If you want to make your pizza at home without any hassle or any type of inconvenience, then this Carbon pizza oven review is for you. It is a new release and a powerful pizza oven.
It is a great company that has made other restaurant-grade equipment and now we have a pizza oven from them.
You will be able to produce pizzas that are restaurant-grade with authentic flavors. It cooks pizza under a minute inside this oven which is pretty quick.
With the power that the pizza oven produces, you will make pizzas with the best crust. This is made possible by many features that help you cook quickly and precisely.
There is no need for you to worry about soggy finishes and undercooked dough and toppings. The results you get when you use the carbon pizza oven are always crispy and evenly cooked.
So if you are looking for a pizza oven that can help you cook the best pizzas, then this one’s for you. Read on as we take a look at the features that the pizza oven has in detail.
Setting Up The Pizza Oven
For this part, you need to know how to properly set the oven up so you can start cooking right away. The best thing about it is that you do not need too much effort for the assembly.
The pizza oven comes fully assembled, which means that you can cook within 15 minutes after it arrives. All you need to do is set it up somewhere and connect it to the fuel.
Carbon pizza oven comes with its very own PSI regulator and gas hose. At the back of the pizza oven, there is a valve where you can connect the gas hose, make sure it is securely connected.
You need to lock the hose so there are no leaks from the gas source. You can then connect the PSI regulator so you can see if there are any leaks within the hose of the oven.
Since this pizza oven only weighs 60 pounds, you can set it up anywhere you like. Just get a table that can hold its weight and is perfect for your height so you can cook comfortably.
Carbon pizza oven also has its small collapsible legs so you can set it on a wooden table, and there will be no need for you to worry about the heat that can damage the table you use.
Portability
As mentioned above, Carbon pizza oven has legs that you can fold. This means that you can collapse it so it does not get in the way while traveling or carrying the oven.
It is also around 23 inches in length which means that you do not need too much space to store it. You can bring it with you even if you have a small car.
The only problem is that you need to bring the fuel with the pizza oven as it is a propane-fueled oven. With this pizza oven, you will be able to make pizzas anywhere you go camping or tailgating.
It is only 60 pounds so you can carry it without any help from others. The square design is also great, and you can put it in the back of your car or bring it over short distances by carrying it.
Build And Material
Since the pizza oven has the best materials, you do not need to worry about putting it outside even when it is raining or if the weather is not good for cooking outside.
The stainless steel build of this pizza oven has a coating that is very helpful in blocking sunlight and rain. This means that the pizza oven does not rust very easily.
Even if it is raining and you leave the pizza oven outside, you will still make the best pizzas. The pizza will not corrode, which means that it will last longer than the usual ovens.
Since it is relatively light, you can also easily move with it. So if the weather outside is too much for you to leave the pizza oven in the backyard, you can bring it over to a shed or storage.
It does retain heat well, so you need to wait for at least an hour to cool down before storing or carrying it. Make sure to also cook with it away from any flammable or easy-to-melt objects.
Cooking Area
In terms of the cooking area, this pizza oven is one of the best. There is a lot of space for you to cook as it has a cooking space with a 15 inches by 15 inches dimension, which is a large area.
Usually, portable pizza ovens only have 12 inches of cooking space. With this large cooking area, you will be able to make pizzas that can feed up to 4 people in just one minute.
The cooking space has fire brick at the bottom surface, which they used in the past when baking pizzas and other foods. This is a great heat retainer for saving fuel while cooking.
The firebrick is also able to cook the best crusts on your pizza. The oven gets very hot and it instantly evaporates the moisture and other liquids from the pizza dough you use.
As you cook longer with this material, the firebrick will also get better. Once it is well-seasoned, the dough and your pizza toppings will cook perfectly without them sticking onto the firebrick.
With a thickness of half an inch, the firebrick can retain a lot of heat. Plus, there is another heating agent underneath it so it does not rely on the upper burner of the pizza oven.
