Ooni Pro 16: The 5-Star Outdoor Pizza Oven for Unmatched Yard Baking & Grilling

Specs:

Material: High-grade Stainless Steel

Finish: Polished

Fuel: Wood, Charcoal, Gas, or Pellet

Weight: 67.8 pounds

Dimensions: 19.29 x 29.13 x 31.1 inches

Price:

Pros:

• The best pizza oven with a high-grade stainless steel body and thick stone baking boards.
• Comes with a pair of Ooni oven gloves.
• An affordable and portable alternative to a brick oven.
• Reaches high temperatures fast due to thick insulation and efficient temp control system.
• Very easy to assemble.

Full Review:

You can always bake pizzas in ovens, but there is something special about producing the Italian dish using firewood. There is that reliable old brick oven but portability can be an issue if you want to cook, say, in the yard. Well, here’s the best remedy our SolidSmack Household Appliance and Tool Research Team can confidently suggest: the Ooni Pro 16 Outdoor Pizza Oven.

The Ooni Pro 16 is the best pizza oven due to its portability. It is an ideal cooking tool perfect for a wide variety of occasions and you can comfortably place it in the yard. Also, thanks to its 4 foldable feet, it can protect your tables from direct heat. Nonetheless, our reviewers still suggest placing it on metal or stone surfaces due to the heat transfer we noticed during the test.

The exterior dimensions of Ooni Pro 16 measure 19.29 x 29.13 x 31.1 inches, with an opening of 16” in its front. Its body is made of polished stainless steel, with an anti-smudge body that is incredibly easy to wipe clean. The same goes for its interior walls but given its nature as an oven, the fire itself will do the work for you.

This 2021 best pizza oven has a substantial heft to it due to the thick insulation around its body. While it might affect its concept of portability, it reflects the product’s excellent build that can assure you years of use. The included 4 stone baking boards which you lay flat inside on the floor of the oven can also add to its current weight, but they can work magic in pizza crust by distributing the heat across the floor.

Further, we love that the Ooni Pro 16 comes with two interchangeable doors: the standard one with a 16” postbox-style opening and another one with a glass-sealed window. Besides aesthetics, the latter will let you enclose the chamber for a better flow of heat. At the back is another door that gives you access to set up your wood or charcoal. It is wide enough to easily place the piece of wood you need in the tray and the removal of ash is not a challenge in any way.

On the other hand, the detachable chimney that can be clipped on its top serves as its primary temperature control. Using the adjustable vents, the chimney draws the flame forward which results in uniform heating inside its chamber. There’s also a secondary ceiling vent that can be opened wider to achieve high temperatures faster. For those who often use charcoal grills with the same control vents, managing the temperature of Ooni Pro 16 is a duck soup. Nonetheless, beginners will have no problem getting the hang of it due to the included thermometer in one of the doors of Ooni Pro 16.

Ooni Pro 16 can also be the best pizza oven in terms of versatility. Besides firewood, it can also work with different kinds of fuels from charcoal to pellet and gas (requires the Ooni 16 Pellet Burner and Ooni 16 Gas Burner). With this, you have full freedom on how you would want to use it. And thanks to its thick insulated steel body, it quickly achieved 500°F during our test.

Using firewood and opening the vents fully, it took us no more than 10 minutes to hit the said number. With its consistent heat circulation and stone baking boards, it produced a well-baked 16” pizza within minutes. It can also handle up to 950°F and we found it incredibly useful for grilling meat and poultry! The 18” wide interior and 7” opening height allowed us to place a whole chicken inside without problems. We were even able to chuck 2 medium-sized cast-iron pans and 4 mini loaf pans which can prove how spacious this best pizza oven is.

Ooni Pro 16 FAQs:

Can I use the Ooni Pro 16 for gas and pellets?

• What makes Ooni Pro 16 the best pizza oven is its ability to accept pellets and gas by using the Ooni 16 Pellet Burner and Ooni 16 Gas Burner, respectively.

Can you roast a whole chicken in Ooni Pro 16?

• Yes, the Ooni Pro 16 can roast chicken due to its generous 18” wide interior and 7” opening height.

What are the accessories included in the package of Ooni Pro 16?

• The Ooni Pro 16 package includes a pizza oven, 4 stone baking boards, 2 doors, burner tray, manual, Allen key, and oven gloves.

How do you control the temperature of the Ooni Pro 16?

• It depends on the fuel you are using. For firewood, you can control it using the vents in the oven. For pellets and gas, you use Ooni 16 Pellet Burner and Ooni 16 Gas Burner, respectively.