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Brand Name	‎ooni
Model Info	‎2022
Item Weight	‎62.5 pounds
Product Dimensions	‎31.89 x 19.69 x 32.68 inches
Item model number	‎2022
Batteries	‎3 AAA batteries required.
Capacity	‎16 Cubic Inches
Installation Type	‎Countertop
Part Number	‎UU-P0E400
Special Features	‎Portable
Oven Cooking Mode	‎Conduction
Color	‎Black
Voltage	‎1
Wattage	‎1
Fuel type	‎Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Door Hinges	‎Right or Left
Material Type	‎Glass
Batteries Included?	‎No
Batteries Required?	‎No

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ASIN	B095CJ5KSD
Customer Reviews	502 ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank	#262,858 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden) #125 in Outdoor Ovens
Date First Available	May 19, 2021

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Ooni Karu 16

Flexible fuel options and an extra-large cooking area. Ooni Karu 16 tops 500°C in less than 15 minutes and bakes delicious Neapolitan-style pizza in 60 seconds.

What's In The Box

1. Ooni Karu 16 Oven main body 2. ViewFlame glass oven door

3. Cordierite pizza stones 4. Ooni Karu 16 chimney

5. Chimney cap. 6. Burner tray & grate

7. Draft Defender Plate. 8. Fuel hatch

9. Digital thermometer 10. Essentials guide

Wood

Enjoy a classic flame-cooked taste and bake pizza in just 60 seconds.

Charcoal

Cook meats, vegetables and breads for longer at a lower temperature.

Gas

For ultimate convenience, using propane gas via the Ooni Gas Burner gives you additional temperature control.

Flexibility

Choose and change your fuel as you wish! Gas for low-maintenance cooking, and wood/charcoal for smoky, aromatic flavour.

Essential Accessories

Full range of peels available on the Ooni Store.

A pizza peel is essential to get cooking with your Ooni Karu 16 (not included)
Hot

The Heat Is On

Ready to start cooking in 15 minutes, Ooni Karu 16 heats to 500°C and cooks pizza in 60 seconds.
Versatile

Bake, Roast, Grill & Sear

Ooni Karu 16 is perfect for cooking all sorts of breads, meats, fish and vegetables!
Flexibile

Cook With Wood Or Gas

Change your fuel as you wish! Gas for consistency and wood/charcoal for an aromatic flavour.
Authentic

Truly Authentic Pizzas At Home

Using high-quality solid fuels, it becomes a roaring inferno so you can fire out epic pizza.

We Are Ooni Pizza Ovens

Let’s #makepizza

Ooni began with a quest for authentic pizza — the type with flame-cooked toppings and a leopard-spotted crust. We’ve been empowering people with the knowledge and tools they need to make awesome pizza at home since 2012.

We want to make great pizza possible for everyone, anytime and anywhere hunger strikes.

Make it for yourself; make it for your friends; make it for the kids; make it for a crowd. It’s just so good.

Ooni Pizza Ovens

	Ooni Karu 16 Buying Options	Ooni Karu 2 Pro	Ooni Karu 2	Ooni Karu 12	Ooni Koda 12 Buying Options	Ooni Koda 16	Ooni Volt 12
Customer Reviews	502	348	348	348	1,047	1,111	67
Price	—	$799.00	$399.00	$299.00	—	$599.00	$899.00
Fuel Type	Wood & Gas (adaptor required)	Wood & Gas (adaptor required)	Wood & Gas (adaptor required)	Wood & Gas (adaptor required)	Propane Gas	Propane Gas	Electric
Pizza Size	16"	16"	12"	12"	12"	16"	12"
Unboxed Size	32 x 19.6 x 33″	32 x 19.6 x 33″	29.7 x 28.7 x 16.5″	30 x 15 x 31″	15.7 x 11.6 x 24.8″	24.96 x 23.2 x 14.65″	24.2 x 20.8 x 10.9″
Pizza Stone Size	16.7 x 24.5″	16.7 x 24.5″	13 x 13″	13 x 13″	13 x 13″	16 x 16″	13 x 13″
Weight	62.6lbs	60lbs	34.17lbs	26.5lbs	20.4lbs	40.1lbs	39.2lbs
Ready to Cook	15 minutes	15 minutes	15 minutes	15 minutes	15 minutes	20 minutes	20 minutes
Max Temperature	950°F	950°F	950°F	950°F	950°F	950°F	850°F
Where It Can Be Used	Outdoor use only	Outdoor use only	Outdoor use only	Outdoor use only	Outdoor use only	Outdoor use only	Both Indoor and Outdoor Use

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Ooni began with a quest for authentic pizza — the type with flame-cooked toppings and a leopard-spotted crust.

