Customer Reviews for Ooni - Koda 2 Gas-Powered Pizza Oven - Foundry Black
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Worst Pizza Oven i have used
on July 13, 2025
Posted by: Mark H.
I am a profesional chef and have purchased 2 Karu 16 that i love. I was extremely disappointed with the performance of the Koda 2. After following recomended preheat times the dough would not be close to cooked and the pizza would catch fire in the back. this was continuing to happen when the oven was on low. It was a terrible experience. I have a catering company in Aspen and was hoping for more portability wit this oven. It was a major disappointment.
First pizza was a Detroit style pan, not perfect but nice. Second pizza again Detroit style but making some necessary but essential adjustments, it was great. The build quality of the Ooni is very good. After using the oven a couple of times things fall into place. Flame control is not too difficult and I will soon be trying some of the nice looking recipes from the booklet.
I love my electric ooni in Florida at my condo can't have fire. It is very flexible except for napalatono pizza. My new propane koda 2 does those pizzas great but is hard to throttle down for a Detroit or NY
I had high hopes for this pizza oven. My family and I love NY style pizza and have always been passionate about it. After years of building up the courage to purchase a home pizza oven, I wish I hadn’t. This oven performs poorly at making New York style pizza to make a long story short. In depth this oven struggles to cook the bottom of the pizza evenly to give it a crunch. I am unsure if the stone is too thin or the burners just do not go low enough. If you preheat this to the highest possible setting and place the pizza and immediately turn it all the way down it will still burn the top prior to cooking the bottom to a crunch. Unfortunately I have already used this oven multiple times trying everything I can to make the perfect pizza so I no longer feel comfortable returning it and am stuck with it. I even tried using dough purchased from a pizza restaurant so I know this was not the problem. I have spent multiple years as a pizzaiolo in a pizza shop with great reviews and exceptional pizza. This particular pizza oven for NY style is outperformed by a low quality pizza stone in a cheap home oven. Overall I am saddened and disappointed.