The Best Pizza Ovens to Help You Serve Up a Fresh Slice

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Best for Quick Heat-Up Time

Ooni Koda 12 Pizza Oven

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$399

Ooni

Best for Gas to Wood-Burning

Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven

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$500

Gozney

Best for Countertops

BrevilleSmart Oven Pizzaiolo

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$800

Breville

You don’t need to be a culinary whiz to make pizza. But to bake a truly delicious pie, it helps if you own one of the best pizza ovens on the market. (Mastering the peel is another story!) And since a backyard brick oven is not exactly an option for most people, we curated the top picks with pizza ovens our editors and contributors use at home as well as some design-forward options to accent your countertop or patio area. What’s more, most of these appliances weigh around 30 pounds for portability—whether you store it in your garage or want to bring it to the next tailgate.

All of these selections will heat up to at least 700°F in under 20 minutes, then let you bake the pie of your dreams in less than two minutes. Crispy crust, gooey cheese, and toppings galore are just a click away for your personal pizzeria.

Best for Quick Heat-Up Time

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Ooni Koda 12 Pizza Oven

$399

Ooni

Ooni has been around since 2012 and has quite a collection of models, but the Koda 12, a gas-powered portable pizza oven, is one of the most popular. It only takes 15 minutes to reach 950°F (500°C) and just 60 seconds to cook your Neapolitan-style pie. Setup is easy, just flip down the foldable stainless steel legs and connect the pizza oven to a propane tank. “Having an infrared temperature gun, which you can get as an add-on, is a good idea if you want to know exactly what internal temp you're getting,” says Zoë Sessums, senior digital design editor who tested the Koda 12. “Perfecting your pizzaiolo skills is where the real work comes in, but the ease of use for the Ooni makes it worth it.”

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Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven

$500

Gozney

Gozney Roccbox is another stellar portable pizza oven on the market. This model first launched in 2016 and has been going strong ever since. The Roccbox is simple to set up—just open the box and unfold the retractable legs, connect the detachable burner (it comes with a wood or gas option), and hook up your propane tank (if you’re using it). You can expect the Roccbox to be up to temperature (it also reaches up to 950°F) in around 20 to 30 minutes on gas and about 40 minutes on wood. While the Roccbox is portable, it weighs more than 40 pounds. “I did carry it up and down a flight of stairs on the regular, but I would say it’s slightly less portable—I definitely wouldn’t make it down a beach boardwalk on my own,” Sessums says, who notes that it is clear that the Roccbox was engineered to replicate Gozney’s professional pizza ovens. She thinks this model is sturdy and reliable.

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BrevilleSmart Oven Pizzaiolo

$800

Breville

$1,000

Amazon

$800

Williams Sonoma

The Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo implements an algorithm in the Element iQ system to get the cheesy goodness just right—and in two minutes at that. Unlike the Gozney Roccbox and the Ooni Koda 12, this option can be used indoors on your kitchen countertops, making it a perfect pizza oven for beginners. “The active deck (or stone deck) moves forward when I open the door and moves backward when I close the door,” says contributor Terri Williams, who tested this indoor pizza oven. “This makes it easy to put the pizza in and take it out.”

You can use the pizza pan or the pizza peel, but not both. “In my first go, I used the pizza peel to place the pizza directly on the stone deck,” Williams says. “However, despite sprinkling the pizza peel with flour, getting the pizza to slide off the peel onto the stone deck was not as easy as it looks in those pizza commercials. And my pizza stone no longer looked new when I took the pizza off it. It has burn marks that aren’t coming off. However, with practice, I’m sure I’ll get better at using the peel.”

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Ooni Volt 12 Pizza Oven

$900 $630 (30% off)

Ooni

As far as electric pizza ovens go, the Ooni Volt 12 heats up to 850 degrees but is still suited for indoor use. This model looks similar to other Ooni models, but the Volt 12 legs are shorter and stubbier. “It’s relatively heavy for a portable pizza oven—and although I was able to move it by myself, I wouldn’t want to do it often,” Williams says in her review.

When it comes to cooking pizza, the launching process is not quite the same as when you use a regular oven (put it on a pizza pan and place it into the oven). “Instead, you’re trying to slide the pizza off of the pizza peel into the oven, which takes considerably more effort since the pizza dough tends to stick to the peel,” Williams elaborates. Yet, unlike regular ovens, this model has a digital infrared thermometer to gauge the temperature of the pizza stone. The preheating stage takes less than 20 minutes. Then, launch the pizza onto the middle of the baking stone and use a pizza peel to take the pizza out and turn it every 20 to 30 seconds. “Admittedly, I thought this was a tedious step,” Williams says. “However, the finished result was a delicious and great pizza that didn’t taste at all like store-bought assembly-line pizza.”

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Gozney Dome Pizza Oven

$2,000

Gozney

The best outdoor pizza ovens are the ones that can pack high heat. Once the Gozney Dome reaches 950°F, your pizza cook time is just about 60 seconds. It’s designed to be large enough to cook a 16-inch Neopolitan-style pizza. Once you get it going, spice up your outdoor cooking game by venturing into everything from steaks to cedar plank salmon to roasting vegetables. You can even add a steamer, and the oven is suited for baking bread.

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Solo Stove Pi Prime Propane Pizza Oven

$450

Solo Stove

$450

Amazon

The demi-dome heating technology of the Solo Stove Pi Prime is what helps it retain heat for 90-second pizza baking—all you need to do is turn the dial, and homemade pizza is what’s for dinner. It only weighs 30 pounds, so you can bring it to a friend’s backyard for an ultimate pizza party. Its versatility and high temperatures make it a contender for perfect meat searing. Why not try a Brazilian steak pizza?

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Lars Hvalsø Turtle 2.0 Gas Pizza Oven

$699

Lumens

For those that care about backyard aesthetics as much as they do about pizza making, the Danish-designed Le Feu 2.0 is it. The fireplace company ventured into the culinary arena with its powder-coated steel construction and sleek wooden legs. This gas pizza oven can reach 900°F in about 10 minutes, then cook any style of pizza in 100 seconds. The best part? The entire baking process is made to be simple, with no learning curve necessary.

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Alfa Moderno 2 Pizze Wood-Fired Pizza Oven

$2,199 $1,788 (19% off)

BBQ Guys

Good pizza is even better when you get two pies at once. The design-forward Alfa is spacious enough to make double—a bonus when you have hangry kids fighting for the cheesy goodness. This is a wood-fired model, but it also comes in a gas version with a Hybrid kit. And since this outdoor pizza oven is made in Italy, you’re almost guaranteed to make the ultimate Neopolitan-style pizza.

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Witt ETNA Rotante Gas Pizza Oven

$800

Williams Sonoma

At the end of the day, it’s all about the crust, and Witt Etna’s pizza stone is part of its magic—once the heat-up time is complete and reaches 950°F, all you need to do is rotate it for a tasty pie. For those who are looking beyond the black and grey color palette, know that this model comes in zesty orange and will surely awaken any pizza party decor.