What is different from other Ooni Ovens? The vent on the back helps to suck air into the oven. This is quite useful considering that the pellethopper can't collect enough air since it's always covered.
The Ooni Fyra is a lot of fun, and for many potential buyers, the pros — especially the price — will outweigh the cons.
We have also replenished the wood-pellets for the pizza oven. We chose to stick with Ooni's hardwood pellets, which we received originally. They worked well. It's very economical to run the oven, as the pellets last us for 10kg (PS19.99).
You can keep checking to see how well it's burning using the viewing hole in the door of the oven. Once the first set of pellets are ignited and burning well, you can gradually add more pellets to the fuel hopper on top of the oven, until the hopper is full. The hopper automatically feeds the pellet into the oven, so there's no need to push them down. You do need to make sure you regularly top up the hopper when you're cooking to maintain the oven temperature. A full hopper of pellets lasts around 15 minutes.
You can also cook other things using the Ooni Fyra 12, provided you have cookware that fits inside the oven slot. Ooni provides recipes on its website for things like duck breasts and banana bread, which you cook the same way you would in any wood-fired oven—rotating to give every angle equal time facing the heat source. A tiny cast-iron skillet will work here, but you’ll need to pull the skillet out and rotate the food inside the pan rather than turning the pan itself, since the handle of the skillet will stick out of the oven; Ooni sidesteps this problem by selling its own cast iron skillet that features a removable handle. I think this is fussy (the pan is also a little flimsy and small, IMO), so I will stick to pizza.
I was shocked at how small the Ooni Fyra pie oven looked when it arrived. But this has turned out to be its biggest advantage. It's light and portable.
Ooni's lowest pizza oven is a lot more fun than it sounds. The learning curve for some cooks may prove too steep.
Windy conditions will increase the time it takes to get hot, and they also expose pellets' greatest flaw: flame maintenance. While the Fyra 12 is capable of reaching ideal pizza-making temperatures, it doesn't stay there. Even with perfect conditions, the window to cook a proper Neapolitan pizza is just a few minutes, and the oven often requires a bit of recovery time between pies.
My maiden trip to make pizza was my first. I bought all-natural fire starters as well as organic wood pellets at a local hardware. This worked fine. Although the oven reached the correct temperature, it took me 4-6 minutes per pizza to cook. The Ooni brand starter was faster and stronger than the hardwood pellets. This allowed me to cook the same recipe in only 1-2 minutes.
The Ooni Fyra 12 portable oven pizza oven is lightweight and compact. It can be carried up or down from the roof whenever needed. This is the cheapest model that the company sells. It can be fueled with wood pellets that you put into the hopper at the back. You can't light flames, arrange charcoal or logs or touch a propane tank.
You should be aware that when you open the oven door to turn the pizza, or to remove it from the oven, a slight gust in wind can create a small backdraft. Flames could flicker out of the oven's rear. The oven's front is safe for those who are cooking pizzas. However, it might be a good idea to ensure that the oven's back is clear of children.
I was also gifted Ooni Premium hardwood chips and an Ooni 12' classic pizza peel.
Easy to light, the Fyra 12 can be loaded with pellets. Once the fire starter is lit, you can add more pellets to the hopper. Finally, relax and enjoy a cold beverage. It also heats quickly. It takes the Fyra 12 about 15 minutes to reach the optimal temperature (900 to 945 degrees Fahrenheit), depending on the weather. Neapolitan pizzas require a temperature of 950 to 1,000 degrees.
Since we got our Ooni Fyra pizza cooker, we have spent many an evening and night having backyard pizza parties as a whole family. When lockdown rules allowed us the freedom to invite other people into our garden, we were happy to cook pizzas for them all.
We've enjoyed our Ooni Fyra Pizza Oven since it arrived. Since then, we've spent many an afternoon and evening enjoying garden pizza parties together as a family. And when lockdown rules allowed us access to our garden, we cooked delicious pizzas for all.
