How Long Does It Take To Cook A Pizza In An Ooni Oven

With no built-in thermometer, it's a bit of guess work as to when the pizza oven is up to the top temperature and ready for cooking, but I found that in most weather conditions 15 minutes was long enough for it to get up to heat. A good indication of it being ready is to check through the viewing hole and if you can see rolling flames (where the flames reach up and along the roof of the oven), it's ready for cooking.

You can cook with the Ooni Fyra Pizza Oven by placing it outdoors. This tray will become the firewood. Once the fire is blazing (about 15 minutes; you can see through the window at the top of the oven to verify), you will add fuel to your pellet hopper to ensure that the fuel continues to flow into the fire. The hopper should be full of pellets for about 15 minutes. You must replenish the hopper regularly if you want the fire's strength to last. If you don't think about it, the temperature will drop and cannot be fixed with more pellets.

Ooni Fyra 12 can be used to make pizza. It is as simple as rolling the dough out on a pizza peel. After 15 minutes of preheating the pizza, you can slide it onto the oven. Your pizza should be cooked at maximum temperature (Ooni states that you need about 950degF). You will need to turn your pizza 30 seconds apart until you have all the ingredients near the fire. Your pizza should be puffy and perfectly charred. It will take about one to 2 minutes for it to cook completely.

Ooni Fyra 12 can be used to cook other items, provided that you have the right cookware. Ooni has recipes for duck breasts and banana bread on its website. You cook these the same way as you would in a wood-fired oven, rotating to ensure that every angle is equally exposed to the heat source. You can use a small cast-iron skillet to do this, but the handle of your skillet will stick to the oven. Ooni has a cast iron skillet with a removable handle that will allow you to rotate the food in the pan. This is too fussy. The pan is small and flimsy, IMO. I'll stick with pizza.

Assembling the Ooni Fyra pizza oven was incredibly simple. As someone who has zero patience when it comes to following assembly instructions (my Ikea flatpack meltdowns are fairly legendary in our house), this couldn’t have been more straightforward.

But, at the end of it all, the Fyra 12's real question is whether or not the Fyra 12 can cook high-quality pizza. The answer is a clear yes, provided you're willing to work around its limitations.

This Ooni Fyra model also features the trademark foldable legs found in every Ooni oven. One of our favorite things, however, as mentioned earlier, is its compact and portable nature. The unit measures 27.17 x 18.9 x 10.24 inches. It’s a fairly small pizza oven that can be set up almost anywhere, with minimal space required.

Does it deliver high-quality pizza? It is easy to use. Can it be used on the road? To find out, I used it for over a full month.

However, these accessories can quickly add up to the cost for your pizza oven.

Ooni Fyra may be purchased (opens in new window) at the Ooni Website. It is also a good place to check for outages. Ooni items, accessories, and bundles for Ooni pizza ovens can be found at the Lakeland section. You can also check out our widget for the best deals.

Two cooks are a good idea -- one for flame maintenance and one for pizza assembly and cooking. An infrared thermometer is also a must, because of all the heat variability.

Ooni's cheap pizza oven is a lot fun. However, some cooks might find it difficult to master the recipe.