New York Pizza in the Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza Oven is easy if you use the right pizza dough and oven settings. I’ve found the Ooni Volt to be the easiest pizza oven I’ve used for making New York Style pizza at home. Not a big surprise as the Ooni Volt oven design is closer to the deck style oven that many classic New York pizzerias bake with. The big surprise was how Ooni’s recommended settings for New York Style Pizza worked in the Volt. Check out the video where it put Ooni’s NY style pizza oven settings to the test.

The classic NY style cheese pizza is one of my favorite pizzas to bake at home. A New York style “plain pie” is one of the signature recipes in my new cookbook, the Epic Outdoor Pizza Oven Cookbook.

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Can you make New York Style Pizza at home?

Yes, NY style pizza is possible with pretty much any Ooni Pizza Oven, outdoor pizza oven, or on a baking steel in a traditional home oven. The Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza Oven excels at this style of pizza thanks to its novel design and intuitive controls. Highly insulated and equipped with a door the baking environment is closer to the deck pizza ovens that many New York style pizzas are baked in.

What’s the best Pizza Dough for New York Pizza in an Ooni Pizza Oven?

In the NY Style pizza in the Ooni Volt video I’m using a cold fermented, 300g dough ball of the Modern Artisan Pizza Dough from my cookbook, the Epic Outdoor Pizza Oven Cookbook. My easy no-knead Ooni pizza dough recipe portioned to a 250-300g dough ball could also work here or give sourdough a try with the best sourdough pizza recipe for Ooni Pizza Ovens.

What’s the Best Setting for NY Style Pizza in the Ooni Volt?

Ooni’s recommended oven settings for New York Style pizza in the Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza oven are an oven temperature of 650F, the balance control adjusted to 3 for the bottom element, and a bake time of approximately 5 minutes. I gave these settings a try in the video and found the results to be excellent. I like to give my Ooni pizza oven a little more time to heat before baking my first pizza to solve the #1 complaint about Ooni pizza ovens. To learn more about the settings and controls on the Ooni Volt check out this vid.

Do you need to turn a NY Style pizza in an Ooni Volt?

Ooni recommends turning your pizza with a pizza turning peel one every minute in the Volt for a New York Style pizza. In the video I gave this a try and I found it to be more than adequate. 1-3 turns is probably fine for this style of pizza in the Ooni Volt and less heat escapes during the baking process.

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