Cooking Power
You should know that you need very high temperatures to cook pizzas, so the crust does not become soggy and the toppings are uncooked.
The Carbon pizza oven is made with the best burners so it does produce a lot of heat. While other portable pizza ovens are pretty weak, this oven can get up to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
As a rule of thumb, cooking pizzas need to be at a temperature of at least 800-900 degrees Fahrenheit so they can finish cooking within 90 seconds. The Carbon pizza oven goes over that heat.
This pizza oven can easily perfect the cooking process of your pizza in under a minute. This is also what makes it able to cook pizzas with the perfect crispy crusts in just a few seconds.
You can also control the temperature easily and go as low as 500 degrees Fahrenheit with this pizza oven. That means that you can bake at a more gentle temperature.
There are two burners on this pizza oven, with one giving off flames at the ceiling. The other one is under the firebrick so the heat at the bottom and the top can help make the crust crispy AF.
The burner under the firebrick stays at around 100 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, which means that it will instantly burn the pizza crust. It just keeps the temperature balanced.
Cooking In The Carbon Pizza Oven
When I first used this pizza oven, I was slightly intimidated as it did not look as portable as advertised. However, it was pretty easy to manage, and cooking in it was easy.
There are two knobs at the back of the pizza oven that control the two burners. With those, I was able to reach the temperature that I want to cook my pizza with.
The main thing about this pizza oven is that the finish was always great. The pizza crust was crispy, and the cheese on the pizza melted perfectly onto the soft and cooked toppings.
I do have to say that there is a learning curve with this pizza oven. The high temperature that it can get can be a little overwhelming for beginners and hard to control or cook.
The main solution for this is that you can manage the pizza every 20 seconds. You can turn it around so that the side of the pizza facing the burner at the back does not burn too easily.
The opening of the pizza oven is decent as it has a height of 3.75 inches. It is pretty small for thick pizzas, so I hope this improves their next models for better management.
However, the pizza oven was great overall as it was able to produce the best pizzas. The crust was always crispy and with the right management of the pizza, it did not burn the food.
Cleaning And Maintenance
There is not much needed when cleaning this pizza oven. However, you do need to clean the pizza oven after use so that food residuals will not stick to the firebrick at the bottom.
The best way to clean off the food residuals on the firebrick is to burn them. Set the pizza oven to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit and then let it stay there for at least 30 minutes.
By then, the food residuals burn to a crisp, and then you can easily brush them off. This is done so you do not damage the firebrick with water when cleaning.
You can then just wipe the outer parts of the pizza oven and then wait for at least an hour to let it cool down. After that, you can then place the pizza oven in safe storage.
Conclusion
The Carbon pizza oven is truly a great pizza oven that can produce crispy crusts every time you cook your pizza in it. You will be able to make the best pizzas in just 60 seconds or less.
You need to learn how to control the pizza temperature inside while cooking so it does not burn. There is no need to worry about this as the company includes accessories such as a pizza peel.
The oven is good but I did have some problems when I contacted their customer care as I never received a response from them.
Please check with them once before making your final purchase, otherwise, I REALLY like the oven but this is the only small glitch that I have faced.
Ooni and Roccbox are prompt with their replies and help out as much as they can, hence I can easily recommend them.
So I would still recommend other options within this price range like the Ooni Karu 16, Ooni Pro 16, Roccbox, and even Bertello Pizza Oven with features like you can use wood or gas as fuel.
Do check them out because if you have the budget then I think it’s better to invest in an Ooni Karu 16 and getting three years of warranty over this one!
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Nice review. I really like your honesty regarding your experience with their customer care. As far as i’m concerned, if customer service is not a priority then I don’t need their oven as there are other choices in that price range that offer better Warranty’s and they care about their customers!
Yes, I have no problem like this with Ooni. They did contact me later but I just felt not responding to my messages twice for weeks cannot be a coincidence. It is just difficult to ask them anything this way.