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The best pizza ovens to buy in 2026 – as tested by our experts

Published: Saturday, 18 July 2026 at 8:56 pm

We team up with Good Food Magazine to find the best pizza ovens for your garden

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A restaurant-quality pizza can be hard to replicate in your own kitchen, let alone garden. Authentic pizza usually needs a large, purpose-built, wood-fired oven that’s beyond most budgets, but enter the domestic pizza oven. Thanks to compact portable designs that cook in minutes and are easy to use, outdoor pizza ovens are now readily available, so you can have your own taste of Italy that’s indistinguishable from the real thing. Because they cook at such a high temperature, you can have restaurant-quality pizza in only a minute. Just the thing if you have a few guests over – it’s a brilliant party trick to quickly turn out some of the best pizza this side of Naples in your own back garden.

We tested a range of portable, wood- and gas-fired pizza ovens, teaming up with our colleagues at Good Food to ensure our tests were as accurate, fair and as useful as possible. With their culinary knowledge and our reviewing expertise, we’ve found the best pizza ovens for every garden.

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Pizza ovens on test

Good Food eCommerce and Reviews Editor, Anya Gilbert, and Product Testing Lead, Lydia Anderson, assess two pizza ovens

Our best pizza ovens to buy at a glance

Our 3 top-rated pizza ovens, under £300

Also recommended, under £300

Our 4 top-rated pizza ovens, £300+

Also recommended, £300+

Comparison table: best pizza ovens

ModelRatingRRPFuel TypePizza SizeWeightWarrantyDeliVita New Diavolo Gas Fired4.8/5£199Gas12"15kg1 yearProCook Outdoor4.6/5£249Gas12"12kg2 yearsDellonda Portable4.8/5£280Wood-fired14"14kg1 yearCozze 134.5/5£199Gas13"15.5kg2 yearsOoni Karu 124.5/5£299Multi-fuel12"12kg5 yearsOoni Koda 124.5/5£299Gas12"9.2kg5 yearsGozney Arc Lite5/6£349.99Gas12"12kg5 yearsGozney Tread4.8/5£499.99Gas12"13.5kg5 yearsOoni Karu 2 Pro4.9/5£699Multi-fuel17"28.4kg5 yearsOoni Koda 2 Max4.6/5£899Gas20"38kg5 yearsSolo Stove Pi Prime4.5/5£319.99Gas13"15.52kgLifetimeGozney Roccbox4.3/5£399.99Gas or dual-fuel12"20kg5 yearsMorso Forno Spin4.5/5£465Gas15.7"17.11kg5 yearsOoni Koda 164.5/5£499Gas16"18.2kg5 years

Our expertise

Getting the right pizza oven for your garden means assessing the correct size for your needs, your preferred fuel and the budget you can afford. Together with Good Food Magazine we tested a range of wood, gas and charcoal fuelled pizza ovens, setting them up and using them just as you would in your garden, cooking a range of different pizzas. Each oven has a detailed list of pros and cons for clarity and has been rated according to assembly and storage, ease of use, cooking results and value for money. From 2026, you’ll only see newly awarded Best Buy badges on pizza ovens that score 4.5 out of 5 or higher. Anything rated 3.5 or above will still feature in our ‘Best of the rest’ list.

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Our 3 top-rated pizza ovens, under £300

1: Delivita New Diavolo Gas Fired

Our best pizza oven for camping

RRP: £199

Our rating: 4.8/5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: John Lewis & Partners (£179.10) and Amazon (£199)

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Our best pizza oven for camping: Delivita New Diavolo Gas-Fired Pizza Oven

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The Delivita Diavolo offers a more portable take on the traditional pizza oven, designed with travel and smaller spaces in mind. It’s sturdy and well-made, but lightweight enough to pop it in the included carry bag and take it with you to whichever beach, campsite, or garden you like. It’s ready to use straight out of the box, just unfold the legs, connect the gas and you’re good to go. It comes with two gas regulators (one for a gas bottle and one for the included gas canister), plus a foldable peel, and a thermometer gun. There’s a single dial to control the temperature, the oven heats up quickly, and adjusting it is easy. In testing, it produced great pizzas with crisp bases and bubbling cheese, while also handling flatbreads and a vegetable ragu well.

