With a bit of flour, plenty of cheese, a rich tomato sauce and your favourite toppings, pizza is one of the most comforting and delicious meals on earth. Especially when you make it yourself! Now, we’re not saying you should get the contractors in and re-design the kitchen around a full-sized wood-fired oven. Instead, there’s a much simpler way – portable pizza ovens.
These smaller options still reach the high temperatures needed to make crisp Neapolitan-style pizzas, so all you need to do is perfect your recipes and dough-tossing technique and you'll soon be on your way to becoming a pizzaiolo. This guide will tell you what to look for as well as recommend the ten best pizza ovens for indoor and outdoor use to buy on Amazon.
Quick List - Top Portable Pizza Ovens
Dellonda
The Best and Largest Portable Wood-Fired Pizza Oven, Complete With Accessories
Argos Home
A Budget-Friendly Pizza Oven Made of High-Quality Steel, Featuring a Pizza Stone and Paddle
Ooni
Portable and Speedy Pizza Oven Including Wood Pellets, Perfect for Outdoor Parties
VidaXL
A Quick-To-Heat BBQ Box Oven for Baking Pizzas, Cookies and Breads
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The BBQ pizza oven is by far the most convenient option. As the name suggests, they take the form of a small, metal pizza-sized box that you place on top of a charcoal or gas barbecue. The idea here is that the box simulates the traditional cooking technique of a pizza oven.
Generally speaking, these are small, portable, affordable and quick to heat. You could even take one camping! However, they do have some downfalls. Firstly, of course, you need to have a barbecue. Whether it's a permanent or disposable one doesn’t matter, but it is a requirement.
Secondly, you’ll be unlikely to get any accessories such as a pizza paddle, a carry case and other extras that make the cooking experience a little easier (and potentially more authentic) for you.
If you love al fresco cooking, why not check out our Best Charcoal BBQs in the UK right here?
Your second option is an assembled charcoal or wood-fired pizza oven. Don’t worry, there’s not a lot of actual construction required, usually just the legs and the chimney. The inclusion of a chimney creates better convection, which in turn, provides good heat distribution and therefore better browning, crisping and roasting.
The only potential disadvantage is their increased size. This means that they’re not as transportable and you'll need to make sure you have space for one. That said, it does mean you can have larger pizzas, and who doesn’t want that?
Another point worth mentioning is that these are going to be more expensive, not only initially, but also because you’ll continually need to buy the fuel to power it up, whether that be charcoal, pellets or wood.
When making the decision between Wood or Charcoal ovens it's worth keeping a few things in mind. Some types of charcoal can contain artificial additives, whereas wood is free of chemicals. This makes your food safer to consume—and the flavor will be rich and won't be affected by any surprise ingredients.
Cooking with charcoal is like a combination of grilling and hot smoking. As a result, the food you cook over coal gains a whole new flavour profile combining the original taste with a charred smokiness.
If you're heading to a campsite with your Pizza Oven, why not also check out our Best Camping Stoves in the UK here for cooking on other balmy evenings.
Finally, you’ll want to consider what accessories come with your purchase. This way, you can save on any additional spending and you’ll likely be able to start knocking out those pizzas much quicker. Look out for the following:
Products | Image | Click to purchase | Key features | |
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1 | Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired Pizza Oven | ![]() | The Best and Largest Portable Wood-Fired Pizza Oven, Complete With Accessories | |
2 | Argos Home Pizza Oven BBQ Topper | ![]() | A Budget-Friendly Pizza Oven Made of High-Quality Steel, Featuring a Pizza Stone and Paddle | |
3 | Ooni Fyra Portable Outdoor Pizza Oven | ![]() | Portable and Speedy Pizza Oven Including Wood Pellets, Perfect for Outdoor Parties | |
4 | VidaXL Pizza Oven With Ceramic Stone | ![]() | A Quick-To-Heat BBQ Box Oven for Baking Pizzas, Cookies and Breads | |
5 | Ooni Karu 12 Outdoor Pizza Oven | ![]() | Keeps the Pizzas Coming No Matter the Weather | |
6 | La Hacienda BBQ Pizza Oven|56293 | ![]() | A Quick-Heating, Easily Transportable Option With Top-End Heat Retention | |
7 | Fresh Grills Steel Outdoor Pizza Oven | ![]() | Bringing the Heat up to 500 °C | |
8 | Oxford Barbecues Gourmet Pizza Oven|56255OL | ![]() | Simple, Straightforward and Almost Ready to Go From the Box | |
9 | Generic Fire Pit Pizza Oven | ![]() | Pizza-Oven-Come-Fire Pit With a Well-Designed Fuel Box to Create Higher Temperatures, Faster | |
10 | Artesà Store Table Top Pizza Oven | ![]() | A Table-Top Pizza Oven Complete With Lots of Accessories, Perfect for a Fun Dinner Party |
Taking our numero uno position is this wonderfully crafted piece of kit from Dellonda. The first thing we want to point out is the size, which comes in about twice that of the others. Which is brilliant because you might well be eating pizzas with friends and family.
