Decent quality outdoor pizza oven recommendations

[jdrobbo]

Looking at buying an outdoor pizza oven for a family member as a joint gift for an important birthday. I have used an OONI pizza oven before but due to the pandemic, their ovens can't be shipped until late September, and we really could do with it by the end of August.



Looking at spending £300-£500

Ideally would be multi fuel (gas and something else - woodchip, charcoal etc).

Want them to be able to cook pizza quickly and at high temperatures.



If anyone could send me a link to one that they have/ have experienced and tell me what's good about it, that'd be fab and very much appreciated.



Please note, although I like the OONI range, there's no point sending me their links as we simply won't be able to get one in time.

Thanks

John

[KateR]

We bought our son a Big Green Egg for a birthday, they are only with charcoal, they BBQ obviously but do pizzas also and I know he has used it for so many things, versatile but they are expensive. When we told him he did not want it and was looking for a large BBQ but hubby had a word with him in terms of looking at it and understanding what it was first, now he swears by it, just a thought.

[StuffyClaret]

Apparently, it is pretty easy to build your own. I have a friend in Darwen who has built one big enough to climb into. He claims he can get almost 400f. The pizzas cook in seconds and are delicious..... You have to use authentic Italian pizza flour though

On a separate note, my brother John has just launched his 'All Fired Up' mobile pizza company. He serves wood fired pizza from his van. He has been at Colne cricket club for the last two weekends and I believe he will be at Nelson cricket club on Friday night. He is available for weddings, birthdays, corporate events etc. Look him up on Facebook

[claretonthecoast1882]

https://uk.ooni.com/

Have a look on here, brother got one from here https://uk.ooni.com/products/ooni-koda-16 (might even be this one)

[aggi]

Roccbox is the other popular one. Not sure whether you'll have much luck finding that in stock either though.

[Iloveyoubrady]

See if you can get one built from Stone.

[Boban]

https://www.johnlewis.com/ooni-3-outdoo ... n/p3172055

If you live close enough to these stores.

[Boban]

Should of said sorry check In store stock.

[jdrobbo]

Cheers all so far.

I'm tempted to go for the OONI ones, but it'll definitely arrive late.

[Herts Clarets]

Apparently, it is pretty easy to build your own. I have a friend in Darwen who has built one big enough to climb into. He claims he can get almost 400f. The pizzas cook in seconds and are delicious..... You have to use authentic Italian pizza flour though

On a separate note, my brother John has just launched his 'All Fired Up' mobile pizza company. He serves wood fired pizza from his van. He has been at Colne cricket club for the last two weekends and I believe he will be at Nelson cricket club on Friday night. He is available for weddings, birthdays, corporate events etc. Look him up on Facebook

He needs to speed up service. I was at Colne for the 20/20 game v Accrington and a number of people simply gave up because of the amount of time it took to serve a pizza. My son and step father had one and they were decent but again they queued for a good half an hour before they were served. Later in the evening I quite fancied one but I wasn't standing in a queue for that length of time, especially when it started raining towards the end.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Cheers all so far.

I'm tempted to go for the OONI ones, but it'll definitely arrive late.

The link above shows one in stock in the Leeds John Lewis.......

Might be a smaller version that you were wanting though....

[jdrobbo]

It is a slightly smaller one than I wanted, with several of us chipping in. I have found one in the Igneus range, which gets good reviews and can be shipped in 2-3 days. Just don't want to compromise on quality.

[StuffyClaret]

He needs to speed up service. I was at Colne for the 20/20 game v Accrington and a number of people simply gave up because of the amount of time it took to serve a pizza. My son and step father had one and they were decent but again they queued for a good half an hour before they were served. Later in the evening I quite fancied one but I wasn't standing in a queue for that length of time, especially when it started raining towards the end.

Hi Herts Claret.... That was his first night. He had overproved the dough (or something like that) and it was all splitting when he rolled it out. I queued up myself for over half an hour around that time to support him. He has learned from his mistakes and the following week went much smoother and I believe he sold out!

