Crafting a basic pizza at home is simple, but to make something on par with a professionally produced pie requires an oven capable of reaching scorching temperatures. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but America is having a pizza party in its collective backyards, and a new crop of simple and semiportable pizza ovens are to blame. Home pizza ovens are flying onto porches and patios, followed by pizzeria-quality pies flying out of them.
With small, at-home pizza ovens reaching air fryer levels of buzz, there are now several models available from a slew of brands including Ooni, Gozney, Solo Stove and Alpha. There are propane-powered ovens that click on in seconds and others powered by wood pellets, hardwood and charcoal. One thing they all have in common is that they’ll reach the blistering hot temperatures you need to get perfect pizzas, just like the ones you’ll find at your…
