Ooni Fyra 12 pizza oven review: is it the best budget portable wood fire pizza oven in the UK?
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Ooni is unquestionably this country’s most popular pizza oven manufacturer.
The keenly-priced Fyra 12 runs on wood pellets like those used in pellet barbecues, weighs just 10kgs and comes with a 12-inch baking stone.
How easy is the Ooni Fyra to use?
An absolute breeze to put together (as in, even I could do it, and I’ve been known to struggle with slot a into slot b) simply attach the chimney and the rear-mounted pellet hopper, unfold the three legs and carefully slide in the cordierite stone.
The Ooni Fyra is as easy to use as it is to assemble - a fantastic ‘entry level’ pizza oven if you’re dipping your toes into the world of your own wood-fired pizza.
With no logs or gas to wrangle with, instead you simply have to feed wood pellets through a hopper - so long as the hopper is full, it will sizzle away.
The wood pellets come in a resealable waterproof fuel bag - easy to transport if you’re heading off camping or want to bring the oven to a friend’s place.
No tools were needed for assembly, and we were using it within a half hour of removing from the packaging.
We used an Ooni pizza peel to slide pizzas in and out of the oven - you’ll need a pizza peel, although other models are available. With the oven hitting 400C, you need the peel to place and remove the pizzas in - absolutely do not toy around with alternative methods, you’ll end up burnt and covered in pizza.
How easy is the Ooni Fyra to light?
To light the Ooni Fyra, you simply remove the grate from the back of the oven, fill with pellets, and set alight.