Ooni Koda 2 Pro Review 2026: 33,000 BTU, 66 lb, and Is the 18-Inch Deck Worth $300 More?

Quick Answer: The Ooni Koda 2 Pro is a $799, 18-inch gas pizza oven with a 33,000 BTU burner, two 20 mm cordierite stones, a 320°F to 950°F range, and the Ooni Connect Bluetooth temperature hub included. It weighs 66 lb, and independent testers needed 30 to 35 minutes to preheat it. Buy it if you want 16 to 18-inch pizzas or a factory natural gas version. If you make 12-inch pizzas for two, the $499 Koda 2 does the same job at half the weight and less than half the gas, and Black Friday 2025 already took the Pro down to $639.20.

Ooni put the Koda 2 Pro up for pre-order in April 2025 at $749, with shipping from May 1, as the middle model of its second-generation gas line between the 14-inch Koda 2 and the 24-inch Koda 2 Max. It replaces the first-generation Koda 16, which Ooni still sells on clearance. We took every spec from Ooni’s US product pages, the ooni.com product catalog, Ooni’s warranty page, and the 46-page North American Koda 2 Pro manual, including its gas rating plate. We then compared them with three independent hands-on reviews and with the ovens on either side of it.

Ooni Koda 2 Pro by the numbers

• $799 on ooni.com for every color and for the natural gas version, with no sale price on October 31, 2026. That is $50 more than the $749 launch price.
• 33,000 BTU/hour, according to the propane rating plate in Ooni’s US manual. That is 2.2 times the 15,000 BTU of the Koda 2 and close to the Koda 2 Max’s 35,000 BTU.
• 66 lb (30 kg) unboxed, according to Ooni’s spec table: 1.9 times the weight of the 35.27 lb Koda 2.
• 18-inch maximum pizza with two 0.8-inch (20 mm) cordierite stones. Taste of Home measured the stone at 21 inches wide at the front, tapering to 18 inches at the back.
• About 35 minutes to a 940°F stone on a warm summer day, according to Pala Pizza, which scored it 4.9. Taste of Home saw the stone heated within 30 minutes.
• About 13 hours of full-flame cooking from a 20 lb propane tank, versus about 29 hours for the Koda 2.
• $639.20, the Black Friday 2025 price (20% off) recorded by the Wayback Machine.

Ooni Koda 2 Pro at a glance

Ooni’s own product page can’t agree on the pizza size

The spec table on Ooni’s Koda 2 Pro page lists four pizza sizes: 12, 14, 16, and 18 inches. A FAQ further down the same page answers “What size of pizza can I cook in the Ooni Koda 2 Pro?” with “Koda 2 Pro can easily cook pizzas up to 14 inches in diameter”, and points you to peels “for pizza sizes of up to 16 inches”. That sentence is word for word the answer on the 14-inch Koda 2 page, so it looks like a copy-and-paste leftover. Another FAQ on the same page, comparing the oven with the Koda 16, says the opposite: “Koda 2 Pro can cook pizzas up to 18 inches in diameter, compared to just 16 inches.”

The independent measurements agree with the 18-inch answer. Taste of Home measured the stone at 21 inches across the front, tapering to 18 inches at the back, and Pala Pizza put the usable cooking space at about 18.5 by 18.5 inches. Pala Pizza also measured the mouth at over 5 inches tall, against 4.3 inches on the Koda 16, which matters for New York-style pies and cast iron.

What the extra size means in practice: an 18-inch pizza has 254 square inches of surface, 27% more than a 16-inch pizza (201 sq in) and 65% more than a 14-inch pizza (154 sq in). That is the number to weigh against the $300 price gap to the Koda 2.

The “420%” claim doesn’t match Ooni’s own numbers

Ooni’s headline claim is that the G2 burner reduces “stone temperature fluctuations by 420% from 360°F to 110°F” compared with the Koda 16, and reheats the stone 25% faster. Ooni’s own figures do not add up to 420%. A swing that shrinks from 360°F to 110°F is 69% smaller, or about 3.3 times less variation. No reading of those two numbers gives 420%.

The direction of the claim does hold up. Pala Pizza found the stone heated more evenly than on the Koda 16, and Taste of Home credits the twin side flames with fixing the uneven heating of the Koda 16’s single L-shaped rear burner. In practice, expect a more even stone than the old Koda 16, and ignore the percentage.

