My plan is to make authentic italian pizza, more tasteful than what the fast food franchises can make. They say the trick to doing this is owning a stone/brick oven because the surrounding stone walls flavor the pizza as well as help to insulate and preserve the flavor. However, they go for thousands of dollars. Will a simple $40 pizza stone have the same effect on my pizza? Or is it more worth it to splurge on a cumbersome pizza oven (only to be in use once a month or so)?


