What Pizza Oven Should I Buy 2022

Posted on May 12, 2022

Pizza on the Patio

Get restaurant quality pizzas in minutes with our range of the best outdoor pizza ovens, with brands such as Ooni helping you cook the tastiest pizza at home. Cooking pizza made so incredibly simple.

From margheritas to fillet steaks, the possibilities with our pizza ovens are far from limited. With choices between wood-fired, gas and multi-fuel pizza ovens, you’ll find something for any alfresco chef’s needs, for a full wood-fired experience or a smokeless one.

Find out everything you need to know before purchasing the perfect pizza oven for your wants and needs, from fuels, portability, and size, we’ll have something for your dining needs in-store and online!

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What Size Should I Buy?

Pizza’s come in various sizes and so does our range of pizza ovens, with the Ooni Koda 16 being the largest in our range, this pizza oven can help your produce pizzas up the 16 inches in diameter, making it the perfect investment for those with larger families or larger appetites.

For smaller spaces or for the want of a compact pizza oven, our Koda 12, Karu 12 or Frya 12 are the smaller options for those who don’t want to go large. These pizza ovens cook 12-inch pizzas, perfect for lunches or pizza parties to get everyone involved. Which 12-inch pizza oven to purchase? Although these 3 pizza ovens are all 12-inches, the simple difference between them is the fuel used to fire up each one.

OONI KARU 12

Cook authentic wood-fired pizza with the Ooni Karu 12 in 60 seconds

OONI Koda 16

A premium gas powered pizza oven for baking 16 inch pizzas

OONI FRya 12

Effortless outdoor cooking with a built in gravity-fed pellet hopper.

BBQ PIZZA OVEN

The perfect addition to any BBQ from La Hacienda

What Fuel Do They Use?

Our ranges of pizza ovens use various types of fuel, with wood-fired, gas and multi-fuel options to choose from. Your fuel choices are made simple and easy to use with wooden pellets, gas, and charcoal for optimum temperature control.

Pizza is traditionally cooked in wood-fired pizza ovens, so if you are looking for that smoky flavour then your best choice would be to go for a wood-fired pizza oven. If you’re looking for quickness and convenient controls, a gas pizza oven will have you ready to bake a lot quicker than a wood-fired pizza oven.

Ooni’s Karu 12 provides a multi-fuel option in Ooni’s pizza oven range, giving you the choice between charcoal, wood-fired, or gas with the added Ooni Gas Burner. So, it’s a perfect option for those who are looking to have both the smoky wood-fired flavour when using wood pellets and quick, convenient cooking when using the gas fuelled option with the attachment of the Ooni Gas Burner

If you prefer your charcoal or gas BBQ, our La Hacienda Pizza BBQ Oven is perfect for those who want to try their hand at stretching their own dough. This cheaper alternative is budget friendly and can be placed on to any BBQ – providing it’s not tiny! This makes the La Hacienda BBQ Pizza Oven compatible with most BBQs, giving anyone the chance to make their own Neapolitan at home.

Cooking More Than Just Pizza

From pizzas and steak to fish, vegetables and bread cooking isn’t limited to pizzas in our range of pizza ovens. These pizza ovens give you the opportunity to not only bake pizza but to broil steaks, fish, and vegetables, providing those fussy eaters with a wider variety of menu options at family gatherings or summer parties.

Our range of garden pizza ovens all conveniently come with a viewing window without losing too much of the heat, you can usefully check on your dough’s baking process and ensure you aren’t going too well done with your masterpiece.

Portability and Travelling

Ooni’s are perfect for travel with their ultra-portable benefits, with collapsible legs and removable chimneys they’re ideal for seasonal campers and avid travellers. Ready to be packed up and taken on the go, these pizza ovens don’t require disassembling meaning they’re ready to go straight from storage. Ooni pizza ovens create a convenient and simple cooking experience when on the go for any amateur or pizza pros. 

Our BBQ pizza oven isn’t described as ultra-portable, but wherever you take your BBQ you can take the La Hacienda BBQ Pizza Oven with you to make homemade pizzas on the go.

Accessories

This alfresco dining experience won’t be complete with the needed accessories. Really make your experience authentic with the use of the Ooni pizza peel – the tool often used to place or remove your pizza from the oven – this accessory will not only make your experience authentic but also a smooth experience.

Not all pizza ovens come with their own built-in thermometer, we recommend the Ooni IR thermometer. Know exactly when your pizza stone is ready to cook the perfect base with this infrared thermometer, measure the surface temperature of your pizza oven in seconds by simply pointing directly at your pizza board for an instant reading.

Cleaning and Maintenance

Maintaining your Pizza oven is easy, with the inside of your pizza oven reaching 500degrees bacteria won’t be able to survive. After each use, simply brush away or vacuum any ash or crumbs to avoid a built up – something that can lead to burning your food easier in future. Avoid using water when cleaning your pizza oven as this can cause damage, to keep the outside of your oven looking as good as new choose to grab a damp cloth to clear off smudges and fingerprints before polishing with a microfibre cloth. When going for a chimney oven, it is advised to thoroughly sweep out once a year

Your pizza stone requires a little extra care and maintenance, gently scrape off any remainders of food and use a small amount of hot water and a brush to prevent any lasting stains. Similar to avoiding the use of water on your oven, it is not recommended to use cleaning chemicals, with stone being a porous material you won’t want to risk any chemicals being absorbed and later transferred into your food when cooking.

Is it suitable to keep your oven outside through the seasons?  Investing in a cover will keep your oven protected and keep maintenance to a minimum, but our pizza ovens are made to last through the various seasons.

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