Any serious chef needs the right tools. This includes the freshest ingredients, the best tools, and of course, a good oven. Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and it requires a very special method and special tools to make it perfect. Of course, it is possible to make a good pizza in a traditional oven with traditional tools, but for the genuine Italian experience, a special type of oven is needed.

the italian oven

The pizza is traditionally cooked in a huge wood-fired stone oven. This is a very expensive, slow and difficult process, but it produces by far the best pizzas in the world. Naturally, all this effort is not for everyone, so as an alternative, I present to you the electric pizza oven. Effective and easy, but at what price?

Advantages

Two big advantages immediately come to mind with this pizza oven; they are faster and much, much smaller. There is not a long wait for the oven to heat up and it is very easy to get the oven to the right temperature. The electric oven is also much more portable than commercial pizza ovens, so you don’t have to have your entire yard or a special room in your house dedicated to this oven, as can be the case with the huge Italian oven. The size makes it perfect for home use and catering companies. The oven is also specially designed to bring out the flavors of the pizza.

Disadvantages

Honestly, there aren’t many downsides to using an electric pizza oven over the traditional Italian model. For a professional pizza restaurant, the look of the traditional oven would be a great draw for customers and it tastes better, but overall, the electric oven is a great purchase for just about anyone.