I always knew it was too good to be true, but when a device purports to check as many boxes as the Gourmia All-in-One Pizza Oven, I get out my pen and graph paper.
Released late last year at Target stores, the Gourmia All-in-One is many things. It is a countertop pizza maker, an air fryer, and a toaster oven—and not just one of those wink-wink, 550-degree pizza ovens that leaves you placing more faith in stones than a shopping-mall mystic.
No, this Gourmia is an actual scorcher. This indoor oven can get up to blistering 800-degree Fahrenheit temps, which isn't just New York hot but edge-of-Neapolitan hot. I confirmed this via an infrared thermometer, because at such heat my other thermometers would melt or die. It's a rare (but not unheard of!) quality at $170, even among ovens that only cook pizza.
Like professional deck ovens, the Gourmia offers individual control of the top and bottom heating elements, each tunable to the aforementioned 800 degree max. Like most pizza ovens, a 12-inch pizza stone is included, but the oven also includes a rack, a fryer basket, and seven functions from bagel to air fry to broil, declaring itself a pizzafied contender for that funny counter slot between the stove and the fridge.
This would be, I figured, the winter I finally dialed in my pizzaiolo skills—skills I was sure were long dormant in me and would soon blossom into obsession. (To find your own muse, check out our guide to the best pizza ovens.)
The Long Road to Hotness
Let’s get one thing clear to home pizza nerds: This Gourmia pizza is solid. It can easily manage a New York-style pie. It can also cook something akin to a Neapolitan. This, in its price range, is a lovely enough achievement.