The 19 best pizza ovens to bring Naples to your back garden

• Max pizza size: 20 inches (or two 12-inch pizzas)
• Fuel type: Gas
• Heat up time: 30 minutes
• Dimensions: 80 x 42.8 x 72.2 cm
• Weight: 43KG

The Koda 2 Max is an absolute behemoth in the world of pizza ovens, with a gargantuan 24in cooking area that can comfortably accommodate one huge 20in pizza, or two simultaneous 12in ones. Its dual independent cooking zones also allow for side-by-side cooks at different temperatures, adding extra functionality beyond pizza.

Equipped with Ooni's most advanced gas fuel system — G2 Gas Technology — this gas giant offers high energy efficiency and incredibly even heat distribution. Its unique tapered flame and dedicated dials for precision temperature control make it a dream for pizza enthusiasts and culinary experimenters alike, while an all-new Digital Temperature Hub provides readings from various spots throughout the oven, ensuring you know exactly when it's time to cook. With Bluetooth connectivity and two included food temperature probes, you can monitor your creations with ease too.

Reaching a top temperature of 500°C and ready to cook in just 30 minutes, the Koda 2 Max can churn out pizzas in as little as 60 seconds. For those seeking versatility, power, and efficiency in their outdoor cooking adventures, this oven is a top contender.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Electric (with integrated pellet smoker for authentic flavour)
• Heat up time: Info N/A
• Dimensions: 60 x 34 x 47 cm
• Weight: 12KG

Ninja's electric-powered wonderbox is a handsome, versatile powerhouse that goes beyond just pizza making. With eight cooking functions — Pizza, Max Roast, Gourmet Roast, Top Heat, Bake, Smoker, Dehydrate, and Keep Warm — this oven is designed to take your entire kitchen outdoors. It can handle everything from a whole 3kg chicken with vegetables, to a 5kg beef joint, or even 2 racks of ribs. Hungry yet?

One of the standout features is its Woodfire Technology. The integrated smoker box burns natural wood pellets to infuse authentic smoky flavours into your dishes, without relying on them as the primary fuel source. This allows for both low and slow smoking and quick flavour infusion across all cooking functions. In other words, you get to enjoy the wonderful smoky flavours of an authentic wood fire, without having to constantly faff around and worry about topping up the flames.

The oven itself reaches an impressive 370°C, unlocking high-heat roasting for brick-oven-inspired charring, blistering, and sizzling. It offers six pre-set pizza options, including Artisan, Thin, New York, Deep Pan, Calzone, and Custom, with no-turn pizzas ready in under 3 minutes. In short, it's a veritable culinary Swiss Army Knife and offers an incredible amount of delicious bang for your buck.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Wood pellets
• Heat up time: 18 minutes
• Dimensions: 52.4 x 35.56 x 60.96 cm
• Weight: 11.34KG

For those seeking an affordable entry into the world of outdoor pizza ovens, Big Horn's outdoor pizza oven serves up an attractive package. A wood pellet-fueled oven constructed from high-quality stainless steel for durability and safety, it packs a hefty punch despite its compact size, reaching temperatures up to 460°C, capable of churning out cooking delicious Neapolitan-style pizzas in 90 seconds or less.

It's a portable beast too, weighing just 11.3kg with folding legs to reduce its footprint — ideal for use in the garden, camping, or outdoor events, it's ideal for backyard use or outdoor cooking events.

It's not just for pizzas either, offering up some broader versatile enough to roast steaks, fish, lamb chops, burgers, salmon, and vegetable dishes. An option definitely worth considering for those new to wood-fired cooking and/or those looking for a budget-friendly option that doesn't compromise on performance.

• Max pizza size: 16 inches
• Fuel type: Multi-fuel
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: 81.5 x 50 x 83.7cm
• Weight: 28.4KG

The Karu 16 — or to be more specific, the dual-fuel variant of the Karu 16 — is one of the best choices for most people looking to step up their pizza game without blowing a grand or more on an oven. Despite being cheaper than more premium rivals like the Gozney Dome, it still offers superb results and can churn out deliciously authentic Neapolitan pizzas in just 90 seconds.

One of the Karu's standout features is its included glass door, which can be closed to help ensure that the stone and internal temperature of the oven reaches the magic 450-500°C temperature in as short a time as possible. This is an extremely handy feature, especially on those colder days when the frigid air saps more of the heat away from the oven and stone. It's glass-fronted too, which means you can keep an eye on your base and toppings without having to open it up and lose precious heat in the process.

Size-wise, it's pretty much perfect, letting you cook 14-16-inch pizzas with ease, with a very generous opening that provides plenty of room for easy launching and turning. Compared to other, smaller ovens, cooking in the Karu 16 is an absolute joy, thanks to the extra space. With folding legs and an easily detachable chimney though, it's nicely portable too, and won't take up much room, even in smaller outdoor spaces.

