BIG HORN OUTDOORS Gas Pizza Oven, Portable Propane Pizza Oven with 13 inch Pizza Stone, Stainless Steel Pizza Maker for Outdoor Cooking

I worked in a pizza place (Aldolino’s in Azusa, CA) in the 1990’s. My boss was the guy that tossed the pizzas on the “I Love Lucy” show years earlier. They made the best pizza I have ever had! The dough was made with fresh yeast only and proofed for 24 hours, using 00 flour, I believe this is the key to a great crust, along with high heat. In California, our great state does not allow the selling of fresh yeast any more, so you will have to buy it on the internet, which can be pricey. I found it online and spent $34 for 2 lbs, divided it into 2 gram baggies and got 40 baggies, which I froze. Each baggy will make 2) 12” pizzas, or 4) individual pizzas. Doing the math… 80 pizzas cost .43 cents each or 160 individual pizzas @ .22 cents each. Even after the flour cost, propane and the toppings, it is way less than buying from a pizza joint and better!I have used this oven 3 times and tonight will be the forth, and yes…I have had under cooked dough and burnt dough, but I am willing to take the time to perfect it because I can tell it will be worth it. Tonight I will be heating the top side flame for ten minutes prior to heating the bottom oven, to prevent cracking the stone, this method has worked so far, then I will turn on the bottom oven and continue heating for another twenty minutes. After the full half hour is completed, l’ll turn off the bottom flame for 3 minutes, prior to putting the pizza in, I think this will be the key to not burning the bottom of the crust. Before I put in the second pizza in, I’ll turn the bottom flame on for a few minutes and turn it back off, prior to putting the next pizza in. Will update, after tonight’s experiment ;)The first picture here is of the pizza with the burnt bottom, it still tasted good, just ate around the burnt parts. I should mention that the temperature was close to 900 degrees, so the people that say they could only get it to 300 degrees, most likely tried the oven after the complaint window took place and are trying to get a response from the seller, by writing a bad review, because they don’t want to take the time to learn how to use it. Making pizza is an art, so to speak and this is not an easy bake oven! If you truly can’t get the degrees above 300 degrees, you should reach out to the seller in the correct time frame, it may be faulty, which does happen with appliances! You can’t return it, but it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to get a refund.Bad reviews should not be written just because you are ignorant, or because you used to have a high end wood burning pizza oven at your old house and this one doesn’t look as cool to your friends, being that one costs thousands of dollars and other only $200., in my case “Black Friday deal at $167.00”.

I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality of the construction and performance of this oven. This sucker gets hot! I didn't believe it, but yes, you can cook a pizza in 3-4 minutes. It takes some work though. You need to keep a constant watch and adjust things as necessary. The temp of the stone will continue to rise as you cook, and it's difficult to dial the bottom flame low enough to avoid going out, so you have to sometimes finish the cooking with the pizza on the peel(i.e. not directly on the stone) to avoid burning the crust. As with any small pizza oven, you need to constantly turn the pizza to get an even cook. Overall if you are committed to learning a few tricks this oven can make great pizza.I noticed the door sticking after the oven is hot like others have mentioned but so far it doesn't seem to have caused issues. Tilting the door before trying to pull it out seems to help. Also the stone cracked during the first use but the crack was tiny and hasn't grown. The seller already shipped me a new stone however.You can also cook other items in the oven. I cooked a few polish sausages and I'm looking forward to searing a steak under the intense heat.

I love the look of the oven and am excited to use it. I am seeing that many people say their stones crack and/or break. I am slowly heating the oven then letting it cool. Next heating it a little more and letting it cool to try and eliminate any moisture that might be present on the stone to try and prevent mine of cracking too.My main issue is, this model does not have an adjustable flame for the bottom (stone) burner. There is only a "lite" position for that burner. Lite is high heat and off is off. I can slowly turn the knob back to the off position, but it is very hard to get the flame low without it going out, and when the stone is in, it is very hard to see how low or high the flame is on that burner. I am seeing this oven on other sites and the pictures of the model they are selling show the knob for the bottom burning to have a low and high setting, instead of this model that just has the "lite" and off setting. I would have bought this from another dealer if I would have known this. Also this one does not have the quick connect gas hose to the oven. I would need to get a wrench out to disconnect the hose, and the nut on the hose is behind the metal of the exterior frame. Kind of a pain in the butt to move it around with the hose flapping around. You need to hold the hose and the oven when moving it around. I store it inside the garage when not in use.UPDATE. After now using this oven 3 different times I am loving it. The pizza dough I am using cooks really well when the stone is around 600 degrees F. I turn on the bottom burner in the "lite" (high) position until the stone is around 650 degrees F, then I turn it off. The upper burner is on Low and the door is also in while I am preheating it.I cook my pizza's with the upper burner on low and the bottom burner off, with the door in place. They cook in 3-4 mins. Between pizzas I turn the bottom burner back on high until the stone is around 650 then turn it off and make the next pizza with the upper burner on low and the door in place. I still need to turn the pizza every 60 seconds so the side closest to the upper burner does not burn. I get perfect results every time.

I purchased this pizza oven for my husband for a Christmas present! We started using it late January for our Friday night movie & pizza date night! My husband loves this pizza oven! It has been so easy to use and cooks evenly and quick! Came with all the necessary accessories as well, that was a plus! This oven is a great size and looks super, very good quality! Best of all, it didn’t break the bank! Very affordable 😉 Purchased the Big Horn cover to protect it too! We look forward to using this Big Horn pizza oven for years to come!