Hi All,
Looking to get into homemade Pizzas Neapolitan style and wondering what the best oven is?
I have a few suggestions, ooni is one and the other is gozney. My budget is up to $1500 any recommendations would be great!
What Is The Best Pizza Oven?
Ltqqq on 04/11/2025 - 14:13
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I have had the Gozney Arc XL for about a year and absolutely love it. Not cheap ($1500 for the oven alone) but absolute quality, and if you can wait a few weeks they should knock 10% or so off around Black Friday.
Extremely happy with our Aldi pizza oven. Perfect pizzas in 90-120 seconds. I got it on markdown for $99.
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You're cooking dough in 90 seconds?
Yes. The pizza stone is super hot. Takes about 30 minutes to preheat to cooking temp of 400°.
The legit ooni ovens cook in about 60 seconds
You're cooking dough in 90 seconds?
It's usually rolled out reasonably thin.
It only takes 5 seconds at 60C for full thickness third degree burns. Now imagine what could be achieved in 90 seconds at even 180C.
I'm watching Ooni Volt 2 to see if owners report better longevity than Breville Smart Oven™ Pizzaiolo. My cheapo Thomson Scenium gas pizza oven from Coles is rubbish.
Electric ovens that hit 400C+ you want to be careful as after 15-20 minutes they claim it will start buckling the chassis and burning its self out, I think some have a protection cut off system in place to prevent that from happening, but if you want to make a lot of pizzas you may find that a problem.
I started with a Kegland gas Hizzo for $300 that burns them pretty fast if you're not careful, and then to the gas Bunnings Cozzy $300 that has a vent at the back and makes it harder to burn the top and a lot more forgiving for a beginner.
Last years Blacks Friday I got the Gozney's S1 with 20% off for about $2000. They don't make this model anymore but what a hell of a difference and how much easier it is to manage than the others.
I've bought a commercial dough mixer that weighs about 45KG as well that has replaced a Kenwood bench mixer for better dough results, if I knew or they had back then, in hindsight I should have got the Gozney mixer for around $1100 as you can use other attachments with it.
Only use Caputo flour that's half the battle won for great results.Yes, I got an email from Gozney when they first announced it so I've always thought of it as the Gozney mixer, sorry for the confusion.
I don't think a budget matters as much as the type of oven…
Ooni karu at your price budget is the best
I get a pretty good result from the one at the pizza shop. And with all the ingredients on hand and fresh they make much better a pizza than me. I bought a pizza oven, tried home made pizzas, but went back to buying them.
+1 for gozney
Make sure you get a Dome/Arc/S1/etc … none of this roccbox sh*t. Also make sure you read the reviews about cracked stones in the Dome/Arc/S1/etc and various other issues, so you're going in with your eyes open at this price point. Definitely get a baffle door - either gozney or after market.
Don't waste your time with a wood fire or duel fuel - wood fire is slow and doesn't add any flavor if you're using the correct kiln dried wood.
My main complaint is having to turn the pizza inside a Gozney, since it's substantially hotter on the flame side. All the youtube videos with professional ovens don't need as much turning. Gozney's gen 2 stuff with multiple pizza space looks great too, but stupid money. Will wait for gen 3/4/5 to turn up on market place before pulling that trigger (if I haven't lost interest).
My main complaint is having to turn the pizza
Sounds like you need one with a turntable.
Currently on sale for $499 at Victoria’s basementIt's more like this.
Currently on sale for 49k, down 58k. Bargain.
Seriously though - the professional youtubers don't use a rotating oven. Their ovens just heat more evenly. I'll grant it that they may have different burner configurations and/or woodfire that they move around as needed. The gozney is probably the best available for the home prosumer.
Sounds like you need one with a turntable(tefal.com.au).
Currently on sale for $499 at Victoria’s basementHaha TIL that the really big shovel I use in the wood fired pizza oven is called a Pizza Peel.
Knockoff Ooni does the job for a fraction of the price. I have a Coles Monro and it is excellent.
We have a Masterpro electric oven, under a $100, cooks pizzas in 2-3 mins.
The one your neighbour, mate or relative owns.
I have the jumbuck from Bunnings and it’s great for the price, was very cheap , not sure they are available anymore.
I wanted to get the Roccbox at the time but the financial controller wouldn’t allow it (she has since changed her mind as the pizzas we make on the jumbuck are great). When the jumbuck dies we will get a Roccbox, jumbuck shows no signs of dying for a long time yet.First, As others have said, don’t waste your time with dual fuel, it’s unrealistic to think you are going to burn some wood when you have gas there as an option (cooking pizza for 90sec, you are not getting much smoke into the dough).
Second point of consideration is, what size of oven to get. The dome or dome xl don’t exactly make a better class of pizza. They are just more convenient with the ability to cook more than one pizza at once. Their biggest advantage is that they are a somewhat permanent feature on your patio whereas Roccbox (or small ooni) is a fold up and put away when not in use.The advantage of the more premium ovens gozney/ooni vs the cheaper jumbucks and otherwise is better burners for heat distribution and thicker stone for more even cooking. With any pizza oven you should be turning the pizza every 30sec or so to get a more even cook around the pizza.
You should go into the shops and look at them in person, the bigger ones are a lot bigger than you would expect from the pictures.
Gozney.
Plenty of reviews around