FAST REVIEW | Chefman Home Slice Indoor Pizza Oven TESTED

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The Chefman Home Slice pizza oven features dual adjustable burners that aims to compete with the Ooni Volt. However, during my tests, it failed to reach the same level of heat that the Volt can produce, so it wasn't great for Neapolitan style pizzas that use 00 flour. New York styles, on the other hand, cooked beautifully. At the $300 mark from Amazon, it's still not a bad deal. I like the build quality of this. Some people found it as low as $250 from Costco, so be sure to check there first.

[palapizzaovens]

Had to delete and republish this video - thanks to those who called out the audio issue (still learning as I go here!)

[KAlexander]

Results may vary, even here on YouTube reviews of this oven. But it does deliver that pizza restaurant flavor for a fraction of the cost. At just 249.99 from Costco, this makes the learning curve much more tolerable. Thanks for your review. It would be nice if Chefman offered accessories, like stones and oven covers. 🙂

[domenicodiliberti]

Nice video to the point. I picked this oven @costco about 1 month ago for $249 i figured it was worth a shot. You are right it great for NY or pan pizzas but Neapolitan it takes getting use to it.What i do is when i lunch the pizza I shut off the oven and then turn it back on.
Ive enjoyed watching your videos keep them coming.

[jkp]

you gotta show us what youve done to your dough

[WarChortle]

re-watching the video just so you can get the watch time again :P for the algorithm

[Cmon_Nah]

Why would you do Neapolitan on manual to 800 instead of the preset? That’s a user error. In my ninja woodfire outdoor oven, the preset is at 700 for 3 minutes. You took a shot in the dark then said the oven missed the mark on Neapolitan when you didn’t even attempt the oven’s preset. That’s misleading to people who know that’s way too hot to start with.

[shawnkay]

No wonder why these went on sale at costco lol.

[Bill-N-Carolina]

Wow this oven is not ideal on so many levels. I guess it’s fine for NY style but then you’re limited to a 12” pie. I’ll spend the extra 600 on a better oven.

[AntonGully]

Interesting. Physically that looks identical to the Unold pizza oven, but with a much, MUCH, better front panel. Have to look out for it. The Unold is a German brand using a Chinese oven, so it's probably an OEM part.

[matts]

I just got this oven and i couldnt be more happy with it for thw price. If ooni is qorth 900 then this oven suits my needs for 250. So much better then a home puzza oven

[myplaxismodelisbetterthanyours]

Ours is so loud and almost sounds like the fan is rubbing against something

[JKgaming]

You sound destoyed lol - nice video as usual

[binklewisbillsfan]

great video - I ordered this recently and it came today. I'll preface this by saying i'm not a pizza snob ... at all - i'm generally happy with dominos (lol), but wanted to be able to make my own at home indoors and try the different styles. Great tip about the top - i'll have to try that! I recently got a bread machine so I've been lazying out and letting it make dough for me - lol. I'd say it's a ny style dough as it has oil and sugar. I literally took the dough out after the cycle was done (still a bit sticky), attempted (and failed miserably - lol)) to stretch out a 10-12" pie - probably only 8" as it wouldn't stretch very well and of course I tore it (250g so it should have been ok - probably just needed rest time) - anyhoo - I saw another video where he said 800/800 was too hot and burned the crust as you saw in your first attempt so he lowered bottom to 650 and was happy with the result (I think 650), so I was going to try that - like a dummy I accidentally set the top to 650 and the bottom to 800. I noticed the crust needed more time after 2:30 mins (and I was rotating but it wasn't done - super newbie move just losing heat for no good reason - lol). Long story short it took about 6 mins total (I think) and ended up being the best pizza I've ever made at home, and I've tried in the oven many times! I think I had something similar to a NY style in the end and had a nice flavorful and airy crust with a good crunch (woo hoo!), but I'm not sure why the bottom didn't burn on me - maybe I wasn't generating enough radiant heat to the stone from the top ? A good experiment to try if you want to see what you get. I'm looking forward to trying the tip and pseudo-neapolitan next. I realize the pizza aficionados may not be impressed with this machine, but it's just about perfect for me (well that super long cool down with the fan was a bit annoying, but I can live with it)

[Jay-gxsx]

Just received this unit and I am having an issue with temperature control. Both upper and lower knobs have no indicator marks for setting the temp. When turned left or right they will never stop so how do you determine what temp you have set?

[rbiv]

If it can't make a Neapolitan style, there is no need for this oven. You can make a NY style in your home pass

[intsol_team]

22min pre-heat
I'll just deal with my Pizzazz knocking out my pizza in 20 min cook time.

[Sheisintomalakasdino]

Other people have mentioned the top burner not getting hot with neapolitan-style pizza people in the comments have said you need to turn the timer on to get the top burner to fully engage can you please try this? Everybody is saying unless the timer is on you will not get the top cooked properly please try this try this and let us know