The best pizza ovens in 2025, tested by experts

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Best Buy pizza ovens to buy at a glance

• Best portable pizza oven 2025: Gozney Tread
• Best gas pizza oven for ease of use: Revolve pizza oven
• Best value pizza oven: Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired 14-inch pizza oven
• Best pizza oven for versatility: Solo Stove Pi Prime Pizza oven
• Best gas pizza oven: Morso Forno Spin pizza oven
• Best portable pizza oven: Ooni Karu 12G multi-fuel pizza oven
• Best budget gas pizza oven: Cozze 13" gas pizza oven
• Best pizza oven for big families: Ooni Koda 16 pizza oven
• Best premium pizza oven: Ooni Karu 16 pizza oven
• Best pizza oven for couples: Ooni Koda 12 pizza oven
• Best pizza oven for beginners: Gozney Roccbox pizza oven

Jump to:

• Best Buy pizza ovens
• The best of the rest
• How does a pizza oven work?
• What's in the box?
• What can you cook in a pizza oven?
• How much is a pizza oven?
• How should I choose a pizza oven?
• How we tested pizza ovens

In every review we award outstanding products our coveted Best Buy award. To see these and the others we recommend, browse our pick of the best pizza ovens below.

Best Buy pizza ovens

Gozney Tread pizza oven

RRP: £499.99

Our rating: 4.8/5

Available from Gozney

Pros

• Easy to set up
• Relatively lightweight
• Looks good
• Cooks well and cools quickly

Cons

• Expensive - All accessories extra

New for Spring 2025 the new Tread is Gozney’s latest portable oven and at 13.5kg it’s lightweight enough to pick up and move around. It’s simple to set up and use, with clear instructions, and a helpful recipe booklet is also included. The temperature dial on the side is intuitive to operate and reaches 500C and although on first use the pizza stone needs curing for 30 minutes, after that it takes just 25 minutes to reach temperature. Once there a delicious, mottled pizza is ready to eat in just 90 seconds. The oven holds a 12 inch pizza but there’s also room for a spatchcock chicken or a small roasting tray, which increases the range of food you can cook.
We love the rugged design of this oven, with it’s sturdy roof-rack style handles and it feels durable and built to last, just what you need if you're taking it out and about. It's also a good size for storage and easy to put away on a shelf or in the corner of the shed. The oven itself is good value, it’s just a shame that every accessory is an extra cost as some, like the telescopic Venture stand and the travel bag are very handy. There’s also a mantel that attaches to the front of the oven to extend the working area and help with adding or removing food and turning the pizza, and a roof rack that provides an extra work surface, chopping board and serving area. A peel is also available. It also comes with a one year warranty that’s extendable to five years when registered.
This pizza oven is portable enough to take out and about for picnics and is also ideal for a small courtyard, balcony or garden. We awarded it a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy for the best portable pizza oven 2025.

Revolve Pizza oven

RRP: £549

Our rating: 4.8/5

Available from Revolve

Pros:

• Has a rotating pizza stone
• Cooks pizza in 60 seconds
• A protective cover, IR temperature gauge and peel are included
• Easy to store

Cons:

• Controls are awkwardly positioned at the back of the oven
• Lots of un-recyclable packaging

This portable pizza oven just needs the pizza stone inserting and comes with a helpful user manual with recipes, a rain cover/carry bag, pizza peel and infrared digital thermometer. It’s easy to attach the gas hose and simple to use, other than the temperature dial, which is inconveniently situated round the back of the oven rather than at the front. Before first use the oven needs curing for 30 minutes but once this is done it cooks 13” pizzas fast. In around a minute, it produces a mottled crust, bubbling cheese and a crisp base. It's easy to insert the pizzas into the oven and there’s no need to turn thanks to the revolving pizza stone but the opening isn’t quite wide enough to roast a chicken or bake bread in, although you can slide a shallow roasting tray for veg in there quite easily.

It feels reasonably safe to use - its’ sturdy but does get hot, so you should avoid touching the metal parts in use and once you’ve finished cooking, it takes about an hour to cool down. The legs fold in for easy storage and the bag makes it easier to pick up and carry, although at 19kg it is reasonably heavy. This oven feels robust and good quality and although it’s reasonable pricey, we think it’s good value given the speed it cooks at, the rotating stone, cooking results and the accessories included. Ideal for anyone with a small garden, we awarded it a BBC Gardeners ‘World Magazine Best Buy for ease of use. It comes with a two-year warranty and additional accessories such as a cast iron pan and dough scraper are also available.

Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired 14-inch pizza oven

RRP: £280

Our rating: 4.8/5

Available from B&Q, ManoMano and Amazon

Pros

• Fantastic value
• Long, safe handles
• Delicious pizza
• High quality parts

Cons

• Hot exterior
• Needs lots of fuel
• Short warranty

The Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired 14-inch Pizza Oven is a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy winner for the best value pizza oven, thanks to its low RRP and included pizza peel. This compact, stylish tabletop pizza oven is fuelled by charcoal or sustainable hardwood pellets and despite its remarkably low price it feels high-quality. The pizza peel offers space for a 12 inch pizza, and all the handles on the oven are long and wooden to keep your hands well away from hot metal. Though it's a large pizza oven, the legs flip down and you could easily store the chimney inside. You can also buy this model with a storage case to keep it rust-free and take it on the go. It made delicious pizza with a well browned underside and golden, bubbled cheese. Crucially, it also created very little smoke, so this is a good oven to use if you live on a terrace and don't want to annoy your neighbours.

Though it's easy and safe to add fuel, thanks to the long handles, we found that the exterior of this pizza oven gets very hot. It took half an hour to cool down, and though the heat distribution is quite good it's noticeably hotter on one side. We also discovered that this oven isn’t as efficient as others on test, as you need to keep it topped up with pellets throughout the entire cooking process. It also has a short warranty of only a year.

Solo Stove Pi Prime pizza oven

RRP: £319.99

Our rating: 4.5/5

Available from Solo Stove

Pros

• Comes with lots of accessories
• Excellent mottled crust
• Lifetime warranty on manufacturer defects
• Wide opening for sliding in pizzas

Cons

• Gas hose and regulator came unattached
• Non-recyclable packaging

This neat pizza oven comes essentially preassembled, only the pizza stone needs adding and you’re ready to cook. However, unlike most of the ovens we’ve tested, the regulator needs attaching, which is quite fiddly and can take time unfortunately. Other than that though it’s easy to use, with intuitive controls and for the first use it takes 45 minutes to get this oven ready for cooking. It fits a 13” pizza inside and has a generous opening which makes launching the pizzas onto the stone simple and also means you could roast a chicken inside with ease. It takes just a minute and a half to cook a pizza and ours were evenly cooked with a crisp crust and good mottling.

In use the oven gets hot only around the front and top as you would expect but the sides are OK to touch and the plastic base is completely cool and safe to touch. It takes approximately an hour to cool down and although this oven is quite chunky with no folding parts’ it’s ideal for a small garden and a neat, if quite big, shape for storage.
It also comes with a protective cover, a heatproof mat and a paddle as standard and has a lifetime warranty for manufacturers defects. We awarded it a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy for versatility.

Morsø Forno Spin pizza oven

RRP: £749

Our rating: 4.5/5

Available from Amazon and B&Q

Pros

• Quick to assemble
• Compact design
• Rotating pizza stone
• Excellent pizza results

Cons

• Some unnecessary plastic packaging
• Accessories need to be bought separately

This futuristic-looking pizza oven from Danish brand Morsø is a solid choice for those seeking a fuss-free pizza-making experience - with an innovative rotating pizza stone, there's no need to manually turn the dough as it cooks. At 17kg, the oven itself is robust and feels built to last, and while its wide, egg-like shape means it’s perhaps not the easiest to store, it’s still relatively compact and ideal for a small-to-medium-sized garden. Minimal assembly is required: simply insert the stone into the oven’s wide opening, attach the gas, and ignite using the dial on the front, however, the rotating mechanism does require plugging into the mains, so you will need an outdoor power source with this pizza oven.

The instruction manual advises preheating for 15-25 minutes prior to cooking, but we found it hit temperature surprisingly quickly, reaching 400C in just under 10 minutes. Our 12-inch pizza was bubbling within two-and-half minutes, and had a crisp base, evenly browned toppings, and oozing cheese. The lack of accessories is inconvenient, especially as it bumps up the overall price – though items like a pizza peel and a protective cover can be bought via the Morsø website. On the plus side, it does come with a five-year warranty (with two years for discolouration), and the very fact it’s so enjoyable to use makes it feel like a worthy investment for pizza lovers. We awarded it a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best buy for the best gas pizza oven.

