Outdoor kitchens have had a serious boom over the past few years, so much so, that some people don’t even cook inside anymore. But if you have a small outdoor space or you’re on a tight budget, you might not want to clutter your garden or balcony with too many appliances.
I’m lucky to have both a barbecue and pizza oven in my garden, but they do take up a lot of room. While I use both consistently throughout the year, I tend to use my pizza oven for a lot more than just pizza, so being able to combine a barbecue and pizza oven together is something that would save me space while offering multiple ways of cooking outside.
If you have a Masterbuilt barbecue, I just found a handy accessory that can convert your existing grill into a pizza oven – and it’s pretty affordable, too. The Masterbuilt Pizza Oven Attachment is a grill insert with a pizza stone that slots into your barbecue so you can make pizzas on the grill.
The Masterbuilt Pizza Oven Attachment looks like most pizza ovens on the market, except it doesn’t have any controls. Instead, you use your barbecue’s controls to fire up the pizza stone so you can cook pizzas in as little as five minutes while still getting that authentic flavour.
You don’t just have to use the Masterbuilt Pizza Oven Attachment for pizzas, either. It can also cook bread, steak, cookies and even lasagne – see 9 surprising foods you can cook in a pizza oven for more details. The mouth of the pizza oven is wide and spacious, so it can fit up to 12-inch pizzas inside.
When used with a Masterbuilt barbecue, the Masterbuilt Pizza Oven Attachment has 360° airflow so it whips around your food while it’s cooking to give you a consistent cook without you having to rotate it. It’s made from stainless steel and porcelain that looks premium, and matches Masterbuilt’s line-up of barbecues.
The Masterbuilt Pizza Oven Attachment is compatible with most of its gas, pellet and charcoal barbecues, including its Gravity Series. The bad news is if you have the Masterbuilt Gravity Series 560 – which we gave five stars in our review – you won’t be able to use the pizza oven accessory.
The Masterbuilt Pizza Oven Attachment is available to buy for £179 at Masterbuilt and select retailers like BBQ Land and Pro Smoke. Barbecues and pizza ovens come with a pretty hefty price, so if you’re on a tight budget, a pizza stone accessory like this one from Masterbuilt means you get two exciting ways to cook outdoors in an affordable and convenient way.