We've chosen to include the dual-fuel variant of the Karu 16 as the convenience of gas can't be understated, but you can save yourself a bit of cash and spring for the wood-only version to see how you get on, with the option to buy a gas conversion kit further down the line. Both models share the same design, and have a useful front-facing thermometer that lets you easily keep an eye on the internal temperature.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Multi-fuel
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: 57.5 x 45 x 51 cm
• Weight: 29.5KG

The Gozney Roccbox is a delightfully compact pizza oven that produces beautiful fluffy-yet-crunchy Neapolitan pizzas without breaking a sweat. Key selling points (beyond its compact build), include top-notch insulation, courtesy of a safe-touch silicon exterior, which is great for additional peace of mind, especially with renegade toddlers zooming around.

Retractable legs and a chimney-less design make for easy storage and transportation, while a built-in thermometer lets you keep on top of your temperatures. Baffle plate tech creates the traditional rolling flame that pizza ovens are famous for, ensuring that the toppings and crust are cooked evenly, while the super-hot stone takes care of the base.

Fuel-wise, the Roccbox comes with a gas burner which is the best option for most people, thanks to its simplicity and convenience (not to mention, the lack of smoke). You can always grab the optional wood-burning attachment separately in the future if you fancy something more adventurous, so the extra flexibility is a nice touch.

This particular version of the Roccbox is clad in a fetching all-black paint job. It's a limited edition run of the more traditionally coloured Roccbox, inspired by Gozney founder Tom Gozney's journey from substance abuse to creator of some of the best consumer pizza ovens around. It comes with an all-black pizza peel too, saving you from forking out for an extra accessory.

• Max pizza size: 13 inches
• Fuel type: Electric
• Heat up time: 20 minutes
• Dimensions: 61.7cm x 52.9cm x 27.9cm
• Weight: 17.8KG

Ooni's latest oven is the versatile Volt 12, a dinky electric model that removes a significant amount of the stress from at-home pizza-making. It's an immensely simple oven to set up and use, with a built-in timer and temperature control for fire-and-forget cooking. You can make 13-inch pizzas in roughly 20 minutes and the handy boost mode gives you that extra oomph to produce quality pizzas for hungry, impatient guests.

It's fairly weighty by Ooni's standards, so not particularly well-adjusted to camping trips. However, the diminutive size means it can be easily used on a kitchen countertop, unlocking the potential for pizza night even if the British weather isn't cooperating with your hosting expectations.

• Max pizza size: 13 inches
• Fuel type: Gas
• Heat up time: 20 minutes
• Dimensions: 53 x 53 x 49 c
• Weight: 22KG

There are plenty of pizza ovens that require a lot of furniture Tetris to get sorted in your garden or kitchen, but we love Cozze’s gas-fired oven for its dinky, diminutive status that retains its ability to cook a bloody great pizza. Because of its size, it can’t make the largest pizzas out there, but 13 inches is plenty fine for most occasions, and it only takes 20 minutes to warm up and be ready for cooking, so there’s not that much hanging around before you’re good to go. Manage the temperature on the body of the oven itself – which admittedly does require a bit of finessing – but if you like pretending you look like you know what you’re doing while baking pizzas, this is a top choice. It also comes with a pizza stone that’s easy to clean, so you really can’t complain.

• Max pizza size: 16 inches
• Fuel type: Gas-powered
• Heat up time: 20 minutes
• Dimensions: 63 x 58 x 37cm
• Weight: 18.2KG

We're all hunting for a pizza oven that can cook huge, tasty pizzas, right? While some of the other options in this list require a level of expertise and patience to get the most quality out of your pizza, Ooni's Koda 16 is a gas-powered dream for beginner outdoor chefs. It might require a bit more time to perfect the art, but it can handle up to 16 inches of doughy goodness and the even heat distribution means you can spend your time chugging beers or, you know, actually enjoying the company of your guests instead of slaving away at the oven.

It features an L-shaped flame at the edge of the oven so you only need to rotate the pizza once to get a completely even bake, and while it takes around 20 minutes to heat up, that's only marginally slower than some other options. It's not particularly portable, granted, but if you're just after a massive pizza in your garden, then ditch the Domino's and step towards an Ooni Koda.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Electric
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: 27.5 x 46 x 47.2 cm
• Weight: 10.5KG

If you don’t have the outdoor space or inclination to go camping but want to enjoy the chef-like flavour a dedicated outdoor pizza oven gives you, the Pizzaiolo is worth considering. At just shy of £700, it’s certainly an investment buy but it does claim to be the first domestic bench-top oven to hit 400C, which is needed to cook authentic wood-fired style pizzas in under two minutes. Using technology that combines three types of heat from a brick oven, including radiant, convective and conductive, its “Element iQ” system creates the ideal environment for cooking deep-pan to thin and crispy pizzas and also take on frozen versions with ease. It’s about the size of a standard microwave, so before you buy you will need to consider whether you have space on your worktop to house it permanently.

