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The best pizza oven - and customer service

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020

Did a lot of research and comparisons between the Ooni and Roccbox pizza ovens. Ended up choosing the Roccbox and am glad I did! It cooks an awesome pizza and fast. I like the option to add a wood burner, but probably won't exercise that option. With propane, I can get my oven up to over 900 degrees (on the stone using an infrared thermometer) and is easier to regulate the temperature versus wood. The pizza is not in the oven long enough to pick up much flavor from the propane or wood.

Did have one issue...the propane burner flame was hitting the right side of the oven instead of straight up. Contacted Gozney customer service and sent them a picture of the flame. They promptly sent me a new burner, and this one shoots the flame straight up as it should. So I am keeping the five-star rating.

And did I say it bakes great pizza...yes it does! Be sure to use 00 flour made for pizzerias for best results. Also recommend you get the Roccbox turning peel - makes it easy to turn the pizza without taking it out of the oven (and potentially burning yourself). You can see it hanging in the photo on the right side.

I was concerned that the oven leg bottoms might scratch the stainless steel cart top that I have the oven on. I cut up some non-slip furniture pads and stuck them on the legs. Oven is heavy enough that it shouldn't move around much anyway, but the pads help hold it in place when moving the cart. If you are wondering where I got the cart, look for this on Amazon - "Royal Gourmet Double-Shelf Movable Dining Cart".

Another plus is that the silicone cover doesn't get much hotter than just over 200 degrees (checked with my thermometer). While that is hot to the touch, less risk of getting severely burned by brushing up against it.

There is a learning curve to cooking a pizza at these temps. I had a couple of disasters where parts of my pizza got left in the oven. Just turn the burner up on high after you are done cooking, and the oven will self-clean by incinerating any food left in it. Once it cools, just use a grill brush to loosen what's left of the charred remains and then it can be just vacuumed out.

The front of it will get sooty even with propane. Bar Keeper's Friend cleans it right up. The photo shows how well it cleaned up after cooking a few pizzas.

UPDATE OCT 2021: Had it over a year now and have baked a ton of pizzas in it. Sure, I've had a few pizza disasters, but it was operator error and not the oven's fault. It is working great and I am still glad I bought it.

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Works OK if overhyped

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023

Nice product and has a steep learning curve. I’m still learning after 7 or 8 tries.

Highly recommend getting a small turning peel and learning to make good dough. And learning how to move very fast. Also, make multiple pizzas so you’re not heating up the oven for just a single or even a couple of small pizzas.

The hardest part is getting the pizza off the peel and into the oven without throwing toppings everywhere. LOTS of flour and getting the dough moving a lot before putting the toppings on is essential. Also, make the dough pretty thin or you’ll wind up with a doughy pizza.

I’ve yet to see the 950*F plus advertised stone temperature even after a very long warm up. Even on 95*F days. And that’s checking with an infrared thermometer. Still, it works.

The pizzas come off very fast and taste just like you would expect and hope. The temperature makes for a quick turn around but be prepared to wait 10 minutes to reheat the stone. And be careful that you don’t leave it too long in one spot near the flame or it will catch fire.

Overall, I’d expect this to be around a $250-$300 product, maybe less. I paid $400 on Prime Day and feel a little less than impressed overall. No door, only a single peel as standard, and essentially no support. No way I’d pay more.

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cacalazani

The best pizza oven - and customer service

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020

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T. Smith

Perfect for Camping & Small Groups

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024

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Easy set up. Sturdy unit and achieves temperature within 25 minutes. Opening is wider than other portable units - making it more user friendly, especially for beginners. Very little trial and error thus far. Best results obtained when the pizza is positioned closer to the opening versus the rear of the unit.

