Compare gas and wood-fired pizza ovens

In this category you compare outdoor pizza ovens on gas and multi-fuel pizza ovens that you fire with wood or charcoal. The Power source filter shows only the gas ovens or only the multi-fuel ovens, and the Pizza size filter helps you pick the size. All pizza ovens and accessories together are under pizza ovens.

Gas pizza ovens

A gas oven, such as the Ooni Koda or the Witt Etna and Piccolo, heats up quickly and is easy to control with a dial. You need a gas cylinder and a matching regulator. Some ovens come in a 30 mbar version and a 37 mbar version: choose the one that matches your cylinder and regulator. In the Netherlands 30 mbar is usual, in Belgium often 37 mbar.

Multi-fuel pizza ovens for wood and charcoal

A multi-fuel oven, such as the Ooni Karu, is fired with small pieces of wood or with charcoal. Lighting and tending the fire takes more attention, but you bake over a real fire. A separate gas burner is sold for the Karu, so you can bake on gas as well.

What to look for

• Size: 12 inch for pizzas up to about 30 cm, 16 inch for pizzas up to about 40 cm.
• Weight: a light oven is easier to take with you, for example to the campsite.
• Stone: with a rotating stone, as on the Witt Rotante models, you need to turn the pizza yourself less often.

Safe use

Only use a pizza oven outdoors, on a stable surface and away from anything that can catch fire. With gas, check the connection for leaks with soapy water and let the oven cool down before you cover it. Covers, peels and stones are under pizza oven accessories.