Ooni Karu 12G multi-fuel pizza oven

RRP: £379.00

Our rating: 4.5/5

Available from Ooni, Waitrose and Lakeland

Pros

• Fully recyclable packaging
• Easy to set up and use
• Compact and portable
• Cooks quickly and well

Cons

• Takes time to heat and needs regular refuelling
• Uses specific types of wood and charcoal
• No accessories included

This latest version of the Karu 12 pizza oven from Ooni boasts a new, ‘clear view’ glass door, a larger fuel basket and better fuel efficiency – the 12G requires only 1.1kg of fuel to cook 10 pizzas, while the original Karu 12 needs 1.5kg to cook the same number. It’s also easy to set up, with very little assembly needed and clear instructions and diagrams to follow. It’s compact and reasonably light, weighing only 12kg and once built just needs the legs folding and the chimney storing inside the body of the oven and it’s packed neatly away. For fuel you have the choice of wood sticks or lumpwood charcoal for that flame cooked taste, or gas, although this is possible only if you buy the Ooni gas burner for an additional cost. We tested it with both wood and charcoal and it’s easy to both load with fuel and light, although it does take a good half an hour to reach a temperature high enough for cooking.

It has a large opening that’s easily big enough to allow you to see what’s going on and to reach in and turn a 12” pizza but it’s also roomy enough for a roasting tin full of veg or a spatchcock chicken. There’s a temperature gauge on the side, so you can keep an eye on the heat, plus a handy baffle in the chimney helps you control the draw of air through the oven for faster or slower cooking. The oven is fully insulated so the exterior stays just warm throughout cooking, and all the handles are cool to touch so it’s easy to use even at 500 degrees. A stay-clear glass door keeps the heat in and allows you to see exactly when your dough is ready, and in our test this took just 90 seconds with near perfect results. Our pizza had a crisp base, bubbling centre and a leopard spotting to the crust.

This is an impressive oven for its size and versatility and is ideal for packing up and taking camping or down to the beach and we awarded it a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy award for the bets portable oven. Note though thata its price is bumped up by the fact that you have to buy every single accessory or extra separately, including a pizza peel, a necessity to ensure safe and simple cooking of your pizza, and the handy carry bag, which is a must to make this compact oven truly portable.

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Cozze 13” gas pizza oven

RRP: £219

Our rating: 4.5/5

Available from Amazon

Pros:

• Simple to use
• Excellent pizza
• Heats up and cools down fast

Cons:

• Tricky to turn and see pizza
• Accessories not included

Ready to go straight from the box, this excellent value, gas fuelled oven just needs the cannister attaching, a battery slipped in, and it takes 25 minutes to heat up. It has a modern look and is compact and stout, so it's ideal if you lack space, although it doesn't fold down so for storage - what you see is what you get. It also doesn't come with any accessories, but Cozze sell everything you need from a case and peel to a bamboo pizza board. It's very easy to light, just connect it up to propane gas and click the ignition button as you turn the dial just as you would a gas hob. Pizzas are delicious, with a crisp base and mottled top and cook in a couple of minutes. It is easy to use, but the entrance is very slim, too narrow for anything but pizzas and if you're not used to cooking pizzas you might find this tricky at first. To turn your pizza you need to take it out of the oven completely rather than turn it within as you can with most others. With a bit of practice however, you'll have delicious, evenly cooked pizza every time. We gave it a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy award for the best value gas fuelled oven.

Ooni Koda 16 pizza oven

RRP: £499

Our rating: 4.5/5

Available from Ooni, John Lewis & Partners and Lakeland

Pros:

• Quick to assemble
• Huge capacity
• Perfect pizzas
• High quality materials

Cons:

• Need to pay extra for essential tools

Ooni is the most famous brand in the pizza oven industry, and the Koda 16 wins a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy award for the best pizza oven for big families. This gas-powered pizza oven has an enormous capacity, which means you can cook a whopping dustbin lid pizza of up to 16 inches. Despite this size we cooked a simple margherita in just 60 seconds. This is thanks to the unique L-shaped flame, which covers the whole pizza and makes for the best pizza on test - a perfect pizza with charred bubbles in the crust, and wonderfully golden mozzarella. It's incredibly easy to use and is ready to light in just five minutes out of the box. Once you attach the oven to your gas source it's as quick and easy to use as switching on a hob, and you can precisely control the temperature, which can reach a blistering 500 Celsius after 20 minutes. If you register your oven with Ooni you can get a three-year warranty, too.

