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Pizza Board or Paddle??

sawdustpicker
sawdustpicker Posts: 7
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Newbie question(s): Does anyone out there have info on making a pizza paddle to slide under a pizza? I've been told you can bake a pizza right on the plate setter. Is that right?

Thanks.
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  • WessB
    WessB Posts: 6,937
    You "can" but you will have a hard time not burning the crust..the pizza stone and platesetter combination seems to give the most consistent results....there are some here who have made their own pizza peels..hopefully they will respond
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    You will need a fare amount of woodworking equipment to make a peel. Just glue up a bunch of thin boards, plane to 3/8"+/-, shape it and then knock down the edges with a sander.
    You can make a pie one on a platesetter in a pinch, but a stone on top is ideal.
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    Here's one in cherry. Left over hardwood flooring scraps. :) I make them 13" across because that is the width of my planer. This one isn't quite finished, but you get the idea.

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  • WessB
    WessB Posts: 6,937
    Very nice..
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  • Cpt'n Cook
    Cpt'n Cook Posts: 1,917
    You can make a pizza peal with a piece of 1/8 plywood and a reinforced handle. Sand down the front edge and you're ready to go. It doesn't have to be a work of art or craftsmanship. The Wizz has instructions on his site.
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Here you go

    http://www.nakedwhiz.com/peel.htm
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  • Woody69
    Woody69 Posts: 360
    It's called a Pizza "Peel", and here are some basic plans:

    http://www.nakedwhiz.com/peel.htm

    As stated, it's best to have a pizza stone along with the plate setter.
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Adam very nice! :whistle:
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Planer? Don't need no steenkin' planer. Just use one of these. :lol:

    smoothplane.jpg

    I have a planer, but it's buried in my garage. Probably quicker and easier to use a hand plane than to drag the monster out of the corner.

    Haven't done a peel yet, but it's on my list. :)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Louisiana Redneck
    Louisiana Redneck Posts: 198
    Pizza stone on plate setter is double duty.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,584
    you will want the stone as well. with the peel i like the wood left unfinished, the open grain seems to hold a little more flour making it more nonstick. not even sure you need the handle on the peel to use in an egg, its not like your reaching deep into a pizza oven.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    I have a couple old hand planes as well. Just woulda taken me 6.5 years of Sunday afternoons to get it smooth after my glue-up. :laugh: I like power tools, but could make it all happen if we had no power. ;)
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    It's the one you see in Hoss's posts. :ohmy: I don't think I'll get it back. :whistle:
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    This is my first one. The handle is only 4" but sure wouldn't want 'no' handle. The flames that can turn the corner of that platesetter are mighty hot and so is that stone. Unless you got some hardcore gloves on.
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    I guess a piece of plywood and a broken hockey stick screwed to it would work.
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  • Frank from Houma
    Frank from Houma Posts: 5,755
    Here's three - one for XL, one for small, and one for mini B)

    The one for the XL was made by glueing up redwood boards left over from building my tables. Simply glued up the boards and tapered the end with a belt sander. The ones for the small and mini are from single pieces of oak - simply cut the shape and tapered the ends with a belt sander.

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Ha. It would take me 6.5 years of Sunday afternoons to get my planer out from under the stuff it's buried under!!! :blush:

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Frank from Houma
    Frank from Houma Posts: 5,755
    Plywood and hockey stick? :laugh: :lol: Which end? B)
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Frank, nice bench!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,584
    gets really hot at 1200 dome cooking the 53 second pizza. :laugh: i think if the blade end was longer you could ditch the handle altogether and use the peel as a cutting board/serving tray etc, but i do use a peel with a traditional handle
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • WokOnMedium
    WokOnMedium Posts: 1,376
    Dang! You are one handy guy. I think that would have a great door prize at an Eggfest not to be named... :whistle: Mini














    Ice











    fest!
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  • Hungry Joe
    Hungry Joe Posts: 1,582
    You laugh. I have some decent woodworking skills and a shop full of wood and equipment. When I needed a peel in a pinch I grabbed some 1/4" cherry plywood I had laying around and cut one out. The only thing I did was sand a slight bevel on the edge. It is a little flimsy but it works with a 14" pie loaded with toppings. One day I plan to make a real one. ;)

    BTW yours both look real nice.
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
    Your a stud B)
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  • sawdustpicker
    sawdustpicker Posts: 7
    Big thanks to all for the info on pizza "peels". I will be makin' one real soon. Sounds like I need to go buy a stone too. Off we go...

    Thanks,
    Lynn
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