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The best pizza ovens, ranked by real heat.
Short answer: buy the Ooni Koda 16, around $498. It hits a stated 950°F on the stone, bakes a true 16 inch Neapolitan in 60 to 90 seconds, and runs from one dial. Cheaper? Ooni Karu 12, around $249. Indoors? Ooni Volt 2, around $699. We rank every oven on verified peak floor temperature and heat recovery, never on box claims, and no brand has ever paid for a placement.
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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 to 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 · ~$1,000
A wider rolling flame and the best-looking oven on the patio, if the budget stretches.
Budget pick
Mimiuo Rotating
860°F · ~$300
A self-rotating stone for delivery-order money, even, hands-off bakes, almost no skill.
Best wood-fired
Ooni Karu 12
950°F · ~$249
Live-fire char and leoparding gas can't fake, with a gas-burner option for weeknights.
Best indoor
Ooni Volt 2
850°F · ~$699
850°F on a kitchen outlet, real pizza-oven heat with no propane and no weather window.
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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.
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