There are a couple of drawbacks: the lack of flame guard means food around the edges can catch more easily, and the instructions could be clearer, particularly for beginners. But at only £199 with this level of kit and portability, it’s a compelling package overall. Elaine Lemm

2: ProCook Outdoor Pizza Oven

Our best basic pizza oven

RRP: £249

Our rating: 4.6/5

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.

Available from: ProCook (£249)

Best Buy basic pizza oven 2025: ProCook Outdoor Pizza Oven

Our best basic pizza oven 2025: ProCook Outdoor Pizza Oven

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The ProCook Outdoor Pizza Oven is a straightforward, gas-powered option that does the basics well and offers good value for money. Assembly is simple, requiring little more than attaching the gas hose, and the instructions are clear, although they don’t specify a preheat time. We found that around 30 minutes worked well, bringing the stone to roughly 300°C. There’s no built-in thermometer, so you’ll need a temperature gun if you want to be precise.

The oven feels solid and well-made, with a stable base and a premium finish that belies its lower price point. In use, the manual 360°C turning dial is a real asset, allowing you to rotate the pizza stone easily and achieve a more even bake, as the front of the oven runs cooler than the back. There’s no pizza peel or storage cover included, but with a two-year warranty and a price of £249, this is a well-built, entry-level gas pizza oven for anyone wanting simplicity over bells and whistles. We awarded it a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy for the best basic pizza oven in 2025.

3: Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired 14-inch Pizza Oven

Our best value pizza oven

RRP: £280

Our rating: 4.8/5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£179.98), B&Q (£179.98) and Robert Dyas (£177.99)

Best Buy value pizza oven: Dellonda Portable Wood Fired 14 inch pizza oven

Our best value pizza oven: Dellonda Portable Wood Fired 14-inch pizza oven

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The Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired 14-inch Pizza Oven is a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy 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 accommodates a 12-inch pizza, and all the oven's handles are long and wooden to keep your hands well away from the 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.

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Also recommended, under £300

Cozze 13-inch gas pizza oven

Our best value gas-fuelled oven

RRP: £199

Our rating: 4.5/5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: BBQ World (£199) and Amazon (£158.39)

Best Buy for the best value gas-fuelled oven: Cozze 13-inch gas pizza oven

Our best value gas-fuelled oven: Cozze 13-inch gas pizza oven

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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 turning 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 for the best value gas-fuelled oven.

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Ooni Karu 12 multi-fuel pizza oven

Our best portable oven

RRP: £349.00

Our rating: 4.5/5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Ooni (£349), John Lewis (£349) and Lakeland (349.99)

Best Buy award for the best portable oven: Ooni Karu 12G pizza oven

Our best portable oven: Ooni Karu 12G pizza oven

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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 12 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, it 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-inch 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 the 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 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 for the best portable oven. Note, though, that 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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Ooni Koda 12 pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for couples

RRP: £299

Our rating: 4.5 /5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Ooni (£299), John Lewis (£299) and Lakeland (£299.99)

Best Buy pizza oven for couples: Ooni Koda 12 pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for couples: Ooni Koda 12 pizza oven

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If the 16-inch pizza capacity offered by the Koda 16 is overkill, check out its smaller, less expensive sibling. A BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy 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.

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Our 4 top-rated pizza ovens, £300+

1: Gozney Arc Lite

Our best pizza oven for small spaces

RRP: £349.99

Our rating: 5/5

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Available from: Gozney (£349.99) and Lakeland (£349.99)

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Our best pizza oven for small spaces: Gozney Arc Lite

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The Gozney Arc Lite is the smallest oven in the brand’s range, weighing just over 12kg and taking up little more space than a typical air fryer. Despite its compact size, it feels solid, well-made and it’s tastefully understated with just a simple operating button; it would make an attractive addition to any outdoor setup. Its size makes it particularly well suited to balconies, patios and smaller gardens, and the light build means it’s easy to move and store.

