Witt ETNA Fermo Award Winning Pizza Oven - Traditional Pizza Baking - Rapid 500°C Heating, 40.5cm Capacity, 60-Second Cooking, Even Heat Distribution - Graphite

I wanted a pizza oven in the garden for ages but most of them are too small for a decent size pizza or flimsy built and not likely to stand up long in UK weather. Saw the Witt one (it’s a big Danish company) at a friends house and wanted one immediately as its a big ol’ beast and feels built to last. Was gonna put it off till spring but a New Year Pizza-Party idea meant and early buy and a fabulous fun evening in the rain feeding everyone… with the toppings choices getting madder as the night went on with guests chipping in 'recipe' ideas.So, my thoughts: Build and finish are top notch and well up to the price – much better than any other brands I have seen. The Stone colour one I bought is light grey and matches our patio furniture well and isn’t too tough to clean. Black or grey might have been a safer bet but the stone colour looks very good. It lights every time, first time and came with a normal gas hose and valve ready to go. Just add a gas bottle.I am no expert on cooking pizzas, so there is a learning curve if that is you. We had a few ‘oh dear’ moments (over-done mostly) to start with, but the wine was flowing and it was dark didn’t help in my defence. The pizzas cook much, much quicker than I expected – literally a couple of mins when the oven is up to temp, so it’s easy to bash them out one after the other for hungry guests – if you can get a willing assistant to prep them fast enough. We used ready-made pizza dough balls from Chef For Foodies – not cheap, but really nice and soooo easy.Only used it once more since NYE, in the daylight and it cooks really evenly. Top tip - get a decent pizza slice thing (I think they are called a ‘pizza peel’) as it’s a bit of a PITA to get pizzas in and out using normal kitchen utensils. Overall though, the fam and friends love it, and I see it getting a lot of use come the summer. Very pleased.

Great oven, rotating stone is a game changer. But then the bottom burner stopped working. If you google this issue you will see its rife with this oven, I believe its a design flaw as theres so many people online with the same issue. Returns are not easy, for such a big oven they should be collected with no hassle for the buyer. Instead they want you to box it up (this things huge and I discarded the original box) which as a disabled customer I couldnt manage to do. Will update this in due course but beginning to wish I had gone for a different oven.

Brilliant!

This is without a doubt a fantastic pizza oven.Cooks the greatest pizzas to perfection. Nothing comes close. The rotating stone makes it so easy. just wonderful.Beware though! The oven comes fitted with a weird european (i think) gas regulator. So you cannot use it out the box. You need to buy a uk one and fight like anything to get the host off and swap it. This is really hard and you'll probably end up taking a hacksaw to it.......Something like thishttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Gas-Regulator-Mikalor-Stainless-Flogas/dp/B07574V4BR/ref=asc_df_B07574V4BRis required.Also it totally impossible to see if the under stone burner is lit. You can hear the woosh as it lights, but you simply dont know if its still lit when you let the wheel out. So there is a fair bit of anxiety! There is a supposed hole to see if its lit, but I cant see any gas pilot light there. Its just too bright outside!EDIT - turns out that the reason I couldnt tell was that it wasnt lit at all and was faulty. Ignition did not spark.So thats a serious design flaw.But, this really is a terrific bit of kit for evenings in the garden, if you get one that works!

The media could not be loaded. my original review is still at the bottom of this review - I highly rated this product.I have now owned two of these - both have lasted only a year and failed - for different reasons. The UK repairer is shocking and has failed to resolve and return me a working product twice. This is a very expensive pizza oven and NOT worth the investment. They are unreliable and then the UK authorised repairer will fail to resolve the problem or simply not return your oven and then not reply to your emails.No complaints at all.Straight out the box with a supermarket bought dough ball I’m creating the best pizza I’ve ever had. Honestly, with zero experience the pizza we created was amazing.The oven heated up in no time, the rotating stone ensured even cooking, the base of the pizza was crisp due to the fast heating of the oven and stone - the pizza cooked in less than a minute and a half. 5 more pizza later and everyone is fed and every pizza was perfect.I was ready to buy a Ooni or a Roccbox and changed my mind at the last minute. No regrets - this oven is worth every penny.Order with confidence - you won’t regret it.