Gasmate Portofino 16" Pizza Oven $499 + Shipping/CC @ Harvey Norman

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Christo on 10/12/2023 - 15:46 harveynorman.co.nz (532 clicks)
Last edited 10/12/2023 - 21:19 by 1 other user

I've been keeping an eye on this pizza oven since it's release here and $499 is the cheapest it's been so far. RRP is $649 and it was on special for $549 just after release.

Seems like the best current alternative to the Ooni Koda 16" which is $1299.

I grabbed one earlier today with the $20 Afterpay instore deal to make it $479.

$20 off $50 Spend on First in-Store Purchase:
https://www.cheapies.nz/node/44471

Or $469 with $30 off $50 Purchase for New Afterpay Customers
https://www.cheapies.nz/node/43698

Description:

Home-made Pizza!

Experience restaurant-quality pizza at home with the Portofino 16" Pizza Oven. Embrace the art of pizza-making with its ceramic cooking stone, delivering a crispy crust every time. Its powerful cast iron burner, and stainless steel interior ensures optimal heat retention, providing a professional cooking experience for pizza enthusiasts of all levels. Effortlessly set it up with an LPG gas bottle, ignite using the electric ignition, and set the temperature to your desired level using the control at the rear. And, with its convenient folding legs, take your culinary adventures to picnics, camping trips, and beyond – making the Portofino the ideal companion at home and in the outdoors.

Exclusive to Harvey Norman.

1 year warranty.

Features:

• Electronic ignition
• Powerful 28.8MJ/h cast iron burner
• Durable powder coated body
• Stainless steel inner layer for better heat retention and durability
• Stainless steel folding legs
• Generous 16 inch stone cooking surface
• Approved to NZ Standards

Dimensions:

• Height - 655 mm
• Depth - 370 mm
• Width - 600 mm
• Gross Weight: 18.5 kg

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  Everettpsycho on 10/12/2023 - 17:09

  How many BTUs does this one have?

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    Christo on 10/12/2023 - 17:12

    28.8MJ conversion is 27,297 BTU

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      littletoolate on 10/12/2023 - 19:39

      12,000 BTU's of raw cooling power!

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  digitalbugsy on 11/12/2023 - 13:26

  This looks pretty close to the Koda 16 I have - which is freaking awesome BTW. The same two sided burner, looks almost like a straight copy. If it's as good, then 15-20 pizzas to break even at todays wood fired pizza prices - ~$30 at Al Volo (RIP) and up to $40 at Dantes…

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    justaddwater on 11/12/2023 - 13:46

    how much did you pay or Koda?

    is it gas?

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      digitalbugsy on 11/12/2023 - 14:18

      +1

      I got it in the Black Friday sale - $1040 - and yup it's the gas only model. There is a multi-fuel one that a friend of mine has, but it requires separately purchased burner to get the gas going. I saw the Gasmate one, it had just been released, but I decided to go with the known entity.

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        justaddwater on 11/12/2023 - 14:32

        you use it enough to justify buying it?

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          digitalbugsy on 12/12/2023 - 09:15

          +1

          @justaddwater: I've only had it 3 weeks, and it's had 3 outings, including one where I took it around to a friend's house for drinks. I've made around 12 pizzas, so in my internal justification based on pizzas costing $25-30 to buy, I'm 1/3 of the way there on ROI. My kids love pizza, so I think it was worthwhile. Also I'm planning to take it camping this summer so will get a fair bit of use. The pizzas are so much better than anything I could make in the oven and with gas, if I have some dough in the fridge ready to go, I can fire it up and have 2-3 pizzas cooked in around 45 minutes from start to finish.

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        Christo on 11/12/2023 - 15:24

        +2

        I was humming and harring about buying the Koda 16 on Black Friday. Mitre 10 were willing to price match the Ooni website at $1039, but weren't able to go further with the extra 15%.

        A big plus with the Ooni is they give you 5 years warranty, whereas the Gasmate only has 1.

        $1k+ is a bit too steep for me, so that's why I went with the Gasmate Portofino.

        The Koda uses an L shape burner. The Gasmate Portofino is U shape.

        Got my new perforated peel and turner on the way. Can't wait 😁

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          Joshyss on 16/12/2023 - 07:29

          @Christo: Why wouldn’t they do the extra 15%? I’ve had that once where they were refusing to do it but couldn’t give a reason why. Stood our ground and they ended up giving in.

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            Christo on 16/12/2023 - 08:14

            @Joshyss: The guy said because Ooni were the suppliers not a competitor, so they could only pricematch them, not pricebeat them. I'm not sure if he just made that reason up or not, though. But if he was willing to do the extra 15% then I would've bought it on the spot as that would've made it $883.15.

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              Joshyss on 16/12/2023 - 16:42

              @Christo: I would have argued the point. It’s an advertised price and I cant see anything in their t&c’s about not matching a ‘supplier’. I’d say you would have gotten it if you had stood your ground.

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                Christo on 16/12/2023 - 18:58

                @Joshyss: Oh bugger. I guess in hindsight I should've… I'll see how long my Gasmate Portofino lasts for. Then I'll try for the Ooni again 😎

                But I wouldn't expect the cooking experience of both be much different though.