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Although a crowd favourite for takeaway, there’s something particularly delizioso about homemade pizza. Whether you use ready-made bases or make the dough from scratch, investing in a pizza oven is one of the best ways to level up your family pizza nights and lowkey dinner parties.
With design, function and affordability in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the best pizza ovens currently on the market that’ll make a scrumptious statement in your alfresco entertaining area. Even better, some of them are on sale for Black Friday.
6 best pizza ovens to shop in Australia in 2024
Ooni Karu 16 Multi-fuel Pizza Oven
$1039 (usually $1499), Ooni
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: Save 20 per cent on the usual price at Ooni
Backed by the international authority on authentic Neapolitan pizza, Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, this pizza oven by Ooni is perfect for cooking large pizzas, roasted meats, seared veggies and fresh bread with its advanced technology and new design features.
“All I can say is wow! Watching the pizza crust rise right before my eyes, tasting that oven fired crisp, I’m starting to wonder how I ever settled for any other home-cooked pizza before!” wrote a reviewer who left a five star rating.
Key features:
- Multiple fuel options for versatility – cook with wood, charcoal or gas
- Reaches 500°C in 15 minutes
- Mounted digital thermometer
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Gozney Dome Outdoor Pizza Oven
$2699 (usually $2999), Gozney
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: Get 10 per cent off the usual price at Gozney
Make restaurant-quality pizza – or roast, smoke, steam or bake other dishes in the comfort of your own backyard with this Dome professional grade outdoor oven. It gives you a choice between using wood for that authentic wood fired pizza flavour, as well as a built-in gas burner, which you can switch between and reach up to 500°C at the turn of a dial.
“Game changer,” one customer wrote in a five star review. “There is clearly a focus in engineering and design. The oven was easy to set up, cure for first usage, and operate.”
Another review noted the versatility of the oven: “One thing that should be stressed more, in my opinion, is that it isn’t just a pizza oven. We’ve cooked chicken, beef roast, shish-kebabs, and even hamburgers in it! Of course, we’ve also made several pizzas and flatbreads… Being able to fully cook a pizza in less than 2 minutes is so awesome, because you can cook 3 or 4 before the first one gets cold!”
Key features:
- Digital thermometer
- Innovative air ventilation
- Double-layer stone floor and dense cavity insulation for heat retention
- Steam injector
- Quick-connect accessory port
- Water-resistant and UV-stable ceramic bonded outer coating
- Five-year warranty
Breville The Smart Oven Pizzaiolo
$748 (usually $849), The Good Guys
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: The Good Guys sale price for this pizza oven ends December 4
All the thinking is taken out of the mealtime equation with this Breville’s pizza oven, which is jampacked with intuitive features for a smooth-sailing pizza night. While it’s not technically wood fired, Breville stated that it is “the first domestic bench oven to reach 400°C to emulate a traditional wood fired pizza oven”. Which also means you can use it indoors or outdoors.
As far as the results go, one customer’s five star review on The Good Guys speaks volumes about it: “This pizza oven for its size is up there with the industrial style pizza ovens and makes perfect pizza all the time. I love how it has a setting for the type of pizza base you would like to cook. I would definitely recommend this pizza oven for whoever wants to make world class pizza recipes. This is better than buying pizza from your local pizzeria.”
Key features:
- Conductive heat for base char control
- Convective heat for base toppings
- Pre-set functions including iconic New York, woodfired, thin and crispy and more
- Customisable manual mode
- Free delivery
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Baccarat The Gourmet Slice XL Red Pizza Oven
$169.99 (usually $349.99), House
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: 51 per cent off the usual price at House, Baccarat and MyHouse
Made from premium steel, a bold red colourway and featuring a removable ceramic baking stone, this Baccarat pizza oven is ideal for baking quality pizzas, pita bread and more at home. Its design includes heating elements at the top and bottom of the oven, which you can set independently or together to get the best results based on how you like your pizzas. It also comes with a recipe booklet, including fresh dough bases, pita bread bases and a whole range of toppings from classic pizza shop varieties to gourmet specialities.
“Love it, makes amazing pizza and actually cooks everything perfectly, best purchase ever. [I] will not be buying take away ever again,” one customer wrote in October 2024, giving it a five star rating.
Buon appetito.
