Kitchen Aid Cookware: Chicago Metallic Pizza Crisper Review

The Chicago Metallic Pizza Crisper is a commercial-grade sheet metal pan that's perforated with 1/4" holes across its surface. The holes provide air circulation that helps cook a pizza crust evenly from center to edge. Without this ventilation - if you use a standard cookie sheet, for example - your pizza crust will cook crisp on the edge but remain underdone in the center.

A more common way to evenly bake a pizza crust is with a porous baking stone, such as 1 2 or 3. These will produce excellent results, but are more difficult to manage in the kitchen than a crisper pan. In particular, after building your pizza it can be tricky to transfer it to a preheated stone. Removing the pizza after it's cooked can also be difficult. The best answer for working with baking stones is to use a peel, such as 1 or 2, for inserting and removing pizzas from the oven. The downside for many kitchens is storage - where do you put the inch-thick stone and unwieldy peel? And that's after you let the stone cool so it can be washed.

A pizza crisper pan may not create the exact same result as a baking stone, but it does evenly bake a pizza crust. Add to that the crisper's low cost, ease of use, and small storage needs, and you have a viable alternative to a baking stone for many home pizza makers. This model is uncoated and we've found it works well with pre-made crusts (such as Boboli) or fresh dough. We flour-dust fresh dough on a cookie sheet, transfer the pizza to the pan, then wipe the bottom of the pan to remove any flour that's fallen through the holes. A non-stick version of the crisper pan is also available, though households with pet birds must avoid overheating PTFE non-stick cookware, as it is a reported source of avian death. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]

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Product Description:
The choice of commercial bakers and pizza makers everywhere. Commercial quality bakeware that works perfectly at home. Crisps the bottoms of pizzas just right. Dishwasher safe.