Pizza oven cost per pizza calculator
Work out what each pizza costs you in fuel — gas bottle or electric — including the preheat, and compare it with a takeaway.
By Matthew Smart · Rates correct as of 5 October 2026
How to use it
- 1Choose gas or electric. Gas is priced from a patio gas bottle; electric uses your unit rate.
- 2Enter how long you preheat for (15–20 minutes is typical) and how long one pizza takes — often 60–90 seconds in a gas oven.
- 3Set how many pizzas you cook in one session. This is what really moves the cost per pizza.
Pizza oven cost per pizza calculator
Almost all of the fuel goes on the preheat, so the more pizzas you cook in one session, the cheaper each one gets. Pick your fuel and enter your own figures.
A 13 kg patio gas refill. Check your local price.
Roughly 0.3 kg/h for a 4 kW portable oven at full output.
Your estimate
- Cost per pizza
- 6.6p
- Cost per session0.16 kg of gas
- 39.4p
- Oven running time20 min preheat plus cooking
- 32 minutes
- Cost of 20 sessions a year
- £7.88
6 pizzas in the session
Assumes a £32.00 13 kg gas bottle burned at 0.3 kg an hour, with a 20-minute preheat and 2 minutes per pizza. Fuel only — ingredients and the cost of the oven are not included. Prices correct as of 5 October 2026.
Fuel only
This is the fuel cost alone. It does not include the dough, sauce, cheese or toppings, and it does not spread the price of the oven itself over the pizzas you cook. Wood-fired ovens are not covered because a bag of kiln-dried hardwood varies far too much in price and burn rate to estimate honestly.
Rates correct as of 5 October 2026. Updated each time the price cap changes.
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Written by
Matthew Smart — Founder & Editor20+ years working in home and garden maintenance Exeter, Devon, UK
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