How to launch Pizza into a pizza oven!  Check this short vid out!

I use lightweight wooden pizza peels to launch all my pizza into pizza ovens.

The Eppicotispai brand that I use is made in Italy and are very good value for money.The wooden peel that I originally bought for the Ooni 3 is the same one I use now, so its about 5 years old!

They are available in sizes that fit both the 12″ pizza ovens and the 16″ pizza ovens.

The technique that I’ve developed is as follows:

• Sprinkle some fine semolina onto the wooden peel and spread it thinly over.  I used to use flour but found it burnt more and clogged up with damp juices.  The semolina is made of hard fine roller balls that allow the pizza to roll over them.
• Place the wooden peel into the oven at an angle where you want the top of the pizza to land – check my video out here.
• Gently lift the pizza peel forward so the tip of the pizza lands onto the stone.
• Once contact with the stone has been made by the pizza, gently pull the peel backward using small movements, don’t tug the peel back.  It’s likely the pizza will come back with you if you do!