The dad who already cooks and will happily make dough on a Friday, not the one who wants dinner solved with minimum involvement.
What it is
A gas-fired outdoor pizza oven that reaches 500C and cooks a 16-inch Neapolitan-style pizza in roughly 60 seconds. It has a powder-coated carbon steel body with stainless steel internals, a 15mm cordierite stone and an L-shaped burner for even heat, and weighs 18.2kg at 63 x 58 x 37cm. Ooni offers a free 5 year warranty when the oven is registered within 60 days of receipt, otherwise the standard 1 year applies.
Why we picked it
Sixteen inches is the size that changes the evening, because it fits a pizza a family shares rather than a personal one that means someone is always waiting. Gas rather than pellets means no fire management, so he can go from cold to cooking in about 20 minutes on a weeknight instead of only on Saturdays. It is genuinely the item that makes people stay longer, because the cooking is the entertainment and everyone ends up standing around the oven. The 5 year registered warranty makes the price a lot easier to justify than the sticker suggests.