[dpinsussex]

What I don't get with Pizza ovens is this and please don't think I am trying to dampen your enthusiasm on your prospective purchase :

They take ages to warm up (longer than a normal electric oven)
I get that the flavour is great and cook quickly etc. But surely the offset is if it takes ages to heat up then the benefit of cooking quickly is lost. If you are making say 100 pizzas a day I get it. Most people it will be family and friends twice a year and probably only 5 or 6 maybe.

[aggi]

What I don't get with Pizza ovens is this and please don't think I am trying to dampen your enthusiasm on your prospective purchase :

They take ages to warm up (longer than a normal electric oven)
I get that the flavour is great and cook quickly etc. But surely the offset is if it takes ages to heat up then the benefit of cooking quickly is lost. If you are making say 100 pizzas a day I get it. Most people it will be family and friends twice a year and probably only 5 or 6 maybe.

It's not really much different to a barbecue in that respect and plenty of people still get barbecues.

[ChrisG]

What I don't get with Pizza ovens is this and please don't think I am trying to dampen your enthusiasm on your prospective purchase :

They take ages to warm up (longer than a normal electric oven)
I get that the flavour is great and cook quickly etc. But surely the offset is if it takes ages to heat up then the benefit of cooking quickly is lost. If you are making say 100 pizzas a day I get it. Most people it will be family and friends twice a year and probably only 5 or 6 maybe.

I think the idea is that they can get up to about 450/500 degrees C, which you'll not get anywhere near in your household oven. This apparently cooks it quicker and creates a better rise and crisp, like you get in a restaurant.

[Herts Clarets]

I think the idea is that they can get up to about 450/500 degrees C, which you'll not get anywhere near in your household oven. This apparently cooks it quicker and creates a better rise and crisp, like you get in a restaurant.

The science behind is as you say. Domestic ovens reach 250 degrees max. In order to cook the pizza through it dries out the dough and it becomes biscuit like. Get the oven to 450-500 degrees and it cooks the dough through without drying it out, melts the mozzarella and cooks the toppings. Generally will cook a pizza in 1 minute or so. The best I have managed without the luxury of a pizza oven is to use a very hot dry frying pan, add the toppings to the dough then place under a pre heated grill. The best home made pizza I have had without the use of a pizza oven.

I may well invest in one for next summer.

[Bosscat]

Looking at buying an outdoor pizza oven for a family member as a joint gift for an important birthday. I have used an OONI pizza oven before but due to the pandemic, their ovens can't be shipped until late September, and we really could do with it by the end of August.



Looking at spending £300-£500

Ideally would be multi fuel (gas and something else - woodchip, charcoal etc).

Want them to be able to cook pizza quickly and at high temperatures.



If anyone could send me a link to one that they have/ have experienced and tell me what's good about it, that'd be fab and very much appreciated.



Please note, although I like the OONI range, there's no point sending me their links as we simply won't be able to get one in time.

Thanks

John

Buy a house next to Pizza Express

[Belial]

What I don't get with Pizza ovens is this and please don't think I am trying to dampen your enthusiasm on your prospective purchase :

They take ages to warm up (longer than a normal electric oven)
I get that the flavour is great and cook quickly etc. But surely the offset is if it takes ages to heat up then the benefit of cooking quickly is lost. If you are making say 100 pizzas a day I get it. Most people it will be family and friends twice a year and probably only 5 or 6 maybe.

You're right. I built a makeshift one out of two very large ceramic pots, some ceramic fibre blanket and some fire bricks, and whilst it works very well and gets to 350 degrees, it takes a good 45 mins to and hour to get to temperature, and I've done 4 pizzas in it which are all done in about 3 minutes each. It then seems a 'waste' of heat. Since then I have cooked other stuff in the residual heat that's left over. I did once cook a lamb joint in it too.

For those comparing with BBQs, generally they are easier and quicker to get to temperature and that's probably the main difference

[tarkys_ears]

Get a fake ooni "style" off amazon or ebay.

You're not exactly benefited by time, especially in the height of summer.