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Alfa Pizza Ovens: Buying Guide and Fuel Advice
Alfa pizza ovens: Italian built ovens that reach genuine pizza heat, around 500°C (930°F), and bake a pizza in about 90 seconds. The Moderno range comes in wood-fired and hybrid, gas and wood, versions, so you can cook with live fire, gas, or both.
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Wood-fired or hybrid
Alfa Moderno, the range at a glance
Alfa Moderno pizza ovens run from £1,800 up to £5,400. Spread the cost with Novuna Personal Finance, PayByFinance, or Klarna, Clearpay or Shop Pay at checkout.
Range checked against the shop on 21 September 2026. Every oven below shows its current price.
Pricing
What does a wood-fired pizza oven cost, and what changes the price?
An Alfa Moderno costs between £1,800 and £5,400. The oven is the biggest part of that, but it's not the only part, so here's where the money goes.
Size is most of it
The price climbs with how many pizzas fit on the floor. The Moderno 1 Pizze has a 50 by 40cm cooking floor. The 5 Pizze has 85 by 70cm and weighs 170kg. If you cook for two most weekends and six once a summer, buy for the two.
Wood-fired or hybrid
At the same size, the hybrid costs more. A wood-fired Moderno 2 Pizze is £2,000 and the hybrid is £2,800. At three pizzas it's £2,700 against £3,100. The 3 and 5 Pizze hybrids come with the kit for burning wood as well, so you get gas for a Tuesday and fire for a Saturday.
What it sits on
The oven comes with adjustable feet, and it needs something solid and heatproof underneath. An Alfa trolley base costs from £500 to £1,000. A modular cooking station costs £1,000 or more. A wall or worktop you already have costs nothing, as long as it will take the weight.
The bits you'll buy anyway
A cover, from £85 to £150, because it will rain. A peel, to get the pizza in and out. For a hybrid, a gas bottle. For a wood-fired oven, dry wood, and plenty of it.
What it costs to run
Alfa's own figures: the wood-fired 2 Pizze burns about 1.6kg of wood an hour, and the 3 Pizze about 2kg. On gas, the 1 Pizze uses up to 0.58kg an hour and the 5 Pizze up to 2.1kg. A two-hour pizza night is a few kilos of wood, not a crate.
Guide figures, checked against the shop on 21 September 2026. Every oven below shows its current price. Spread the cost with Novuna Personal Finance, PayByFinance, or Klarna, Clearpay or Shop Pay at checkout.
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The Alfa Moderno range
Alfa Moderno 1 Pizze Hybrid Gas and Wood Outdoor Pizza Oven
1 pizza, 50 x 40cm floor, 54kg
£1,800.00
Alfa Moderno 2 Pizze Wood Fired Outdoor Pizza Oven
Wood-fired, 2 pizzas, 70 x 50cm floor, 79kg
£2,000.00
Alfa Moderno 3 Pizze Wood Fired Outdoor Pizza Oven
Wood-fired, 3 pizzas, 90 x 50cm floor, 97kg
£2,700.00
Alfa Moderno 3 Pizze Hybrid Gas and Wood Outdoor Pizza Oven
Gas and wood, 3 pizzas, 80 x 50cm floor, 94kg
£3,100.00
Alfa Moderno 5 Pizze Hybrid Gas and Wood Outdoor Pizza Oven
Gas and wood, 5 pizzas, 85 x 70cm floor, 170kg
£5,400.00
The fuel matters
Pizza oven fuel: what to burn, and what not to
The single biggest reason a wood-fired pizza oven disappoints is the wrong fuel. Damp or unseasoned wood smoulders, smokes, coats your food in soot and never reaches pizza temperature. This is where being a firewood specialist actually matters to you.
Use kiln-dried hardwood logs, cut small:
Low moisture, high heat, a clean flame. That's what gets an Alfa to 500°C and keeps it there. Alfa specify wood no more than 5cm across for the wood-fired Moderno, so a standard stove log needs splitting first, or use our thin cooking logs.
Use kiln-dried kindling:
To light fast and clean.
Avoid:
Wet or seasoned outdoors wood, softwood offcuts, and anything resinous or treated.
Because firewood is our core business, we can supply the right pizza oven logs with your oven, and keep you stocked afterwards. It is the one thing a national pizza oven brand can't do for you.
Fuel your Alfa
The right wood makes the pizza.
Fuel your Alfa with our kiln-dried hardwood logs: low-moisture, high-heat, clean-burning. The difference between a good pizza and a great one is often just better wood. For pizza, go for our thin birch, ash and oak cooking logs: slimmer than stove logs, and made with pizza ovens in mind.
Before you buy
The honest bits about owning a wood-fired pizza oven
The 90-second pizza is real. Here's everything else.
1. It takes half an hour
Every Moderno is built to reach 500°C in about 30 minutes. That's quick for an oven, but it isn't instant. Light it before the dough comes out, not after.
2. The wood has to be small
Alfa's limit for the wood-fired models is 5cm across. Logs sized for a stove won't do, so split them down or use our thin cooking logs. Wet wood won't do either. It smokes, soots the pizza and never gets hot enough.
