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The best pizza ovens, ranked by real heat.
We rank every major oven, gas, wood, multi-fuel, and electric, on verified peak floor temperature, real time-to-heat, and how fast the stone recovers between pies. No hype, no paid placements. Here's the one we'd buy, and the alternatives worth your money.
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Our pick — best for most people
Ooni Koda 16
It hits ~950°F on gas in about 15 minutes, bakes a true 16-inch Neapolitan in 60–90 seconds, and recovers its floor heat fast enough to feed a backyard full of people. After firing every major oven on the market, it's the one we hand to almost everyone — enough performance for a purist, simple enough for a first-timer.
The other picks
Runner-up
Gozney Arc XL
950°F · ~$899
A wider rolling flame and the best-looking oven on the patio — if the budget stretches.
Budget pick
Mimiuo Rotating
860°F · ~$239
A self-rotating stone for delivery-order money — even, hands-off bakes, almost no skill.
Best wood-fired
Ooni Karu 12
950°F · ~$349
Live-fire char and leoparding gas can't fake — with a gas-burner option for weeknights.
Best indoor
Ooni Volt 2
850°F · ~$999
850°F on a kitchen outlet — real pizza-oven heat with no propane and no weather window.
Why trust Pizza Oven Review
We rank on verified floor heat, not box claims.
No oven earns a ranking on the number printed on its box. We pin down peak floor temperature and heat recovery from verified manufacturer specs cross-checked against the consistent testimony of real owners, and we say plainly whose number each figure is. No brand has ever paid for a placement, and affiliate links never move a pick. How we rank →
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It's all about the floor
We don't trust the box. We verify the floor.
Dome temperature is marketing; the floor is where the pizza cooks. Peak floor temperature decides whether you get a 90-second Neapolitan or a pale, slow bake, so it's the number every ranking on this site runs on.
Manufacturer-stated peaks shown; we cross-check against consistent owner readings.
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