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Last updated: 13 April 2022
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There's nothing quite like a homemade pizza with a crisp base and perfectly cooked toppings. We tested to find the best performing pizza ovens including electric, gas and wood-fired pizza ovens to find out which ones produce the best fresh thin- and thick-crust pizzas and are easiest to use. 

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Our expert testers put each pizza oven through its paces to find the models that:

  • cook the best thin- and thick-crust pizzas
  • can accommodate a roast and cook it well
  • are easy to use
  • are easy to clean.

Our interactive comparison tool gives you good and bad points for each model as well as the yearly running costs, and our Recommended list will help you quickly determine which models come out on top.

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    Pizza score

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    We cook thin-crust and thick-crust pizzas to assess the ability of the pizza oven to evenly cook a fresh pizza with differing base thicknesses to achieve a crisp, firm golden-brown base with evenly cooked toppings that are moist and not dried out, all within a short period of time. 


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    Ease of use score

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    We assess how easy it is to cook in the pizza oven. We also check how easy the pizza oven is to move around and how stable it is when sitting on the bench or floor, as well as how easy it is to ignite, use the controls and clean.

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    The pizza ovens we tested are either wood-fired, gas, or electric. Electric pizza ovens plug into a powerpoint and are good to go; gas pizza ovens need a qualified plumber to plumb it in if it's natural gas, or to be connected to a gas cylinder like a BBQ; wood-fired pizza ovens either take wood pellets or wood logs and charcoal.

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      • Roasting score
      • Overall score
      • Pizza score
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      • Cooking performance score
      • Ease of use score
      • Price
      • Cooking surface material
      • Setting options
      • Pizza stone
      • External temperatures after 30 minutes (controls / handle / exterior / door)
      • Temperature gauge
      • Stated pre-heat times
      • Pizza capacity
      • Exterior material
      • Pizza stone cooking area (m2)
      • Pre-heat indicator
      • Fuel type
      • Temperature range
      • Pizza stone dimensions (W x D or diameter, cm)
      • Portable
      • Yearly running costs
      • Ignition type
      • Pre-set functions
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