If you’ve heard the buzz lately around having your own pizza oven and want to know the best pizza ovens available in 2024, then you’ve come to the right place!
Fancy giving a DIY pizza oven a go? We also round-up our favourite ideas for building one yourself!
While we love a shop-bought pizza cooked in our kitchen ovens, there’s something sublime about biting into a beautifully risen, baked-to-perfection slice that’s ready in under a minute.
Crispy and deliciously oozy at the same time is the aim, and that’s what a dedicated oven will help you achieve!
You can still enjoy your ready-made pizza of course, and it will probably taste even better, absolutely no sogginess here!
But the real joy comes from creating your own, starting with the dough base and building up with your favourite ingredients.
Are you a tomato sauce fan or do you prefer yours plainer with a white base? Whatever your preference, you’ll never look back!
Why are pizza ovens better than normal ovens?
The reason a specialist oven produces a tastier result is that it heats up to at least 450℃.
That’s why your Hawaiian or margherita takes around 60 seconds to cook rather than the standard 10 minutes in your home oven.
The majority of indoor pizza ovens tend to be compact and will simply plug into an electric socket in your kitchen. However, a handful are much larger (think restaurant-style) and are wood-fuelled.
Think about the space you have, the type of taste you’re after and how long you want to wait for your oven to heat up and cook your pizza to perfection.
Which fuel type should you choose?
Outdoor pizza ovens can be electric, wood-fired, gas or a combination. It’s really up to you which one you choose.
Electric ovens are great for indoors of course as they simply plug into a socket in your kitchen. Some portable models can also be used outdoors. They’re easy to clean but can take longer to heat up.
Wood-fired ovens will give your pizzas that distinctive and desirable wood-smoke taste but can be a pain to clean (all that ash that needs sweeping after each use) and also take a bit of practice controlling the temperature.
Gas ovens are easier to keep clean than wood-fired ovens and are generally easier to control the temperature.
Multi-fuel ovens give you the best of both worlds. Go for gas if you want results in a hurry, or wood-fired when you want to pull out all the stops for a leisurely get together.
Use these quick links to jump to the ovens you’re interested in:
Indoor pizza ovens
Electric outdoor pizza ovens
Wood-fired pizza ovens
Gas pizza ovens
Multi-fuel pizza ovens
DIY pizza ovens
Indoor Pizza Ovens
1. Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza Oven
This neat little beauty sits on your countertop taking up minimal space. It heats up to 450℃ in 20 minutes and you’ll have a delicious stone-baked pizza in 90 seconds.
Brilliantly, if you have sockets outside you can take the pizza party outdoors with you, thanks to the oven’s weather-proof shell.
2. Sage Smart OvenTM Pizzaiolo
Fancy a wood-fired brick-oven-style pizza indoors, without having to buy the pellets and clean up the ash? Step forward the Pizzaiolo!
The oven cooks using a combination of conductive, radiant and convective heat. Get the classic leopard-spot crust of a wood-fired pizza by selecting this style on the dial.
Whichever type of pizza you like, you’ll be tucking into yours in two minutes. Nom nom.
3. Unold Luigi Electric Pizza Oven
Like your pizzas large? This oven can accommodate pies of up to 12 inches, baked on a stone within two minutes! It’ll look so sleek on your kitchen worktop.
The added joy of this oven is it has a cool-touch oven door and housing, so no worries about burning your fingers on the outside.
Electric Outdoor Pizza Ovens
4. Ninja Woodfire Outdoor Oven, Artisan Pizza Maker and BBQ Smoker
Is there anything this all-singing-and-all-dancing machine doesn’t do? It’s a bit of a miracle worker! It cooks artisan pizzas in under three minutes with that gorgeous wood-fired taste.
Powered by electricity, it can roast and bake – hello juicy Sunday joints! You add the wood pellets to get your restaurant-quality pizza flavour, without using them as fuel.
Wood-fired Pizza Ovens
5. Bullet Wood Fired Pizza Oven
Reaching up to a temperature of 350℃, this stainless-steel oven is compact, making it ideal for smaller gardens. It even has foldable legs so you can store it away neatly when not in use.
6. Igneus Classico Wood Fired Outdoor Pizza Oven
With capacity for two 12 inch pizzas at a time, this sleek and shiny oven is ideal for families.
Igneus pizza ovens are beautifully handmade in Portugal so will really look the part in your garden. The Classico is available in a range of on-trend colours, from aubergine to copper, to suit your aesthetic.
The oven is fuelled with kiln-dried hardwood logs (silver birch is recommended) and heats up to 500℃ in 15 to 20 minutes.
