Gozney's newest oven is responsible for the most delicious pizza

With an Italian grandmother, I have always romanticised the idea of homemade pizza and pasta but never quite had the motivation (or patience) to pursue either. That is, of course, until I discovered the Gozney Tread.

Living in a small house in the inner west of Sydney with an itty-bitty outdoor courtyard, the Gozney Tread brought all the quality, taste and excitement of a "proper" pizza oven but in a compact, sleek and most importantly, portable fashion. 

NOTE: Prices are accurate at time of publishing.

Gozney Tread Pizza Oven

$899 on Gozney

When the Tread arrived, I felt like a kid on Christmas with a new toy I couldn't wait to play with. I immediately got lost in the Gozney site, which offers an incredible array of beautifully shot, step-by-step guides to creating a dough-based masterpiece.

I ambitiously scheduled a pizza party for 10 adults and decided to do a trial run with the family the week it arrived – I figured three-year-old twins were a more forgiving trial crowd. Every part of the process, from making the dough and watching it rise to choosing and arranging toppings and firing the pizza was enthralling.

We started safe, with a simple tomato, mozzarella and parmesan combination whilst we familiarised ourselves with the art of getting the pizza on the peel and into the oven. That said, it was far easier than anticipated! Once we offloaded the pizza into the oven, the excitement really set in as we watched it transform before our eyes into a delectable, fluffy, crispy pizza in just over a minute! 

The biggest challenge in the trial run was not overdoing it on the toppings (hard instructions for a three-year-old to follow) as when they became too heavy, they were harder to transfer and turn once in the oven. Satisfied with our novice competency, we then packed the oven away for the next week into its compact Venture Bag ahead of the adult pizza party.

We did realise we had chosen an especially challenging group of friends for a pizza party, considering we were navigating an array of different dietary restrictions including vegetarians, capsicum avoiders, olive haters and self-professed meat lovers.

That said, the beauty of a pizza party is that people can craft a creation to their liking! We fired up the Tread and began a constant rotation of people between the kitchen bench creating their doughy masterpiece, the Tread for awe, amazement and firing and the dining table to consume. The activity and involvement in all stages made for a fun and relaxed dining experience that isn't without a little friendly competition.

We have since replaced our Friday dinners at the local pub with home pizza nights.

We have become more adventurous with our toppings (dabbling in breakfast and dessert pizzas), and we have started batch-preparing dough and setting some aside in the freezer so we can have some readily available whenever we so need.

Our next ambition is to take the Tread on a camping trip and utilise even more of its high-temperature cooking capabilities.

Our writer was gifted the Gozney Tread for the purpose of this review.

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