A pizza oven reaches temperatures a domestic oven can't, producing the crust quality and char that makes restaurant pizza different from home pizza. Look for peak temperature, heat-up time, and fuel type.
Ooni makes the most accessible pizza oven and the Koda 12 is their best value โ reaches 500ยฐC in 15 minutes on gas, cooks a 12-inch pizza in 60 seconds, and the cordierite stone base is the same material used in professional ovens. No assembly required, compact enough for any garden or terrace, and produces genuinely restaurant-quality results from the first cook.
The Karu 16 cooks 16-inch pizzas and runs on wood, charcoal, or gas with the optional burner โ giving you the authentic wood-fire flavour when you want it and the convenience of gas when you don't. Reaches 500ยฐC, the ViewFlame glass door means you can monitor the cook without lifting the lid, and the larger size handles multiple pizzas for groups.
Alfa makes the most beautiful outdoor pizza oven available โ the Classico is an Italian-made wood-burning oven with a dome shape that creates the convective heat circulation of a traditional Neapolitan pizzeria. Reaches 500ยฐC in 30 minutes, the refractory dome retains heat for hours, and the stainless steel construction will outlast everything else in your garden. The oven that becomes the centre of every outdoor gathering.
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