Outdoor pizza oven

[Blue nose]

Thinking of buying one for DH birthday next month as we've really enjoyed outdoor dining during last year's lockdowns.

Any recommendations for newbies?

Ideally want something portable, if possible, so we can put away each time.

Are they electric or something else?

No idea where to start. Daft question alert - can you use shop bought pizza on them? I've searched on here for pizza ovens and all the talk is about getting the dough right. Happy to make own sometimes as we do it that now but also interested in convenience options 🤔

[dizzymcfarlane]

We got my son in law an ooni for his 40th birthday. Best present ever. He loves it. He can use wood chips or gas canister on his. He usually makes his own dough.

[YorkshireT]

The Ooni ones are meant to be decent.

[skalexander]

We've got an Ooni. Its very portable - we've taken it to friend's houses. We have the wood pellet one. A friend has the gas one which is also very good.

[Floridadreams]

We have a Roccbox and love it. You can use it with gas or wood (comes with both attachments). We had a built pizza oven before but it didn’t survive the frost. We did love the pizzas though so needed a replacement. The Roccbox works really well and is very quick to heat up.

[Rding]

I have a ooni but it’s one of the earlier models which run on wood pellets it was ok but I always struggled keeping it up to temperature. I now have a Roccbox which is gas (can run on wood as well) it’s better made than the Ooni it’s insulated so keeps the temperature better and easy to put away after use. The cover goes over the top and has a handle so you can carry it you just fold up the legs. Sunday nights are pizza night I prep the dough on the morning and it takes me half an hour to knock out seven pizzas. Just bought a mixer and some tins to try New York and Detroit style doughs.

[Floridadreams]

Originally Posted by Rding

Just bought a mixer and some tins to try New York and Detroit style doughs.

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Sorry, off topic, but what tins did you get? I’ve not been able to find anything that would withstand the temperature as it’s hotter than a normal oven

[alp1972]

Hi we have an Ooni and love it used it loads over the summer , really nice when having friends round as its very sociable .

[Blue nose]

Originally Posted by Rding

I have a ooni but it’s one of the earlier models which run on wood pellets it was ok but I always struggled keeping it up to temperature. I now have a Roccbox which is gas (can run on wood as well) it’s better made than the Ooni it’s insulated so keeps the temperature better and easy to put away after use. The cover goes over the top and has a handle so you can carry it you just fold up the legs. Sunday nights are pizza night I prep the dough on the morning and it takes me half an hour to knock out seven pizzas. Just bought a mixer and some tins to try New York and Detroit style doughs.

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Thank you everyone for replies 👍

Would you mind posting a link to the one you have? Sounds great.

Also, can you use shop bought pizza - anyone?

[Floridadreams]

eu.gozney/products/roccb...IaAqp3EALw_wcB
This is the one we have. Think it was more expensive than the Ooni but the reviews were very good so I went for this type. So happy with it.
I have no idea about shop bought pizza in it as we’ve never tried. I’m sure if you buy one though you’ll be trying your own dough soon enough - my DH uses Jamie Oliver’s recipe