However, we have two quibbles with the design. The first is that this pizza oven has a relatively shallow opening, which is fine for pizza but you could struggle with other dishes. The second is that there's no thermometer on the pizza oven itself. Also, bear in mind that not only is this oven expensive, but you will need to pay extra for any accessories such as a pizza peel, thermometer and cover.

Ooni Karu 16 pizza oven

RRP: £699

Our rating: 4.5/5

Available from Ooni, John Lewis & Partners and Lakeland

Pros:

• 16-inch” capacity
• Quick to assemble
• Digital thermometer
• Glass door
• High quality materials

Cons:

• Price
• Need to pay extra for essential tools

Ooni’s newest offering is the Karu 16, which has similar features to the Koda 16 while fixing some of the problems outlined above. Awarded a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy for the best premium pizza oven, the Karu 16 cooks 16-inch pizzas in just 60 seconds and runs off wood fuel. It can also be fuelled by gas if you buy the gas burner. Simple to light, it reaches cooking temperature in 15 minutes compared to the 25 minutes we found for the Koda 16.

It has several marked improvements from its predecessor. Unlike the Koda 16, it has a digital thermometer, so you can cook remarkably precisely, as well as a tall glass door, so it’s easy to add your pizza and see exactly how it’s cooking. Like the Koda 16, the Karu 16 cooks some of the best pizza on test, creating beautiful, mottled pizza. You get what you pay for with this model - it is better than the Koda 16 but obviously costs more. And as with all Ooni models, it doesn't come with accessories, such as an essential pizza peel, which you'll have to buy as an extra.

Ooni Koda 12 pizza oven

RRP: £349

Our rating: 4.5 /5

Available from Ooni, John Lewis & Partners and Lakeland

Pros:

• Lightweight
• Portable
• Collapsible legs
• Good price

Cons:

• Tricky to turn pizza
• Need to pay extra for essential tools

If the 16-inch pizza capacity offered by the Koda 16 is over-kill, check out its smaller, less expensive sibling. A BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy winner for the best pizza oven for couples, we found that the gas-powered Koda 12 has the same advantages as the 16, but in a more compact appliance. It’s easy to set up and use, just flip out the legs and attach the pizza stone and gas canister. The heat control dial means it’s easy to control, and the flame burner that runs along the back of the oven makes for delicious, flame-cooked picture-perfect pizzas. For £200 less than the 16, it’s worth considering if you aren’t feeding a crowd. However, the caveats of the Koda 16 apply here, too. There’s no thermometer on this oven, and you’ll have to shell out extra for the essential pizza peel. We also found that because it’s smaller than the Koda 16, it’s a little harder to put your pizza in and turn it so that it cooks evenly.

Woody Oven pizza oven kit

RRP: £259.99

Our rating: 4.5 /5

Available from Woody and BBQWorld

Pros:

• Multi-fuel - Wood pellets, kindling, coal plus gas with additional adaptor
• Light but robust
• Perfectly cooked pizza
• Accessories included
• Three-year warranty

Cons:

• Fiddly and time consuming to put together
• Pizza stone has to be cured at top temperature for 30 minutes before use

The latest update to the Woody pizza ovens kit range, this is a wood pellet, kindling or coal fired pizza oven as standard, but a gas attachment is also available if you prefer the ease and predictability of cooking with gas. It comes with a long-handled pizza peel and carry bag plus there’s the option of including pellets and kindling when you buy so you have everything you need to get cooking. The assembly is a little fiddly and time consuming, although it’s an improvement to past models with a QR code to take you to a helpful user guide on everything from assembly and ignition, to cooking pizzas and essential maintenance. Once assembled though, it’s sturdy and easy to use and the pellets are simple to light and top up. It takes around 20 minutes to heat up, although we were only able to get the oven to heat up to 250 degrees. With gas, we were able to achieve much higher temperatures. With both fuels pizzas cooked quickly, with a crisp base and bubbling top, following a quick spin midway through to ensure an even bake. We awarded this versatile oven a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy for the best value multi fuel pizza oven.

