The Collection
Wood-Fired & Multi-Fuel
Real fire, real flavor, the wood and multi-fuel ovens, and how to run them.
The brief
Wood-fired is the original and still the ceiling for flavor and char. Multi-fuel ovens give you wood when you want the show and gas when you want dinner on a Tuesday.
We test the wood burn quality, the gas-burner swap, and the learning curve, because a wood oven you can't control is just an expensive smoker.
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Buyer's Guide
Best Multi-Fuel Pizza Ovens (2026): Wood, Gas, Your Call, Ranked
One oven, two ways to cook: feed it wood or charcoal for smoke and spectacle, or flip to gas for a weeknight pie you can launch in twenty minutes. We ranked the multi-fuel field on verified floor temps, ordering the seven worth your money by the only thing that decides a great pie, how hot the stone gets and how fast it comes back, without ever pretending all 'multi-fuel' ovens mean the same thing.
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Review
Ooni Karu 12 Review (2026): Real Wood-Fired Flavor, Pocket-Sized
The smallest, cheapest way into genuine live-fire pizza. The Karu 12 burns real wood or charcoal (with an optional gas burner if you want it) to a 950°F floor, and the flavor is the kind gas simply can't fake. It also asks more of you than any gas oven here. Here's what the wood-fired char is really worth, the learning curve nobody warns you about, and who should buy the easy gas sibling instead.
~9 min read - 04
Review
Ooni Karu 2 Review (2026): Is It Worth It?
The Karu 2 is Ooni's second-generation multi-fuel oven, real wood and charcoal fire (or optional gas), a 12-inch floor, and a glass door to watch the flames. Here's the honest verdict on where its live-fire flavor and fuel flexibility earn the $449, where the 12-inch floor and learning curve cost you, and the three ovens to price against it.
~9 min read - 05
Review
Ooni Karu 2 Pro Review (2026): Is It Worth It?
The Karu 2 Pro is Ooni's flagship multi-fuel oven, a full 16-inch floor, a large glass door, and real wood-fired flavor at ~950°F (or optional gas). Here's the honest verdict on where its size and live-fire flavor justify $799, where the learning curve and weight cost you, and the three ovens to price against it.
~9 min read - 06
Review
Ooni Fyra 12 Review (2026): Is It Worth It? + Better Alternatives
The Ooni Fyra 12 is Ooni's lightest, cheapest way into real wood-fired flavor, a 22 lb, $349 oven fed by a gravity hardwood-pellet hopper that hits a manufacturer-stated ~950°F. Here's the honest verdict on whether pellet-only live fire is for you, and the two Ooni ovens we'd compare against it first.
~9 min read - 07
Review
Gozney Dome Review (2026): Is It Worth It? + Better Alternatives
The Gozney Dome is the brand's flagship showpiece, a 128 lb, masonry-style domed oven that burns wood for flavor and optional gas for convenience, with steam injection and deep retained heat, at $1,499. Here's the honest verdict on whether that gorgeous, do-everything centerpiece justifies the price and the near-permanent install, and the two ovens we'd compare against it first.
~9 min read - 08
Review
Bertello Grande Review (2026): Is It Worth It? + Better Alternatives
The Bertello Grande's party trick is SimulFIRE, gas and wood burning at the same time, so you get push-button convenience plus real wood-smoke flavor in a 16-inch oven for $549. Here's the honest verdict on that pitch, and the three ovens we'd compare against it first.
~9 min read - 09
Review
BIG HORN Pizza Oven Review (2026): Is It Worth It? + Better Alternatives
BIG HORN's 12-inch multi-fuel oven is the cheapest real pizza oven we cover, $199, wood, gas, or pellet, with a headline manufacturer claim of up to ~1110°F. Here's our honest read on that big number, where this budget oven genuinely delivers, and the three ovens to price against it first.
~9 min read - 10
Review
Pizzello Pizza Oven Review (2026): Is It Worth It? + Better Alternatives
Pizzello's 16-inch multi-fuel oven is the rare budget pick that's actually full-size, propane and wood, a manufacturer-stated ~930°F, and room for real 16-inch pies, all for $329. Here's our honest read on where it delivers, and the three ovens to price against it first.
