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Ooni Karu 16

The big multi-fuel Ooni: wood, charcoal or gas, a full sixteen inch stone and a viewing hatch. The one to buy if pizza is the point rather than a novelty.

Specification

FuelWood, charcoal or gas
Pizza size16 inch
Max temperatureAround 500°C

Where it sits

A proper wood fired oven is a thermal mass cooker. You burn a fire inside it for a couple of hours, rake out the embers, and then work down through the falling heat: pizza at 450°C, then roasts, then bread, then slow-cooked beans overnight.

Filed under Wood Fired Ovens and made by Ooni.

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