Ooni Koda 12 vs Koda 16
Both hit 950 °F. The Koda 16 takes 16 inch pizzas and gives a peel room to work. The Koda 12 weighs 20.2 pounds and travels. Size is the whole decision.
Read off ooni.com on 26 July 2026, from the product pages for the Koda 12 and the Koda 16. Ooni publishes no stone diameter and no gas consumption figure for either oven, and the Koda 16 page prints its three assembled dimensions without axis labels. The two warranty rows come from different sources: the Koda 12 figure from ooni.com, the Koda 16 figure from its Amazon listing.
| Specification | Ooni Koda 12 | Ooni Koda 16Winner |
|---|---|---|
| FuelSee footnote 1 | Propane | Propane, with a factory natural gas option |
| Pizza capacitySee footnote 2 | 12 inch pizzas | 16 inch pizzas |
| Maximum temperatureSee footnote 3 | 950 °F | 950 °F |
| Heat-up timeSee footnote 4 | 15 minutes | 20 minutes |
| Stone thicknessSee footnote 5 | 0.4 in | 0.6 in |
| Body materialSee footnote 6 | Powder-coated carbon steel | Powder-coated carbon steel |
| Generation | 1st generation. Ooni now sells the Koda 2 line alongside it. | 1st generation. Ooni now sells the Koda 2 line alongside it. |
| Assembled widthSee footnote 7 | 15.5 in | Not published |
| Assembled depthSee footnote 8 | 24.4 in | Not published |
| Assembled heightSee footnote 9 | 11.7 in | Not published |
| Assembled dimensionsSee footnote 10 | Not published | 25 x 23.2 x 14.7 in |
| WeightSee footnote 11 | 20.2 lb | 40.1 lb |
| WarrantySee footnote 12 | Free 5 Year Warranty only on ooni.com | 1 year as standard |
| Color | Foundry Black | Foundry Black |
| Where to buy | $298.95 at Amazon.com, checked Check latest price at Amazon.com | $498 at Amazon.com, checked Check latest price at Amazon.com |
- The page says only 'Gas Powered'; it does not explicitly state propane, and no gas-consumption or regulator spec is published Ooni's page says "Gas Powered"; the Koda 12 ships propane-fueled.
- Pizza size capacity, not a stone or opening measurement
- Stated as what the oven 'can reach up to'. The page does not say whether this is stone temperature or air temperature. Ooni publishes 950 °F (500 °C).
- Time to reach the stated 950 °F maximum
- Only stone thickness is published; the page does not state stone diameter or width/length, so stoneDiameterIn cannot be filled Ooni publishes 0.6 in / 15 mm.
- Oven body. Page also lists: Internal Base and Legs: Stainless Steel; Nose: Die cast Aluminum; Stone: Cordierite stone; Feet and Control Dials: Plastic
- Unboxed
- Unboxed. Ooni labels this axis 'Length', not depth
- Unboxed. The page's imperial labels render as 'Length / Width / Width', duplicating 'Width' for this 11.7in figure; the metric column labels the matching 29cm as height, so the value is the height dimension.
- Unboxed. The page publishes the three figures without axis labels, so they are recorded as a single string rather than split into width/depth/height Ooni prints the three figures without axis labels, alongside 63 x 58 x 37 cm.
- Unboxed weight; boxed weight is published separately as 57.3lb | 25kg
- Conditional: the 5-year term applies only to purchases made on ooni.com
Which one, in one line
The oven lives on your patio and feeds a family. The Koda 16. The working room matters more than the weight.
The oven travels, or storage is a shelf. The Koda 12. It weighs 20.2 pounds and heats in 15 minutes.
You want 16 inch pizzas at all. The Koda 16. It is the only one of the two that takes them.
The rest of this page is the case for each.
How much bigger is the Koda 16?
The Koda 16 takes 16 inch pizzas and the Koda 12 takes 12 inch pizzas. It weighs 40.1 pounds against 20.2. Ooni publishes its assembled size as 25 by 23.2 by 14.7 inches, against 24.4 by 15.5 by 11.7 inches for the Koda 12, larger in every figure.
Those size names are pizza capacity, which is how Ooni frames them. They are not a stone or opening measurement, and Ooni does not publish stone diameter for either oven, so there is no stone size row in the table above. One caution on the Koda 16's dimensions: Ooni prints the three numbers without saying which is width, which is depth and which is height. However you assign them, it needs a bigger table.
