"""Ariete 917 Pizza in 4 Minutes Multi-use Pizza Oven 1200W Non-Stick Fireclay Stone Max Temperature 400?C 5 Cooking Levels, Includes 2 wooden pallets - Black"""

I've been working on my pizza game for a few years. The problem has always been my inability to cook at a high enough temperature. My bases are decent, and so is my sauce and toppings but they always come out a bit flat and dry in a 250c oven, even on a stone. This is super simple to use. It heats up quickly and is safe to use on a worktop saver despite getting very hot. I bought a large wooden peel to put the pizzas on the stone and the trickiest bit was sliding it off (even with semolina flour applied) but it gets easier with practice (I didn't use the wooden pizza peels provided after reading other reviews). I initially used a metal peel with holes in it (bought separately) and it was a nightmare to get the pizza off it - this well dusted with flour wooden peel works much better. First attempts have yielded superb results. I still have some adjustments to make in terms of not overloading the sauce and the cheese as there is less chance for moisture to evaporate in this as opposed to in a regular oven so some did come out with more moisture in the top than expected. However, the bases, which I turned approx each minute, were amazing. I have learned to hand stretch them, so had brilliant puffed up crispy charred crusts and a lovely char underneath. 4-5 minutes at number 5 and they were done. I am now also making 70% hydrated dough which is easy when you get the hang of it and produces great pizzas (and can be mixed in a regular bread maker as long as you get the measurements right). The only other comment is that the stone was covered in black marks from leaking toppings right away. This didn't impair the ability of the unit to produce amazing pizza and I don't care what it looks like personally. Apparently you can clean it pyrolitically on an extended high heat and I'll give that a go, but rogue toppings can otherwise be carefully scraped or wiped off with dry kitchen roll This is about to become my favourite kitchen device. I wish I'd bought one years ago. Tip- try making your dough with a poolish starter (Google it!) Very easy and yields superb results. Also use 00 flour. It's worth it.

This is an excellent product! Smart, very quick to heat up and cooks fantastically!

Very good pizza maker I like it

Overall, this pizza oven is a big hit and I would highly recommend it. I looked at lots of reviews of this oven before purchasing and I’m so glad this is the one I chose. Pros: Cooks lovely homemade pizzas in around 3.5/4 minutes. Pizzas look like they came out of a proper pizza oven from a pizzeria. Cooks frozen pizzas really quickly. Comes with pizza spatula type things to help you get the pizza on and off. Quick to heat up Cons: Stains really easily. We’ve only used it twice and it’s quite stained. However, when we wipe it nothing comes off so you know it’s clean. This is only a minor con really and doesn’t warrant removing a star as it’s not really important to me.

Loved my pizzas from this mini oven unfortunately i ended dissapointed by the customer service and the machine i got. Pros: -fast delivery -heats fast -easy to use -crispy crust straight from oven -a little none stick stone, so easier to clean than a proper stone plate -lovely colour Cons: -base of the pizza can be soft as moisture is not absorbed by the plate while cooking. -middle of the pizza doesn't cook very fast, i think the heat distribution is not thoughtful and well designed. -needs more safety, the timer doesn't turn off the heat. To switch off the machine you need to turn off heat to zero or better, unplug it. -stopped working after 1 year, for the price i expected to keep it for a few years at least. -Seller doesn't seem eager to deal with after sale service. They have a 30 days return policy but i don't know what are the conditions. Although they were prompt to reply to my messages, they asked me to contact Ariete to check if Ariete offers more than a year warranty. -Ariete didn't reply to my email, so i'm not sure how their warranty works if at all and how serious they are about customer service. On that side it was very disappointing. I changed my review from 5 stars to 1.

Excelent

I started making pizzas from scratch about 5 years ago while living abroad and not being overly impressed with the local offerings. I have gradually improved on the pizza base and ingredients over time but always cooked in whatever oven we had. When we got back to the UK our oven’s thermostat went and the pizza got burnt, but the dough seemed better. Delving more into it I found out that it was better to have an oven that got to 400 degrees Celsius and cook it for less time. After a bit of investigation and searching online etc. I found this Ariete 909 for a lot less than I thought I’d have to pay (I was thinking it would be hundreds and so not going to happen). It arrived a few days later and we had our first pizzas that evening, what a difference! Ten minutes to heat up to the top temperature and then four minutes for each pizza and it was Italian restaurant quality (almost). Since then I’ve bought better flour and left the dough to rise for longer etc. and the pizzas have got better and better. Unfortunately the cooker developed a fault last week, it happens, and we had family coming down to check out the myth that I can actually cook a good pizza now. However after contacting the supplier, Spreetail, on Saturday morning they were brilliant and resolved the issue astonishingly quickly, so all is well. There is always the possibility that something may not work properly but it is how the retailer deals with it that counts and they get top marks. In short, really pleased with the oven and very impressed with Spreetail and their customer service.

Bought this at 9am of Saturday 25th of March and it turned up the next day on a Sunday by 3pm so it was faster than expected delivery time. I plugged it in and after a minute it tripped the electric, I flipped the switch back on and tried again to the same result so there is something not right with it but I tried it in the cooker socket and so far the electric hasn't tripped anymore. Must need a beefier cable to work. Took mine 15 mins on setting 5 for it to get to top temperature and the thermostat to trigger. Using a laser thermometer it read 405 degrees so it gets nice and hot. The 4 minute time to cook might be slightly off although the pizza was still nice after 4 mins. Another minute or two would have yielded better results. I found mine to slightly burn the crust at the front of the unit so I'd recommend turning the pizza 90 degrees or so every minute. I put baking paper under my pizza to keep the stone clean and to make it easier to place and remove the pizza. For a worktop pizza oven it has done what it claimed but time will tell. From my experience with it I'd recommend getting one if you are unsure. UPDATE: This is still going after many uses and would definitely recommend using one if you are unsure. I think the high temperature does fall off but you just cook it a bit longer. I lay my pizza base on a layer of tin foil so it doesn't effect the stone at all and you can pick it up easier to put on the stone.