We’ve been empowering people with the knowledge and tools they need to make awesome pizza at home since 2012.

These days, we’re all about nurturing the deep-rooted, undeniable love of pizza inside all of us.

Make it for yourself; make it for your friends; make it for the kids; make it for a crowd. It’s just so good.
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The best authentic wood-fired cooking experience, or the convenience of gas, all in one.
What we do

We design, make and sell AMAZING pizza ovens. They’re so AMAZING that lower-case adjectives just don’t do them justice.

Hot and fast is how you cook truly great pizza - all of our models get hot as hell (that’s 950°F last time we checked) and cook incredible pizza in only 60 seconds. Before Ooni, if you wanted pizza that good you had to go to a restaurant or spend thousands on a traditional pizza oven. Not anymore.

Why we do it

Because everyone deserves great pizza, that’s why. It’s a simple idea, but a noble cause that’s behind everything we do at Ooni.

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heating method	Wood Fired	Conduction	Conduction	Propane Gas	Convection
fuel type	Dual Fuel	Liquefied Petroleum Gas	—	Propane Gas	Propane
special feature	Manual	Portable	16" Propane Pizza Oven, 16" Pizza Stone, Stainless Steel Pizza Peel/Pizza Cutter/Pellet Scoop, Waterproof Carry Bag, Wood and Gas Burners	Automatic Shut-Off	Low-power cooking function, faster recharge time, fully serviceable body, and better flame performance
installation	Countertop	Countertop	Countertop	Freestanding	Countertop
finish type	Brushed	Wood	Metal	Powdered Stainless Steel	Stainless Steel
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door orientation	Right or Left	—	Side	Left	open
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Customers find the pizza oven delivers restaurant-quality results, with one noting it produces a perfect seared crust. The oven is easy to use, taking only 20 minutes to assemble, and customers appreciate its build quality, with one highlighting its heavy stainless steel construction. They enjoy using it as a family activity, and one mentions it works well anywhere in the backyard. Customers praise its heat transfer capabilities, with one achieving temperatures above 800 degrees, and find it easy to clean and worth the money.

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36 customers mention "Taste"32 positive4 negative

Customers love the taste of pizzas cooked in this oven, describing them as restaurant-quality and perfectly cooked, with one customer noting the great seared crust.

"...there are legions of amateur Pizzaiolos using small ovens and making incredible pizza. I, if I may be so bold, have become one of them...." Read more

"...convenient for pizzas so I can get an even cook, but love that slight wood flavor with things like steak, cast iron chicken thighs, etc...." Read more

"...The crust is perfect now and my pizzas are AWESOME. It was super easy to assemble...." Read more

"...Yes! There really is a unique flavor and texture that comes from baking at 800 degrees, that combined with subtle hints of smoke, no home ovens..." Read more

34 customers mention "Ease of use"32 positive2 negative

Customers find the pizza oven easy to use, with assembly taking about 20 minutes, and one customer notes that making pizzas with charcoal and wood is particularly simple.

"...The video is my very first pizza launch. The oven is easy to use but I recommend reading the instructions first so you ruin the stone...." Read more

"...It's super easy and very effective, getting well above 800 degrees and cooking more stress free for when you have a large group and want to stress..." Read more

"...Setup took < an hour just taking my time, super simple. Most is pre-built and the tool needed is included...." Read more

"...It was super easy to assemble. it's well made, and it doesn't radiate much heat downward. It's safe for my picnic table...." Read more

16 customers mention "Build quality"16 positive0 negative

Customers praise the build quality of the pizza oven, with one customer noting its heavy stainless steel construction and another highlighting its extraordinary engineering.

"...This is a very well made, well rounded cooking tool that will raise the level of your pizza game...." Read more

"...It was super easy to assemble. it's well made, and it doesn't radiate much heat downward. It's safe for my picnic table...." Read more

"...The item came fast and is well made. We just need more education on using it." Read more

"This oven is very high quality. The packaging is very well designed and fully customized for the unit...." Read more

15 customers mention "Fun to use"15 positive0 negative

Customers find the pizza oven fun to use, particularly as a family activity, with one customer noting it's a great addition to outdoor cooking capabilities.

"...is the cover.. It covers the oven really really well and the oven stays outside and has been perfectly dry even in heavy rain...." Read more

"...on the grill when we had people over, but this setup is a great entertainment centerpiece and cooks fantastic pizza...." Read more

"...model has a high inside opening (top to bottom) which is necessary for pan searing steaks, veggies etc. 5 star rating, but a couple notes: 1...." Read more

"This thing rocks. i hope they sell a million of em. Great way to get the family together. or if theyre busy crank it up solo...." Read more

13 customers mention "Functionality"13 positive0 negative

Customers find that the pizza oven works great, with one mentioning that it functions well anywhere in the backyard.

