Gozney’s Attractive, Compact Pizza Oven Will not Make It Up Everest (Most likely)

Billed because the “world’s most portable pizza oven,” the Gozney Tread is an adventure-ready, ruggedized gas-powered magnificence. It’s the smallest of the massively spectacular Gozney vary, and the second most inexpensive behind the unique Roccbox. It joins an ever-evolving choice of dwelling pizza ovens which have remodeled our skill to cook dinner correct pizza—we’re speaking every thing from Neapolitan, Chicago-style, New York and Sicilian—from the consolation of the yard.

With the Tread, Gozney desires us to take our sourdough calzone on tour. Measuring 16.5″ x 19.1″ x 12.6″, it is undeniably compact for a fully featured pizza oven, and the two large handles make it easier (and cleaner) to move than most. The gas-only design can hit 932 degrees Fahrenheit (500 degrees Celsius) and has space for a 12-inch pie.

Can it compete with the best pizza ovens available, and at 29.7 pounds, is it really portable enough to take with you? I spent a few weeks both carb- and trunk-loading to find out.

Portable? Really?

For all the gorgeous marketing images of the Tread in the desert, on mountains and in remote locations, it’s worth noting that my review unit arrived on a full-sized wooden pallet. Admittedly Gozney did supply me with every conceivable extra, but it was still quite an eye-opening amount of gear for something billed as not just portable, but the “world’s most transportable pizza oven.”

29.7 kilos is roughly the identical weight as an SUV tire or a typical three-year-old. Whereas not back-breakingly heavy, no person desires to spend all that lengthy carrying one thing so awkward.

The pizza oven is an impressively compact unit, and very best for those who’re a tailgater whose concept of wilderness is the car parking zone, however when you issue within the gasoline canister (they suggest a 5-11-kilogram tank), tripod stand, pizza peel, and all the opposite accoutrements wanted to make pizza away from dwelling, the real-world logistics begin to mount.

Trying on the competitors, the Ooni Koda 12 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is sort of a bit lighter than the Tread at 20.4 kilos, but in addition bigger, at 24.4 x 15.5 x 11.7 inches. That mild weight is a consideration once you understand that evaluations editor Adrienne So has strapped pizza ovens as large because the Ooni Karu 16 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) to paddleboards to take them out to islands within the center lakes.

Ooni’s carry covers are additionally less expensive than the Tread’s Enterprise Bag ($99) and the ovens include legs, so that you don’t have to take a stand. Should you’re heading anyplace with uneven floor, nonetheless, the Gozney stand is way more versatile (extra on that later).