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Pizza ovens
Choosing and using a pizza oven at home. The four most popular types are wood-fired, gas, electric and hybrid. Gas ovens heat up quickly and are the easiest to regulate.
Questions about pizza ovens
Choosing and using a pizza oven at home: wood, gas, electric or hybrid.
- Which pizza oven should a beginner buy?The four types are wood-fired, gas, electric and hybrid. Gas ovens heat up quickly and are the easiest to regulate.
- Do pizza ovens need a chimney?A wood-fired pizza oven needs a chimney to let the smoke out. A gas pizza oven does not, because gas burns clean.
- Can you bake a pizza in a kamado grill?Yes. A kamado can bake pizza, but a pizza oven gets hotter and is far lighter: about 18 kg against 163 kg for a medium kamado.
- How do I clean an Ooni pizza oven?Clean the pizza stone only when it is dirty. Burn off spills at full heat for 20 to 30 minutes, then scrape and brush it out.
- Can you fire pottery in a pizza oven?No. A pizza oven reaches about 500 °C (950 °F), while pottery needs 900 °C (1,650 °F) or more.
Pizza ovens in numbers
From our answers about pizza ovens.
- 500°CHow hot a pizza oven gets (950 °F).Can you bake a pizza in a kamado grill? →
- 60secTo bake a pizza at that temperature.Can you bake a pizza in a kamado grill? →
- 3–5minThe same pizza in a kamado grill, which tops out around 400 °C.Can you bake a pizza in a kamado grill? →
- ½The height of the oven: the minimum we recommend for the chimney of a wood-fired oven.Do pizza ovens need a chimney? →
