Tapaninaho: Early Ooni pizza oven prototypes cost 40 to 50 pounds
Kristian Tapaninaho · Ooni Pizza Ovens: Darina Garland and Kristian Tapaninaho · Nov 7, 2022 · at 24:15
Kristian Tapaninaho, co-founder of Ooni, discusses having the initial metal prototypes for his portable pizza oven fabricated by a local fence workshop in Catford, London.
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“Well, I think the first prototypes were like, 40 or 50 quid or something like that.”
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