Ooni Buying Guide - Find the Best Pizza Oven

 

 

Stop your search for the perfect pizza and create your own restaurant-quality pies from home with Ooni’s Pizza Ovens! While you may have your favorite pizzeria or delivery pizzas, there’s nothing better than pizza made fresh at home - Ooni ensures you have the tools you need. The founders of Ooni created the first portable wood-fired pizza oven in 2012 after struggling to recreate crisp, charred crust with their home oven. When searching for something that stood up to a wood-fired or commercial oven, all options were astronomically expensive or severely lacking in thoughtful design qualities. Thus, Ooni - derived from the Finnish word for oven, Ooni - was born!

 

Why choose Ooni? 

Creating a first-of-its-kind home pizza oven and boasting several awards for its innovation, Ooni is an obvious choice when considering a home pizza oven. Amongst their awards, Ooni Ovens have been selected as Wired’s Top Pizza Ovens, with the Koda Line ranked as Best Pizza Oven for Beginners and the Karu 16 as the Runner Up for Best Overall - making an Ooni Pizza Oven perfect for any level of pizza maker. 

 

Why not use your home oven? 

Simply put, a home oven does not bring the heat needed to create a crisp yet saucy pizza reminiscent of your favorite pizza spot. Standard home ovens only reach 500° F, while Ooni Pizza Ovens nearly double that at 950°F maximum. Lower temperatures result in a denser dough that is very slow to rise. Higher heat ovens let dough puff quickly and obtain a beautiful, speckled char - resulting in an airy, light, and chewy crust signature to a classic Neapolitan pizza.  

 

Why buy an appliance just for pizza-making? 

Another great benefit of an Ooni Oven? Their versatility! With an Ooni Oven, you’re not limited to making specialty pizza dishes. Experiment with searing meats, roasting veggies, making hot skillet dips, or baking several types of bread from naan to focaccia. 

 

Since its launch, Ooni has developed a wide range of ovens that cater to a variety of needs. No matter your flavor preferences or kitchen size, there is sure to be an oven to help you begin your pizza-making journey! Keep reading to find the Best Ooni Pizza Oven for You!

 

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Koda 16

Best Oven For:  Preparing pizzas for a crowd! Suits large families and parties with ease.

 

Recommended For: Beginner to Intermediate Pizza Makers

 

 

With a generous internal cooking space, the Koda 16 is perfect for making larger servings of your favorite pizzas. Made with a carbon steel shell and cordierite stone baking board, this pizza oven allows plenty of space for 16" pizzas, whether Hawaiian, buffalo chicken, Sicilian, Margherita, spinach & artichoke chicken, and more. With its praiseworthy design, the Koda Pizza Oven provides a wide opening for conveniently placing foods inside and maintains consistent heat for uniform cooking results. Highly beginner-friendly, this oven hooks up to a propane tank just like a typical outdoor grill. Simple knob operation lets you adjust the oven to your temperature of choice. If you are just starting to experiment with pizza-making, hope to try a variety of inventive flavor combinations, or enjoy cooking for a crowd, the Koda 16 is for you.

 

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Karu 16

Best Oven For: A versatile cooking experience - Can be used with wood pellets, charcoal, or gas*!

 

Recommended For: Intermediate to Advanced Pizza Makers

 

If you’re interested in capturing smokey, authentic wood-fire flavors, consider the Karu 16! With its streamlined and impressive design, the Karu 16 provides multiple fuel options for maximum cooking versatility: cook with wood, charcoal, or gas! Thanks to its advanced thermal engineering, all it takes is 15 minutes of preheating your pizza oven to 950°F and 60 seconds to cook a specialty pizza. You may also monitor the heat with its digital thermometer placed underneath the opening. With its hinged, full-glass oven door, you may safely observe your delicious specialty pizza's cooking process. The Karu 16 is perfect for those seeking a rustic, traditional pizza-making experience. With the available accessories, the Karu 16 easily bakes up any pizza type you can imagine, from traditional to modern fusion pies. The Karu 16 particularly excels at New York York-style pizzas and super-thick Detroit-style pizzas with help from the hinging door. 

 

*Gas use only with Karu 16 Gas Burner Conversion Adapter & Pizza Door (sold separately)

 

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Volt 12

Best Oven For: Living in smaller spaces. Perfect for apartments, small kitchens, or on-the-go meals!

 

Recommended For: Beginner Pizza Makers or those seeking a low-maintenance cooking experience

 

Great for indoor and outdoor use, the Volt 12 allows you maximum flexibility in your pizza making. It can reach temperatures as high as 850°F in only 20 minutes, meaning it can easily cook a Neapolitan pizza in 90 seconds. With options to manually adjust or use automatic heat settings, this pizza oven is great for both beginners and expert pizza makers. The Volt gives you the most control over temperature, as you can adjust both the top and bottom heating elements. Transporting and storage are made easy thanks to the lightweight design and built-in handles, making the Volt a great option even when camping. The Volt is the most user-friendly model Ooni offers - simply plug it in, turn it on, and go! As it relies on electrical power, you will still get that small quality of flame-cooked pizza without the emissions of fuel and wood-burning. 

 

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Enjoy pizza night every night with Ooni! No matter what kind of pizza you are hoping to whip up, Ooni has an oven that will check off every box on your pizza preference list. Everything Kitchens believes memories are made in the kitchen, and we’d love to help you find the perfect product to make that experience extra special. Shop our wide selection of brands to find your next favorite tool or contact us at 866-852-4268 or [email protected] and one of our expert customer service heroes would be happy to help!

 

 

 

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