Tables, stands and safe spots for outdoor pizza ovens
Where to put a pizza oven outdoors
This site explains how to pick and prepare a spot for an outdoor pizza oven. It covers surfaces, clearances, open air, wind and keeping the oven steady. It points you to your maker's manual for the figures that apply to your oven.
All the setup guides
- Which Surfaces Can Sit Under a Hot Pizza Oven
What makers and safety guides say about putting a pizza oven on concrete, stone, wood decks or light tables, and why the manual decides.
- Clearance From Walls, Fences, Roofs and Plants
How far a pizza oven should sit from things that can burn, why the figures differ between makers, and where to find yours.
- Outdoors Only: Why Garages and Covered Patios Are Risky
Why makers and fire bodies say a pizza oven belongs in open air, and what that means for garages, porches and covered patios.
- Levelling and Keeping an Oven Stable
Why a pizza oven needs a flat, firm base, what to check on the stand before each cook, and why not to move it while it's in use.
- Wind, Rain and Weather When Picking a Spot
How wind direction and an open spot change where a pizza oven should go, and what to check in the yard before you light it.