Dellonda Portable Wood-Fired 14" Pizza Oven and Smoking Oven, Stainless Steel - DG11

*Do heed the warning, to use gloves when assembling!* I had a little trouble with the assembly, as the firebox had become jammed at the rear of the oven, but resolved this with a bit of juggling and cut hands. What a fabulous little Pizza Oven, well made (apart from very sharp edges), cooked my first Pizza, and it was on the button. Well worth watching the 12 minute video, gave some really good tips for bringing the oven up to temperature, you do need a Laser Thermometer for the Pizza Stone, around £15. I used softwood kindling and a couple of firelighters to bring the oven up towards Temperature and to get rid of the 'New' Smells, then used Oak and Oak pellets for cooking with excellent results. The video recommends little and often to feed the fire, and I would whole heartedly agree. Overall, a very nice piece of kit, that does what it says on the tin, very happy with my purchase

I was expecting a fairly flimsy steel for the price. I was stunned to find just how good this was. Good quality steel, well built and sturdy. Assembly was easy and the peel supplied is also good quality, so much so that we bought another of the same, just to make it easier to keep everyone happy as the pizzas can be prepped and ready to swap over in half the time. The fuel feed system is also a good idea, although you might want to get a scoop for the fuel to make it easier. In all respects this is well worth the money and certainly better than spending so much more on an Ooni.

This is a great oven for the price. I’ve had some great results from the off. If I have one criticism, it’s that the fire tray could do with being larger, as it’s difficult to keep the heat after the first couple of pizzas and the ash builds up. I suppose practice makes perfect.

It hurts to write this, but it's absolute junk and you should stay well clear. First of all, the oven has a 'double shell' -of sorts- BUT it has zero insulation, so it is simply not getting to pizza-baking temperature. Second, the door has massive holes because of the lettering (it is cut-out from the material), and that draws in cold air from the front end, which does not help either. Third, even if the door was solid without holes, it is not sealing against the oven face properly, so there's even more cold air being drawn in. Fourth, with all that cold air coming in from the front and not the back where the fire is, the chimney is losing drawing power, and draws very poorly compared to other brands' ovens. After wasting a load of pellets and waiting for over half an hour, I finally managed to get a roaring fire, kept feeding as the pellets were being consumed, and the temperature never went above 250 Celsius, which is simply nowhere near close enough for making a real pizza (you want to be over 350oC) and I could have used my kitchen oven instead. Please, do yourself a favour and buy an Ooni, or a Burnhard, both of which I own in other places and they are spot on. I am very sorry I bought this one, and even more so for firing it up and not returning it straight away after realising it's not insulated, not sealing properly, and with all the cut outs on the door. Basically, if you buy this, you are wasting £179.99 for a pizza peel and a pizza stone, which are the only useable things from this pile of junk.

Having done a lot of research I settled on this oven. It was pretty straightforward to set up - I guessed from previous reviews about burnt handles that You shouldn’t close the gap between the nuts on them and that was a good bit of learning! The oven heats up fast and cooked our pizzas perfectly. We’ll be using it a lot this summer. The carry bag is also handy and a good cover for the oven.

Delivery was so quick. Estimated for Saturday, came 4 days early. Very easy to assemble. Bought some wood but can also use coal too. It’s a lot bigger than the pictures and looks really impressive in the garden. It takes around 10-15 minutes to heat up properly (don’t put the pizza in before properly heated up or it will burn on top but have raw dough underneath) the pizzas are amazing! Just like a takeaway. Would highly recommend.

Easy to set up, easy to use. I got the recommended firelighters and fuel and it works really well. Trickiest bit is knowing when to shovel more wood in. it does gobble it up so keep shovelling! It's very satisfying to use and its easy to clean out. Makes fantastic pizzas. We've had a couple of family pizza nights with it and tbh it will probably get more use than the BBQ when we get to summer.

I bought this oven as a Christmas present in Dec 2020 and it was used for the first time in May 2021 although we did struggle get it to a required temperature, we just thought that it needed practice. On its second use in in early June 2021, we were more successful in getting the oven to the required temperature, This is where a problem occurred, we noticed that the wooden handle on the ash tray was smoking and when we pulled the door plate open using the handle, it came off in my hand and the very hot metal door plate fell to the floor narrowly missing my foot. The handle had burnt out from the inside where the wood attached to the metal screw, making it unusable. I contacted Dellonda to report this and that I didn’t think that the handle was fit for purpose and dangerous. It was suggested that I had put too much fuel (wooden pellets) in the oven making it too hot and that I had used it in windy conditions, so it was user error, neither of these were true. I was also told that the handles were consumable items, suggesting that it was normal to catch fire and burn from the inside. I didn’t want to use the oven again due to this and asked for a refund but they disagreed that the handles were not fit for purpose and that As I had purchased the oven over 6 months earlier, they wouldn’t give me one. I have since looked at the handles and attachment that better brands use and can see the error in this design of this one. In my opinion, spend a little more for a better oven and think about how long you store it before using it in case you have any issues.