This is the best way to heat up leftover pizza

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I get that some of you are disgusting pigs that will just leave pizza out all night and then eat it at room temp the next day.

Slightly better are those heathens that at least put it in the fridge, then eat it cold later. I've done this, though I'm not proud of it.

Then we have the uncultured swine that microwave their pizza and make it all chewy and soggy.

Then we have the fine upstanding gentlemen who reheat it in the oven, a toaster oven, or a frying pan.

The oven is certainly wasteful in terms of energy, and it heats up your house in the summer so not always the best idea.

The frying pan is ok, but it takes a long time. Don't put a lid on it either, it will trap the moisture and come out looking microwaved. The other downside is that the crust can get burned while you're waiting for the cheese to melt.

This leaves the toaster oven. Perfect from an energy standpoint, doesn't trap moisture, cooks the second fastest, next to microwaving, and your pizza comes out crispy with a golden crust on the cheese. Occasionally, it can come out superior to the night before.

There you have it, gentlemen. Toaster oven wins.

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I get that some of you are disgusting pigs that will just leave pizza out all night and then eat it at room temp the next day.

Slightly better are those heathens that at least put it in the fridge, then eat it cold later. I've done this, though I'm not proud of it.

Then we have the uncultured swine that microwave their pizza and make it all chewy and soggy.

Then we have the fine upstanding gentlemen who reheat it in the oven, a toaster oven, or a frying pan.

The oven is certainly wasteful in terms of energy, and it heats up your house in the summer so not always the best idea.

The frying pan is ok, but it takes a long time. Don't put a lid on it either, it will trap the moisture and come out looking microwaved. The other downside is that the crust can get burned while you're waiting for the cheese to melt.

This leaves the toaster oven. Perfect from an energy standpoint, doesn't trap moisture, cooks the second fastest, next to microwaving, and your pizza comes out crispy with a golden crust on the cheese. Occasionally, it can come out superior to the night before.

There you have it, gentlemen. Toaster oven wins.

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Agreed. Toaster oven or cold.
 
I get that some of you are disgusting pigs that will just leave pizza out all night and then eat it at room temp the next day.

Slightly better are those heathens that at least put it in the fridge, then eat it cold later. I've done this, though I'm not proud of it.

Then we have the uncultured swine that microwave their pizza and make it all chewy and soggy.

Then we have the fine upstanding gentlemen who reheat it in the oven, a toaster oven, or a frying pan.

The oven is certainly wasteful in terms of energy, and it heats up your house in the summer so not always the best idea.

The frying pan is ok, but it takes a long time. Don't put a lid on it either, it will trap the moisture and come out looking microwaved. The other downside is that the crust can get burned while you're waiting for the cheese to melt.

This leaves the toaster oven. Perfect from an energy standpoint, doesn't trap moisture, cooks the second fastest, next to microwaving, and your pizza comes out crispy with a golden crust on the cheese. Occasionally, it can come out superior to the night before.

There you have it, gentlemen. Toaster oven wins.

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Toaster oven preheat on broil middle rack and wrap the crust with a layer of aluminum foil.
That way the crust gets crisp but not too crisp and the cheese gets blasted directly.

The bottom crust gets just crisp as well.
 
Once went on a trip to Chicago with a buddy of mine 14 years ago.

Sightseeing, drinking, concert, etc.

Picked up an UNO’s deep dish pizza one night and left it on the table in our shitty hotel (but great location.)

We basically picked at it over the next few days, and I shit you not, it got better each day.

Don’t know how that’s possible but
<Fedor23>
 
Close, but nope. A gas grill is the way to go. Mine will heat up to 500 in minutes; throw the pizza on a pan and you’re eating quicker than a toaster oven. I do my bacon that way now too.
 
I reheat leftover pizza in the frying pan. Set the burner on low and cover. Give it 20 minutes or so and it ends up with a nice crispy crust and well heated throughout.
 
Frying pan with a lid is not that bad. Certainly better than microwave
 
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