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GARDEN GADGETS
[ Words Chris Haslam, James Day ]Spaceship-shaped pizza ovens, afterburner BBQs,
droid mowers and NASA-inspired vegetable
growers: upgrading your backyard can be cosmic
efore Ooni, cooking
quality stone-baked
pizzas was complex,
cumbersome and expensive...
and let’s face it, most of us
got a takeaway instead. Then,
in 2012, this startup launched
its original wood-pellet oven
thanks to the support of just
142 Kickstarter backers.
Look away now, irate pizzeria
owners, because we’d just like
to say a heartfelt thank-you
to every one of the ‘Ooni 142’.
You’ve helped revolutionise the
quality of home-made pizza.It ain’t half hot, yum
After eight years and several
tweaked designs, in 2020 Ooni
launched its biggest model yet:
the propane-powered Koda 16,which can cook, you guessed
it, 16in pizzas in seconds. With
instant ignition, the Koda will hit
temperatures of up to 500°C in
15 minutes. That’s around twice
as hot as your kitchen oven,
and the ideal temperature to
knock out restaurant-style
thin-crust pizzas.
Heat comes via an innovative
L-shaped burner that creates a
gorgeous waterfall flame inside
the oven, while ceramic-fibre
insulation in the powder-coated
steel shell helps it hold onto that
heat for longer.Ooni-ds a BBQ anyway?
Fold-out legs make the Koda
16 surprisingly easy to store
away in a shed, and at just
63x52cm it’s a lot morecompact than the equivalent
barbecue – besides, it’ll
make an infinitely more
tasty fiorentina.
If you still want to serve up
some more traditional outdoor
grilling options, the Koda is
a versatile box of tricks, able
to flame-cook steaks, sear
fish and roast lamb, as well
as turning out flatbreads
and doughballs.
Top tip: We suggest you
check out the vast recipe
collection and Ooniversity
section on the Ooni site for
lessons in making the perfect
dough, along with other tasty
creations such as sourdough
pizza and Chicago deep dish,
plus how to hack a calzone from
overstretched dough.OONI KODA 16
GARDENS
OF THE
GALAXY
£499 / ooni.comB