One more copy issue: the G2 explainer on the Koda 2 Pro page describes “independently controlled dual lateral gas burners”, but the US manual and the FAQ on the same page describe one control dial. If you want two burners you can set separately, with a hot zone and a cooler zone, that is the Koda 2 Max.

What independent testers measured

The three reviews agree on the cook (60 to 90 seconds for a Neapolitan pizza) and on the trade-off. The bigger, thicker stones hold more heat but take 30 to 35 minutes to get there, and the oven struggles in wind. That fits the hardware. Two 20 mm stones are a lot more mass than the single 15 mm stone in the Koda 2 and Koda 16, so they take longer to heat and recover better between pizzas.

The thermometer reads the air, not the stone

The Koda 2 Pro is the cheapest current Koda that ships with the Ooni Connect Digital Temperature Hub in the box. The Koda 2 has no built-in thermometer at all, and Ooni sells the hub separately for $99. The hub mounts under the front of the oven, takes an ambient-temperature cable from the chamber and one food probe, and sends both readings to the Ooni app over Bluetooth.

Ooni’s manual is clear about what the hub can’t do. It warns that “your pizza stone will heat up slower than the air inside the oven” and strongly recommends an infrared thermometer as well as the hub “to ensure your pizza stone and air temperatures are within a close range.” The hub reads air from -22°F to 999°F and the probe from 32°F to 212°F, and the probe is only rated for use up to 480°F, so it is for meat and fish, not for pizza. WifiHifi found the app could only monitor temperature, not control it, and that the Bluetooth connection kept dropping. Budget for one of the guns in our infrared thermometer guide.

Koda 2 Pro vs the ovens either side of it

Against the Koda 2 ($499): the Pro costs $300 more, but $99 of that is the Connect hub, so you pay about $201 for the jump from a 14-inch to an 18-inch deck, a 20 mm stone, more than twice the burner output, and a natural gas option. The cost is 31 extra pounds and more than twice the gas.

Against the Koda 16 ($499 on clearance): the old oven bakes 16-inch pizzas for $300 less and weighs 26 lb less, but it has the uneven L-shaped burner, a thinner stone, and no included thermometer. Our Koda 12 vs 16 comparison covers it in detail.

Against the Karu 2 Pro ($849): see our Karu 2 Pro review. The Karu burns wood and charcoal, and as a gas oven it costs $989 once you add the $140 gas burner. If you will cook on gas anyway, the Koda 2 Pro is $190 cheaper and has a bigger deck.

Against the Gozney Arc XL ($999.99): the Arc XL is a 16-inch rolling-flame oven with a built-in thermometer. The Koda 2 Pro gives you two more inches of pizza for $200 less.

Against the Koda 2 Max ($1,299): the Max adds a 24 by 20-inch deck and two independently controlled burners, at 95 lb. If you bake one pizza at a time, the Pro is $500 cheaper.

Fuel: 33,000 BTU, about 13 hours per tank

The figure Ooni leaves off its product page is in the manual. The propane rating plate lists 33,000 BTU per hour, with a 1.68 mm orifice and a minimum operating temperature of 0°F. At the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s figure of 91,452 BTU per gallon of propane, full flame burns about 0.36 gallons an hour.

You won’t run at full flame all session. Once the stone is hot, testers turn it down (Pala Pizza baked Neapolitan pizzas with the flame “just over half way up”), so real sessions use less. But a 35-minute preheat at full flame alone uses about 0.2 gallons, which is why a 20 lb tank goes noticeably faster than it does on a Koda 2. The US manual allows only cylinders with a capacity under 20 lb (9.1 kg), no more than 22.8 inches tall or wide, with a hose at least 36 inches long, so a 30 or 40 lb tank is off the table.

Natural gas is the way around tank swaps. Ooni sells a factory natural gas Koda 2 Pro (model UU-P2DA00) at the same $799, while the 14-inch Koda 2 has no first-party natural gas option. Have a qualified gas fitter run the line. Our best natural gas pizza oven guide compares the options.

