6 portable pizza ovens for perfectly doughy slices at home

Lightweight enough to move around your backyard, though its 16-inch size makes it best suited to a semi-permanent outdoor setup

The Ooni Koda 16 consistently ranks as the top choice for home pizza makers, and for good reason. This gas-powered oven reaches 500°C in just 15 minutes and cooks fresh, stone-baked pizza in as little as 60 seconds. The extra-large cooking area accommodates 16-inch pizzas, making it perfect for families or entertaining.

The innovative L-shaped flame design ensures even heat distribution for one-turn cooking, eliminating the need to constantly rotate your pizza. Like other premium Ooni models, it’s ‘Recommended for Domestic Use’ by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, the international authority on authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Almost 8,000 customers on the Ooni website (currently sold out) gave this pizza oven five stars. One recent reviewer shared: “I couldn’t be happier with the Ooni. With a little experience and practice, the pizzas turn out absolutely perfect – crisp, airy crusts with authentic taste, all in just a few minutes. The oven heats up incredibly fast, is easy to use, and delivers consistent results every time. It’s built solidly, looks great, and has quickly become the star of our outdoor kitchen. Highly recommended for anyone who loves real pizza!”

Key features:

• Gas-fueled for ultimate ease and control
• Reaches 500°C
• Cooks pizza in 60 seconds
• Extra-large 16″ cooking area
• No assembly required – ready to cook out of the box

Also available at:

• $999 from Ooni (sold out)
• $1279 from Amazon

Manageable for backyard use, but slightly heavier due to multi-fuel setup – better for outdoor entertaining than frequent transport

The Karu 16 offers the best of all worlds with its multi-fuel capability. Cook with wood or charcoal straight out of the box for that authentic smoky flavour, or add the gas burner attachment for convenience. The hinged door design with ViewFlame technology lets you monitor your pizza while it cooks, and the mounted digital thermometer displays the internal temperature.

This model is also ‘Recommended for Domestic Use’ by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, and it delivers the restaurant-quality results it promises.

This pizza oven has a 4.7-star rating from over 1,380 reviews on Appliances Online, and a 4.7-star rating from more than 3,500 reviews on the Ooni website, where it’s currently sold out.

“Very happy with our 16” Ooni,” said a reviewer. “With properly prepared dough we get a great pizza in about one and a half minutes. We aim for 400 degrees C. In my opinion, the oven runs a little hot with wood (hornbeam), since we want a nice flame over the pizza to melt the cheese, so we toss small pieces of wood in before the pizza. Overall we’re very happy and get great pizzas with minimal previous experience.”

Key features:

• Multi-fuel: wood, charcoal, or gas (burner sold separately)
• Reaches 500°C in 15 minutes
• Large cooking area for 16-inch pizzas
• Hinged door with viewing window
• Digital thermometer included

Also available at:

• $1099 (usually $1299) from Ooni (sold out)

Retractable legs and a lightweight design make it easy to move, store and take on the road

The Roccbox rocks… big time. This dome-shaped portable pizza oven is designed to replace traditional pizza ovens in professional kitchens, so you can truly bring chef-quality pizza into your own home. It reaches up to 500°C comfortably on either gas (for convenience) or traditional wood. The propane gas fitting is the default, but the additional detachable wood burner is a must-have for the discerning pizza fan.

Best of all, the Roccbox is fitted with a safe touch silicon jacket (très chic) so you can get the whole family involved without worrying about little hands touching hot metal.

With a 4.8-star rating from over 2,386 Trustpilot reviews, the Roccbox consistently impresses shoppers. Fans love its build quality, ease of use and fast, restaurant-quality results. One reviewer said: “The pizzas are the best I have ever tasted,” while another shared: “The oven is absolutely top notch… you get what you pay for.” They also love how quickly it heats and cooks pizzas, with many calling it “by far the best portable pizza oven available.”

