Proud owner of a pizza oven? You’re closer than you’ve ever been to the best homemade pizza of your life – but there are a few pizza oven fundamentals worth understanding before you start shaping that pizza dough.

To get the most out of a pizza oven you need to know how to use it like a proper pizzaiolo. We enlisted brothers and pizza van owners Matt and Phil Teeman to share their top tips – plus their secret pizza sauce recipe.

This guide covers everything from why using a pizza oven makes a such a difference in the first place – and why it’s better than a regular oven – to what temperature it should reach and how long a pizza should take to cook in a pizza oven. Plus: expert advice on working with pizza dough, managing different pizza oven fuels and the best cheese to use for stringy-melty pizza perfection. Let’s get cooking!

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