The dad who already hosts and wants the outdoor-kitchen upgrade, and not the apartment dweller or anyone who needs to pack the oven away after every use.
What it is
A gas outdoor pizza oven taking pizzas up to 18 inches, with a stone measuring 21 inches at the rear and 18 at the front, running on LPG and adjustable from 160C to 500C. It ships with the oven, stones, gas regulator and hose, an Ooni Connect digital temperature hub with Bluetooth, a food probe, mounting bracket, ambient temperature cable, fixings, batteries and a matchstick lighter. Unboxed it is 68.2 x 65.2 x 39.3cm and 30kg; Ooni state a 1-year warranty extending to 5 years on registration within 60 days.
Why we picked it
This is the oven for the dad whose pizza nights have outgrown a 12-inch oven and turned into an event. Eighteen inches of stone means he cooks a proper large pizza instead of apologising for the size, and the temperature band running down to 160C stops it being a pizza-only appliance and lets it roast meat and vegetables. The Bluetooth temperature hub and food probe attack the real failure mode of outdoor cooking, which is guessing, by putting stone temperature and internal meat temperature on his phone. At 30kg it is not going anywhere once assembled, so buy it only if he has a permanent outdoor bench to put it on.