I've been trying to make a decent pizza in my home oven for the past 20 years unsuccessfully. i've been eyeing these type of pizza ovens for the past 2 years, waiting for a few generations of products to pass so i wouldn't make a costly error. When I saw the rotating deck of the Portable Gas Pizza Oven with 13" Pizza Stone & Foldable Pizza Peel on a video, i knew the time had come. This was very easy to set up. There is a propane tank connector hose (I used my 20lb tank from my grill), a metal cross shaped bar that is the rotating arm part that holds the pizza stone, that you simply drop in the slot in the middle of the bottom metal deck (easily removable as well), and a metal peel and handle that you can assemble without tools. The body of this oven is about the weight of my propane tank if you include the stone, and really, you just 1) fold out the ends of the front two feet to stand this up straight, 2) drop in the metal cross arm and position the stone 3) hook up the propane and check the hose for leaks and 4) plug in the rotating deck engine--you're ready to go. To turn on the flame, you press down on the rotating knob controller while turning (keep pressing down while turning until you hear the click) If you just press down for a second, let go and then turn to click, you just cut off the gas, so just be aware of that. So, I tried 9 pizzas, each 250g of dough, and burned about 4 of them- not in any particular order, but I realized that one of the issues was that because of the small size of the oven, your pizza, even while turning, will have a section of it that is like 1" away from the actual open flame at all times. so, you either need to have a smaller pizza, stop the rotation and keep the pizza further out near the exit, or, what i think i'll do next time, which is turn the heat on to super high till the deck registers over 800, and then right as you're about to cook one pizza, turn the flame way down, just for the minute to minute and half while it cooks. I think this would have helped not get such a char (of course, some people like more char than others). At any rate, this is the best thing since sliced bread. It's obviously not a giant wood fired pizza oven where you can control the distance of your pizza to the fire better, but boy is it way cheaper and easier. The texture of the results is INCREDIBLE, with an absolute perfect soft inside, crisp and crunchy outside. This actually took only about 10 min to heat up to over 600 on the deck, but I left it on for about 30 min before starting anyways, cuz i was not done making pizza!- we are in a courtyard w no wind at 70 degrees today as well. I'd definitely say BUY THIS, if you love pizza at all. even tho I kinda whined about the burnt parts, I'm sure I'll be able to work it out. I certainly do not regret this purchase whatsoever, and would buy it again in a heartbeat. Actually, I did buy it again- i bought the wood fired rotating deck version as well. :)
