A guide in choosing
Putting pizza in or taking it out?
Gi.Metal pizza peels are designed to take pizza from the work counter and to place it in the oven. They have different sizes and shapes to adapt to the different pizza variants and lengths suited to different work spaces. The small peels are handy and precise to manage: they allow you to turn the pizza inside the oven, to check baking by lifting the bottom and to take it out when ready.
Perforated or solid?
We are the first company to have invented, designed and made the exclusive perforation for pizza peels, a very important innovation that makes the pizza maker’s job easier. Gi.Metal dedicates the same attention to those preferring a traditional pizza peel in the solid version, with a wide range of items with optimal performance.
The advantages of the holes
Maximum smoothness: very low friction. The holes are blunted and rounded at the cutting ends, so that even moister dough slides easily.
Lightweight: the perforated blade has less material and therefore weighs less. Less smoke: less flour burning means less smoke in the room.
Less smoke: less flour burning means less smoke in the room.
No more burns or bitter taste of the pizza : burning flour below the pizza creates black burns and makes it taste bitter.
Cleaner: less burnt flour in the oven means less need to clean the surface.
Rectangular or round?
The rectangular peel is the traditional choice: it features a larger contact surface with the pizza on the front side, due to its milling.
The round peel features a widened runner with a smooth and regular milling on a wide extension of the curvature and allows the pizza maker to take the pizza from the side, and not only from the front of the peel. Furthermore, as it has no corners, it makes it easier to place the pizzas next to each other inside the oven, to correctly move them.
A size for every need
The type of pizza, the workspace available and the size of the oven used are essential elements to choose the pizza peel that reflects and respects your needs. The diagrams shown are a valid aid to see the difference between the different sizes available, that can help you to evaluate and choose the product.
MATERIALS: WOOD, STEEL OR ALUMINIUM?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these three different materials which a pizza peel is made of? Let's take a closer look:
Wooden pizza peels Wood is a material linked to tradition, easy to process even with handcrafting techniques. They have the disadvantage of not lasting long and are hard to keep sanitised. Gi.Metal peels are made of evaporated beech wood treated without any glue and with particular non-toxic natural treatments certified for food use.
Steel pizza peels Unlike wood, they last longer, are smoother and more robust: they can withstand impact between the work surface and the oven. On the other hand, their specific weight is heavier than aluminium. The steel used for Gi.Metal pizza peels is strictly stainless steel, of European origin, with a low percentage of nickel to respect those who suffer from allergies.
Aluminium pizza peels Gi.Metal pizza peels are mainly made of anodised aluminium. Anodising is a chemical process on aluminium enhancing the natural properties of the raw material, with the following advantages:
• Increases resistance to corrosion
• Provides greater surface hardness
• Improves resistance to wear/abrasion
• Provides a pleasant appearance
Anodised aluminium. Which to choose?
Ever-growing market requirements led us to be specialised in these studies, which after years of extensive research, analyses and tests, we meet the demand with different types of anodising:
Neutral Anodising: Azzurra, Napoletana, Gluten Free, Alice
Hard Anodising: Carbon, Evoluzione
Golden Hard Anodising G.H.A.: Gold
The importance of the 3 rivets
The most delicate area of each pizza peel is the junction point between the peel head and handle. To guarantee never before seen safety and stability, Gi.Metal makes use of special rivets used in aviation to assemble airplanes; we use 3, in line, a distinctive mark of the brand that makes our Gi.Metal pizza peels unique and unmistakable.
The pizza peels are distinguished by 3 rivets belonging to the following Lines: Carbon, Gold, Evoluzione, Azzurra, Napoletana and Gluten Free.
Spatula effect. How to get it?
The flexibility of the peel head together with front milling facilitate the spatula effect: the peel bends exactly in the middle creating perfect adherence between the peel and the work surface making it easier to pick up the pizza. The central ribbing stiffens the head and together with side ribbing allows supporting heavy loads.
The benefit of ergonomic handles
The aluminium handles are lightened and reinforced with a particular process that creates lengthwise ribbing on the handle as shown by the internal knurling. The particular oval tubular shape promotes stability, preventing it from rotating. The particular oval tubular shape promotes stability, preventing it from rotating.
Gi.Metal small peels. How are they designed?
The solid and light small peel is available in solid head versions or with different types of perforation. It is made entirely of stainless steel, to prevent the transmittance of heat from the oven. The handle base and intermediate sliding grip are made with specific high density polymer, making them shock and heat resistant. This perfectly insulates hands from heat and allows the intermediate element to slide smoothly. The specific interlock on the handle base blocks the intermediate element, making it available at the top when the small peel is set upside down.