Key features:
- 16″ (40cm) cooking plate for large pizzas
- Simple dial system with dual heating elements reaching up to 400°C
- Tempered glass viewing window
- Timer up to 15 minutes
- Two stainless steel pizza paddles
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Ooni Karu 12 Multi-Fuel Pizza Oven
$439.20 (usually $549), Ooni
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: Save 20 per cent on the usual price at Ooni
If you want to add an industrial touch to your alfresco area, Ooni’s Karu 12 Pizza Oven is as portable as it is chic. It’s designed to have a small footprint and frame that’s easy to break down, which means you can take it from the backyard to a campsite with as little effort as possible. It’s also got advanced insulation for better heat-retention, with the standard model giving you a choice of wood or charcoal as fuel. Or upgrade and get a gas burner as well.
“Best pizza oven,” one customer wrote in a five star review on the Ooni Australia website. “Amazing and so easy to use.”
Key features:
- Multiple fuel options for versatility – cook with wood or charcoal, or upgrade with a gas burner
- Reaches 500°C in 15 minutes
- Portable at 12kg
- Three-year warranty
- Free shipping and returns
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Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza Oven
$1499 at David Jones
If you live in an apartment or in a home without a large outdoor area, this electric pizza oven from Ooni Australia is one of the best choices for small spaces. It’s ready to use straight from the box and can cook Neapolitan-style pizza in just 90 seconds. It’s also lightweight, with handles that make it easy to move and a stainless steel shell that’s powder-coated for weather resistance and insulated for maximum heat retention.
“Fantastic oven – great pizzas and so easy to use for our teenagers,” one customer wrote in a five star review on the Ooni website. Another said: “Absolutely love my Ooni electric pizza oven. It’s easy, clean and portable”
Key features:
- All electric
- Reaches 450°C in 20 minutes
- Ready to use out of the box
- Two-year warranty
- Free shipping and returns
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Which oven is best for making pizza?
The best pizza oven in Australia is one that lets you make tasty pizzas whenever you want. But just like pizza topping preferences (pineapple, anyone), everyone has a different idea of what’s best. As a general rule of thumb, if you want authenticity and specialised cooking, a pizza oven is the way to go but if it’s convenience, a convection oven also does the trick. When it comes to individual pizza ovens, brands such as Ooni and Gozney are widely considered to make some of the best pizza ovens in Australia. But there are plenty of other options out there, so it really does come down to finding that right mix of features at a price you want.
Are wood fired pizza ovens better?
Wood fired pizza ovens are best for the distinct and authentic flavour that comes from using wood as the source of fuel. But that doesn’t mean it’s always better than other sources of fuel. An electric pizza oven, for example, could be better if you want to make delicious pizza quickly – and both electric and gas heating can give you more control over heat distribution and charring. Charcoal, on the other hand, is popular because it can get hotter and stay hot for longer than wood, and can still give you a delicious, smokey flavour.
But the best pizza ovens in Australia all include features that help you produce that authentic, charred crust and rich flavour thanks to their high cooking heats and exceptional design. So as well as fuel, it’s important to consider other factors that will make a pizza oven ideal for you.
How to find the best pizza oven in Australia
There are lots of factors to consider when you’re shopping for pizza ovens, from the type of fuel used to the size and portability, and everyone has different ideas about what’s best. So, rather than looking for the best pizza oven Australia has to offer, here are 4 questions to keep in mind that will help you get the right one for you:
- How often will you use it? While the idea of having pizza every week (or even every night) will appeal to most people, it’s not necessarily practical or realistic. So consider how much effort you want to spend on making pizzas, as well as how much you want to spend on the oven, to help choose the best pizza oven for your home.
- Where do you want to put it? A pizza oven is arguably one of the best functional features to add to your outdoor area, but if you don’t have the space (or are worried about rain), you could focus your search on ovens that can be used indoors.
- What type of fuel do you want to use? The best pizza ovens in Australia give you a choice of fuel options – typically wood or charcoal and gas or electricity. Thinking about what’s most important both in terms of flavour, cooking time and convenience will help you choose one that’s ideal for you.
- What accessories do you need? As well as the price of the pizza oven, you may need to factor in the cost of practical accessories, such as a pizza peel to get your pizza in and out of the oven. Some of the best pizza oven brands in Australia sell these separately, so it’s worth factoring in the cost before you decide on an oven.
Why is a pizza oven better than a regular oven?
Offering several advantages over a regular convection oven, pizza ovens can reach higher temperatures which can give a crispier texture and smokier taste; the heat distribution is often more even and the higher heat allows for faster cooking time. The best pizza ovens in Australia are also designed to make it easy for anyone to create a tasty pizza. However, a pizza cooked in any oven is guaranteed to be yummy.
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