Over a decade ago, Ooni built its first portable pizza oven with a design that many have mimicked. Our previous pick for the best pizza oven, the Karu 16, has been replaced by the Karu 2 Pro. It’s the exact same as the Karu 16 with three new features: an air vent, Bluetooth connected thermometer, and an even larger window on the oven door.

Like the Karu 16, the Karu 2 Pro makes 16-inch pizzas fired either with propane or wood. In testing, we liked the locking door with a glass window, which helped maintain a consistent temperature and allowed us to keep an eye on our pizza while it cooked.

Ooni also added a digital thermometer to this model that monitors air temperature in the oven via a wired probe. That info is sent to your phone so you can be in the kitchen prepping more pies or enjoying company instead of babysitting the oven.

Using the propane burner is super easy and gets the job done, but we appreciate the large firebox for wood, which provides a lot more flame across the top of the oven. The large capacity also had us refilling it less frequently than smaller wood-fired ovens.

The Karu 2 Pro also doubles as a capable charcoal grill if you want to cook meat or veggies. While we like a dedicated grill for burgers and steaks, the Karu 2 is a do-it-all outdoor kitchen if you have limited outdoor space. The addition of the new air vent even gets it down to a consistent 200-degrees Fahrenheit for low-and-slow cooking.

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The Ninja Artisan is the only electric outdoor pizza oven we've come across that's worth a double take. It needs to be covered if left outside because of the electrical components, but the body is made of weather-resistant steel.

There's no hassling with pellets or propane—simply plug it in, preheat, and start cooking. It has a max temp of 700-degrees Fahrenheit, which is less than most gas and wood-fired ovens, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.

While a 1,000-degree oven that makes pizza in 90 seconds sounds easy, there's a lot more to it. Shredded mozzarella starts melting in seconds, the dough crust needs a minute to bake, and toppings may require a different cooking time. Electric temperature controls and a lower max heat offer more runway before taking off on your pizza-making journey. Another plus of an electric outdoor pizza oven is even cooking because there's no need to turn the pizza when it's in the oven.

The Ninja has built-in preset pizza modes to cook different styles of 'za: Neapolitan, New York, thin crust, and pan. It preheats to respective target temps for each and then prompts you to add the pizza. Hit start and it starts counting down for a perfectly timed cook.

We tried the thin crust setting which cooked our pizza at 55o degrees Fahrenheit for four minutes. When the timer went off, out came an evenly cooked pepperoni pizza.

The Neapolitan setting worked great as well. It cooked the pizza at 700-degrees Fahrenheit for two and a half minutes yielding an impressively crisped crust with some leopard spotting.

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A lot of outdoor pizza ovens are portable enough to pick up and move, but they aren't designed with transportation in mind. Fair—most of us park them in the backyard. Gozney put more thought into portability than its competitors with the Tread pizza oven.

It weighs 30 pounds, has two handles on top, and has a manageable square shape. It can go from home to tailgate with ease. We tested the Tread with the collapsible Venture Stand, which gives you a cooking space wherever you take it.

Getting the Tread fired up only takes a few seconds when using the control dial on the side. The flames instantly extended across the roof of the pizza oven, and we wanted things to get hot, so we preheated for about 20 minutes. Once it reached an optimal temperature, we were ready to pitch the first pizza.

The compact size can fit up to 12-inch pies which is plenty big for personal pizzas. In testing, we found that the oven has great heat retention so you can cook them one after another. We also found the opening offered enough wiggle room to rotate the pie with a pizza peel for even cooking.

The Tread comes with a built-in thermometer on the side, but we still used an infrared heater to measure the temperature of the pizza stone itself. The quick release gas hose and regulator make for quick setup, too. For those that plan to take the Tread on-the-go, Gozney also has a handy carrying case.

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You'd be hard pressed to find an electric pizza oven that gets the job done like the original Ooni Volt, but theOoni Volt 2 is an honorable step up. This model has a smaller carbon footprint than its predecessor, and it's even easier to use.

Messing with temperatures can get complicated quickly, but the Volt 2 has three presets for cooking Neapolitan, New York, and Chicago Deep Dish-style pizzas to perfection. We usually use an infrared thermometer to gauge the temperature of pizza stones, but we trusted the presets and weren't disappointed.

On the same topic, this pizza oven also has an impressive temperature range, reaching from 70 degrees Fahrenheit up to 850. Beyond pizza, you can use this oven for plenty of other cooking tasks like roasting veggies, broiling meat, making a toasty grilled cheese, and baking cookies. Basically, the world is your oyster with the Volt 2.

While this electric pizza oven doesn't exactly mimic a wood-fired or propane-fueled model, it has its place in the kitchen. The Volt 2 can be used all year round, is capable of cooking plenty of your favorites, and is much easier to manage. Even if you already have an outdoor model, we'd go as far to say that you might need this indoor version, too.

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The brand best known for stainless-steel cookware has made an impressive outdoor pizza oven. The design is familiar with one addition—an automatic rotating pizza stone.

Typically rotating pizza stones are a gimmick you find on budget pizza ovens to make up for a low temperature range. All-Clad's pizza oven, however, has both fire power and an effective rotating stone that runs on four AA batteries and only requires a push of a button to start. The stone rotates at a slow, consistent speed to ensure even cooking.

All-Clad includes other niceties, like a built-in analog thermometer, match stick holder in case the igniter fails, and an oven floor that's easy to clean. The pizza stone takes up the majority of the interior, so after cooking is done, it can be removed with little to no burnt remnants collecting at the bottom.

The directions are simple and straightforward to follow, though we wish there was a little extra in terms of cooking tips. As with all the other models on this list, we set aside some time to preheat the oven during testing. The All-Clad reached 900 degrees F in just over ten minutes.

While we love the automatic rotating stone—as with anything—the more moving parts, the more potential for those parts to break. Overall, All-Clad's oven has great build quality, including the electrical box that houses the batteries. We expect it to last as long as the pizza oven is kept covered.

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The Gozney Dome Gen2 is definitely a luxury pizza oven, but it's chock full of features that could potentially make it a worthy investment for those who are dedicated to perfecting their pizza and baking crafts.

A 14-inch flue sits atop the roof of the oven, and this was helpful for maintaining air flow and flames. The Dome Gen2 comes with a standard propane burner, and the wood kit is optional. This helps simplify the process for newer pizza-makers, since wood-fired takes some time to master.

One of the highlights we appreciate the most is the size of the oven itself. After preheating, we had no problem cooking two mid-sized pizzas side-by-side, and we could move the pies around if we needed to slow the cook time.

It takes a little longer for the oven to heat up when using wood, but luckily, changing the fuel mode doesn't make the burner obsolete. We were able to fire up the oven with the burner first, then switched to wood when it reached the right temperature and turned off the propane.

We tested the Dome Gen2 on a somewhat windy day, and the propane burner blew out a few times. To offset this, we kept the temperature a little higher than usual and burned charcoal on the wood tray for better control.

The digital display is a very convenient feature. Instead of using an infrared thermometer, we could monitor levels in real time right on the pizza oven without worrying about accuracy.

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