"...It's super easy and very effective, getting well above 800 degrees and cooking more stress free for when you have a large group and want to stress..." Read more

"...The wood was a bit thicker but worked excellent for getting the pizza in the oven...use cornmeal so it slides around / off onto the oven easy...." Read more

"...This thing is awesome, especially the way the door lets you see inside while keeping the heat in...." Read more

"...We had the smaller one but for parties needed more pizza! This works great, is beautiful and is easy to use!!" Read more

12 customers mention "Heat transfer"12 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the oven's heat transfer, noting that it heats up well, with one customer reporting temperatures above 800 degrees.

"...Easier to use than a traditional wood fired oven and heats up fast. The size is perfect for the personal size pizzas I’ve been making...." Read more

"...It's super easy and very effective, getting well above 800 degrees and cooking more stress free for when you have a large group and want to stress..." Read more

"...It was super easy to assemble. it's well made, and it doesn't radiate much heat downward. It's safe for my picnic table...." Read more

"...With the Propane attachment you have variable control over your heat. The charcoal tray is a nice option if your only doing a couple of Pies...." Read more

10 customers mention "Value for money"7 positive3 negative

Customers find the pizza oven worth the money.

"...Now he doesn’t have the urge to buy a Traeger! This was so worth the money - a lot of fun, easy to use, and great food!" Read more

"...It's safe for my picnic table. Though it's kinda pricy, it's worth every cent." Read more

"Best pizza I have ever eaten. So worth the money" Read more

"...The overall materials and construction are very impressive. The oven is costly (one of their most expensive) but you get what you pay for in this..." Read more

6 customers mention "Ease of cleaning"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the pizza oven easy to clean.

"...Clean up is simple and I keep up with it after every cook session. Just turn the oven off (or let the wood/charcoal wither away)...." Read more

"...oven is super easy to use, gets crazy hot mega fast and is really easy to clean...." Read more

"...Easy to clean. Also suggest you buy a peel and turner, this oven is +750 degrees F when in use." Read more

"...To keep it clean, I used a shop vac for ash management after each use...." Read more

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Skibabette
Not just for pizza!
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
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I’m in love with this pizza oven. I no longer want to order pizza out, my pizzas are much better than what I can order from a pizza joint. I can use gas or wood. The video is my very first pizza launch. The oven is easy to use but I recommend reading the instructions first so you ruin the stone. I like to make Neapolitan style dough and between my homemade dough and this oven, the pizza quality doesn’t get much better. Easier to use than a traditional wood fired oven and heats up fast. The size is perfect for the personal size pizzas I’ve been making. I don’t know that it’s meant to be super portable but we took it on a big group camping trip. Another friend has the same oven and he brought his too. Between the 2 ovens, we made pizzas for 20-25 people on our camping trip. My husband has recently started cooking fish on a cast iron skillet in the Karu 16, using wood chips for fuel. Now he doesn’t have the urge to buy a Traeger! This was so worth the money - a lot of fun, easy to use, and great food!

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Not just for pizza!

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
I’m in love with this pizza oven. I no longer want to order pizza out, my pizzas are much better than what I can order from a pizza joint. I can use gas or wood. The video is my very first pizza launch. The oven is easy to use but I recommend reading the instructions first so you ruin the stone. I like to make Neapolitan style dough and between my homemade dough and this oven, the pizza quality doesn’t get much better. Easier to use than a traditional wood fired oven and heats up fast. The size is perfect for the personal size pizzas I’ve been making. I don’t know that it’s meant to be super portable but we took it on a big group camping trip. Another friend has the same oven and he brought his too. Between the 2 ovens, we made pizzas for 20-25 people on our camping trip. My husband has recently started cooking fish on a cast iron skillet in the Karu 16, using wood chips for fuel. Now he doesn’t have the urge to buy a Traeger! This was so worth the money - a lot of fun, easy to use, and great food!

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Jeffrey M. Evans
This oven is AMAZING! Professional grade pizzas in your own backyard.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
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I've wanted a brick pizza oven for years and I finally gave up on that dream after finding out that they're illegal in my city for new construction. We decided to buy a portable oven and, honestly, our expectations were not high. It's pizza after all so it can't be a bad thing no matter what. After buying this oven I have learned that there are legions of amateur Pizzaiolos using small ovens and making incredible pizza. I, if I may be so bold, have become one of them.

