Customer Reviews for Breville - the Smart Oven Pizzaiolo - Brushed Stainless Steel
Customer Rating
5
Amazing heat
on June 9, 2024
Posted by: Stephen
I've been making pizzas in our oven for a few years now. The max temp is only 500, which is typical. I made our first pizza in the Pizzaiolo using the same dough recipe and the results were amazing. The texture was better in every way possible. And it only took 3 minutes instead of 7.5 min.
It was a little more difficult working in a more confined space but I think with a little practice it will be no problem at all.
Great appliance for cooking pizzas! Fun for the family and guests for pizza parties or when you are by yourself and want something relatively easy to prepare.
Having worked in pizzerias I knew the oven mattered. I thought I had addressed that with pizza stones. I was wrong. You could put a shoe in this thing and it’ll churn out great pizza. Keeps at temperature on a 2 minute cook time churning out pizzas. Note: photo shows black olive pizza.
After using it for a few weeks the results are incredible. It really makes pizzas with Italian pizzas restaurants.My suggestion to the product developers is to put a light bulb like the Breville Pro Ovens and divert the smoke that comes out of the front door through a grill on the back or sides.
I have had an outdoor, wood-burning pizza oven, imported from Italy, for about 25 years. I used to use it half a dozen times a year, at most. The pizza was excellent, but getting the oven going and managing the fire were challenging. I bought the Smart Oven Pizzaiolo about a year and a half ago. Since then, I have made pizza about every 10 days or so, and haven't used my REAL wood-burning pizza oven once since I got the Pizzaiolo - it's that good! It produces pizzas that are just as good, or better, than those I make in the wood-burning oven. With the Pizzaiolo, you're not limited to Neopolitan-style pizza. The design wizardry makes producing any style of pizza as easy as turning a knob. The Pizzaiolo can only handle one pizza at a time, and while it bakes up fast, it will still be more efficient to use the outdoor oven to feed a crowd. But for everyday use for a smaller group, it's the best. I couldn't be happier with my purchase.
I love my pizza oven, once it is hot it makes great pizzas. My only issues is cleaning it is very hard. We have use it only few times, and interior top next to the door is already black because smoke comes out from there. The stone is all black too and it is very hard to clean. It would have been nice to have an extra pizza peel so you can have another pizza ready to put in as soon as one comes out.
Response from breville.comBy Customer Service, November 8, 2023
Thank you for your review and your feedback. We do value customers' input. We'll definitely pass along your feedback to the appropriate people, as we are continuously trying to improve our customer's experience.
I can’t stop making pizza on the wood fired setting! It’s so fast and easy. I love that I’m making it all from scratch now. It’s so much better than take out and I feel like it’s as good as what I get in my favorite little Italian pizza place!
I received this as a birthday present recently in October 2023. I love how the pizzas taste however the cleanup and stone are a pain! I tested this by having a pizza party and there were a total of 8 pizzas made. The first issue is how long it takes to preheat, usually about half an hour. Since you can only make one pizza at a time and you have to wait after each to reach the ‘At Temp’, there’s a lot of waiting for the next pizza. After the first party my stone looked awful and was impossible to completely clean. The oven does smoke quite a bit if several pizzas are being made so you need to have it in a room that windows can be opened. I noticed my preset time wasn’t always correct after making my first pan pizza. The next time I used it I set to New York style and the timer indicated 18 minutes instead of 7. There’s a space between the door and oven that’s really hard to get to for cleaning.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from breville.comBy Customer Service, October 26, 2023
Thank you for your review and your feedback. We do value customers' input. We'll definitely pass along your feedback to the appropriate people, as we are continuously trying to improve our customer's experience.