The UK-based creator of the world’s
The UK-based creator of the world’s first portable pellet pizza oven has smashed crowdfunding targets, raising £40,000 in the first hour for its brand new Ooni Karu outdoor pizza oven.
Weighing just 12kg, Ooni Karu is a portable, powerful wood and charcoal-fired pizza oven for cooking authentic pizza in just 60 seconds. Reaching 500°C and ready to cook in 15 minutes, it can be loaded with real wood and/or charcoal for wood-firing stone-baked pizza, plus flame-cooked fish, vegetable and meat dishes.
Launched only yesterday at 4pm, the 30-day campaign has already raised £150,000 ($184,000), continuing the category-defining innovation the company is known for and offering their loyal community of Ooni users yet another game-changing pizza oven model. Ooni Karu directly responds to customers’ desire for new, exciting ways to cook with fire in any outdoor space. This new Kickstarter project follows the success of their larger Ooni Pro model, which raised over £500,000 in just five weeks through crowdfunding in 2017.
Ooni have seen incredible year on year growth and now ship to over 80 countries around the world including the UK, USA and across Europe, alongside outstanding customer and media reviews including from WIRED, The Wall Street Journal, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
CEO and Co-founder, Kristian Tapaninaho, said: “Here at Ooni, we believe everyone deserves great pizza. We have 50 passionate team members who take pride in listening to what our community wants, which drives us to keep innovating and to continue revolutionising the way we cook outdoors. We’ve had great success with crowdfunding in the past and are so excited to be back on Kickstarter to launch Ooni Karu