Promising the taste of Italy in your back garden, the new generation of portable pizza ovens not only mimic the shape of traditional brick-built ovens but are also capable of hitting temperatures of 500c.
While commercial and residential wood fired ovens are still a relatively niche part of the outdoor cooking market, they are set to devour a larger slice of the action, now that more consumers are choosing to cook from home.
The overwhelming majority of pizza ovens are wood-fired because pizzas cook optimally in short, fierce blasts of heat. Cooking time usually takes between 30 seconds and five minutes, and the finished result is simply unachievable in a gas or domestic oven.
The main advantage to gas-powered pizza ovens is how low-maintenance they are by comparison: there’s no prep or waiting time, and no ashes to clean away afterwards. Instead, all you’ll need to do is attach a butane or propane canister. Also, the temperature of a gas pizza oven can be adjusted with the simple turn of a dial, although as explained, this isn’t essential.