Ooni Fyra Vs Karu

Ooni Fyra's pizza oven can be used outdoors. Light the fire starter, place the tray on the surface and then slide it back into the oven. This will serve as the foundation of your fire. You can check the flames through a window in the oven's front to see how they are progressing. After the flames have stopped blazing, add more fuel to the pellethopper to maintain a steady flow of fuel into the fire. If you want your fire to burn strong, a hopper filled with pellets will last about 15 minutes. You can't leave it alone for too long, and the temperature will drop. This cannot be fixed simply by adding more pellets.

The pizza oven kept its temperature very well as long as it was topped up with pellets. I was able take out one pizza, open the door, and then prepare the next pizza. It took no time at all. It was unnecessary to wait for the oven heat up to again.

It's been used in all weathers. We've made it during glorious summer, rainy Saturday evenings and winter. Check out the story below to see how it went...

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.

I recommend the Koda 12 for large families and those who plan to make pizza the star of their next dinner party. This will cost you an additional $50 and give you less portability than pellets. However, it will make your life easier and bring you more pleasure.

The only additional drawbacks about the Ooni Fyra 12 are things I could have anticipated and ultimately felt I could live with. Cleaning the oven is a little fussy, for example. After waiting for it to cool entirely and disposing of the ashes, you can wipe the inside down with a dry cloth (no water can be used) and, as the company writes on their website, scrape off stubborn bits of food or debris from the cooking surface with a pizza brush. I needed to use a fish spatula and some elbow grease to really clean the baking stone, though by flipping it for the next cook (as recommended), I did find that the high heat helped burn any straggling bits off.

Reading the guidelines again (always a good idea to do this properly before you cook obviously), I worked out that we needed to rotate the pizza in the oven after 20 or 30 seconds to make sure it cooked evenly. Problem solved and I was soon churning out beautifully cooked, delicious pizzas that were ready in around 60-90 seconds. These ones definitely got a big thumbs up from the kids.

My recommendation: have two cooks — one focused on flame maintenance, the other focused on pizza assembly and cooking. Also, get an infrared thermometer; it's more or less essential with all the variability in heat.

Ooni recommends that you place your pizza oven in an area where there is no wind. Also, keep it at least 3ft (1 m) away of structures to get the best results. The manual advises that it be placed on wood, stone, marble, and stainless steel surfaces.

The Fyra lives up to its promise of portability. The chimneys can fit in the oven cavity, and the legs can be folded up. It is lightweight at less than 20 pounds and has a powder-coated exterior that is scratch-resistant and durable.

We have used it in all kinds of weathers: in the summer when it was hot and sunny, in the rainy Saturday evenings that we wanted to indulge, and even in winter when it was just as enjoyable as summer when it was warm and glowing under fairy lights. You can read the rest of our story to learn how it turned out.

Ooni Fyra 12 oven is small enough to cook 12" pizzas. Ooni offers a wide range of products, including a thin, all natural fire starter and wood chips. (They offer all of these, as well an infrared temperaturemeter and waterproof cover, in a single bundle. It's the Ooni oven with the lowest price at $349 and comes standard with a three-year warranty.