inches for deep ovens. Match Wooden Pizza Peels to your pizza and oven, from a 14 by 16 peel up.
How does wood help Wooden Pizza Peels launch dough?
Wood's slightly textured, porous surface stops wet dough from sticking, so a raw pizza slides off in one motion. Metal tends to grab. That release is why Wooden Pizza Peels win for launching.
Why choose pine for Wooden Pizza Peels?
Pine is light and shock-resistant, so a peel stays easy to handle and takes daily knocks around a hot oven. It also endures oven heat well. The Omcan Wooden Pizza Peels here are built from pine.
Does a tapered edge matter on Wooden Pizza Peels?
A thin tapered front slips under raw dough and cooked crust without bunching it, while a thick edge tends to catch. That clean slide protects the pie. Look for tapered Wooden Pizza Peels for clean launches.
Are Wooden Pizza Peels better than aluminum for launching?
For raw dough, yes, wood releases the pizza more reliably than metal, which grabs wet dough. Aluminum still wins for turning and retrieving. Use Wooden Pizza Peels to launch and aluminum pizza peels to pull.
Can Wooden Pizza Peels handle a high-volume pizzeria?
Yes. Heat-resistant, shock-resistant builds like a 20 by 22 peel take constant launching through a rush. Keep one dry between uses. Durable Wooden Pizza Peels hold up to a full service.