6 people found this helpful

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cruzing

Buy it!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024

Color: SilverVerified Purchase

Out of the box today, and I made 4 Neapolitan pizzas as that is what my breadmaker pizza dough recipe made. Oven got too hot on #1, so I turned the heat to lowest setting, but oven still was over 800 degrees for the next three, but the flame in the back and on top was decreased, so the next three came out great. Pizza peel is perfect - no sticking. I cooked the 3 good ones in about 2 min 20 seconds. Google Roccbox and watch the videos of chefs making Neaopolitan pizza and you will get the idea. Super stoked! Not sure about clean-up of the built in pizza stone yet. It has lots of black stains . Go easy on the flour on your pizza peel, as it will be on the bottom of your pizza and will burn.

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Tamara Katzmarek

Awesome!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024

Color: SilverVerified Purchase

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This has been a fun experiment in making our own pizzas. The Roccbox is fairly simple to use and we are thrilled with the results we’re getting. Can also be used for more than just pizza!! A bit of an investment but I see lots of possibilities and fun times ahead.

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Greg

So much control on cooking

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024

Color: SilverVerified Purchase

This oven has a fantastic overhead flame and excellent control on oven temperature. There's practically no recovery time required between pizza launches. Excellent quality item.

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LLB

Great product

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023

Color: SilverVerified Purchase

Just received the pizza oven, took almost a month to get it (live in AK), haven't used it yet. But, we received it and the box wasn't all beat up and the pizza oven was in perfect shape. Basically no assembly required. Will have to review it after we use it.

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PB_Blimp

Practice makes perfect. Quality pizza at home.

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2020

Color: SilverVerified Purchase

Definitely reaches the temps necessary to make a great pizza. I use it nearly every weekend.

A con would be the size. There’s just not much room in there. I had a piece of pepperoni fall off and catch flame, but the oven is too small to move the pizza away from it, so it caught the crust on fire. It’s also a difficult to rotate a pizza in the oven; I pull it out to do so. Possibly could fix that with the purchase of a smaller peel just for rotating, but I’m not ready to invest beyond the $500 oven at this point.

The only genuine negative I found is that if it is breezy, the oven can have its flame blow out more easily than expected. This happened to me when I was inside preparing a pizza. When I came out, there was a propane cloud and a cold oven. I waited for the cloud to dissipate before attempting to relight.

It might be nice if there were a door or a cover that could be put over the opening. Not only would it prevent the flame blowing out, it would help it heat up faster as well, I imagine.

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Oliver & Elizabeth Graves

The Roccbox makes better pizzas than my gas oven with a pizza stone

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2020

Color: SilverVerified Purchase

I bought this for its portability. I can put it in my boot along with the propane tank, a table, and pizza prep equipment... along with my ski gear or whatever gear I need for the activity of the day. When you're done, fire up the Roccbox, crack a beer and start your tailgate. Even in 30F and snow, the Roccbox got up to nearly 900F in 45 minutes. I used pre-rolled pizza crusts from Whole Foods. They were sized perfectly for the width making it super easy. However, the pizza used 2x the dough that I use at home. Consequently, the outer edges started to burn before the dough under the toppings was complete. I let the oven cool to about 700F and then finished cooking the pizza. What I am learning is that the temp you need depends on the thickness of your dough. The picture I shared uses dough I made. It's thin. That pizza cooked perfectly in 60 seconds. Get the peel. 65 bucks seems like a lot, but when you're dealing with seconds between perfection and burnt, every tool counts. A final note on portability. The legs do not get hot. The sides of the Roccbox can get hot depending on the ambient temp. I let it cool to about 500F and then felt comfortable packing it safely in my car to drive home.
Lastly, I picked up a cheap cast iron skillet. I used a sous-vide to get some thick steaks to 120F. Then seared them for a few seconds a side in the Roccbox. The sear was so perfect. Next time, I'll set the sous-vide to 115F.
Suffice it to say, what I thought would just be a portable pizza oven has become a key part of our home cooking quiver. We used to use a pizza stone in our gas oven a 550F. Pizzas cooked in 7 minutes. The Roccbox is just that much better.