Can You Flip The Ooni Pizza Stone

The Ooni Fyra 12 makes great pizza. You can make great pizza with whatever dough you choose (I have tried homemade and store-bought recipes). The result is perfect every time. After you've mastered your personal system, this oven can be used to make a delicious dinner for two or as the centerpiece of an event. The oven's compact design means that the oven can be easily stored in its narrow, stackable, box. I love Ooni. As someone who hates one-trick kitchen tools and large appliances, I was surprised at how much it loved and how quickly I made room for it in my house.

It was a huge bummer to receive my Ooni with the plan to make pizza that very day, only to discover that I did not have a bunch of the requisite materials—namely, a pizza peel, fire starter, or wood pellets, none of which come in the box. If you do not buy the pizza peel from Ooni, be sure to get a model that is thin and narrow enough that you can fit it, plus a pizza, into the oven with enough clearance to shake, shift, and angle each direction. I got this one and really like it. You could presumably use a wooden peel as well, but I found I needed the thinness of metal to successfully maneuver.

Ooni suggests that you run your Fyra at full heat for 30 minutes to get rid of any leftover food.

The chimney vent can be adjusted to increase the heat within the Ooni Fyra. You can open the vent by removing the chimney cap. This will naturally increase the airflow within the oven, and thus raise the internal temperature.

Before I cooked pizzas in the Ooni Fyra, I heated it for 30 minutes at high heat and let it cool down before wiping it with a kitchen towel. Ooni states that this is necessary to get rid of any residues during manufacturing before you cook in it.

Ooni's cheapest pizza oven is a lot of fun. But the learning curve may be too steep for some cooks to overcome.

To increase the heat in the Ooni Fyra you can simply adjust your chimney vent. Open the vent, remove the chimney cap and increase the airflow in the oven.

You will find out how the Ooni Fyra 12 wood stove pellet pizza oven works and where it is most effective.

Pellets have a lot to offer. They are very efficient in burning, as mentioned previously. However, this is a question when baking at high temperatures for pizza-making.

First, remove the chimney cap. Next, take off the chimney cap and fill it with hardwood pellets. To get started, I used approximately two dozen hardwood pellets following the instructions. Next, add a firelighter (I used Ooni firelighters which were provided), and light it. Finally, push the grate into place in the back of your pizza oven.

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.

It has been used in all weathers, including during summer's peak in glorious weather and on rainy Saturday nights when we were just looking for a treat. Even in winter, when the fairy lights lit the kitchen, it was as fun as summer. Continue reading to find out how we did it...