3. The first few will burn
At 500°C a pizza is done in about a minute and a half, and it needs turning. Most people char a couple before they get the hang of it. Make extra dough the first time.
4. They're heavy
The 1 Pizze is 54kg. The 5 Pizze is 170kg. Pick the spot before it arrives, because once it's there it stays there.
5. Scotland will rain on it
The oven lives outside, so it needs a cover, and the wood needs to be kept somewhere dry. A damp log store will undo a very good oven.
6. A hybrid still needs gas sorting
You'll need LPG or a natural gas supply. The 3 and 5 Pizze hybrids come with a regulator and hose. You'll need to supply the bottle.
The honest bit
When an Alfa is the wrong oven for you
If you want to take it camping. The lightest Moderno is 54kg. A small portable oven is a better buy for that, and we don't sell one.
If you'll use it three times a summer. An Alfa is built to be used hard and often, and it's priced to match. For an occasional pizza, spend a lot less.
If you hate lighting fires and don't want gas. Then a wood-fired oven will feel like a chore. Be honest with yourself about that before you spend £2,000.
If you have nowhere solid to put it. It needs a firm, level, heatproof base. Sort that out first.
If none of those is you, it's a brilliant thing to own. Ring us and we'll help you pick the size.
Honest comparison
Alfa vs Ooni, which pizza oven should you buy?
It's the question we hear most. Both make great pizza, and they're built for different buyers, so here's the fair version. We sell Alfa. We don't sell Ooni.
| Alfa Moderno | Ooni | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | Sized by pizzas at once, from 1 to 5. Floors from 50 x 40cm to 85 x 70cm | Sized by the largest pizza, from 12 to 24 inches |
| Weight | 54kg to 170kg. It stays where you put it | Much lighter, and most models are made to be carried |
| Build | Stainless steel, ceramic fibre insulation, firebrick floor. Holds heat for one pizza after another | Lighter build, quicker to move and store |
| Fuel | Wood-fired, or hybrid gas and wood | Gas, multi-fuel, or electric for indoors |
| Top heat | 500°C | Both reach proper pizza heat |
| Price | £1,800 to £5,400 | Roughly £300 to £900 on Ooni's UK site, September 2026 |
| Best for | Hosting, and a permanent place in a garden kitchen | A first pizza oven, a small garden, or taking it away |
Our take: buy an Ooni if you want the most affordable, portable way into cracking home pizza. Step up to Alfa if you host, want a larger, sturdier oven, and see it as a permanent part of your outdoor kitchen. We'll happily talk through both, even though we only sell one of them.
Straight recommendations
The best Alfa for how you cook
If you just want us to point:
Best for two:
the Moderno 1 Pizze. It has the smallest floor and the lowest price, and it's still a proper Alfa.
Best wood-fired oven for a family:
the Moderno 2 Pizze. It takes two at once, weighs 79kg, and burns about 1.6kg of wood an hour.
Best if you can't decide on fuel:
the Moderno 3 Pizze hybrid. It runs on gas, and the kit for burning wood comes in the box.
Best for parties:
the Moderno 5 Pizze. It's the biggest floor in the range, with 30kW behind it. It's also 170kg, so it needs a permanent home.
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FAQ
Alfa FAQs
Is an Alfa pizza oven better than an Ooni?
They suit different buyers. Ooni is the most affordable, portable way into great home pizza. Alfa Moderno is larger, heavier and holds heat for back to back cooking, which is better if you host or want a permanent outdoor kitchen oven. Both reach serious temperatures.
What fuel should I use in a pizza oven?
For wood-fired ovens, kiln-dried hardwood logs and kindling only, split to no more than 5cm across, which is Alfa's own limit. Our thin cooking logs are the easy option. Dry wood is what reaches and holds pizza heat cleanly. Avoid wet, unseasoned, resinous or treated wood. Gas and hybrid Alfa models run on LPG or natural gas.
Do you deliver outdoor ovens and fires across Scotland and the UK?
Yes. We deliver nationwide, with our Central Scotland heartland, so Stirling, Falkirk, Alloa, Bridge of Allan and Fife, closest to home.
Can I spread the cost?
Yes. Use Novuna Personal Finance, PayByFinance, for the larger pieces, or Klarna, Clearpay or Shop Pay at checkout.
How long does an Alfa take to heat up?
Alfa give about 30 minutes to reach 500°C for every Moderno model. After that, a pizza takes about 90 seconds.
How heavy is an Alfa pizza oven?
From 54kg for the Moderno 1 Pizze to 170kg for the 5 Pizze. The wood-fired 2 and 3 Pizze are 79kg and 97kg.
Does a hybrid Alfa come with the wood kit?
The Moderno 3 Pizze and 5 Pizze hybrids do, along with a gas regulator and hose. Ask us about any other model before you order.
How much wood does a pizza oven use?
Alfa's figures are about 1.6kg an hour for the wood-fired Moderno 2 Pizze and about 2kg an hour for the 3 Pizze. How long you keep it going makes more difference than the model.
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