It arrives fully assembled out of the box; you just have to slot in the pizza stone and connect to a propane gas supply, and you can get cooking. During testing, it was ready to light within five minutes and had reached up to 500oC by around 20 minutes. While it’s limited to cooking only one 12-inch pizza at a time, it’s not really an issue when pizzas can be turned around in as little as 60 seconds. Beyond pizza, it’s versatile enough to cook dishes such as steak, potatoes, and roasting dishes for fish and vegetables. Overall, it’s a compact, well-designed oven that delivers very strong performance. Elaine Lemm

2: Gozney Tread Pizza Oven

Our best portable pizza oven

RRP: £499.99

Our rating: 4.8/5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£499), Gozney (£499.99) and John Lewis (£499.99)

Best Buy portable pizza oven 2025: Gozney Tread

Our best portable pizza oven: Gozney Tread

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At 13.5kg, the Tread is 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 500 °C, 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 its 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.

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3: Ooni Karu 2 Pro

Our best multi-fuel pizza oven

RRP: £699

Our rating: 4.9/5

A star rating of 4.9 out of 5.

Available from: Ooni (£699), Amazon (£699), and Lakeland (£699.99)

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Our best multi-fuel pizza oven: Ooni Karu 21 Pro

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The Karu 2 Pro sits at the premium end of Ooni’s range and includes several upgrades over its predecessor, the Karu 16. Most notably, a larger glass door to keep an eye on your pizza as it cooks, a food probe for roasting meats and remote temperature monitoring when you pair it with the Ooni app. Like the Karu 16, it can be operated using wood, charcoal, or gas (though the gas burner does need to be bought separately), which offers impressive versatility and the potential to comfortably cook more than just pizza.

As with other Ooni models, its assembly and use is straightforward. The wide opening and increased height make launching and rotating pizzas easy, particularly for beginners, while also allowing space for larger dishes such as joints of meat or roasting trays. Necessary extras like a pizza peel aren’t included in the price, but Ooni does offer an essential and ultimate bundle with additional accessories like a pizza peel and all-weather cover. Natalie Bass

4: Ooni Koda 2 Max

Our best large pizza oven

RRP: £899

Our rating: 4.6/5

A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.

Available from: Ooni (£899) and John Lewis & Partners (£899)

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Our best large pizza oven: Ooni Koda 2 Max

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The Koda 2 Max, Ooni’s largest and most expensive pizza oven in the range, is built for pizza enthusiasts who love to entertain. Its supersized 24-inch cooking area is one of the largest we’ve seen and it can cook up to three 10-inch pizzas at a time – or one 20-inch pizza if you’re up for the challenge. As expected, it’s a substantial piece of kit. Assembly is fairly straightforward, taking only around 10 minutes, though you’ll need two people because of its size.

The digital display is user-friendly and clear to read, and there are two separate dials to control the left and right cooking zones, allowing you to cook foods that require different cooking temperatures simultaneously. In testing, we were able to sear a steak in a cast-iron pan on one side while cooking a pizza on the other, both with very strong results. It’s a little cumbersome when it comes to storing as the legs don’t fold inward, but this is a small trade-off for an oven with such impressive capacity and crowd-pleasing capability. Natalie Bass

Also recommended, £300+

Solo Stove Pi Prime pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for versatility

RRP: £319.99

Our rating: 4.5/5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: John Lewis (£399.99) and Solo Stove (319.99)

Best Buy for versatility: Solo Stove Pi Prime pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for versatility: Solo Stove Pi Prime pizza oven

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This neat pizza oven comes essentially preassembled; all you need to add is the pizza stone, 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, 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-inch 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 all right 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 manufacturer defects. We awarded it a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy for versatility.