Gozney Roccbox pizza oven

RRP: £399

Our rating: 4.3/5

Available from Gozney, Lakeland, Amazon and John Lewis and Partners

Pros:

• Easy set-up
• Excellent pizza
• Five-year warranty
• Safe - cool to the touch
• High quality materials

Cons:

• Small oven space
• Weight

If you’re new to homemade pizza, this BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy winner is ideal for beginners as it’s ready to go straight from the box. It’s utterly foolproof, hitting temperature in 20 minutes and it has an inbuilt thermometer so you always know if you’re at the right temperature. Anyone can achieve a truly restaurant-quality pizza. The matte silicon shell means the exterior is a lot cooler than other ovens here, so it’s safer too. If you want a wood-fired pizza, you can also buy this pizza oven as a dual-fuel version, giving you the option of cooking with either gas or wood fuel. We love the remarkably high-quality materials of this oven, and the generous five-year warranty, plus it comes with a pizza peel included.
However, bear in mind that this is a pretty hefty oven. Weighing in at 20kg it’s not particularly portable, though Gozney claims it is. Price-wise it sits towards the more expensive end of the market for tabletop ovens, and it has quite a small oven space for the size - although it has a larger footprint than the Koda 12 it only cooks pizzas up to 12 inches.

The best of the rest

Although some models didn’t quite achieve a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy award, they still have great features that make them worth recommending. Browse our pick of the best of the rest on test.

Igneus Classico pizza oven

RRP: £899

Our rating: 4/5

Available from Igneus

Pros:

• Large cooking area
• Cooks two pizzas at once
• Thermometer included
• High quality materials

Cons:

• Price
• Warranty
• Essentials not included

With a whopping 24 x 24-inch internal area, this beast will tackle two 12-inch pizzas at once. The BBC Good Food team reckon that you could even cook an entire roast in the Igneus Classico, so if you’re getting the whole clan together for a family reunion, this is the oven for you. It’s high-quality, and has an inbuilt thermometer marked with the perfect temperature range of 350°C to 410°C, so you’ll always know if you’re at the right temperature for your pizza. It made beautiful pizzas, and it’s easy to insert, turn, and remove them thanks to the roomy capacity.
However, this is a very big appliance. With all four of the pizza stones loaded it comes in at a weighty 45kg. It’s also one of the most expensive pizza ovens we tested, and the most expensive in this article. Despite this big price, it only has a year’s warranty, and like the Ooni products featured in this article, it doesn’t come with essential accessories like a pizza peel.

Fresh Grills Premium pizza oven

RRP: £289.99

Our rating: 4/5

Available from Fresh Grills

Pros:

• Good for storage
• Long handles
• Includes peel and case

Cons:

• Needs lots of fuel
• Logo cutout lets out some of the heat
• Slow to heat
• Poorly designed door

The Fresh Grills Premium Pizza Oven is just right for new pizzaiolos to entertain. Though it has a big footprint, this oven is excellent for storage. The legs are foldable and the chimney is removable for easy storage in winter. It sits high off the table, which is a good safety feature to avoid injuries. The handles are long, to keep you safe from hot metal, and it also comes with a convenient carry case and pizza peel. We loved that it produces very little smoke and it made some of the tastiest pizzas on test. It has a two-year warranty.

However, we found that there were a few drawbacks in the design. We found a lip in the door where you could easily snag your wrist, and the screws to attach the handle and thermometer stick through the back of the door, so you could catch yourself on those, too. The logo on the door is cut-out, rather than printed. While it looks fantastic to see the flames flickering through the logo, it lets a lot of heat out – this grill took 45 minutes to get to temperature and needed a lot of fuel. This cut-out logo is also on the pizza peel, and we found that delicate dough could snag on this, too.

How does a pizza oven work?

A domestic pizza oven is a small oven that sits on a stand or a garden table and cooks traditional pizza. There are three main fuels for a pizza oven.

The first is wood, usually wood pellets, which give an authentic flame-cooked taste. Make sure your wood is food-grade, so you don’t cook with toxic fuels, and keep an eye out for FSC-sourced wood pellets, which are more sustainable than other wood fuel.
If your oven runs on wood pellets you can also use charcoal - unlike the larger briquettes you use to light a charcoal barbecue, this is small chips of lumpwood.

