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Pizza ovens are the opposite of kamados at Black Friday: instead of hunting for a rare cut, you are timing a sale that happens almost like clockwork. Ooni, the brand most buyers are watching, has run a broad November discount in recent years, and Black Friday is November 27 in 2026. This page is the pizza-oven spoke off our main Black Friday grill deals hub: what the discount usually looks like, which models are worth the money at that price, and which bundles are real value versus padded.
The short version: what “a deal” means for a pizza oven
- 20% off is the pattern to expect. In the most recent Black Friday sale tracked by major deal coverage, Ooni cut prices 20% across the board, ovens, bundles, burners and tables, and coverage described those as the cheapest prices of the year.
- Older generations get cut deeper. When a model is being replaced, discounts have gone to 30% in past sales. A deeper cut on a first-generation oven is not automatically better than 20% on the current one, check which generation you are actually buying.
- The indoor model may sit the sale out. In the recent sale, the indoor Volt line was notably not discounted while the outdoor ovens were. If you want an indoor oven, do not assume November fixes the price.
- The sale window is short but not one day. Recent Ooni Black Friday pricing ran through the Cyber Monday stretch (to December 2 in that year), so a stock-out on Friday morning is worth re-checking, not panic-buying elsewhere at full price.
Models to watch, and the prices that should make you move
Ooni Karu 2: 12-inch multi-fuel (2nd generation)
The flexible pick: wood or charcoal out of the box, with an optional gas burner for weeknights. In the recent Black Friday sale it was $359.10 against a $449 regular price, exactly the 20% pattern. Our rule for 2026: around $360 is the buy price if this year’s sale repeats; anything much above $380 calling itself a doorbuster is not. If you are torn between gas-only and multi-fuel, our Koda vs Karu comparison walks through the trade-off on the larger models, and the same logic applies here.
Ooni Koda 12 and Koda 16: gas-only (1st generation)
The simplest ovens Ooni sells: connect gas, heat, launch. Past Black Friday examples put the Koda 12 at $319.10 (from $399) and the Koda 16 at $519.10 (from $649), with an earlier sale year showing the Koda 16 lower still, at $479.20 from $599, a reminder that the regular price itself moves between years, so judge the percentage and the final price, not the headline saving. Target for 2026: 20% or more off the current list price, from Ooni direct or an authorized retailer.
Ooni Koda 2 Max: 24-inch gas (2nd generation)
The big-ticket item, and the one where 20% matters most in dollars: the recent sale had it at $1,039.20 against $1,299. That is a $260 saving, real money, but only if you actually need a 24-inch oven that cooks two 12-inch pizzas at once. Most households do not. Buy this on sale if a pizza oven is your main outdoor cooker; otherwise the Karu/Koda money saved is better spent on a peel, a table and ingredients.
Bundles: Essentials, Gas Burner and Ultimate
Ooni’s bundles were discounted at the same 20% in the recent sale, for example, a Karu 2 gas-burner bundle at $455.10 from $569, and essentials bundles priced 20% under their regular bundle price. That is the honest way to assess them: a bundle is a good deal if you were buying the peel, cover or burner anyway and the bundle price beats buying the oven at 20% off plus the accessories separately. It is a bad deal when “bundle value” is calculated at full accessory prices you would never have paid. Do that two-minute sum before checkout.
Budget alternatives to watch
Not everyone needs to spend $350-plus. Tabletop ovens from competing brands routinely get cut at Walmart and Amazon in the same November waves, and last-generation Ooni models (see the Karu 12 at $279.10 in the recent sale, from $349) are often the sweet spot: a proven oven, one generation old, at the lowest price in the category that still cooks at proper pizza temperatures. If a no-name oven is dramatically cheaper, check its maximum temperature and stone size first, an oven that cannot hold high heat is not a pizza oven at any discount.
The permanent option: built-in brick ovens
Not every pizza oven decision is about a November discount. If you are building an outdoor kitchen, the other path is a permanent brick oven. Chicago Brick Oven sells DIY kits you build into your own enclosure (the CBO-500 kit, with a 27 x 22 inch cooking surface, is $3,399, and the larger CBO-750 kit is $3,899), plus assembled countertop and gas hybrid models, all made in the US. There is no clockwork Black Friday pattern to time with this brand, the decision is the project itself, but it is worth pricing alongside the portable options: Chicago Brick Oven pizza ovens.
When to buy
Ooni’s sale has historically been live before Black Friday itself and run through Cyber Monday, so there is rarely a reason to buy in the first hour. The exception is a clearance-priced older generation: those have sold out at Ooni direct and then at other retailers in past years. Decide your model and your fuel, gas, multi-fuel, or a gas burner added later, before the sale starts, so the discount decides your timing, not your oven.
How to spot a fake pizza-oven deal
- Check the generation. “Koda” and “Karu” now span two generations at very different regular prices. A big percentage off a first-generation model compared against a second-generation price is a common trick.
- Price the bundle, item by item. Use the sale price of the oven alone as your base, then add only the accessories you will actually use, at their sale prices.
- Mind the burner. Multi-fuel ovens do not include the gas burner unless the listing says so, it has sold separately for around $96–$120 in past sale pricing. A “cheap” Karu that needs a $100 burner to match a Koda is not the cheaper oven.
- Buy from an authorized seller. Warranty and parts support are part of what you pay for in this category; a marketplace listing well under the official sale price deserves extra scrutiny.
Bottom line
For pizza ovens, Black Friday is a timing game you can plan: expect roughly 20% from Ooni if recent years repeat, more on outgoing generations, and nothing guaranteed on the indoor line. Set your model and target price from the examples above, verify the bundle math, and buy during the sale window rather than before it. We will update this page as 2026 deals go live, and refresh it again in Black Friday week.
