Ariete 909 Fast and Compact Pizza Making Machine for Both Fresh and Frozen Pizzas, Forno Pizza da Gennaro equipped with a Timer and 5 Temp Levels, 1200 watts (Red)

Fantastic little oven.MUCH better at cooking pizza than a standard home oven with a stone. Very easy to use, turn to setting 4 and leave for 10mins, insert pizza and turn to setting 5, turn halfway through and 4mins later you have gorgeous looking pizza.Decent size too, powerful for its size, doesn't take up an extreme amount of space and it's very easy to move around if you need to.Ingredients:galbani mozzgrated bagged mozzproperoniloyd grossman pizza saucestrong white flour

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 rollThis 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.

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.

Only used it once so far although I used second from highest settings still think it was a bit to high, very slightly over done. Next time I'll try down lower. Otherwise a good tool. Pleased with it. Easy to clean

Love my pizzas from this mini oven. It heats up fast, about 10mns from 0 to about 350 degree.Easy to use and allows me to make great pizzas in 5mns, on heat set up at 4.Because it heats up fast and the heating is all around, the middle doesn't get cooked as fast so pre cook your veg if you like them well done.My pizzas come out with a lovely crunchy crust.Easy to clean, like taking scraps away although you may still have some black marks. I usually heat up the oven, once hot i drop a bit of water on the plate, wait for half minute/1 minute then with a flat hard plastic object and a solid paper towel i scrap the hard bits away.Unfortunately it stopped working after 1 year and half, out of seller warranty and i am still awaiting for Ariete to come back to me. The top heating part had a small explosion and created 2 small holes. I am now looking for a different one. It is a shame that an item of that price can't last a few years, especially when I used it once a week only, for 2 pizzas. No long warranty coming with the item neither. I changed my review from 5 stars to 1, delivery was fast and seller responded promptly but as mentioned in a preview review, the seller would not engage themselves in a warranty amd only came back with a 30 days return policy, after that they inform you to contact the manufacturer. After their 30 days policy, you're on your own.