This $300 pizza oven can easily help elevate your summer pizza nights

这款 300 美元的披萨烤箱能轻松提升你的夏日披萨之夜

If you enjoy homemade pizza but don’t love the hassle that comes with it, an electric pizza oven may be the ideal upgrade. The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens. I need to preface this review by admitting that I am no pizza connoisseur, but I ended up with quick, restaurant-style pizzas using the oven, largely thanks to its simplicity and easy-to-use design.

如果你喜欢自制披萨，却又讨厌随之而来的繁琐过程，那么电烤披萨炉或许是理想的升级选择。Ninja Artisan 户外披萨炉专为那些想要享受美味披萨之夜，却又不想处理丙烷或木颗粒等燃料的人群设计，这与许多其他披萨炉不同。在开始评测前，我必须承认自己并非披萨鉴赏家，但得益于这款烤箱的简洁与易用性，我最终快速制作出了餐厅水准的披萨。

The oven plugs into a standard outdoor outlet and gets up to 700°F. It’s worth noting that although it’s electric, it’s not suitable for indoor use. It features five pizza settings: Neapolitan, New York, Thin Crust, Pan Pizza, and Custom that you can quickly toggle between. It comes with a pizza stone that can cook 12-inch pizzas. While I found that the 12-inch size was perfect for me and my husband, some may wish for the option to make bigger pizzas when feeding a larger crowd. Since the oven has heating elements on both the top and bottom, pizzas cook evenly and consistently without needing to rotate the pie, manage a flame, or constantly babysit the cooking process, especially once you’ve gotten familiar with the different modes.

这款烤箱插入标准的户外插座即可使用，最高温度可达 700°F（约 371°C）。值得注意的是，尽管它是电动的，但并不适合室内使用。它具备五种披萨模式：那不勒斯风味、纽约风味、薄脆饼底、深盘披萨以及自定义模式，你可以快速切换。它配备了一块可烤制 12 英寸披萨的披萨石。虽然我觉得 12 英寸的大小对我夫妇二人来说非常完美，但有些人可能希望在招待更多人时能有制作更大披萨的选择。由于烤箱顶部和底部均设有加热元件，披萨受热均匀且稳定，无需旋转饼底、调节火焰或时刻看管，尤其是在你熟悉了不同模式之后。

Just like the cooking process, setup was quite easy. All I had to do was remove the oven and pizza stone from the box and packaging, plug it in, and start the preheating process. I first tested the Neapolitan setting, which cranks the oven to its max temperature of 700°F and can cook a pizza in just three minutes. It took about 20 minutes for the oven to preheat, and it emitted a beeping sound to let me know it was ready. I had my first pizza ready on the pizza peel that Ninja sent me alongside the oven (sold separately), and I was able to easily shimmy it onto the pizza stone inside the oven. After that, you just need to push the “start” button to begin cooking the pizza and begin the timer.

安装过程和烹饪过程一样简单。我所要做的就是从包装盒中取出烤箱和披萨石，插上电源，然后开始预热。我首先测试了那不勒斯模式，它将烤箱温度提升至 700°F 的最高温，仅需三分钟即可烤好一个披萨。烤箱预热大约花了 20 分钟，并发出蜂鸣声提示我已准备就绪。我将第一个披萨放在 Ninja 随烤箱寄给我的披萨铲上（披萨铲需另购），并轻松地将其滑入烤箱内的披萨石上。之后，只需按下“开始”按钮即可开始烘烤并启动计时器。

While the pizza is cooking, you can adjust the timer using the dial if you want to cook it for a custom amount of time. While I did keep an eye on the pizza through the small front window and internal light to make sure it didn’t burn, the three-minute cook time ended up being perfect, leaving me with a pizza that had an airy crust, puffed edges, and light charring. The airy crust is something I was never able to achieve when making homemade pizzas in my standard kitchen oven. For the subsequent Neapolitan pizzas that I made, I didn’t have to keep an eye on them and instead relied on the timer to beep and let me know when they were ready. It’s worth noting that if you’re looking for that authentic wood-fired flavor, you won’t get that with this oven. But if you’re happy with consistent, reliable results, then this oven is perfect for you.

在披萨烘烤过程中，如果你想自定义烘烤时间，可以使用旋钮调整计时器。虽然我确实通过前面的小窗口和内部灯光观察披萨以防烤焦，但三分钟的烘烤时间恰到好处，烤出的披萨饼底蓬松、边缘隆起，并带有轻微的焦香。这种蓬松的饼底是我以前在普通厨房烤箱中自制披萨时从未实现过的。在后续制作那不勒斯披萨时，我无需时刻盯着，而是依靠计时器的蜂鸣声来判断是否烤好。值得注意的是，如果你追求那种正宗的柴火味，这款烤箱无法提供。但如果你追求的是稳定、可靠的烹饪效果，那么这款烤箱非常适合你。

I also tried the New York setting, which sets a lower temperature than the Neapolitan mode and has a longer cook time. I used this setting for a topping-heavy pizza to get an even bake and more doneness in the middle. With this setting, I got less of a char on the crust, which is what I was looking for. As for cleaning the oven, it’s fairly straightforward and low maintenance since you don’t have to deal with soot from an open flame. The interior can be easily wiped down with a damp cloth to remove crumbs and any light messes. For the pizza stone itself, I scraped off debris after it cooled down, since you’re not supposed to use soap on a pizza stone because it’s porous and can absorb water and potentially crack or shatter when exposed to high heat.

我还尝试了纽约模式，该模式的温度比那不勒斯模式低，烘烤时间更长。我用这个模式制作了一个配料丰富的披萨，以确保受热均匀，中间部分也能烤熟。在这种模式下，饼底的焦痕较少，这正是我想要的。至于清洁方面，由于无需处理明火产生的烟灰，烤箱的维护非常简单直接。内部只需用湿布擦拭即可清除碎屑和轻微污渍。至于披萨石本身，我是在它冷却后刮掉残渣的，因为披萨石具有多孔性，不能使用肥皂清洗，否则它会吸收水分，在高温下可能会开裂或破碎。

What I like most about the pizza oven is that homemade pizza nights no longer feel like a weekend-only activity. Before, making pizza at home felt like too much of a project for a weekday, so I saved it for occasional weekends. But with how fast and simple the Ninja Artisan oven is to use, homemade pizza now feels like something I can quickly make after work without it feeling like a task. I think the pizza oven is worth buying if you want to make restaurant-style pizza at home without the complexity of traditional pizza ovens. The Ninja Artisan Pizza Oven costs $300 and comes in four colors: green and gold, blue and gold, black and gold, and dark gray.

我最喜欢这款披萨炉的一点是，自制披萨之夜不再仅仅是周末的专属活动。以前，在家做披萨感觉像是工作日里的一项大工程，所以我通常只在偶尔的周末才做。但有了 Ninja Artisan 烤箱，其快速且简单的操作让自制披萨变得像下班后随手就能完成的事，不再是一种负担。如果你想在家制作餐厅水准的披萨，又不想面对传统披萨炉的复杂性，我认为这款烤箱非常值得购买。Ninja Artisan 披萨炉售价 300 美元，有四种颜色可选：绿金、蓝金、黑金和深灰色。