OK, it’s time to write something again. I’ve been really dialing in oven baked pizza (I will provide an article with pics of my progress soon).
In the back of my mind, I’ve wanted to get an outdoor pizza oven like from Ooni or a Gozney Roccbox (gotta’ love the name Rocc since it’s a family name!).
After an obsessive compulsive search in only my manner, I decided to create a spreadsheet (go figure!). Its way below.
I’ve purchased two units. One is from an off brand, GRILIFE, but it fits my existing southern 3 burner grill. Given that 3 burner grills are small, I had very few options. I was unsure if I wanted a stand alone pizza oven (it turns out I do!) and wanted to use my existing infrastructure (grill) because I figured it would be cheaper than a fully separate oven (it is).
Upon receipt of the unit, I was surprised by the build quality. It had a pounded metal top, likely black aluminum. It has a perforated bottom to better conduct burner heat to the baking stone, and very importantly, a double walled in the interior to maintain baking temp in the chamber. I didn’t know about these features until I purchased. As an engineer and design enthusiast, I am impressed by it’s well thought out baking engineering and design simplicity.
I just ordered the Ooni Koda 12. I’ll follow up with that one later.
We used the GRILIFE for the first time on Pizza Friday, April 8, 2022 to make four 10″ vitamin P’s. 10″ is a little smaller than what I make in the oven, but acceptable. Here’s a few pictures:








All in all, I give this GRILIFE a solid B. The experience is similar to cooking in my oven at full temp of 550F. Cook times are about 5 – 6 minutes and get shorter as I cook consecutive pizzas. Although, the crumb seemed more open, softer, and had more leopard spotting than in the oven.
Exhaustive pizza oven comparison table
| Manufacturer | My Rating | Model | Fuel | Size | Price | Amazon Ratings | Notes |
| Nu2U | a | Accessories | 1 | ||||
| Ooni | a | Koda 12 | Gas | 12 | 256 | 4.5 of 538 | Very hot cover when cooking $400 ace pick up $250 used amazon – purchased 4/10/22 |
| Grilife | a | Grill Top | 12 | 100 | Purchased 4/7/22 – used 4/8/22 Very good results | ||
| Roccbox | a | Gas | 12 | 500 | 4.7 of 673 | Can buy legs too | |
| Ooni | a | Koda 16 | Gas | 16 | 600 | 4.6 of 214 | $600 ace pick up |
| Big Horn | b | Gas | 12 | 290 | 4.6 of 126 | Dual heaters bottom and side | |
| Gasland | b | Gas | 14 | 268 | USED | ||
| Bertello | b | Multi | 12 | Used 381 | 4.1 of 552 | includes gas and wood | |
| Cuisinart | b | CPO-600 | Gas | 12 | 206 and less | 4.7 of 221 | |
| Cuisinart | b | CPO-600 | Gas | 12 | 126 | 4.7 of 221 | 4.5 stars amazon |
| Ooni | b | Koda 12 | Gas | 12 | 400 | 4.5 of 537 | Very hot cover when cooking $400 ace pick up |
| NutriChef | b | Gas | 12 | 229 | 4.5 of 11 | ||
| EasItaly | b | Gas | 12 | 260 | 4.6 of 5 | Ooni knockoff | |
| Breville | b | Crispy Crust | Electric | 180 | 4.4 of 232 | It’s what Jeannie has and we used Slow and about as hot as an oven Many used online | |
| Kalorik | b | Electric | 100 or less | 4 of 250 | 76 at Kohls | ||
| Hoperan | b | Gas | 12 | 249 | Ooni knockoff | ||
| Pizzello | b | Multi | 12 and 13 | 224 | 4.4 of 94 | Has stack Sort of a Roccbox knockoff | |
| Ooni Knock Off | b | Gas | 13 | 220 used | Not highly rated decent price | ||
| Vevor | b | Gas | 12 | 250 | Ooni knockoff | ||
| Vevor | b | Gas | 12 | 185 | Used Ooni knockoff | ||
| Gasland | c | Gas | 13 | 330 | 4.0 of 33 | Same as Big Horn Dual heaters bottom and side why buy this when you can get the big horn cheaper | |
| Pizza Craft | c | Pronto | Gas | 12 | 300 | 4.6 of 276 | Nice small size Like legs and cover set too article at right doesn’t give good rating for me |
| Bertello | c | Multi | 12 | New 450 | 4.1 of 552 | price high, athough multi, wood not likely to be used | |
| Bertello | c | Multi | 16 | 600 | Expensive for knock off | ||
| Bakerstone | c | Original Series | Gas | 12 | $250 – Amazon | 4.6 of 297 | Two part, gas bottom Don’t like gas on bottom |
| Bakerstone | c | Original Series | Gas | 12 | 223 used | 4.6 of 297 | Two part, gas bottom Don’t like gas on bottom |
| Bakerstone | c | Original Series with Cart | $400 – Lowes | 4.6 of 297 | Two part, gas bottom Don’t like gas on bottom | ||
| SoloStove | c | 645 | New | ||||
| Stoke | c | 12 | Gas | 12 | 300 | Includes bag video at right doesn’t give it good rating | |
| Stoke | c | 16 | Gas | 16 | 425 | Includes bag | |
| Food Party | c | Gas | 12 | 300 | 4.4 of 75 | Ooni knockoff Looks just like EasItaly!l same video | |
| Camp Chef | c | Italia Artisan | Gas | 12 | 400 new | 4.5 of 642 | 316 like new Tray/shelf door Double walled |
| Ooni Knock Off | c | Gas | 12 | 300 | Not highly rated price high | ||
| Mimiuo | c | Gas | 12 | 240 | Low rated Knock off | ||
| Bertello | d | wood | 12 | New 325 +110 | 4.1 of 552 | Wood only | |
| Ooni | d | Karu 16 | Multi | 16 | 800+100 | ||
| Ooni | d | Karu 12 | Multi | 12 | 400+100 | ||
| Pizzello | d | gas | 225 | Has stack Sort of a Roccbox knockoff | |||
| Pizzello | d | wood | 170 | Has stack Sort of a Roccbox knockoff |
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