
Originally Posted by
Cruiser
That's a nice peel! What's the species of wood in the middle?
Tried to use my handmade wooden peel in the ooni and nearly caught it on fire. Evidently 850* is a little too warm for a wooden peel even for very brief contact as it instantly started smoking when it touched the stones. Still use my peel tons in the oven and on the grill but I had to switch to a metal one for the ooni.
Paduk in the middle, walnut and maple on the edges. It's just as vibrant red as it is in the photo and the sawdust can stain. I almost have my garage cleaned back up after a month of chasing the dust around. Can't say I enjoyed working with it, but it looks good.
I'm only running a basic stone on the grill and keeping it around 425. It will smoke a tiny bit on pickup, but I made it to be used, not to be a show pony.
Keep in mind mineral oil (which wooden peels should be finished with) has a flash point around 325*F and will auto-ignite around 700*F. I wouldn't even think about a wooden peel in one of those super high temp ovens unless you want to be holding a torch.
Wait, how can we trust this guy^^^ He's clearly not DJSapp
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