I started out using strictly wood as a fuel and I've had it well north of 950 degrees. As a wood fired oven it is simply amazing. Recently I needed to have my temperature down in the 500's and straight charcoal worked well to keep it at that temperature. Just this week I purchased the gas adapter and cooked for the first time with it tonight. It's super easy and very effective, getting well above 800 degrees and cooking more stress free for when you have a large group and want to stress less about adding wood. This is a very well made, well rounded cooking tool that will raise the level of your pizza game. There are other ovens on the market and most of them are awesome. You almost can't go wrong with any of them. For a little more money than many of them this Ooni has a little more capacity and the gas option is just as effective as using wood. Highly recommended.

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This oven is AMAZING! Professional grade pizzas in your own backyard.

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
I've wanted a brick pizza oven for years and I finally gave up on that dream after finding out that they're illegal in my city for new construction. We decided to buy a portable oven and, honestly, our expectations were not high. It's pizza after all so it can't be a bad thing no matter what. After buying this oven I have learned that there are legions of amateur Pizzaiolos using small ovens and making incredible pizza. I, if I may be so bold, have become one of them.

I started out using strictly wood as a fuel and I've had it well north of 950 degrees. As a wood fired oven it is simply amazing. Recently I needed to have my temperature down in the 500's and straight charcoal worked well to keep it at that temperature. Just this week I purchased the gas adapter and cooked for the first time with it tonight. It's super easy and very effective, getting well above 800 degrees and cooking more stress free for when you have a large group and want to stress less about adding wood. This is a very well made, well rounded cooking tool that will raise the level of your pizza game. There are other ovens on the market and most of them are awesome. You almost can't go wrong with any of them. For a little more money than many of them this Ooni has a little more capacity and the gas option is just as effective as using wood. Highly recommended.

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Glen Scymanski
Your recipes (Pizza dough and Sauce / Toppings)...make this amazing!
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2022
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The product arrived earlier than expected. Its a big somewhat heavy box. The 2 pizza stone add to most of the weight. Setup took < an hour just taking my time, super simple. Most is pre-built and the tool needed is included. Make sure you have a big space table to install on. Also, make sure you have or purchase a nice metal table to use this oven on...no wood of glass table, it can get HOT. The oven is wide. It comes with a grate you slide to the very back for hardwood or charcoal. I used "hardwood mesquite charcoal" my first few times. Temp got to 700 F! Honestly, it takes time to learn to perfect (and I am not there!) making your pizza. Wife made a fantastic sourdough pizza blobs. Rolled them out (shoot for thin), sauced and toppings them up! There are 2 kinds of pizza peels...wood and metal. The wood was a bit thicker but worked excellent for getting the pizza in the oven...use cornmeal so it slides around / off onto the oven easy. Then I use a long handled thin BBQ spatula to slide under the pizza and turn / move it around. DO NOT go off and ignore your baking...it will catch fire! I then used a metal very thin Pizza peel to snatch the pizza off the oven. I also decided to invent and but the propane attachment. Major improvement and ease of firing up the oven. You remove the simple airflow attachment off the back. Install the propane attachment, connect your propane tank, fire it up...hit 900+ degrees in 20 minutes! Very easy to regulate the flame in minor increments. I will be looking at other recipes and techniques to perfect the process. To say its a conversation piece and people love the pizza is an understatement! Clean up is simple and I keep up with it after every cook session. Just turn the oven off (or let the wood/charcoal wither away). Get up the next morning and scrape off the burned ash, take the stones out and scrub them in the sink, takeout side to dry...do a quick vacuum of ash inside, clean the glass and inside door / where the stones will go back with some simple cleaner (simple green)...bobs your uncle...ready for the next meal! Cheers...I really like this...I use on my back deck and I do have a 10 foot ceiling over it and despite this puppy getting to 900 degrees...no problem 7+ feet above the metal chimney with heat rising. They make a cover for it (not gotten it)...in case it does sit in the elements. I only picked 4 stars on "giftable" as you better like the person a lot to gift this expensive but awesome gift!

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Matt Mulvihill
Awesome oven with great versatility
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2024
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I initially started with a ~$200 pizza oven to make sure I would use it, and make more than just pizza. I really wish I just committed to the Ooni right away.

After a few months of research contemplating buying the Ooni Karu and the Gozney Arc, I settled with the ooni because it was one of the few ovens I could find that worked with both wood/charcoal and natural gas. I find the gas to be incredible convenient for pizzas so I can get an even cook, but love that slight wood flavor with things like steak, cast iron chicken thighs, etc.