Propane gas is another source and the same gas you would use to fuel a gas barbecue. Available in canisters, it's attached to the oven by a regulator. Wood and gas take about the same time to heat up - the shape of the pizza oven makes the difference here. Wood pellets do give a smokier taste, however.

Finally, you can also buy barbecue-top pizza ovens that use the heat of a charcoal or gas barbecue to cook your pizza.

What’s in the box?

The most basic pizza ovens will come in two parts - the main body of the oven, and the pizza stone, which is what your pizza cooks on. A good pizza oven should come with a few extras included. The most important is a pizza peel, which is the little metal paddle you use to insert your pizza into the oven. A good extra feature is a cover or carry case, to keep your oven dry and make it easier to move around and if you have a gas oven, make sure it comes with a regulator, which you’ll need to attach your oven to your gas. They're often ready to use straight out of the box, but some models need more assembly than others.

There are three main types of pizza oven:

Portable pizza ovens

The classic domestic pizza oven, and the focus of our tests. They’re small enough to sit on a garden table while you cook and to store in a shed, and should be light enough to move around the garden easily, as and when you need them. You might have heard of Ooni or Gozney, who make a wide range of ovens with a variety of features but they're also increasingly available from DIY stores, supermarkets and online brands.

Barbecue-top pizza ovens

As basic as it gets. These handy stones or boxes sit on top of a grill and use the heat from your gas or charcoal barbecue to cook so you can turn out a pizza alongside burgers and sausages. However, because they mostly cook from the bottom up, they’re not as fast as other pizza ovens, and can be trickier to master. They usually don't cook as well as classic portable or freestanding ovens, so we’ve stuck to portable pizza ovens in this article, but check out BBC Good Food’s review of the La Hacienda BBQ pizza oven for more information.

Freestanding pizza ovens

These permanent ovens are big and expensive. Think of the oven at the back of a pizzeria - a large oven designed to cook lots of pizza very quickly. They look impressive as a focal point on a patio or as part of an outdoor kitchen but they can cost you thousands of pounds.

What can you cook in a pizza oven?

You aren’t limited to pizza. The high temperatures in a pizza oven are just the thing for quick homemade flatbreads like roti, naan, pitta and tortilla. You can also quickly cook nachos, jacket potatoes, melanzane, sea bass, and baked camembert. Nor are you limited to savoury foods – you can also have a go at cinnamon rolls or tarte tatin.

How much is a pizza oven?

Prices vary depending on the type of pizza oven. For the average-sized portable pizza oven, set aside £300-600. Barbecue-top pizza ovens will set you back £40-£100, and you’ll have to fork out £1,000-£2,000 for top-line freestanding pizza ovens.

How should I choose a pizza oven?

Bear in mind space, oven capacity, and cost. When it comes to oven capacity, couples probably won’t need a big 16-inch pizza oven, but if you’re frequently cooking for a bigger family a 12-inch oven might not cut it. If you love a true, flame-grilled taste, opt for a wood-fired oven, but if you have a garden in a terrace or semi-detached house, be mindful that the smoke might be an issue. Consider all of these, as well as your budget, and you’ll find the right oven for your space.

How we tested pizza ovens

We tested a range of portable pizza ovens, fuelled by gas and wood. Using Good Food’s basic pizza dough recipe on test and the manufacturers’ instructions, we built and used each oven exactly as you would in your garden. We also tested with different pizza recipes where oven capacity allowed for this. The ovens were assessed according to the following criteria with equal marks attributed to each:

• Assembly and storage: Looked at the ease of assembly and clarity of instructions and how long it took to build the oven. We also noted any storage features and how easy it was to pack up and put away.
• Ease of use: Pizzas require incredibly high temperatures to cook so we looked for excellent insulation and safety features to make the pizza oven easy to use. We assessed how quickly we could get cooking, how easy it was to add and control fuel and how quickly the oven cooled down. We also looked at the portability of the ovens.
• Cooking results: The ultimate criteria, this assessed the look, texture, and taste of the pizzas.
• Value for money: Considered all of the above, including quality, design, any special features, plus RRP and warranty.

For more information on our testing process see How we Review

This review was last updated in March 2025. We apologise if anything has changed in price or availability.