Benefits of a Portable Stainless Steel Pizza Oven

Both the traditional brick or clay pizza oven and the portable stainless steel pizza oven will cook a pizza, and do it well, but which of these ovens offers the benefits that you, and your lifestyle, best?

Portable Stainless Steel Pizza Oven

A professional stainless steel wood fired pizza oven is perfect for cooking pizzas, of course, but you can also cook up roasts, breads and desserts in it. These pizza ovens are fully insulated and are perfect for a back deck or patio.

The oven is portable, and rolls on wheels. They take less than 15 minutes to set up, and heat up in just 45 minutes! Unlike a clay or brick oven, the stainless steel will not crack, is easy to clean, and really can withstand the elements.

Clay or Brick Pizza Oven:
Clay or brick pizza ovens look like what you’d expect to find in the Italian countryside and are generally what most people envisage when pizza oven springs to but, but bear in mind that that clay or brick ovens may be subject to cracking if they aren’t built correctly. The elements can be quite hard on these materials, especially since they ovens are often kept outdoors completely exposed to the elements. In order to minimize the likelihood of cracking, these types of pizza ovens must be cured over a period of 5 days gradually, which can be a hassle. 

When compared to the portable stainless steel pizza oven, the clay and brick ovens take much longer to make, but you do have the flexibility to make it as large or as small as you like. Buying a clay or brick oven in a kit form will take some of the headache out of the assembly process, however, it is still a lot more time consuming that a portable stainless steel pizza oven.  I’d advise making a clay or brick oven from scratch unless you have bricklaying experience as it can be quite tedious and time-consuming making the dome especially. The last thing you need is for the dome to collapse when lighting your first fire!

 

As for heating, note that the clay and brick ovens take several hours to heat up, so you have to plan ahead before cooking. These types of ovens are not portable, so they cannot move with you. If you build your clay oven into your patio, that is where it will stay. This also means that you cannot move it if rains so you’ll be stuck out in the rain making pizzas for your guests.  

Which Better for You?

Depending upon your lifestyle, and what you plan to do with your pizza oven, one or the other might be a better fit. For those who want a great looking pizza oven that they can actually use at a moment's notice, the portable stainless steel pizza oven is a great choice. Professional, aesthetically pleasing, easy to clean and keep up, this is the pizza oven for you. 

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