• Max pizza size: 14 inches
• Fuel type: Wood-fired
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: ‎82 x 44.2 x 74.5 cm
• Weight: 17.3KG

Cooking pizzas quickly is the most important thing for feeding hungry guests at your next garden party, and they don’t get much more speedy than Dellonda’s portable option. It’s great for camping, festivals and the like because it can rustle up a pie in under 15 minutes with its wood-fired mechanics. In fact, it can heat up the pizza in just 60 seconds if you’re feeling incredibly perished. Once done, clean it up quickly and pack it down in seconds thanks to the hinged legs and removable smoke stack. It also comes with a pizza wheel and a peel to help you get started right out of the box. Thanks, Dellonda.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Wood pellet
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: 74 x 39 x 72cm
• Weight: 10KG

Wood-pellet pizza ovens typically come in at a more affordable price, which is excellent on all fronts, but the latest Fyra 12 Ooni produces restaurant-quality pizzas with minimal fuss. The Fyra 12 is an excellent budget-friendly model capable of cooking crisp 12-inch pizzas in around 15 minutes, hitting optimum temps quickly. You can't keep track of the temperature, as there's no in-built thermometer, so you'll need some tactical nous and a healthy dose of patience to get the perfect results consistently.

The low price opens up the option to spend a little more on Ooni's excellent additional utensils and accessories, like a peel. Vital for keeping your freshly baked pizza intact, the peel is a key component for outdoor chefs looking to maximise presentation and reduce potential mess and clean up after.

• Max pizza size: 16 inches
• Fuel type: Gas
• Heat up time: 10 minutes
• Dimensions: ‎75 x 63 x 45 cm
• Weight: 37.5KG

If there's one major frustration we find with some pizza ovens is that our pies don't always come out evenly cooked across the top. Given that many cookers have the heat at the rear, we're left to manage the oven throughout the cooking time, turning regularly to ensure it doesn't go crusty at one end, but that issue is entirely solved thanks to Witt's rotating 360-degree pizza oven. The plate spins slowly throughout the cooking time for a crispy, solid base and a lightly cooked top. It's also got a burn booster for those beautiful leopard-spot bases that will have your guests wondering if you've had your pizzas shipped in from Napoli.

Because of this all-encapsulating heat, the pizzas can be cooked in a minute flat, which is staggering if you need a quick pie to throw in your mate's gob to sober him up. It's got ample space for 16-inch pizza dishes and also looks rather slick, with a low chassis on short legs that keeps things tidy and not too difficult to place in the garden.

• Max pizza size: 16 inches
• Fuel type: Wood or dual-fuel
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: 55 H x 79 D x 68 cm
• Weight: 58KG

The Gozney Dome is more than just a pizza oven. It's a veritable work of art. Easily the best-looking offering on this list, its curvy, minimal design propels it well beyond the realms of a merely functional piece of cooking equipment. This is an object that will take pride of place in your patio or outdoor kitchen, especially when paired with the optional handsome wood-slat stand for increased workspace. Its eye-catching design demands attention, and it'll get plenty of it during parties.

But enough about the design. The Dome's performance is where it truly shines. Available in either a wood-only or wood/gas dual-fuel variant (with the latter setting you back a hefty £1,799), the Dome boasts some of the thickest insulation available for consumer pizza ovens. In other words, it'll get to temperature quickly, while keeping things warm and toasty in between bakes. That extra insulation also helps on the safety end of things, as the outer shell doesn't get as dangerously hot as some cheaper, inferior ovens. It's exceptionally good at keeping the heat in, and the rolling flame across the ceiling of the dome cooks toppings perfectly. The all-important stone, too, produces a beautiful leopard-spotted base and crust, while the front-mounted precision-machined control dial is in a perfect position to easily adjust the heat without faffing around with any fiddly controls.

