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I grew up eating the occasional homemade pizza, and we still make it sometimes ourselves. I’ve tried countless recipes, baked in my standard oven, but, while usually tasty, none come out quite like you’d hope, quite like you’d expect from a pizza joint. Well, the likely reason for that is the oven itself. Part of what makes pizza crust so delicious is that it’s baked at high temperatures for short amounts of time, temperatures that your standard oven just doesn’t reach. But having your own pizza oven sounds expensive. Many models are quite expensive, but I recently got to try a model that is more affordable and runs on a standard propane tank.
Enter the Ooni Koda, coming in at around $300. It’s on the low end of Ooni’s pizza oven offerings, but it’s perfect for the casual pizza maker. It does the job with minimal setup and fuss. They claim that your pizza will be done in 60 seconds, but we found that 90 seconds is a bit more accurate. Still, that’s fast.
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Arriving in a big box, this oven comes basically assembled. You just unwrap the pizza stone and put it inside the oven, fold out the legs, hook up to propane, and you’re ready to go. The setup includes a gas ignition and heat control dial, baking stone, hose, and gas regulator. The temps go up to 932…
