Shoppers share hack for transforming BBQ into a pizza oven using a £25 baking stone from Amazon 

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Can’t afford an outdoor pizza oven? Amazon shoppers have revealed the ‘game-changing’ product they swear by for cooking artisan-style pizza at home – and it’s £274.01 cheaper than Ooni’s popular gas-fulled oven.

More than 4,500 Amazon shoppers recommend the Hans Grill Pizza Stone Set for cooking delicious tasting pizza without splashing the cash on a dedicated oven.

An inexpensive alternative to sought-after pizza ovens from the likes of Ooni and Gozney, which can cost as much as £699, the pizza stone set from Amazon will turn your BBQ grill into an outdoor pizza for just £24.99 (was £32.99).

The Hans Grill Pizza Stone Set For Oven or BBQ is an inexpensive alternative that will turn your BBQ grill into an outdoor pizza oven for just £24.99

Ideal for cooking pizza outside in the garden or inside a conventional oven, the pizza stone is made of hard-wearing and fire-resistant cordierite (the same material used to create the Ooni baking stone).

The pizza stone absorbs and then radiates the heat, simultaneously cooking from above and below for perfectly cooked, crispy, crusted pizza.

Amazon shoppers have called it the ‘next best thing to owning a pizza oven’, saying it ‘creates a great crust’ and ‘works a treat’; the set is undeniably popular, landing the top spot in the site’s Pizza Stone chart.

‘A little taste of Italy at home,’ one shopper wrote. ‘Mamma Mia! This is one of the best inventions ever! This stone makes a conventional oven into a proper pizza oven – one to match any pizza restaurant.

‘The pizza comes out perfectly cooked with a lovely, lightly crisp base. If I close my eyes, I can just about imagine being at the little pizza café near the Trevi Fountain ( I can dream).’

The pizza stone is ideal for cooking pizza outside in the garden on your BBQ grill or inside a conventional oven

The pizza stone absorbs and then radiates heat, simultaneously cooking from above and below for perfectly cooked, crispy crusted pizza every time

‘It does exactly what you would hope for by delivering an excellent pizza with a crispy base,’ another user shared. ‘Instructions that come with it are for an oven but work equally well on a gas BBQ which gets much hotter.

‘Put the stone on and then fire up the bbq, heats to a really high temp and cooks an average-sized pizza in 3-5 mins.’

A third reviewer wrote: ‘Have finally used the pizza stone. There is a lovely crust to the base, no more soggy bottoms! There is no going back now to the old pizza pan.’

To use, place the pizza on the stone using the peel and then put it on your BBQ. To avoid sticking, put some cornflour or flour on the stone and ensure the BBQ is piping hot before use.

Head to Amazon to get the Hans Grill Pizza Stone Set while it’s 24 per cent off.