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Roccbox pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for beginners

RRP: £399.99

Our rating: 4.3/5

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£319), Gozney (319.99) and John Lewis (399.99)

Best Buy for beginners: Gozney Roccbox pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for beginners: Gozney Roccbox pizza oven

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If you’re new to homemade pizza, this BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy for beginners is ready to go straight from the box. It’s utterly foolproof, hitting temperature in 20 minutes and 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 its size. Although it has a larger footprint than the Koda 12, it only cooks pizzas up to 12 inches.

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Morsø Forno Spin pizza oven

Our best gas pizza oven

RRP: £489

Our rating: 4.5/5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£465), B&Q (£549) and Direct Stoves (£465)

Best Buy gas pizza oven: Morso forno spin pizza oven

Our best gas pizza oven: Morso forno spin pizza oven

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This futuristic-looking pizza oven from Danish brand Morsø is a solid choice for those seeking a fuss-free pizza-making experience, as with the 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 400°C in just under 10 minutes. Our 12-inch pizza was bubbling within two-and-a-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 that 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.

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Ooni Koda 16 pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for big families

RRP: £499

Our rating: 4.5/5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Ooni (£499), John Lewis (£499) and Lakeland (£499)

Best Buy pizza oven for big families: Ooni Koda 16 pizza oven

Our best pizza oven for big families: Ooni Koda 16 pizza oven

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Ooni is the most famous brand in the pizza oven industry, and the Koda 16 wins the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy 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°C 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.

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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.

Ninja Artisan Electric Outdoor Pizza Oven & Air Fryer

RRP: £299.99

Our rating: 4.4/5

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.

Available from: Ninja (£299.99)

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Ninja Artisan Electric Outdoor Pizza Oven & Air Fryer

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If convenience and versatility matter more to you than pizza purism, the Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven and Air Fryer is a strong contender. Setup is simple: slot in the 12-inch pizza stone, plug the oven in at the mains, and wait around 20 minutes for it to preheat; it beeps when it’s ready, which is a nice touch. The range of pre-set cooking modes can feel slightly overwhelming at first, but the five dedicated pizza settings – including Artisan, Thin Crust and New York – are genuinely useful.

Pizzas cooked in around two minutes, with puffy, evenly baked bases and even a touch of charring. Beyond pizza, this oven’s real strength is flexibility: accessories for air frying and baking mean it can handle fish, gratins and even a small roast chicken with ease. Solidly built and relatively compact, the Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven and Air Fryer is a practical, low-fuss outdoor oven that’s ideal for those who value versatility and reliability over traditional pizza-making theatrics.

Ooni Koda 2

RRP: £399

Our rating: 4.4/5

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.

Available from: Lakeland (£399) and Ooni (£399)

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Ooni Koda 2

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The Ooni Koda 2 is a compact, gas-powered pizza oven that combines strong performance with an eye-catching, slate-blue design. Weighing just 16kg, it’s easy to move and store, which is extremely important for a product that will be endlessly picked up, taken in and out of sheds and garages, and moved around to different spots in the garden. It takes around 30 minutes to heat up and cooks pizzas in roughly 90 seconds, with a 14-inch stone offering plenty of room for large or lop-sided, messy pizza creations.

One drawback that comes with this excellent price point for a high-quality product is the lack of a built-in temperature gauge, but it’s easy enough to get by with a separate temperature gun instead. That said, this is a powerful, well-built piece of kit, and is ideal for anyone wanting a portable, dedicated gas pizza oven without moving up to a larger, more expensive model.

Ooni Koda 2 Pro 2nd Generation

RRP: £599

Our rating: 4.2/5

A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.

Available from: John Lewis (£599), Lakeland (£599) and Ooni (£599)

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Ooni Koda 2 Pro 2nd Generation

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The Ooni Koda 2 Pro is a powerful, larger-than-average gas pizza oven with a generous 18-inch cooking space. The oven can comfortably handle bigger items, including large roasting trays, giving it more flexibility than smaller pizza-only models. That extra capacity does come with trade-offs, though. It’s very heavy and isn’t designed to be left outdoors year-round, with no cover included. It also doesn’t function as a barbecue or smoker, and no cleaning tools are supplied.

