With the Frya up to temperature, the wood pellets glowing and the flames licking the top of the oven, a pizza slides in easily with a little shuffle of the floured peel. Ease of build and use: We timed how long it took to build the oven and rated the instruction manual. Since I didn’t have access to fire starters at the time, I used a propane blowtorch to ignite the starter pellets. I’d recommend this pizza oven for pizza fans who want a starter pizza oven for garden parties and fun Friday night dinners. The oven also has a wide opening so we could slide our pizza in with ease, though because the flame is positioned on the left, our dough required frequent spinning with a turning peel to ensure even cooking.

It’s compact and reasonably light, weighing only 12kg and once built just needs the legs folding and the chimney storing inside the body of the oven and it’s packed neatly away. None of them reached their peak advertised temperatures during that time, but it was cold outside, and there’s only so much these little things can do. A single strip of fire runs along the back of the pizza oven, the ferocity of the flame is adjusted using the dial at the back. But if you’re really into making awesome pizza at home and don’t want an outdoor oven, this is a great option.

Each model was scored against standardised criteria and marked out of five on the following core aspects: overall build quality, performance and cooking results, ease of build, use, safety and value for money. The same can be said for the electric countertop Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo, if you need to go the indoor route). However, the thermometer measures the temperature just beneath the stone, so it’s only useful for checking when the oven floor is hot.

Furthermore, the pizza oven has a pretty large size and a compact design that will allow you to prepare food effectively. We spoke to the reviews experts at Gardeners' World who said, "it’s best to place your pizza oven wherever you’ve put your social areas, to save you carrying pizzas up and down the garden. This 16-inch, propane-fueled oven has the largest baking surface of all the ovens we tested, which allowed us more maneuverability for launching, rotating, and moving the pizza as it baked.

What’s more, when you cook with solid hardwood and charcoal, you have to wait at least 10 minutes after you add more fuel for it to ignite and turn to embers before you can launch more pizzas. We also checked the size of the pizza oven cavity to see if there was any extra space for addition pieces of cookware or food, like roasting tins and cast iron skillets.

That said, these ovens are too hot for baking pies, cakes, cookies, and other recipes that require more moderate temperatures. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.It's an excellent choice of pizza oven if you don't have much space to play with in your outdoor area. You really need to have the right ventilation for using this pizza oven to avoid fire alarms being set off in your kitchen.