The capacity gap matters twice. A 16 inch pizza is a bigger end product, obviously. Less obviously, the Koda 16 gives a 12 inch pizza working room. A peel needs space to slide under a pizza and turn it, and an oven sized exactly to the pizza gives it none. Inside the larger oven the same pizza has space around it, which makes the big oven the forgiving one to learn in.
Do they reach the same temperature?
Yes. Ooni states a 950 °F maximum for both ovens, and neither page says whether that figure is stone temperature or air temperature. The difference is time. The Koda 12 reaches its stated maximum in 15 minutes and the Koda 16 takes 20. Neither page says how fast the stone recovers.
The Koda 16 also has more stone to heat. Ooni lists its stone at 0.6 inches thick against 0.4 inches for the Koda 12. Thicker stone is more mass to bring up to temperature before you launch, and more mass holding heat under the base once you do. The number that would settle this section is recovery time between bakes, because that is what the second and third pizzas cook on. Ooni does not publish it for either oven.
Which one is easier to move and store?
The Koda 12, by a wide margin. It weighs 20.2 pounds unboxed and measures 24.4 by 15.5 by 11.7 inches, which is trunk sized and shelf sized. The Koda 16 weighs 40.1 pounds, is larger in every published dimension, and Ooni lists its boxed weight at 57.3 pounds.
Twenty pounds is an oven you carry to a friend's house in one trip. Forty is an oven that stays where you put it, and the 57.3 pound box is worth knowing about on delivery day. Both bodies are powder-coated carbon steel, so this is not a durability difference. It is purely a question of who moves and who stays.
What about fuel and the warranty?
Both run on gas. Only the Koda 16's page lists a factory natural gas option. The Koda 12's page says 'Gas Powered' and no more. The warranty rows come from different sources: a free 5 year warranty for ooni.com purchases on the Koda 12, and 1 year as standard on the Koda 16's Amazon listing.
Do not read that warranty gap as Ooni covering the bigger oven for less. The two figures were read off different pages, so they are not a like-for-like row. What can be said is that the Koda 12's 5 year term is conditional on buying direct from ooni.com, and that the only warranty figure sourced here for the Koda 16 is the 1 year line on its Amazon listing. Check the terms wherever you actually buy.
The natural gas option matters if your patio has, or will have, a plumbed line. On the Koda 16 it is a factory option on Ooni's own page. The Koda 12's page does not offer one.
Who should buy which
Get the Koda 16 if:
- The oven lives on a patio or a fixed outdoor table
- You want 16 inch pizzas, or working room around 12 inch ones
- A plumbed natural gas line is on your patio or in your plans
Get the Koda 12 if:
- The oven rides to friends' houses or a campsite
- Storage means a shelf in the garage, not a spot outdoors
- One 12 inch pizza at a time is the plan, and the price gap funds a peel and an infrared thermometer
Common questions
Can the Koda 16 make 12 inch pizzas? Yes. The 16 inch figure is a capacity, not a requirement, and a 12 inch pizza inside it has room for the peel and the turn. The reverse is not true. A 16 inch pizza does not fit the Koda 12.
Is either of these the current model? Both are first generation. Ooni now sells the Koda 2 line alongside them, so check which generation a listing means before you compare prices. Every spec on this page describes the first generation ovens.
What does Ooni not publish? Stone diameter, the size of the opening, gas consumption, and how fast the stone recovers between bakes. Recovery is the number the second pizza depends on, and it is scarce across pizza ovens generally, not just these two. Where a row is missing from the table, this is why.
Which one for a first pizza oven? The Koda 16 if it stays home. The room around the pizza is what forgives a beginner's launch and turn. The Koda 12 if it has to travel or live on a shelf, because an oven that is easy to put away is an oven that gets used.
When the other one is the better buy
The Koda 12 wins if the oven ever leaves home. At 20.2 pounds it rides in a trunk, and at 24.4 by 15.5 by 11.7 inches it stores on a shelf between weekends. It reaches its stated maximum in 15 minutes instead of 20, it costs meaningfully less, and a 12 inch pizza is a full meal for one adult. The Koda 16 only earns its size and weight on a patio it never has to leave.
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