14 days later

I must admit as much as I want to like it I’m kind of disappointed with mine, had more than one occasion where a breeze has blown the burner out and the oven has cooled down.

I had a fair few good pizzas with the Fyra I had before, but that ended up being unreliable also with pellets getting clogged and not feeding properly. I also had QC issues with the first two I had.

I think if do get another pizza oven it’ll be a dual-fuel Gozney. A friend of mine just bought one and it’s brilliant.

To be fair to the Ooni they’re perfectly capable of making great pizza, and I know many people have no problems with them.

Not like we get the weather to use them in the UK anymore anyway!

La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos

Ikawa Roaster

Maybe I’m lucky but mine has never blown out. I do have it set up on my patio with a 6 foot fence behind it .

My brother has the same one and despite no fences near it, he’s not had any issues either.

We both have the Ooni Koda

    dutchy101

    Perhaps mine is faulty. We live in a pretty urban area with a fairly sheltered garden and it goes out even with a light breeze.

    I might speak to Ooni and see what they say.

    La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos

    Ikawa Roaster

        @HarveyMushman You aren’t alone. My Karu 16 burner is also playing up. Runs fine for around 30 mins then cuts out. It’s nothing to do with wind. I’ve run an Ooni Pro for years on gas in quite windy conditions and not experienced blow outs. I’ve done all the things recommended by Ooni to no avail so I contacted Ooni a couple of days ago and raised a ticket. Got a reply yesterday asking for a video of me lighting the burner and the cut out problem. My Karu burner has never lit from cold using built in piezo - always light it via a match. However, once warm, it relights no problem using the piezo.

          Systemic

          Not good that you’re having problems but reassuring in some ways to know I’m not the only one.

          I’d not considered that it could just be a fault with the burner rather than the wind. We’ve had similar problems. I fire it up to heat and start prepping to make pizza, occasionally we’ll get one cooked and then come back to it and it’s gone out.

          It’s just a bit frustrating with the issues I’ve had in the past with Ooni. The first Fyra I had started flaking bits of rust off the inside onto pizzas and customer support tried to tell me it was patina… Eventually they exchanged it. Then I had a stone snap in my hand and nearly slice my foot.

          The downside of gas is that the oven cools so quickly once it’s out which really ruins the flow if you’re making pizza for a group.

          Have you used wood on the Koda? I know it’s more involved than gas but presumably a bit more reliable?

          La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos

          Ikawa Roaster

              HarveyMushman Have you used wood on the Koda? I know it’s more involved than gas but presumably a bit more reliable?

              Not yet. Used wood almost exclusively when I had the Pro. Downside is workflow if you’re making several pizzas back to back as you have to replenish the fire and wait until it gets back up to temp. Plus side for wood is the working temp is higher than you can get with gas which means pizzas cook even faster.

                Ooni are also have a flash sale across the board with 20% off.

                I think if I do buy another it’ll be a Gozney Dome. Ticks all the boxes (loads of floor space, huge opening and dual fuel).

                Currently the biggest reason I haven’t is the chance of it getting nicked from the garden.

                La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos

                Ikawa Roaster

                a month later

                Decided to get a Roccbox. It’s brilliant.

                Build quality seems a bit better than Ooni and holds heat better (although takes longer to heat).

                I prefer the cylindrical burner on it too over the flat burner. Built in thermometer seems fairly accurate.

                Couple of first efforts out of the oven. Need to play with the flame setting as this was turned right down when cooking but I reckon it might do better with the flame just on full.

                La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos

                Ikawa Roaster