Ooni Karu 16 Multi-Fuel Pizza Oven Review
Whether you are a foodie, outdoor cooking aficionado or a family man looking for a way to spice up your outdoor cooking, the Ooni Karu 16 pizza oven gives you endless options. By offering an endless amount of versatility, this oven allows you to cook nearly anything that can be cooked in an indoor oven. It is perfect for grilling meat and veggies as well. It is a remarkable innovation from the world leader in outdoor cooking products. While building the ultimate pizza oven took more than 5 years of research and development, the high-tech award-winning design was well worth the wait. Made of stainless steel, it’s durable enough to last year after year. This gem by Ooni also boasts multiple fuel options making it possible to get ready in just 15 minutes saving your precious time while providing amazing results every time.
Key Features
- Multiple fuel options for maximum cooking versatility
- Cook with wood or charcoal out of the box, or use gas with the Gas Burner for Ooni Karu 16 (sold separately)
- Reaches 500°C (950°F) in just 15 minutes
- New hinged oven door design with ViewFlame™ technology to boost visibility
- Mounted digital thermometer displays internal ambient oven temperature (batteries included)
- Large cooking area fits up to 16-inch pizzas and other substantial cooks
What is it?
It’s time to up your pizza game.
The Ooni Karu® 16 oven brings the most versatile Ooni outdoor cooking experience and advanced technology to the pizza party.
With multiple fuel options, try using wood and/or charcoal for the joy of the pizza purist experience and a subtle wood-fired flavour, or opt for a low-maintenance cook with an Ooni Karu 16 Gas Burner (sold separately).
Thanks to new design features, make 16-inch pizzas while enjoying better temperature control, more fuel-efficient air flow, increased oven insulation and better visibility.
After just 15 minutes of preheating, you’ll be cooking at 500°C (950°F), making flame-cooked pizzas in 60 seconds, perfectly seared Tomahawk steaks, grilled veggies and more with the Ooni Karu 16 oven.
Why Ooni?
Ooni revolutionized outdoor cooking and created a new category when the company launched the world’s first portable pellet pizza oven in 2012. Since then Ooni ovens have made it possible for people to make a delicious wood-fired pizza in their own back garden and for a fraction of what traditional brick-and-mortar ovens cost.
In 2011, Kristian Tapaninaho created the Ooni after finding his own pizzas lacking. He wanted to create a portable oven with the wood-fired flavour he sought, so he searched for one that met his requirements but found nothing available on the market. Seeing this as an opportunity to create an oven that was small, portable, wood-fired and cost-effective, he set to work on his own prototype and soon created the first Ooni (which means “oven” in Finnish).
Kristian wasn’t an inventor, engineer, or product designer, but he knew he had a great idea. After a series of prototypes and backyard testing, Ooni – the fast, portable, cost-effective, kick-ass wood-fired oven was born!
Ooni has won multiple awards since its launch and has expanded to sell products all over the world.
What we like
- You can cook pizzas up to 16″ in diameter.
- Ooni Karu® 16 lets you choose between wood-fired cooking and gas for maximum versatility.
- The Karu 16 reaches 950°F / 500°C in 15 minutes, so you can have fresh flame-cooked pizza in just 60 seconds. Only this high heat will give you authentic Neapolitan-style pizza.
- Control your cooking with increased precision, thanks to the fully insulated oven body and mounted digital thermometer.
- The new ViewFlame™ technology in our oven doors allows you to keep a watchful eye on your creations while maintaining oven temperatures, thanks to improved insulation.
What we don’t like
- You have to pay extra for the gas burner, it doesn’t come with the package.
- No turning peel included.
- No cover included.
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Conclusion
The Ooni Karu 16 is an incredibly versatile outdoor oven. When used with the 16-inch stone, you can make delicious pizzas in just 60 seconds. You can use the Ooni Karu 16 to make a great-tasting BBQ using charcoal or wood, to cook steaks and vegetables or even to bake bread, pies and other baked goods. While the initial price may be quite high, there are a number of extra accessories that you can purchase to customize your Ooni Karu 16. If you’ve got the cash to spend then the Ooni Karu 16 is a great option for first-time pizza oven owners.