Getting the Best Out of Your FAVO Pizza Pven

🔥 Getting the Best Out of Your FAVO Pizza Oven

Your FAVO oven is designed to reach serious pizza-cooking temperatures, we’re talking 450–500°C to cook pizzas in the modern Napoli style. At those temps, a pizza can be ready in just over a minute. That’s the magic of a rotating stone oven: fast, even heat for a beautifully cooked pizza every time.

But there’s one important thing to know…

Not All Doughs Are Created Equal

During our first test cook, we tried a dough that had honey in it. The result? Flames. Literally. Sugar burns quickly at high heat, and any dough with sugar (including honey, syrups, or sweeteners) is likely to scorch or even catch fire.

That’s why we recommend keeping your dough simple and sugar-free. Our go-to recipe includes just four ingredients:

  • Flour

  • Water

  • Yeast

  • Salt

This kind of dough holds up beautifully under intense heat. It cooks fast, creates the perfect base, and won't burn, even at full FAVO temperature.

You’ll find our recommended dough recipe (plus some fun variations) in the Pizza Dough & Recipes section of our site.

Trial and Error Is Part of the Fun

Every cook will have their own journey with the FAVO oven. The key is to experiment, observe, and adjust. That’s how you find the sweet spot for:

  • Dough thickness

  • Sauce and cheese ratios

  • Topping combinations

  • Launching and retrieving technique

The oven does its job,  it gets very hot, cooks very fast, and creates that authentic stone-fired result. Your job is to fine-tune the inputs.

Tips for Pizza Perfection

  • Use low or no sugar in your dough

  • Keep toppings light  heavy or wet toppings can make the base soggy

  • Use semolina or flour on your peel to help launch the pizza smoothly

  • Don't walk away  at these temps, pizzas go from perfect to charred in seconds

  • Practice makes delicious  the more you use your FAVO, the better your results

  • Stop the rotating stone for launching and retrieving pizzas

At FAVO, we believe in making every pizza experience favoloso the Italian word for fabulous.
Whether it’s your first cook or your fiftieth, your FAVO oven is built to bring that pizzeria wow factor to your backyard, campsite, or balcony.

With a little bit of trial and error and some perseverance you will soon be cooking like a pro and serving up something truly favoloso! If you need any help email us at support@favopizzaovens.com.au or call 1300 053 868