Our products
Q uality, PASSION AND INNOVATION ARE THE VALUES THAT GUIDE GI.METAL. THE STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF THE END CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS, CONSTANT RESEARCH FOR INNOVATIVE MATERIALS, THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED: THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE MADE THE GI.METAL PIZZA PEEL KNOWN AND VALUED BY MILLIONS OF PIZZA MAKERS, BECOMING AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN PIZZERIAS WORLDWIDE.
Over thirty years of experience have allowed us to refine the characteristics of the products we make. But this does not stop us from looking forward and exploring new solutions. The constant search for innovative materials, the attention for and investment in resources, to achieve ever more refined and groomed processes allow us to gradually and continuously improve the products, reaching that excellence which Gi.Metal is proud of.
Professional pizza peels
We offer a wide range of pizza peels to put the pizza in the oven and small peels to take it out. We are the first company to have designed and made the perforated pizza peels, so as to shake off excess flour before putting the pizza in the oven. Gi.Metal has developed nine different production lines, each with specific characteristics:
Carbon Line
A technological material like carbon meets aluminium providing the instrument with lightness, nobility and emotion by using a high-tech material with a flawless finish.
Gold Line
G.H.A (Golden Hard Anodising) is a highly innovative treatment to protect and reinforce the peel, a special exclusive Gi.Metal process that makes the peel surface extremely resistant to heat, corrosion, scratches and wear with incomparable smoothness and a high anti-bacterial and anti-mould capacity.
Evoluzione Line
The Evoluzione line adds a new perforation and particularly neat design to the flexibility and lightweight features of the Azzurra line. The new arrangement of the holes enhances performance in terms of smoothness and letting flour off, while the new aesthetic details give it style and elegance. The S.H.A. (Special Hard Anodising) treatment provides maximum performance in terms of heat resistance, smoothness and long life.
Azzurra Line
A complete line whose peels are characterised by lightweight, extreme resistance and flexibility. There is a wide variety capable of meeting all the needs of professional pizza makers: rectangular, round and by the metre, smooth, perforated and relief surfaces, handles of different lengths, in different materials and for different types of ovens.
Napoletana Line
A line designed to meet the requirements of pizza makers who make pizza according to the Neapolitan style, therefore in very high temperature ovens and with the maximum frequency of use. Upgraded material, special circular holes and a laser incision make the instruments unique.
Gluten Free Line
A line dedicated to pizza makers who bake gluten-free pizza, maintaining the features of the Azzurra line but differentiated by the green colour and identification logo. Exclusive use instruments, differentiated, immediately recognisable within the workplace.
Alice Line
A classical line, inspired by the more traditional concept of the pizza peel: with the unique shape, rectangular with very wide corners, a perfect synthesis between round and rectangular, the structure is stronger and more rigid, with a thicker handle and head.
Amica Line
A line designed for private use for those who occasionally use their pizza oven and look for quality, lightweight and manageable instruments.
Vintage Line
A line designed for professionals who love tradition and a way of making pizza that requires a certain dexterity.
OTHER PIZZERIA UTENSILS
In addition to pizza peels, our company also produces and is specialised in other professional utensils necessary for the pizza maker: from instruments for cleaning (oven brushes), preparation (dough cutter, spatulas, spoons and ladles, boxes, etc.) to those for baking (nets, pans, pliers etc.), cutting (wheels, knives, scissors etc.) serving (trays, buckets, cutting boards etc.).
Products for delivery service
A wide selection of products to satisfy a growing and ever more demanding requirement: the demand for food delivery, home delivery of pizza or other hot products. The proposal ranges from different types of thermal bags, to stiff insulated boxes and to the patented Redbox System, which maintains the quality of the delivered food unchanged.
Kitchen and laboratory trolleys
Gi.Metal manufactures professional trolleys for restaurants. Gi.Metal manufactures professional trolleys for restaurants, hotels, canteens, pizzerias and bakeries. Products intended to offer functionality, sturdiness, lightness, convenience, efficiency and durability. To do so, Gi.Metal makes use of the best materials where steel prevails, strictly stainless steel, and of European origin, without nickel to avoid problems in case of allergies. Gi.Metal trolleys can be dissembled, they are sturdy, functional and guarantee dynamic stability.
