Ready to cook a fresh pizza in just minutes in your own kitchen? About the only person who wouldn’t love this idea is probably your cardiologist! But consider this: When you have the ability to make your own pizza, you can choose the ingredients you want. Make it without cheese and scattered with super greens if you want to impress the doctor. Or fill it full of all the guilty pleasures you want on a pie. The point is this: A home pizza oven gives you endless options. Here are a few pizza ovens we recommend.
Old school design
Grandma never had a pizza oven like this, though it looks straight out of the days of yesteryear. This 1500-watt countertop oven can heat food from 200 to 450 degrees for up to an hour. There’s room for pizzas up to 12 inches wide. And it’s easy to clean thanks to removable parts inside the oven.
Amplify the heat
Baking a pizza on an outdoor grill always sounds compelling, but how do you cope with cooking it on the standard grill grates? This unit from Green Mountain Grill solves that problem – the pizza oven fits over pellet grills. The result is the grill’s heat is amplified – up to 800 degrees – allowing the pizza to cook in mere minutes. That will rival even the best neighborhood pizzeria.
Ultimate snack maker
If you’re craving homemade pizzas and flatbreads, here’s a kitchen appliance to consider. Betty Crocker’s pizza maker can cook up to 12-inch pizzas quickly and cleanly on its nonstick surface. (The pizza can be fresh or frozen.) It’s stainless steel, energy efficient and versatile – use it to make cinnamon buns, nachos or even an omelette.
Easy to clean
We love this pizza oven because it can keep all your party snacks warm after it cooks them. It has dual heating elements and a rotating pan for even cooking. It’s controlled by a simple timer and features an open-air design so you can keep an eye on your food.
Nonstick tray
This rotating pizza oven from Presto is straightforward, which can be a blessing with kitchen appliances these days. Your pie can be frozen, homemade or take-out from a deli. Top and bottom heating elements – separately controlled – cook the food on both sides. A timer sounds when the cooking time has been reached and shuts off the heat. It saves as much as 60 percent in energy compared with a regular oven.
Steve Spears is editor of Florida Travel & Life, an online brand that inspires active, affluent travelers, providing them with insider information on discovering the best of Florida. Informative and engaging, the website showcases travel destinations, arts and cultural venues, vibrant dining scenes, recreational activities, the great outdoors and the revitalized real-estate market. He is based in Orlando and counts St. Augustine, Key West and the Gulf Beaches among his favorite destinations in the state.
