No patio required
Best indoor pizza oven
Breville Pizzaiolo vs Cuisinart vs Presto Pizzazz — ranked by heat and how often you will use them.
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Not everyone has a patio. The indoor oven is how apartment bakers stop burning the bottom of a pie under the broiler.
Countertop, compared
| Oven | Deck heat | Apartment-safe | Cheap | Neapolitan-ish | Buy first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breville Pizzaiolo | Yes | Yes | No | Sometimes | Yes |
| Cuisinart indoor | Sometimes | Yes | Sometimes | No | Sometimes |
| Presto Pizzazz | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Steel in kitchen oven | Sometimes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Tick = yes. Dash = no or not the job. Bar = only sometimes.
What to buy
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- Breville Smart Oven PizzaioloCheck Amazon.com
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If you already own a decent kitchen oven, a steel is the cheaper experiment. Buy a second appliance after that.
What owners repeat
Not planted quotes and not five-star theatre. These are the two lines that keep showing up when people have paid: the reason they keep it, and the reason someone sends it back.
Breville Pizzaiolo
They keep it becauseThe indoor oven people keep. A floor, a door, dials that mean something.
They complain thatExpensive for a countertop. You will not fully fake a 480°C (900°F) wood oven in a flat.
Presto Pizzazz
They keep it becauseCheap, spinning, kids like it. Fine for frozen.
They complain thatNot a deck. A pizzaiolo would not call it an oven. We list it so you can see the gap.
Common questions
- What is the best indoor pizza oven?
- The Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo if you want a countertop deck. If you already have a kitchen oven, try a Baking Steel Original first.
- Is the Pizzazz a real pizza oven?
- It is a rotating tray. Not a substitute for a Pizzaiolo, a steel, or an Ooni.
Then bake
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High-gluten, overnight cold ferment. The dough behind a foldable slice.
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The slice you fold in half on the sidewalk: crisp undercarriage, extra cheese, cupped pepperoni that pools a little oil.
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