Pizza Equipment

Of course, you can make amazing pizza without any special pizza equipment! I got by for a long time using common kitchen appliances together with the odd plank of wood thrown in. However there are some pizza tools that will make your life much, much easier, as well as some optional extras that the true pizza nerd will always covet. The most essential pizza making tools are a peel, and a stone for baking. If you are a more advanced pizza chef with your own wood fired oven, you will add some specific pizza oven tools to that list, including a long handled peel and a turning peel, as well as a host of fire-tending tools.

The second tier of pizza gear you might want is a decent pizza cutter, and one or more dedicated serving boards. Again, if you have a pizza oven capable of feeding an extended family, you need to upsize everything! I find my collection of large mixing bowls great when I need to make 5 kilos of dough, and a very sturdy wooden spoon is nice to have!

And finally, there are plenty of common kitchen utensils that will be handy to have around for preparing ingredients, and serving and storing your pizzas and side dishes. Check out my thoughts about what I'm using to prepare pizza below.

Zyliss Pizza Wheel Cutter

There’s a few different methods of cutting pizza, with the pizza wheel being the most traditional. Wheel cutters are suitable for most pizzas, with the exception perhaps of pizzas with … read more »
You Need A Tomato Press

Our family has been growing a large patch of tomatoes for a few years now, and bottling our own tomato sauce for pizza sauce, pasta, and everything else. When you … read more »
Using a pizza stone

Wood fired ovens have two characteristics that really influence the pizzas that they produce. First, they are usually extremely hot – often 400 degrees Celsius or more. This burst of … read more »
Making your own peel

A peel is one of the most useful tools in the pizza-makers arsenal. Peels can be bought fairly cheaply online or at most good kitchenware suppliers. You can also make … read more »
Pizza peel tips and tricks

A pizza peel is a kind of wood or metal paddle, used to slide a pizza into the oven, move and turn it while cooking, and take it out again … read more »