As well as pizzas you can roast meat, curries and vegetables to perfection – or why not try a round of cupcakes?
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7. Tepro Pellet Fired Pizza Oven
This neat little oven can cook a 12 inch pizza in 60 seconds, so you can enjoy all that melted cheesy goodness in the blink of an eye.
It’s a good-looking, portable oven with foldable legs and a stainless-steel interior. A great budget buy!
Gas Pizza Ovens
8. DeliVita Diavolo Gas Fired Outdoor Pizza Oven & Accessories Bundle
Make like an Italian chef with this cute gas-fired oven. Sporting an insulated base, it can be positioned anywhere sturdy enough to take its weight, making it ideal for use on your balcony, patio or on camping trips. Cooks a 12 inch pizza in 90 seconds. Deliziosa!
9. Lakeland Gas Pizza Oven
This lightweight, compact oven is simple to set up and clean, making your life as easy as possible! It heats up to 500℃ in just 15 minutes, meaning lunch is on the table in next to no time.
Buy a cover and keep the oven out all year round, or fold the legs and store it away if you prefer. There are all sorts of accessories you can buy separately from Lakeland to go with this oven, from a lidded pizza topping station to a pizza peel.
10. Ooni Koda 12 Gas Fuel Portable Outdoor Pizza Oven
The Ooni Koda promises no assembly, no mess, no fuss – what could be dreamier? Enjoy Neapolitan-style pizzas in 60 seconds flat.
The letterbox-style opening makes it easy to slide your pizzas in and out on a peel. Legs are foldable for transport and storage.
Multi-fuel Pizza Ovens
11. Gozney Roccbox Portable Wood-Fired & Gas Fuel Pizza Oven
If cooking with gas, this oven boasts a unique rolling flame to replicate the effect of a wood burner. But you can buy a detachable wood burner if you’d like to explore the dual fuel aspect. An in-built thermometer means you’ll easily be able to check the cooking temperature.
Using gas, it takes 20 to 30 minutes to heat up and produces restaurant-quality pizzas in 90 seconds.
12. Ooni Karu 12G Multi Fuel Portable Outdoor Pizza Oven
Use wood, charcoal or gas to fuel this neat little oven. It’s the perfect choice for pizza newbies or experienced pizza chefs alike!
The oven reaches temperature in 15 minutes and cooks authentic wood-fired pizzas in just 60 seconds. Lightweight and small, its ceramic fibre-insulated body means it retains its heat beautifully.
13. Solo Stove Pizza Oven
This gleaming stainless-steel oven has a futuristic vibe that we love! Choose from the convenience of gas for a quick midweek tea, or opt for wood-fuelled for a relaxed gathering and that unbeatable wood-fired flavour.
This is foodie theatre at its best – you won’t be able to resist keeping an eye on your pie as it crisps up in 90 seconds!
DIY Pizza Ovens
We love the simplicity of this idea from ChefSteps. You don’t need to be a DIY whizz or have to buy any expensive materials to make this terrifically fit-for-purpose pizza oven.
All you need is some bricks (standard bricks are fine to start with, although you may want to go straight for the fire bricks for peace of mind), a couple of large stone slabs, and some dry logs, and you’re ready to cook!
Added bonus: you also get some tips for what to look for in the perfectly cooked pizza and tricks for how to get it!
Alternatively, if you have the time and some smart bricklaying skills, you can have a go at creating this masterpiece from Creative Cement. We sure you'll find the video – which incidentally doesn't have any words, just music – as mesmerising as we do!
You can buy oven doors on eBay and Amazon and sometimes you’ll find them in reclamation yards too.
Get fired up by the best pizza ovens
If you love pizza, and can’t get enough of a restaurant-quality leopard-spotted crust and charred base, then you should definitely consider a pizza oven.
As the trend is still going strong, there’s an amazing range of models to choose from, so you’re bound to find one for you or even have a go at making your own DIY pizza oven!
There are loads of compact and economical designs that would suit a small kitchen, right up to larger models for the ultimate pizza party al fresco.
You can choose from electric, gas, wood or multi-fuel varieties, so whatever your preference and budget, there’s a pizza oven that will fit your lifestyle and aesthetic perfectly.
Complete the look with patio furniture
Got the pizza oven on order and ready to plan that summer party? It’s time to pretty up your garden with some gorgeous new patio furniture! We have all the inspiration you need to zhuzh up any size of garden – if a tiny balcony is all you have then we have you covered!
Of course, we also have ideas for larger spaces too. Now all you need to do is sort out that guest list!
