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Buying guides
Best Smokeless Fire Pits
We researched the leading smokeless fire pits — comparing manufacturer specs, expert reviews, and owner-reported reliability — to find the ones worth gathering around. Smokeless pits use a double-wall airflow design to burn off smoke, so you get the fire without the watery eyes. Here are our picks for every kind of buyer.
3 picksBest Outdoor Pizza Ovens
We researched the leading premium outdoor pizza ovens — analyzing manufacturer specs, expert reviews, and owner-reported reliability — to find the ones worth a spot on the patio. These are our picks across every kind of buyer, from the all-rounder to the portable to the no-expense-spared flagship.
Reviews
Best for CookingBreeo
Breeo X24
The Breeo X24 is the smokeless fire pit to buy if you want it to last forever and cook on it. Made in Pennsylvania from heavy-gauge steel, it carries a limited lifetime warranty and a genuine live-fire cooking system. The trade-offs are real: at 62 pounds with no handles it is the opposite of portable, and there is no ash pan, so cleanup means shoveling.
Best Overall Fire PitSolo Stove
Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0
The Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 is the smokeless fire pit most people should buy: light enough to carry one-handed, genuinely smokeless once up to temperature, and backed by a lifetime warranty. The 2.0 adds a removable ash pan that fixes the original's biggest annoyance. Just know that the airflow that kills the smoke also sends heat upward, so it warms a crowd less than an open fire — and the steel can rust in damp climates.
Best Portable Pizza OvenGozney
Gozney Roccbox
The Gozney Roccbox is the portable premium pizza oven to beat — Serious Eats ranked it #1 in a 10-oven shootout, and its signature silicone jacket stays cooler to the touch than bare-steel rivals. The catch is size: the stone tops out at a 12-inch pizza, the wood burner is a separate purchase, and at $499 it is among the priciest portables.
Best Overall Pizza OvenOoni
Ooni Karu 2 Pro
The Ooni Karu 2 Pro is the multi-fuel pizza oven we would point most people to. It hits 950°F, cooks a 16-inch pizza, and adds genuinely useful smart features — a larger ClearView door, a Bluetooth temperature hub, and a meat probe — over the discontinued Karu 16. In head-to-head testing it produced pizza on par with ovens costing far more; the main caveats are that the gas burner is a ~$140 add-on and wood firing has a learning curve.
Best Luxury Pizza OvenGozney
Gozney Dome (Gen 2)
The Gozney Dome (Gen 2) is the closest a backyard oven comes to commercial spec — three-fuel flexibility, a lateral rolling-flame burner, and heavy ceramic-coated insulation that reviewers consistently rank at the top of the class. It is also one of the most expensive ovens you can buy, and the Gen 2 ignition system has drawn complaints, so it earns its place for serious, frequent outdoor cooks rather than casual users.
Comparisons
For most people the Solo Stove wins on portability, price, and easy cleanup — but Breeo is the better-built oven if you want to cook.
See the breakdownFor most buyers the Ooni Karu 2 Pro wins — it matches the Dome on pizza for over a thousand dollars less.
See the breakdownIs it worth it?
Are Smokeless Fire Pits Worth It?
If smoke is the reason you avoid your fire pit, yes — a smokeless pit genuinely cuts smoke once it is hot, which is worth the premium for many backyards. If you mainly want maximum warmth on cold nights, a traditional open fire pit gives you more heat for less money. It comes down to whether you are buying ambiance and clean air or raw warmth.
Worth ItAre Outdoor Pizza Ovens Worth It?
For anyone who makes pizza more than a few times a year, yes. A dedicated outdoor oven reaches roughly 950°F — about 400°F hotter than a kitchen oven — and turns out a true Neapolitan pizza in 60 seconds, a result no indoor oven can match. For a once-a-summer cook, a baking steel in your regular oven gets you most of the way for a fraction of the cost.