Artisan Premium Outdoor Pizza Oven - 800°F, 447 Sq. In. Cooking Space, Versatile Home Cooking

A gas grill will not make a Neapolitan pizza, because the crust needs a hot stone floor rather than hot air. The Artisan Premium Outdoor Pizza Oven ARTP-PZA solves that with a 3/4" thick ceramic slab hearth heated from below by a 16,000 BTU stainless steel U-burner, plus a rear burner that drives heat up to a matching ceramic ceiling slab — so the chamber comes up from both directions, preheats in about 15 minutes and reaches 800°F. Inside there is 447 square inches of cooking space behind a 7" high front opening. The temperature is controllable, so this is not a pizza-only appliance: roast, bake, iron-skillet sear, run a whole chicken or a turkey, or bake sourdough. It is built from 304 18-8 heli-arc welded stainless steel, made in America, and sits on a countertop rather than dropping into an island cutout. Natural gas and propane configurations are both available.

Key Features

• 3/4" thick ceramic slab hearth and ceiling — the thickness is what stores heat, so the floor recovers between pizzas instead of dropping after the first one.
• 16,000 BTU stainless steel U-burner — mounted under the ceramic slab hearth, heating the stone rather than the food directly.
• Rear burner — accelerates preheat by distributing heat up to the ceramic ceiling slab for powerful top-down radiant heat.
• Up to 800°F, 15-minute preheat — hot enough for true Neapolitan pizza, and controllable enough to roast and bake.
• 447 sq. in. of cooking space — behind a 7" high front opening.
• Removable sit-in-place stainless steel front door — lifted out rather than swung open; the top is removable as well for access into the chamber.
• Halogen oven light — lets you watch the bake at pizza temperatures.
• Solid hot-surface ignition system — with heat-protected silicone-sleeved wiring rated for the temperatures the oven runs at.
• Natural air-cooling plenum — keeps the control panel cool to the touch by airflow, with no fan to fail.
• All 304 18-8 heli-arc welded stainless steel — no mechanical fasteners at the joints, made in America.

Specifications

Model and Installation Information

The model number is ARTP-PZA. This oven is a countertop unit with rear exhaust — there is no island cutout involved. What it needs instead is a solid, level counter surface rated to carry it and clearance behind the oven for the rear exhaust, so plan the counter run and the wall or backsplash behind it before the oven arrives. This listing does not publish overall dimensions, weight, exhaust clearance figures or combustible-material clearances; call us and we will confirm them against the manufacturer's specification sheet before you commit the counter.

The oven uses a solid hot-surface ignition system and a halogen oven light, so an electrical supply is required at the installation location — the listing does not publish the electrical rating, so confirm that with us as part of siting the unit.

Fuel type is an ordered configuration rather than a field conversion: ARTP-PZA-NG runs on natural gas and ARTP-PZA-LP on propane. Order the one matching the supply already at the location.

Who This Model Is Best For

This suits an outdoor kitchen owner who wants a genuine stone-hearth oven as a second appliance beside the grill, and who has counter space rather than a spare island opening to give it. The pairing of a 16,000 BTU under-hearth burner with a rear burner heating the ceiling slab is what separates it from a countertop pizza box: it is a real two-sided oven, so 447 square inches of hearth stays usable through a run of pizzas instead of cooling off after the first. The 7" front opening and the controllable temperature make it equally practical for a Dutch oven of bread or a whole bird, which is the argument for it over a dedicated single-purpose pizza cooker.

Buying From Northwoods Grills

Northwoods Grills is a family-owned retailer, and we will confirm specifications, fuel type, counter and clearance requirements and compatibility with the rest of your outdoor kitchen before you order — call 843-212-7209. Shipping is free and we do not charge credit card fees. Browse the full Artisan line and our Pizza Ovens collection.