In addition to the size, there is more than enough heat output to make sure you've got the perfect temperature and all the necessary accessories to get you well on your way to serving top-quality slices. It's for all these reasons that this sits on top of the proverbial perch.
Granted, it might not have the double-wall structure of many of our other BBQ box-style pizza ovens, but it does have one considerably better factor – a much more wallet-friendly price. It's less expensive than the other options on the list, making it great for those working on a smaller budget.
However, just because of the low price, don't for a second that you'll be getting a shoddy piece of gear. It's made entirely of steel and comes with a pizza stone and a paddle too. Talk about value for money!
This portable pizza oven was created with outdoor parties and events in mind, making it perfect for any upcoming warmer seasons. Ooni claims that once up and running, their oven can produce a Nonna speciality in a matter of 60 seconds, so you'll never have to wait restlessly for the delivery of a takeout again.
The high-quality set comes with wood pellets (which should be used to heat the oven at all times), natural firestarters and a paddle. Moreover, the chimney and legs can be disassembled for easier transportation.
This BBQ box oven is not only great at producing classic-style pizzas but is also capable of baking well-made cookies, flatbreads and other delights. VidaXL apply the insulated double-wall cavity, so the heat is better retained and distributed.
The double design ensures a quick heat up, and it's so easy and simple to use that nothing is stopping you from enjoying some fresh, home-cooked pizza as soon as it arrives. Unfortunately, there are no accessories included, although it does come pre-fitted with a pizza stone for that perfect heat distribution.
While many of the assembly ovens lean on a traditional chimney design, this offering from Ooni incorporates a top. This enables you to continue whipping up a storm – to temperatures of up to 500 °C.
You can see straight into the oven to check on your masterpieces. This is a classic pizza oven, that's light and fairly portable, but most of all it's well known for being super reliable and easy to use.
Made with insulated stainless steel, this portable pizza oven from La Hacienda has top-end heat retention. The composition works just as well with gas or charcoal BBQs and is known to reach the perfect cooking temperatures in just 10 minutes.
You'll find that, again, there is a temperature gauge to monitor your cooking situation, plus, we also like that the oven has well-placed carry handles for transportation and ease of use. Be careful though, they're not supposed to be used while the oven is cooking!
If you've had a sneak peek at the specification table below, you'll have seen that this pizza oven reaches a whopping 500 °C, which is the joint highest in our ranking. The cooker achieves this thanks to its double-walled stainless steel design that establishes and maintains much higher temperatures.
The oven works with either charcoal, wood or wood pellets and comes with a fuel box attached at the back. It's also roomy enough to produce larger pizzas than most. Of course, due to the double walls, this is going to be on the heavier side, but it might be a price some are willing to pay for such high temps.
This is the third of our BBQ box options. As you can see, they're very basic in design with a letterbox-style opening for the pizza. However, this offering does come with a temperature gauge, which will allow you to monitor the heat inside the oven. Pretty useful if you're trying to get to that exact 232 °C.
This is a simple option, straightforward to use and almost ready to go straight from the box. You'll just need a heat source and to get yourself a pizza paddle. And then it's just case of over to you...
While the name of the business might be Generic, their pizza oven is anything but. The fuel box design is significantly different from the other options for two reasons: firstly it's much larger, and secondly, it's underneath the oven. This positioning and size make the oven heat faster and at higher temperatures.
Another bonus is that you can remove the top and use it as an outdoor fire pit! Unfortunately, the company doesn't stipulate the temperatures the oven will reach. Plus, it's built using thick, heavy steel, which does make it durable but also much more cumbersome than other options.
Getting the ranking underway is this unique take on the portable pizza oven. Instead of being used alongside your other cooking equipment, this offering is intended to be placed on the table so that you, or your guests, can whip up mini pizza starters. The oven is heated with gel fuel, which doesn't produce any smoke, soot or ashes.
The combo comes with plenty of accessories, including mini paddles, a baking tray and a corkboard mat that allows you to assemble the pizzas at the table, too. Of course, it only produces smaller pizzas which might not fill you up, but you can always make more if you want to!
No. 1: Dellonda|Portable Wood-Fired Pizza Oven
No. 2: Argos Home|Pizza Oven BBQ Topper
No. 3: Ooni|Fyra Portable Outdoor Pizza Oven
No. 4: VidaXL|Pizza Oven With Ceramic Stone
No. 5: Ooni| Karu 12 Outdoor Pizza Oven
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