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My recommendation was going to be to buy this one because even with shipping, it was several dollars less than the store price (approx. the "list price" above.) HOWEVER, I noticed than in the couple of weeks since I ordered mine, the Amazon price has nearly doubled, so there's not much motivation to purchase this over buying one at a kitchen specialty shop unless you combine it with other items to get Super Saver shipping.

The point of a pizza peel, to me, is not as a serving platter with pizza parlor ambience, but is to prepare your pizza on it so you can slide it onto your preheated baking stone. Using a peel, a baking stone, and a hot oven (525F) are good steps to getting a good quality crust.

The instructions did say to season it with mineral oil. Maybe I will if I can figure out where to get mineral oil. I'm a little annoyed at having to go out of may way to buy something additional for which I have no other need to use this.

My only complaint is storing it. It's too big to store in a drawer, and I don't have extra wall space to just hook it up. I hangs on my pantry door and annoyingly clunks every time I open it. But, that's minor.

FYI: If you can avoid cutting your pizza on the board, do so. It saves a lot of wear and tear on the board's surface, keeping it smooth for the pizza to slide on and off with. For cutting and serving, an aluminum pizza pan (or similar) does the trick without torturing your wooden pizza peel.