The dad who already owns a pizza oven and keeps losing pizzas on the launch, and pointless for anyone without an oven to launch into.
What it is
A perforated pizza launching peel with a lightweight aluminium blade, an FSC-certified beech wood handle, a recycled ocean-bound-plastic moulding and a metal hanging loop. The handle is replaceable and the blade is flat-nosed for stability, with the centre of gravity shifted toward the hand. It comes in Standard for 12-inch pizzas and Large for 14-inch; the price recorded here is the Standard size, currently reduced from $139.00.
Why we picked it
The single most common way a home pizza night goes wrong is the launch, and it is almost always the peel’s fault. The perforated blade sheds the excess flour that would otherwise burn onto the stone and taste bitter, and the balance point sitting toward the hand stops a loaded peel tipping at the worst moment. If he owns an oven and is still launching off a chopping board or a thick wooden paddle, he is fighting his own equipment every time he cooks. The replaceable handle is the detail that tells you this is built to be kept rather than replaced.