Like the Ooni 3 as well as the Ooni Karu ovens, the Fyra also has a door. It helps to keep the heat in the oven. It has a handle made from glass, which is cool and comfortable to touch, even if it heats up. The door opens easily and doesn't get in way. To make it easier for you to slide your pizza into the opening, the handle can hang at its bottom.
The Ooni Fyra 12's only drawbacks are those that I couldn't have foreseen and ended up liking. Cleaning the oven is difficult. After it cools completely and you have removed the ashes, you can clean the oven using a dry cloth. To get the baking stone clean, I used a fishing spatula and some elbow grease. But by flipping it (as suggested), the high heat helped to burn any stray bits.
First, you need to take out the chimney cap. Next, remove your chimney cap. I used only two handfuls to start following the guidelines. After that, you add a firelighter on the front of your pizza grate (I used Ooni Firelighters, which I had been given), light it, and then push the grate in the back.
With this done, the following evening we were ready to get cooking! My husband made a big batch of pizza dough and we turned our garden table into a pizza making space. We've regularly made our own pizzas before (although we usually have to cook them in indoors in our main oven), so we know that the best trick is to keep the base nice and thin and not overload the pizza with toppings if you want to get that lovely crispy finish.
Cooking pizza with the Ooni Fyra 12 is as easy as topping your dough round on a floured pizza peel and, after 15 minutes of preheating, sliding the pizza onto the cooking surface. At full temperature (Ooni says you’re looking for about 950°F, which you can check with an infrared thermometer), you’ll want to rotate your pizza every 30 seconds or so until all sides have some time near the fire. Your pizza will be puffed, perfectly charred in spots, and fully cooked in one to two minutes.
The Ooni Fyra's design is still very similar to the Ooni Fyra and other Ooni models. It maintains the Ooni Pizza Oven's iconic dome shape. It looks very similar to Ooni Karu, Ooni 3 and Ooni 3 models.
The oven door has a viewing hole that allows you to inspect the oven to ensure it is burning properly. Once the first batch of pellets have been lit and are burning well, add more pellets in the fuel hopper to the top of an oven until you're satisfied with the amount. The hopper automatically inserts the pellet into oven. To maintain the oven temperature you need to fill the hopper with pellets. A full hopper of pellets can last about 15 minutes.
Watch out for a slight backdraft when you remove the oven door from the oven to turn the pie or take it out. This can lead to flames flickering out of the oven's rear. Although it's not an issue for those cooking pizzas at the front, you may want to make certain that the oven is positioned away from areas where children could be easily walked past.
It's difficult to tell when your pizza oven is ready to cook because it doesn't have a built-in thermometer. However, I found that 15 minutes was enough time for it to heat up in most conditions. It's possible to see rolling flames through the viewing window. This is a good indicator that it's ready to cook.
As it is almost impossible to cook pizza in the oven without a good pizza slicer, I recommend that you get one. I am also looking to purchase another one to help me set up a small pizza production line. This is not necessary if you cook for just four people. But if you have to cater for many more people it might be useful.
You can keep checking to see how well it's burning using the viewing hole in the door of the oven. Once the first set of pellets are ignited and burning well, you can gradually add more pellets to the fuel hopper on top of the oven, until the hopper is full. The hopper automatically feeds the pellet into the oven, so there's no need to push them down. You do need to make sure you regularly top up the hopper when you're cooking to maintain the oven temperature. A full hopper of pellets lasts around 15 minutes.
We tested the Ooni Fyra portable pizza oven to determine if it can handle family pizza nights.
You can read on to learn about how the Ooni Fyra 12 wooden pellet pizza oven operates, its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the best places it has been successful.
Ooni pizza ovens are safe and fully useable even in rainy weather. In fact, Ooni pizza ovens have been tested in temperatures as low as -22C, or -8F. This means you can reliably use the Ooni Frya, Karu, Koda and Pro lines of pizza ovens even in inclement weather � as long as you're OK getting wet in the process!
Why have we changed the spelling to Ooni? As Uuni has expanded into different countries, it's become apparent that the word 'Uuni' is being pronounced differently around the world. As we are a truly global brand, we have decided to change the spelling of our name from 'Uuni' to 'Ooni', which is the phonetic spelling.