Forum: cooking.stackexchange.com
Tags: <pizza><reheating>
Title: Best way to reheat pizza
Question: Whats the best way to reheat leftover pizza? We usually use Boboli Crust with our own toppings, or sometimes we have frozen pizza.

Answers:
sents: text: @Cos is right, a pizza stone is great - so is a pizza screen in the oven.
text: If I don't want to heat up the oven (big oven, little piece of pizza aways seems like a waste), then a cast iron pan over medium heat on the stove with a lid does pretty well.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/1374/rfusca
score: 15
sents: text: I have always had the most satisfactory results from preheating the oven to 400F with a pizza stone and then setting the cold pizza on the hot stone for 8 to 10 minutes?
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/6279/Cos Callis
score: 8
sents: text: If you just want to reheat a slice or two, you can warm it in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute and then put it in a toaster oven on toast or a hot oven setting for a few minutes.
text: It's best in the toaster oven if you put the slice(s) on the broiling rack on top of the baking sheet.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/839/Rebekah
score: 4
sents: text: Since I prefer thin crust pizzas, oven re-heating often results in something resembling a burnt cracker with some half-cold toppings on it.
text: To avoid this, I "fry" leftover pizza to reheat it: I place a tiny bit of oil or butter into the bottom of a non-stick skillet, add slices of pizza, cover, and place over very low heat until the cheese is re-melted.
text: This method allows the pizza to warm and steam gently, while also ever-so-slightly frying the bottom of the crust, so one ends up with something very near the consistency of a fresh slice rather than a dried-out, inconsistently-warmed leftover.
text: This technique works with everything from thin crust to deep-dish pizza; only the reheating times are different.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/359/goblinbox
score: 4
sents: text: I like to put a heavy sheet pan in the oven and preheat it to 350°F.
text: Then I just slide my leftover slices onto the hot pan and bake for 5 minutes.
text: The hot pan crisps up the bottom of the crust and the hot oven does the rest.
text: Does a nice job of bringing a good slice of pizza back to life.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/10360/Callithumpian
score: 2
sents: text: I found that a short burst in the microwave heats up up the whole piece.
text: Then, you have to immediately put it into a very hot oven to get it crispy on the outside.
text: (You said "the best way", not the most energy efficient.)
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/36444/Junco
score: 1
sents: text: I use an oven at 250°F for a longer period of time--usually about 15 minutes, with the pizza either in or on tin foil.
text: This seems to work well, it heats the pizza but doesn't toast the crust.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/3310/philosodad
score: 0
sents: text: Pizza stone on 350 for 10 minutes.
text: Or if your lazy and don't own a pizza stone, like me, toaster oven on toast for however long it takes too heat, crisp up and not burn.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/35726/jmuller
score: 0
sents: text: With a waffle iron!!!
text: Leftover Pizza + Waffle Iron
text: = Delicious Crispy, Gooey, Cheese-Stuffed Snack
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/8864/mike
score: 0
sents: text: For larger amounts of leftover frozen thin crust pizza-
text: Line a medium/large baking pan/sheet that has at least 1/4 inch vertical sides on it with tin foil.
text: Use middle rack.
text: If two baking pans are used, use rack positions 1 and 4. 1
text: being the lowest rack, 4 being the higher one.
text: Preheat oven on Convection/
text: Bake at 425F to 450F. After preheating oven, place frozen thin crust pizza on baking pan/s.
text: Put pan/s in oven and heat for approx 30 minutes.
text: Check at 20 minutes to make sure not to over cook.
text: Enjoy!
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/61590/Redbrddad
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
A hot oven with a pizza stone for 8 to 10 minutes produces the best results, although you can also warm it in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute first or fry it on low heat in a covered skillet.
Try using a pizza stone, quickly reheating in a microwave or frying in a little oil.