How do I launch my pizza off of my peel and into my oven?Updated 7 months ago
To launch your pizza, follow the checklist and steps below:
**Pre-launching checklist**
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* Follow our [Classic Pizza Dough recipe](https://ooni.com/blogs/recipes/classic-pizza-dough)
* Let your dough come to room temperature
* [Stretch out your dough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Entzcl8q7H4) \- make sure to check for holes
When you've completed the above, move on to the steps below:
**Step 1. **Put a generous dusting of flour or semolina onto your peel
* For best results, use semolina.
**Step 2. **Place your pizza base onto your peel if it isn't there already
**Step 3.** Do the 'shoogle'
* Pick up your peel and give it a shake - your entire pizza base should move freely.
* If any edges are sticking, add more semolina underneath.
**Step 4.** Add your toppings
* Keep them light.
**Step 5. ** Do the 'hovercraft'
* Lift up one edge of your pizza base and give a gentle blow of air.
* This creates air pockets underneath your pizza and spreads excess flour to any areas that might be sticking.
**Step 6.** Launch your pizza
* Hold your peel inside your oven just above your baking stone.
* Shake your peel back and forth slightly while pulling it back out of the oven to slide your pizza onto the baking stone.
* Move fast, but don't panic!
**Step 7. **Use a different peel to rotate and retrieve your pizza - _this
step is only necessary if you 're making **more than one pizza** and if you're
**not using an Ooni peel**._
* Using two peels will prevent your next pizza bases from being in contact with a hot peel (hot peel = dough sticking = launching issues)
* Ooni peels, however, are not susceptible to this. If using an Ooni peel, you can use one peel to launch, rotate, and retrieve no matter how many pizzas you make.
## Peel #1
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## Peel #2
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* Use for prepping and launching your pizzas (this peel will remain at room temperature)
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* Use for turning and retrieving your pizzas (this peel will be hot from contact with the baking stone)
For more advice on how to launch your pizza, read our [10 tips for launching
the perfect pizza](https://ooni.com/blogs/recipes/10-tips-for-launching-the-
perfect-pizza-1).