~9 min read - 11
Explainer
Best Wood for a Pizza Oven (2026): What to Burn (and What Never To)
The short version: burn kiln-dried hardwood, oak, maple, ash, beech, or food-grade hardwood pellets, and nothing else. Softwoods, painted or treated lumber, and green or wet wood don't just taste worse; they physically keep a wood-fired oven from reaching the ~900°F floor that makes the pizza worth burning wood for in the first place. Here's exactly what to buy, what to avoid, and how dry hardwood is the single thing standing between you and a blistered 60-second pie.
~11 min read - 12
Comparison
Ooni Karu 12 vs Ooni Koda 12 (2026): Which Should You Buy?
Same 12-inch footprint, same brand, two completely different philosophies. The Karu 12 is the cheaper ($349) multi-fuel that burns real wood or charcoal, giving you live-fire flavor (and an optional gas burner later) at the cost of more work and ash. The Koda 12 is $50 more but gas-only: push-button, instant heat, zero ash, and lighter. They're effectively tied on peak temperature, so this is flavor and flexibility versus pure convenience. We run both on our signature spine and tell you which 12-incher is yours.
~10 min read - 13
Comparison
Ooni Fyra 12 vs Ooni Karu 12 (2026): Which Should You Buy?
Two $349 Ooni live-fire ovens, same price, two fuel philosophies. The Fyra 12 is the lightest, simplest wood-burner Ooni makes, pure wood-pellet flavor from a gravity-fed hopper, at just 22 lb, but pellet-only with no gas option. The Karu 12 is multi-fuel: it burns wood and charcoal and takes an optional gas burner, so it's more versatile at a slightly heavier 26.4 lb. Both hit ~950°F, both are 60-Second-Pizza Club members, both cost $349. We run them on our signature spine and tell you which Ooni is yours.
~10 min read - 14
Comparison
Ooni Karu 2 Pro vs Gozney Arc XL (2026): Which Should You Buy?
The premium 16-inch showdown. The Karu 2 Pro is Ooni's $799 multi-fuel flagship, real wood and charcoal flavor plus gas convenience in one big oven. The Arc XL is Gozney's $899 gas centerpiece, design-forward, heavily insulated, beautifully built, but gas-only. Both hit ~950°F and both belong to the 60-Second-Pizza Club, so this is a fuel-philosophy and build decision, not a heat one. We run both on our signature spine and tell you which 16-inch oven is yours.
~10 min read - 15
Comparison
Alfa Moderno 2 Pizze vs Gozney Dome (2026): Which Should You Buy?
The premium masonry-showpiece showdown, two heavy, permanent centerpieces for the serious entertainer who has the budget and the space. The Alfa Moderno 2 Pizze is the Italian-built gas showpiece that fits two pizzas at once, planted at 220 lb, for $1,799. The Gozney Dome is the multi-fuel masonry dome, wood plus optional gas, steam injection, retained heat, at 128 lb for $1,499. Both peak ~950°F, both belong to the 60-Second Club. We run both on our signature spine and tell you which showpiece is yours.
~10 min read - 16
Explainer
Gas vs Wood-Fired Pizza Ovens (2026): Which Should You Buy?
The most-argued question in the category, settled with measurements instead of vibes. Modern gas and wood ovens hit the same ~950°F ceiling, so this is not really a fight about temperature. It's a trade between convenience and flavor, between a 15-minute push-button preheat and a fire you tend, and between heat recovery that resets in seconds and a bed of coals you have to feed. Here's how each one actually behaves, who each one is for, and the multi-fuel option that quietly wins for more people than either purist will admit.
~9 min read
Keep exploring
Pizza Oven 101
Start here: how pizza ovens work, what to look for, and how to bake your first great pie.
Best Pizza Ovens
Our rankings, by fuel, by price, by use-case. The shortlist for every kind of buyer.
Gas Pizza Ovens
Crank the dial, hit temperature in 15 minutes, bake on demand, the convenience class.
Electric & Indoor
No propane, no smoke, no backyard required, the countertop class.
Accessories & Technique
The peels, stones, and skills that turn a hot oven into great pizza.
Comparisons & Head-to-Heads
Every pizza oven matchup, settled, brand vs brand and model vs model, on the same spine.
Brand & Budget Oven Reviews
Every brand you'll meet on the shelf or the search bar, reviewed straight: the sleepers, the rebadges, and the ones to skip.