Pizza Oven Specs

How many pies per hour will your oven actually deliver? Use the Pizza Throughput Calculator to compare 14+ ovens by realistic recovery time, not just max temp.

Run the Throughput Calculator → Ooni vs Gozney
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Tools

🍕 Pizza Throughput Calculator

Tell us your party size and skill level. We calculate realistic pies-per-hour for each oven, accounting for preheat time, cook time, and recovery time between pies — the spec brands hide.

📐 Neapolitan Fit Checker

True 12-inch Neapolitan pizzas need stone diameter + dome height clearance. Many "12-inch" ovens can't fit one. Check before you buy.

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Why we don't review

Most pizza oven content is marketing fluff. "I tested this oven — it makes great pizza!" Of course it does, they all do. The real question is which one fits your party size, your fuel preference, your patio space, and your budget.

That's a calculator problem, not a review problem. Our Pizza Throughput Calculator does the math: party size + cook time + recovery time → pies-per-hour estimate per oven. That's the spec brands hide because the marketing focuses on max temp, not throughput.

The Karu 12G recovers in ~1 minute between pies. The Gozney Arc takes ~5 minutes. If you're hosting 12 people, that 4-minute difference is the difference between everyone eating together and the host stuck at the oven for an hour.