Key features:

• Professional-grade construction
• Dual fuel: gas or wood
• Safe-touch silicon jacket
• No assembly required
• Retractable legs for portability
• Built-in thermometer and professional pizza peel included

Also available at:

• $799 from Barbeques Galore

Benchtop-friendly and easy to move in your kitchen or for storage, but not intended for outdoor transport

The Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo is perfect for those without outdoor space or who prefer indoor cooking. This benchtop oven heats to 400°C and cooks pizza in just two minutes. Its conductive heating system ensures the base crisps and chars beautifully while the cheese melts and bubbles perfectly.

Multiple preset cooking functions cater to different pizza styles from “New York” to “frozen,” making it incredibly versatile. The compact size makes storage easy, yet it’s powerful enough to rival much larger outdoor ovens. Put simply – you can rest easy knowing your pizza is in very safe hands!

“I cannot rave about our new Breville Pizzailo oven enough! Pizzeria quality wood-fired oven style pizzas cooked in two minutes, beautiful puffy crust with leoparding like in a restaurant, all in our own home,” posted a five-star reviewer on The Good Guys‘ website. “I’ll make the money back that I paid for it, saved from not going to pizza restaurants, in no time! The pan pizza is a deep, crusty treat too! Can’t wait to try all the other pizza style settings in good time. Really happy with this purchase.”

Key features:

• Benchtop-sized for easy storage
• Safe for indoor use
• Reaches 400°C
• Pre-set cooking functions for different pizza styles
• Conductive heating system for even cooking

Also available at:

• $899 (usually $1399) from Amazon
• $999 from Bing Lee
• $999 (usually $1399) from David Jones
• $1199 from Breville
• $1119.20 (usually $1399) from Myer

Extremely lightweight and compact, with retractable legs – perfect for backyard or outdoor use anywhere

The environmentally friendly Fyra 12 runs exclusively on wood pellets, which are compact, easy to store, and burn cleanly with minimal ash. The gravity-fed hopper automatically feeds pellets to maintain temperature, so all you have to worry about is keeping it topped up and firing.

A 3kg bag of pellets provides two to three hours of cooking, making them a cost-effective alternative to wood. But do the pellets sustain a temperature comparable to traditional wood? Well, how does 500°C in 15 minutes sound?

4736 reviewers awarded this pick from Ooni five stars, with one reviewer from July 2025 sharing: “We brought our Fyra 12 pizza oven in October last year and have had great fun using it and have had a lot of really yummy pizzas. Our pizza stone broke last week unfortunatly so I contacted Ooni and with no questions, they popped a new pizza stone in the post and a couple of days later it arrived. That’s good customer service. Since we bought ours, three friends have bought their own. That speaks for itself really.”

Key features:

• Wood pellet-fired for clean burning
• Gravity-fed hopper for automatic feeding
• Reaches 500°C in 15 minutes
• Extremely lightweight and portable
• Retractable legs

Also available at:

• $419 from Big W
• $419 from Woolworths
• $419 from MyDeal
• $439.20 (usually $549) from Kitchen Warehouse

Compact with built-in handles, easy to move indoors or outdoors, though mainly designed as a portable benchtop oven

Ooni comes charging out of the gates with its first ever all-electric portable pizza oven. Old hat pizza makers may scoff and wonder, “how can this little electric device achieve the temperatures necessary to replicate a woodfired result?” Well never fear! Reaching 450°C in just 20 minutes, and cooking your pizza in as little as 90 seconds, this compact oven can most certainly hold its own.

Thanks to adjustable dials for controlling top and bottom heat, plus a stone base that retains and distributes heat evenly, this oven delivers a perfectly cooked, bubbly crust and melted toppings every time – just like a traditional woodfired pizza.

“I’ve been wanting to get this pizza oven since the day it came out,” wrote a recent Ooni reviewer. “But the price tag was a little bit too high for me so when I saw it on offer I jumped at the chance to buy it and I absolutely love it. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made. Now the next one will be the 24 inch oven. Let’s hope that goes on offer too.”

Key features:

• All-electric operation
• Reaches 450°C in 20 minutes
• Heat-retaining glass door
• Lightweight with built-in handles
• Boost heat function for consistent temperature