Discover Charlie Oven: the new way to bring your dream of alfresco cooking to life 

A totally new way to think about outdoor cooking.

When we think outdoor cooking and entertaining, we think BBQ.  Sizzling grill.  Smoke.  Meat.  It's usually much more about the experience than the food (burnt sausage, anyone?).  Unless it's raining, of course.

The Charlie Oven turns all that completely on its head.

It's all-in-one charcoal BBQ, pizza oven, smoker, and grill. It's inspired by the charcoal ovens that are the secret of top professional kitchens around the world. Charlie is a game-changing, British-made innovation that makes luxury outdoor cooking effortless, sustainable, stylish - and all-year-round.

Charlie is the all-in-one oven that does everything.

Whether it's seafood, veggies, ribs, smoked brisket, roasts, fish, fruit, or homemade sourdough, the Charlie Oven elevates the taste and flavour of everything you cook.

We like to call it the “chef maker” because it helps you create restaurant-quality food with almost no effort. Every. Single. Time.

Charlie’s magic lies in its simplicity: it’s not about elaborate cooking techniques; it’s a simple piece of kit that’s easy to use, hassle-free, and can cook loads of food at the same time.

Charcoal ovens have been used by professional chefs for decades because (aside from the delicious, smoky flavour they infuse into everything you cook) they can reach far higher temperatures than a domestic oven. 

With Charlie, you can set and hold the temperature steady - for hours - anywhere between 100°C and 400°C, which means it is perfect for making pizzas, BBQing, grilling, roasting, hot or cold smoking, baking bread, or simply going low ‘n slow.

If you love food and love cooking (and maybe have lots of friends), you’ll love Charlie’s nine cooking heights (where each rack holds a full-sized catering oven tray). Meaning cooking with both direct heat (close to the charcoal) for that seared steak moment or with indirect heat (further up the oven) for chargrilled veggies - all at once.

The outdoor oven that does everything. 

Grill. Pizza. Roast. Hot Smoke. Cold Smoke. Bake. Low’n’slow.

It's a BBQ grill.

Charlie can be used to sear food, cooking directly above the charcoal. But, unlike a BBQ, you cook with the door shut. Aroma, smokiness and flavour sealed in. No flipping, turning, prodding. No face full of smoke. Just evenly-cooked perfection.

It's a pizza oven.

Charlie can cook up to four pizzeria-quality pizzas at the same time, in just three to four minutes. (Don't even think about trying that in your regular pizza oven!) Put in your pizza stones, get the oven up to about 375°C, pop in your pizzas, shut the door. Foolproof, every single time.

It's an oven.

Charlie has 2.5 times the capacity of a regular oven. So you can cook a whole meal, with every element, at the same time. All with the magic of charcoal-cooked flavour. It adds that extra je-ne-sais-quoi to everything you cook. Easy.

It's a hot and cold smoker.

Smoke a leg of lamb or shoulder of beef at 100°C for six hours. Or put in a cold smoking ring and smoke a whole shoal of salmon overnight.  Charlie so incredibly well insulated, that it will stay as cool as you need for hours on end.

It's a bread oven.

Charlie can get a lot hotter than a regular oven, with very precise temperature control. So you can cook the types of bread that - unless you've got the right kit - only bakers can do. Crispy crust, with a tiny hint of smokiness, with a succulent, fluffy interior. 

Charlie is utterly effortless.

Cooking with Charlie really is easy as pie. It's totally different to using a BBQ.  No prodding, no flipping, no half-burnt, half-raw sausages or a face-full of smoke. Simply pop the food in, shut the door - and leave Charlie to work its magic, giving you more time to spend with family and friends.

Charlie is hands-off cooking.

It’s a simple, low maintenance piece of kit to use. Build a small pyramid of charcoal over a couple of natural firelighters. Light the firelighters, open the vents, shut the door… and leave it! Charlie will be up to temperature in around 20 minutes. 

All the cooking ash falls through, into the ash drawer. Once cool, pull out and empty. The racks are easy to clean with a wire brush and - just like your car - the exterior can be cleaned with a sponge and soapy water.

Charlie makes a striking design icon.

Why shouldn't outdoor cooking devices be about form as well as function?

Colour is an integral element to Charlie’s brand DNA and comes in a vibrant palette of 10 delicious colours - all inspired by food ingredients. 

From the warm Middle Eastern promise of Saffron to the deep, rich sophistication of Porcini - and eight others in between - our colours are designed to transform your outdoor space and brighten even the darkest of British days.

Charlie is not just for summer, it’s for life.

Charlie is a life-time investment. Hand-crafted in Nottingham - with the Great British weather in mind - Charlie is made from solid steel with a powder-coated exterior and can be used all year round, come rain, shine, sleet or snow.

Charlie isn’t just functional; it is a work of art: a solid, beautiful and well-engineered piece of perfection, created to live, work and last outdoors - forever and a day.

Charlie creates an instant outdoor kitchen

Outdoor living is thriving, and outdoor kitchens are becoming big business.  And they can be a very, very big investment in your home.  If you want to do it with a rather lighter touch, this might be the answer.

Charlie Oven is thrilled to introduce the Charlie Kitchen Island, a complementary outdoor kitchen unit built to the same high standards as our oven. 

With a stainless steel preparation and dining surface, versatile storage, and in the same colour palette, the Charlie Kitchen Island is a lovely blend of form and function.

Mounted on castors, it transforms from a preparation area, to an entertaining and dining surface, to a sophisticated bar, completing your outdoor kitchen. As simple as that!

When combined with the Charlie Oven, the Charlie Kitchen Island creates a brilliant outdoor cooking and entertaining experience: alfresco gatherings just the way you always imagined them. And it’s easy to add another Charlie Kitchen Island to create a larger outdoor kitchen.

Charlie gets brilliant reviews from customers and chefs

“We use our Charlie 2 to 3 times per week and couldn’t be more happy, probably one of the best purchases we’ve ever made in our lives.” - John, Trustpilot

“We’ve cooked everything from huge steaks to shakshuka eggs to sourdough pizza to 12-hour smoked brisket. Everything tastes better over charcoal, and everything can fit inside the Charlie Oven. It’s also a design statement that looks fantastic in any garden, while the food speaks for itself. Most importantly, it makes fire cooking easy and fun. Friends and neighbours have been most impressed.” - Rob Savill, Trustpilot

"Working with Charlie Oven is a pleasure. Having worked on other Spanish charcoal ovens for years, the Charlie makes much more sense to me, both for direct and indirect cooking." - Richard Turner, award-winning chef, butcher, restaurateur and founder of Meatopia UK.

Charlie makes luxury alfresco cooking easy.

To get in touch, or find out more:

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