With a handy built-in backlit thermometer and plenty of accessories to lend it more functionality, the Dome is a masterpiece of form and function, drawing you in with its looks and performance, time after time. If you want one of the best pizza ovens around, and the ability to produce beautiful Neapolitan pizzas in a blistering 90 seconds, look no further.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Multi-fuel
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: 80 x 40 x 77cm
• Weight: 12KG

We think the Karu 12 multi-fuel pizza oven is a highly flexible option at a reasonable price. For a start, it lets you switch between fuel options including gas (you’ll have to buy an Ooni Gas Burner separately), wood and charcoal at your leisure. For great results, it reaches up to 500C in just 15 minutes and can cook a 12-inch pizza in 60 seconds on its 15mm-thick cordierite stone-baking board. It has a perforated fuel tray to optimise the airflow and minimise the clean-up as the ash simply falls away. At 12kg, it’s also light enough to transport either around your garden or further afield in the back of the car for camping trips. To move and store it all you need to do is detach the stay-cool legs and twist off the chimney and stow it inside the body of the oven.

• Max pizza size: 16 inches
• Fuel type: LPG gas
• Heat up time: 30 minutes
• Dimensions: 55x58x38cm
• Weight: 35KG

One of our favourite pizza ovens to feed our pie addiciton, the Alfa Moderno Portable is a powerhouse of outdoor dining, so long as you can square away the exceptionally high cost. Ostensibly a portable oven, it's lightweight and comes with a carry pack, but it's just as useful installed into your backyard, with a gorgeous outer shell that would look at home in any chic garden area.

On the cooking front, it's supremely well-equipped with a cyclone heat distribution tech that pumps the hot air evenly over your pizza and through the stone underneath for perfectly baked pizzas in less than two minutes. It's a bit basic to use, with only one dial and a firing button on the front, but given the simplicity results in great-tasting pizzas, it's an issue we're willing to forget about.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Gas
• Heat up time: Not stated
• Dimensions: ‎35 x 53 x 57 cm
• Weight: 17KG

The retrofuturistic vibe of the Forno Spin might not suit everyone, but we’re rather taken with its 70s-inspired charm. Resembling a friendly UFO tasked with delivering delicious pizza, its sci-fi looks are matched by an internal rotating stone, which gives you one less thing to worry about while cooking up a storm during busy pizza parties.

Not only does it take the hassle out of manually turning your pizza mid-cook, but it gets hot enough to dish out piping hot pizza in mere minutes. The oven itself is heated with gas, while the stone-turning motor requires electricity, so bear that in mind when it comes to positioning in your garden.

• Max pizza size: 12 inches
• Fuel type: Wood
• Heat up time: 15 minutes
• Dimensions: ‎Not available
• Weight: 12.5KG

You could spend more than a grand on a pizza oven, but if you’d rather keep your spending to a minimum and/or aren’t sure if you’re ready to commit to the homemade pizza lifestyle, then there’s absolutely nothing wrong with spending less on an option that comfortably gets the job done while you find your pizzaiolo groove.

Enter the Woody Oven — a lightweight, budget-friendly, wood-fuelled pizza oven that has everything you need to cook authentic pizza in as quickly as a minute. With the option to grab a gas fuel adaptor, you can set yourself up for future flexibility as well. Sure, it’s got a more basic design compared to something like the Gozney Dome, but at this price, there’s absolutely nothing to complain about.

• Max pizza size: 16 inches
• Fuel type: Gas
• Heat up time: Not stated
• Dimensions: ‎63 x 63 x 73 cm
• Weight: 48.6KG

Gozney makes some of the most attractive pizza ovens around, and the Dome S1 is no exception. Rocking the design DNA of the original Dome (which we’re huge fans of), it simplifies proceedings with a gas-only setup. This makes it more affordable than the original Dome, which is great if you never planned on cooking with wood in the first place. Sure, you can’t beat that authentic smoky flavour, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to stick to the ease and convenience of gas, either.

The refined design includes a tweaked built-in digital thermometer, with an all-black control dial — all while promising the same superb performance. Capable of reaching the high temperatures required for cooking authentic Neapolitan pizza in minutes, it also has seriously impressive heat retention, thanks to a 30mm double-layer stone floor and dense cavity insulation. As beautiful to look at as it is pleasant to use, its large size and generous opening means you can whip up huge 16-inch discs of cheesy goodness with ease.

• Max pizza size: 14 inches
• Fuel type: Charcoal
• Heat up time: 30 minutes+
• Dimensions: 66 x 76 x 125 cm
• Weight: 15KG

For a dual-functioning space-saving option that works well in a compact patio or garden, the Bar-Be-Quick Charcoal Kettle Pizza Barbecue is a great option. Predominately a traditional kettle barbecue with a 57cm-diameter to fit a range of meats and al fresco foods, it easily converts into a pizza oven when needed to give you stone-baked crusts. It features aluminium legs and has a deep aluminium ring and ceramic pizza stone to evenly distribute the intense heat of the barbecue. Heat-resistant resin handles and a temperature gauge – so you know when it’s time to add your ingredients – make it convenient and easy to use.

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