If you have the outdoor space to store it properly and want a high-capacity gas pizza oven, perhaps with an eye on having a few impromptu pizza parties over the course of a summer, it’s a strong option — but it is less suited to those with limited space or portability in mind.

Igneus Classico pizza oven

RRP: £999

Our rating: 4/5

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Available from: Igneus (£999) and The Pizza Oven Shop (£999)

Igneus Classico pizza oven

Igneus Classico pizza oven

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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 high price, it only has a one-year warranty and, like the Ooni products featured in this article, it doesn’t come with essential accessories like a pizza peel.

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Fresh Grills Premium pizza oven

RRP: £279.99

Our rating: 4/5

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Available from: The Range (£279.99), B&Q (£279.99) and Robert Dyas (£353.99)

Fresh Grills Premium pizza oven

Fresh Grills Premium pizza oven

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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.

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More pizza oven ideas

For more help, our friends at Olive Magazine have looked at pizza oven favourites Gozney vs. Ooni to help you see which brand might be best for you and your space. To help create the right atmosphere in the garden, see our review of the best solar lights and our guides to the best firepits, parasols and the best garden furniture sets.

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, these are 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 of these 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. 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, which 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.

A margherita pizza being put to the test

A margherita pizza being put to the test

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 BBC Good Food’s basic pizza dough recipe on test and the manufacturer’s 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:

For more information on our testing process, see How we Review

Meet our testing panel

Oliver Parsons, Strategic Projects Editor
Oliver is a gardener and magazine journalist of 20 years’ experience. He trained as a professional horticulturalist at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Chelmsford and has also worked for Gardening Which?, as a freelance gardener and with the gardening team at Down House in Kent. He is now Strategic Projects Editor at BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and GardenersWorld.com, heading up our reviews desk, Apple News output and weekly newsletter.

Kay Maguire, Magazines Editor
Kay trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has been writing and making films about gardening ever since. She has written for websites and magazines, including The Garden and Amateur Gardening, was Horticultural Editor on BBC Gardeners' World Magazine for five years, and has also written several books on a range of gardening topics from growing house plants to making the most of a small space. After several years as Reviews Editor, building up our reviews section into a leading resource for UK gardeners, she has now become Magazines Editor for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, responsible for all print output.

Harry Duncton, Freelance Powered Tools Tester
Harry has a wealth of experience, from being a language teacher to a tree surgeon, and has built this into a career writing about all things DIY and gardening. A passionate believer in self-reliance, his aim is to inspire others to give it a go themselves and not worry about making a few mistakes along the way. A regular contributor to popular DIY blogs and a recent addition to the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine team, he loves tracking down the best new tools and writing about them.

Sue Fisher, Freelance Garden Writer
Sue’s extensive horticultural career spans over 40 years, starting with a decade in the garden centre and nursery industry before developing into an accomplished gardening writer, designer and speaker. Sue writes regularly for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, GardenersWorld.com and Garden Answers magazine. She has written 10 books on subjects including container gardening, plants for small gardens and designing with colour, and she has co-authored other books with some of the biggest names in gardening.

Emma Crawforth, Horticulture Editor
Emma holds the Kew Diploma in Horticulture and has been working in horticulture for 18 years, including roles in public gardens, a plant nursery supplying plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and a training college for young horticulturists. She looks after an ornamental, fruit and veg garden at home and regularly undertakes trips to see plants growing in their natural habitats. She is the author of the Kew Publications book, Things to Do with Plants.

Jane Moore, Freelance Garden Writer
In a horticultural career spanning 30 years, Jane has been a head gardener at a Benedictine Abbey, a writer for national gardening magazines and newspapers, a researcher on BBC gardening programmes and a TV presenter on BBC Gardeners’ World. Among her many accolades are a Chelsea Flower Show medal, several awards from the Garden Media Guild and her books are published worldwide. She has spent 30 years working as a hands-on head gardener, using tools on a daily basis.

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