Gozney DOME - Incredible bit of kit
Having owned a Roccbox from the original Kickstarter batch in 2016 - it's still as good 5 years on.
When the Dome was announced I was lucky enough to get an pre-order on and was in batch 2 or 3 for delivery.
Having owned it now for 2 months I can say it's the best oven I've owned and used (had OONI, Portuguese Woodfired ovens, AlfaPizze 4 dual fuel) it's incredibly well designed and the user in mind is evident from the materials and finish, controls, ease of setup and so on.
To light it's a doddle, I have the dual-fuel one. SO to use on gas, turn and depress the knurled knob and it lights straight away with a good variable flame range. On gas, I've managed to get it to around 600c!!
If I want to use wood, I just throw a load of hardwood in the middle of the oven, light the gas burner and head off to prep food..... come back to it 15 minutes later and the oven is comfortably sat at 350-400c with a nice amount of embers from the wood, which I then flick the gas off and cover the burner with the stone puck and then carry on feeding with wood when required to maintain temps...... it really is SO easy. The ash grill and pan underneath are also another great way to very quickly clean the ash out. My bigger Alfa oven requires fiddling around with a hoover or dustpan to get it cleared out - not so here!
The stand is very well made and incredibly sturdy, requires assembly but it's a 45 minute job and very easy, tools included. The oven requires no assembly, simply pop it from the box onto the stand, hook up gas, away you go.
Worth every bit it's asking price and more and can't wait to cook with it most days.
It's always easy to be sucked in by the neggy reviews from owners who haven't yet received their ovens, Gozney are not a massive company with 000's of staff, but my experience is only one of praise, they're a great team and genuinely care about their customers, and continue to be generous as has been noted on Facebook on many occasions where they have helped folks start up a pizza business through lockdown, or replaced ovens for folks who's houses got raised in wildfires, etc. I for one remember those things and am happy to support the business to anyone that will listen!
September 29, 2021
Unprompted review