Setup rules from the manual

• Keep 40 inches (1,016 mm) from combustible construction at the back, sides, and front, and do not use the oven under overhead construction, per the rating plate.
• Put it on a sturdy metal or wood surface that can take 66 lb: “do not set your oven on plastic or glass tables.” Ooni recommends a stone height of 43 inches from the ground. Our outdoor pizza oven stand guide covers tables that fit.
• Face the mouth away from the wind. All three testers found wind slowed the preheat.
• Run a 30-minute seasoning burn at full temperature before the first cook, then let it cool and wipe the inside with dry paper towels.
• Lift it by the base, never with the stones in, and never by the inside of the upper shell.
• The stones are reversible. Flip them between sessions (once cool) and let the next cook burn off any residue underneath. Never use soap or water on a stone.
• The glass visor comes off with the included Torx key for deep cleaning or cooking taller items.

Price history: wait for Black Friday

The Koda 2 Pro has only been discounted during Black Friday, by 20%, and Ooni’s public product catalog currently tags it “BFCM-20”. That suggests a repeat of last year’s $639.20 price this November, but Ooni hasn’t announced it, so treat it as likely, not guaranteed. Our pizza oven Black Friday guide tracks the deals as they go live.

The bundles save little outside a sale. The Essentials Bundle (oven, $60 cover, and a 14-inch peel) is $877.80, 5% off its $924 parts price, or $887.30 with a 16-inch peel. The Rotating Stone Bundle is $1,099, $49 less than the oven plus the $349 rotating stone; see our pizza oven turntable guide for whether a rotating stone is worth it. Ooni also lists the Koda 2 Pro at Home Depot for $799, the same as direct (Home Depot pizza oven guide).

Warranty, returns, and recalls

Ooni’s warranty page gives every oven a 1-year warranty and lists the Koda 2 Pro at 5 years if you register within 60 days of purchase. The banner on the product page says the free 5-year warranty is “only on ooni.com”, while the warranty page itself doesn’t name a retailer. If you buy elsewhere, register on day one and keep the receipt (our warranty registration guide walks through it). Buying direct also gets you Ooni’s 60-day Great Pizza Guarantee (“Not satisfied in 60 days? We’ll buy it back”) and free US delivery and returns on orders over $49.99.

A search of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall database on October 31, 2026 returned no recalls for any Ooni product.

Who should buy the Ooni Koda 2 Pro

Buy it if:

• You make 16 to 18-inch New York-style pizzas, or feed four or more people per session.
• You want a gas oven on a natural gas line. At $799, the Koda 2 Pro is the cheapest current Ooni with a factory natural gas version.
• You want a temperature display in the box and will add an infrared thermometer for the stone.
• The oven will stay on a sturdy table or in an outdoor kitchen.

Skip it if:

• You mostly bake 10 to 12-inch Neapolitan pizzas. The Koda 2 does that at $499, 35 lb, and less than half the gas.
• You want to take the oven camping or tailgating. At 66 lb it is not portable in practice; see our best portable pizza oven guide.
• You need two heat zones for pizza plus sides at once. That is the Koda 2 Max.
• You can wait a month. Last year’s Black Friday price was $160 lower.

The bottom line

The Ooni Koda 2 Pro is the best value in Ooni’s gas line if you actually use the space. For $799 you get an 18-inch deck on two 20 mm stones, a 33,000 BTU burner, an included temperature hub, and a natural gas version, $500 below the Koda 2 Max. Ooni’s marketing is sloppy (a “420%” figure its own numbers don’t support, and a product-page FAQ that still calls it a 14-inch oven), but independent testers agree on 60 to 90-second pizzas once it is hot. Plan for a 30 to 35-minute preheat, 13 hours of full flame per 20 lb tank, a 66 lb lift, and an infrared gun for the stone. If 12-inch pizzas are your norm, save $300 and buy the Koda 2. For the full lineup, see our best Ooni pizza oven and best gas pizza oven rankings.

Specs from Ooni’s US Koda 2 Pro product page, ooni.com product catalog, warranty page, and the North American Koda 2 Pro manual (rating plate: 33,000 BTU/hr propane), checked October 31, 2026. Price history from Wayback Machine snapshots of ooni.com. Test results from Pala Pizza, Taste of Home, and WifiHifi. Propane energy content from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Recall check via the CPSC recall database. Prices change. Check current pricing before you buy.