12" Ooni Koda 12
Ooni’s entry model, and at 500 °C within fifteen minutes.
€291.00
ViewHead to head
Ooni Koda 12 or Ooni Koda 2?
What separates the Ooni Koda 12 from the Ooni Koda 2, with today's prices alongside.
Our verdict
The Koda 2 is the successor to the Koda 12, and they differ on more than size alone. Both run on gas and both reach 500 °C according to Ooni.
The first difference is size: 12 inches (30 cm) for the Koda 12, 14 inches (35 cm) for the Koda 2. The second is control. Ooni gives the Koda 2 an adjustable range up to 500 °C, which makes it usable at lower temperatures too, for bread or vegetables. The third is the gas: the Koda 12 runs on butane, propane or a mixture, the Koda 2 on propane only, in a version for 28-30 or for 37 mbar. So check which one you are ordering.
The Koda 12 is lighter and ready sooner: 9.25 kilos against 16, and about 15 minutes to heat up according to Ooni against 20. It is the obvious choice if you first want to find out whether a pizza oven suits you, or if you often take it along.
Pick the Koda 2 if you want to bake a little bigger or cook more than pizza in it. Neither has a thermometer. Ooni sells the Connect hub separately for the Koda 2, but it reads the air in the oven rather than the stone, so an infrared thermometer stays useful with both.
Today the gap is €113.00: the Ooni Koda 12 costs €291.00, the Ooni Koda 2 €404.00.
Based on what the manufacturers state. We have not tested these ovens ourselves.
12" Ooni Koda 2
Fourteen inches, and a burner you can genuinely regulate, up to 500 °C.
€404.00
ViewWhat differs
- Ooni Koda 12 is €113.00 cheaper right now.
- Ooni Koda 2 bakes 2 inches bigger.
- Both run on gas.
- Ooni Koda 12 reaches temperature 5 minutes sooner.
- Ooni Koda 12 is 6.75 kilos lighter.
Specifications side by side
| Ooni Koda 12 | Ooni Koda 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel | Gas (propane/butane) | Gas (propane) |
| Maximum pizza | 12 inch (30 cm) | 14 inch (35 cm) |
| Temperature range | — | Adjustable, up to 500 °C |
| Maximum temperature | 500 °C | — |
| Stone | Cordierite, 10 mm | — |
| Gas type | Butane, propane or a mixture | Propane (category I3P) |
| Gas pressure | 28-30 mbar (category I3B/P(30)) | 28-30 or 37 mbar, depending on the version |
| Heat input | 4.0 kW | 4.8 kW |
| Ignition | Built in, push and turn | Built in, push and turn |
| Thermometer | None built in | None built in, Connect hub sold separately |
| Hose and regulator | Not supplied | — |
| Warranty | 1 year, 5 years after registration | 1 year, 5 years after registration |
| Heat-up time | ± 15 minutes | ± 20 minutes |
| Weight | 9.25 kg | 16 kg |
| Width | 39.5 cm | 47.2 cm |
| Depth | 62.8 cm | 54.5 cm |
| Height | 29.8 cm | 33.3 cm |
Who each suits
Ooni Koda 12
Anyone buying a first pizza oven who mainly wants to find out whether they enjoy it.
Ooni Koda 2
Anyone who wants to bake more than pizza and needs a gas oven that can also run low and steady.
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