Our Favorite Pizza Oven: Ooni Koda 16 Review

Our Favorite Pizza Oven: Ooni Koda 16 Review

Ooni Koda 16 Review

We love family pizza nights. We love to gather around our kitchen counter and create pizzas.

After years of baking our pizza in the oven, we knew that there had to be a better way.

I started researching outdoor pizza ovens and immediately found that the Ooni pizza oven was our best option.


Ooni Koda 16 review. Our favorite pizza oven by lifestyle and food blogger Angela Lanter


The Ooni Koda 16 is our favorite pizza oven for a few reasons…

First, the Koda is incredibly easy to use, just plug it into your propane tank, or gas, wait for it to heat up, and then add your pizza.

Second, it cooks pizzas incredibly quickly. In just about 60 seconds, you will have an incredibly delicious homemade pizza to enjoy. The Ooni reaches temperatures of up to 950°F.

Third, it produces pizzas with a delicious, authentic flavor. If you’re looking for a great pizza oven, the Ooni Koda 16 is a great option.



Here are a few of my pros and cons of the Ooni Koda 16 review:

Pros:

  • Easy to use
  • Quick cooking time
  • Authentic flavor
  • Portable
  • It comes with a pizza stone
  • L shaped burner
  • Folding legs for easy storage
  • Extendable match holder
  • Weather resistant
  • Efficient
  • Gas powered pizza oven: runs on your choice of propane or natural gas
  • Fresh, stone-baked pizza in as little as 60 seconds
  • 5 year warranty when registered with Ooni

Cons:

  • Expensive
  • Can be difficult to find in stock
  • Requires propane gas
  • Outdoor use only


Ooni Koda 16 review. Our favorite pizza oven by lifestyle and food blogger Angela Lanter


Overall, the Ooni Koda 16 is a great pizza oven for anyone who loves to cook pizza. It’s easy to use, cooks pizzas quickly, and produces delicious pizzas with an authentic flavor.

A few items that you would want to invest in addition to your pizza oven:

Pizza peel

Infrared thermometer

Pizza cutter


Ooni Koda 16 review. Our favorite pizza oven by lifestyle and food blogger Angela Lanter


Frequently Asked Questions:

What pizza dough is best for the Ooni pizza ovens?

I’ve tried it all, homemade dough, sourdough pizza dough, store bought… Overall, if I have the time, I love to make it from scratch, but that’s rare. My preference is to buy Publix fresh dough and secon best is Trader Joe’s fresh dough.

If we’re in Ohio, I love going to Devitis Italian Market and buy their dough.

What is your favorite type of pizza to make?


We love a good margherita pizza, but Matt and my personal favorite is topped with burrata, fresh basil from our garden, and balsamic glaze.

Do you let Kenny help make pizzas?


Absolutely! She loves to help shape the dough and add toppings. Her favorite is when she gets to make a heart shaped homemade pizza.


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4 Comments
  • How did you perfect the cooking of the dough before the toppings burn? I have the Ooni pizza oven too. I’ve tried cooking with the wood chips haven’t tried using the gas option! How long do you keep the pizza in before turning?

    • Angela Lanter

      I’ll have to ask Matt but make sure you’re rolling your dough out really flat. It makes a huge difference!

  • Lori Leung

    I’ve been looking into getting an Ooni, but my oldest son says to get the wood burning one and not the gas one. Maybe for Christmas I will get one. So the Ooni Karu 12 for wood pellets and small pieces of wood.

    • Angela Lanter

      We looked at that one too! I don’t think you can go wrong with either.

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