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Tom's Guide's best overall and Serious Eats' best multi-fuel oven under $500: real wood or charcoal flavor, a door that holds heat, and a premium build. With solid fuel you have to tend the fire, temperatures swing, and the gas burner costs extra.
Top complaints
- Temperature swings with wood or charcoal
Tom's Guide had to top up fuel constantly and got a couple of oddly risen pies and some burnt crusts. Heat varied between pizzas and even during a single bake.
Source: Tom's Guide review - Gas burner and accessories cost extra
Tom's Guide calls it pricey, especially once you add a peel, turning peel, thermometer and the roughly $112 gas burner. Ooni's own page is inconsistent on whether the burner is included.
Source: Tom's Guide review, Ooni official page - Gap at the back, ambient-only gauge
Serious Eats warns of a roughly 6-inch gap at the back of the oven that you can push a pizza into while turning. Tom's Guide notes the built-in gauge reads only air temperature, not the stone.
Source: Serious Eats, Tom's Guide review
What owners love
- Very crispy, restaurant-style pies
Tom's Guide says it makes pies worthy of a pizzeria. Serious Eats cooked a pizza in about 1 minute 30 seconds.
Source: Tom's Guide review, Serious Eats - Fast heat-up with a heat-holding door
On charcoal and wood, the stone hit 750°F in 10-12 minutes in Tom's Guide's test. Serious Eats says its door locks in heat for back-to-back pies.
Source: Tom's Guide review, Serious Eats - Premium, foldable build
Tom's Guide found it built to last, with folding legs and a removable chimney; at about 33 lb it is one of the lightest ovens Serious Eats recommends.
Source: Tom's Guide review, Serious Eats
- You want push-button gas out of the box
- You want 14-inch or larger pies
- You don't want to tend a fire while cooking
- Wood- or charcoal-fired flavor
- Switching between wood, charcoal and (with an add-on) gas
- Small groups of about 4-6
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What experts say
- Tom's Guide: Best overall (updated Aug 2026): flexible fuels, quick assembly and fast heat; not sized for large parties, and temperature needs active attention.
- Serious Eats: Best multi-fuel oven under $500, lighter and fast to heat; watch the gap at the back when turning.