Ninja has just launched his first dedicated pizza oven in the US – and it will soon arrive in the UK.
Pizza ovens left in a large way during the pandemic. People who want to show up their outdoor hosting game have invested heavily in pizza ovens from big names such as Ooni and Gozney.
Don’t get me wrong: these are great devices. We have tested and found the Ooni Fyra, the Ooni Karu and the Gozney Roccbox.
But even the best pizza ovens are usually extensive and picky for use, where wood, coal or pellets are needed for heat, or extremely expensive, with prices up to £ 799 for the brilliant indoor model, the Ooni Volt 12.
There is also a bit of a learning curve when making pizza and it is difficult to get a perfect pizza every time.
But Ninja now does what it did for pizza ovens for air fritents and ice manufacturers: make an affordable, reliable and easy-to-use device. The Ninja Artisan 5-in-1 Portable Electric Pizza & Outdoor Oven is now available from Ninja Kitchen in the US For $ 279.99, and it will soon be available in the UK for £ 299.99.
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The craftsman is a traditional-looking pizza oven with a pull-down door complete with glass lookout window. This is an important feature on a pizza oven, where seconds can make a difference between brilliant and burned. It has a digital display and operating elements. Inside there is room for a 12-in-pizza or a 12-in-bank pan. It is also weather -resistant, although Ninja advises to invest in coverage.
Apart from his price, which distinguishes the distinction from rivals is the simplicity. It is electric, which means that there is no mess or fuss, and it is portable, so you can use it everywhere you can connect it. But with 13.7 kg/30.2LBS, and with dimensions of 53 x 41 x 31.5 cm/20.78 x 16.22 x 12.4 in, you will not throw it exactly in a bag or in an overhamful board.
The fact that it is electric also means that it is extremely accurate, which in turn means consistent results: no charred frisbees, no damp, not cooked dough.
But with a temperature of up to 370 ° C/700 ° F, it can boil a pizza flat in three minutes – and what is even better, it needs very little time to get back to temperature. Once it is preheated, you can cook three pizzas in 10 minutes.
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There are pre -settings to cook five different types of pizza: Napolitan, thin crust, New York, Pan and Custom. But it is multifunctional, with four other cooking settings, so that you can use it for bins or buses, prove the dough and keep food warm.
This is not the first Ninja device in which you can cook a pizza. (Unfortunately it is not an air frituse. I have tried to fit a frozen pizza in the Ninja Flexdrawer and it simply cannot be done.)
The Ninja Woodfire Electric Outdoor Oven is an outdoor cooker all-rounder that can be used for pizza cooking, smoking, baking and roasting.
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Just like the craftsman, it has an upper temperature of 370 ° C/700 ° F for pizza cooking and a pizza setting, from which you can choose Calzone, thin crust or deep pan. But it lacks the viewing window of the craftsman. You can buy it for £ 313 at Amazon UK and for $ 299.99 at the time of writing Ninja Kitchen in the US.
Visit our round-up of the best Ninja Air Fryers to view our top recommendations of Ninja’s Air Fryers, Countertop Cookers and Outdoor Ovens.