The customer service is also amazing with Ooni. If you buy there oven, make sure to join either their facebook page or their subreddit. They are both the most positive and supporting groups I have joined, especially with cooking products, and they are the only ones that have actual employees in the group engage with us to answer and questions or concerns.

I would struggle finding one complaint I have with this unit that isn't an expected result from using a smaller at home pizza oven (such as it gets dirty really quickly especially with using charcoal and if using charcoal/wood, you'll need a ton of it and constantly need to feed it)

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Nabu-codonosor
Magnifico
Reviewed in Spain on October 23, 2022
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Me gusta más usarlo a leña que a gas. Viene con alcachofa a bombona propano EEUU. Es fácil cambiarla a butano.

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Reviewed in Italy on April 10, 2024
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Primo test superato abbondantemente, c’è sicuramente da migliorare qualcosa ma partiamo da un’ottima base.
Il forno era la cosa che mancava.

Ooni top in tutto. In questa occasione ho utilizzato il gas, ma proverò anche a legna.

Grande forno.

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Reviewed in Italy on April 10, 2024
Primo test superato abbondantemente, c’è sicuramente da migliorare qualcosa ma partiamo da un’ottima base.
Il forno era la cosa che mancava.

Ooni top in tutto. In questa occasione ho utilizzato il gas, ma proverò anche a legna.

Grande forno.

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Ahmed Yahya
amazing quality
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on May 7, 2024
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as lways ooni makes the best home pizza oven and im very pleased with it and highly recomneded

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Ooni NAILED IT. Zero complaints from me.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2023
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First of all, I own other pizza ovens too and have owned them for years. This was my first Ooni; all others are cheaper ones (I have a Burnhard Nero, for example, which also makes great pizza and I can only praise it). If you spend a lot of time using them and understand how to use them to their full potential, you can make great pizza. But, they take a lot of practice and there is a lot of guesswork involved at times, and sometimes even I get it wrong with them, and it ends up with a pizza frisbee and a lot of swearing!

Now, the Karu 16. Ooni absolutely nailed it with this one:
First of all, it's heavy and insulated very well, with a massive and thick stone, which means it gets to temperature in 15' or so (which is not too fast) but it STAYS at that temperature in a very stable manner, and you don't need to be adding fuel every minute like you do with other ovens.
Second, it has a huge, 16" stone. This means that you can move a 10" pizza around very easily, from corner to corner, to get the base cooked properly. It's also easy to turn pizzas inside it, without hitting the sidewalls and picking up any soot.
Third, the door swinging down is a game-changer. With most previous pizza ovens I had, you had to put the door somewhere else, meaning you could burn thing, melt things, drop the door and damage it, burn yourself, damage the temperature probe, and of course it would take a lot longer to open and close, so the temperature would drop a fair bit in the process right when you really want a hot oven. This one, you just open, launch the pizza and close it in seconds.
Fourth, it is really really easy to light. Use firelighters and sticks and you will be at 300oC in about 10', and it really gets super hot in 15' if you keep adding fuel.
Fifth, and most crucial; the fixed thermometer and the glass are two tools that really are amazing, as you can easily work out how hot your oven is (just let the flames die down a bit, and see what it stabilises at, which is the temperature of the actual oven's mass rather than the air in the oven) and you can monitor the pizza without opening the door or trying to peek through a tiny flap.
I almost always get it right with my other ovens, as I've practiced pizza-making a lot with them, but it did take a lot of practice and experimentation with each to work out their peculiarities. I was really not expecting I would just nail it straight away first time I used this one. The Karu 16 takes away all guesswork and all you need to do is follow the instructions and watch through the glass.
The downsides; just one; it's a bit pricey. OK, it's ****** expensive. But, it really is very well insulated and it's seriously well-built, and frankly it really works and it's totally in its own league. I know I will be keeping this one, using it a lot, and using it for many many years. For example, I wasted £180 on a Dellonda pile of junk; buy cheap, buy twice, and it really was £180 wasted for a pizza stone and a pizza peel, which were the only useable bits from it. Quality costs, unfortunately.
Would I buy this again, having now used it? Absolutely.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This oven is AMAZING! Professional grade pizzas in your own backyard.

This oven is AMAZING! Professional grade pizzas in your own backyard.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ooni NAILED IT. Zero complaints from me.

Not just for pizza!

This oven is AMAZING! Professional grade pizzas in your own backyard.

Your recipes (Pizza dough and Sauce / Toppings)...make this amazing!

Awesome oven with great versatility

Magnifico

Top

amazing quality

Super

Ooni NAILED IT. Zero complaints from me.