# Leftover pizza and hot wings--eat cold or warm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425 "2012-01-04T20:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/1 "2012-01-04T20:46:19Z")
Let’s say you’ve ordered a large pizza with extra hot wings for delivery. You have some left over that you eat the next day. Do you warm up the pizza or eat it cold? What about the wings? Pick the scenario that would best apply to you. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/2 "2012-01-04T20:51:42Z")
If I have the time and opportunity, I’ll warm them both up, though I would eat either or both cold if I was in a hurry or don’t have the facilities for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/3 "2012-01-04T20:51:56Z")
Hmmm. I picked “Pizza stays cold, but warm up the wings.” But only if the pizza is breakfast, otherwise I’d nuke it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/4 "2012-01-04T20:53:21Z")
I picked both cold, but sometimes I’ll heat up pizza…but only if I have the time. The microwave is lousy for this, so I use the oven… I really should get a toaster oven, it’d get the job done quicker and cheaper (less electricity usage.) Wings are always cold…on the rare times I have any left over, that is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/5 "2012-01-04T20:55:06Z")
Cold pizza, yum. Extra-hot wings, no yum either hot or cold. Regular wings eaten cold are great! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/6 "2012-01-04T20:58:45Z")
In my old age, I’ve discovered that I no longer crave the cold pizza. I stick it into the oven for a few minutes – never nuke it; it gets to rubbery. But the wings … damn straight you eat them cold. Hell, I think I prefer them cold by now. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/7 "2012-01-04T21:00:39Z")
I said I’d heat them both up, but cold is okay too. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/8 "2012-01-04T21:06:51Z")
Microwave oven all the way; the pizza tastes nearly as good as when it was delivered that way. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/9 "2012-01-04T21:07:40Z")
Warm to both – pizza in the toaster oven and wings in the microwave. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/10 "2012-01-04T21:08:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Hmmm. I picked “Pizza stays cold, but warm up the wings.” > > But only if the pizza is breakfast, otherwise I’d nuke it. I hadn’t realized it before, but you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/11 "2012-01-04T21:12:54Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Microwave oven all the way; the pizza tastes nearly as good as when it was delivered that way. Argh, missed the edit window. I meant **toaster** oven. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/12 "2012-01-04T21:22:31Z")
Always hot. I think I’d pass on the leftovers if I couldn’t find a way to heat it up, preferably in a toaster oven. Too many years of cold lunches at school have scarred me for life. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/13 "2012-01-04T21:26:06Z")
I warm the pizza in the mini-o-wave. I never seem to have leftover wings. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/14 "2012-01-04T21:28:48Z")
that last choice needs defining. it could either be dietary restrictions do not allow for pizza or wings at all, OR a lack of dietary restrictions never leave me with leftovers ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/15 "2012-01-04T21:31:01Z")
Wings reheated, pizza room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/16 "2012-01-04T22:05:25Z")
Cold pizza is almost a vitamin–very necessary. And it’s a breakfast food. I cracked up when we went to the Main Street Buffet in Las Vegas for breakfast. There’s an entire pizza AISLE. GAWD, quality food! Hubster never wanted anything to do with cold pizza, so for years I was guaranteed a decent breakfast the night after having pizza for dinner. Then I had children, and I discovered they inherited the cold pizza gene from me. I never got to see cold pizza for breakfast ever again. Heredity’s a bitch, sometimes. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/17 "2012-01-04T22:06:57Z")
cannot stand cold food that’s not supposed to be cold. Warm them both for me ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/18 "2012-01-04T22:24:19Z")
My new microwave has a “Reheat” button, then options to chose what type of food you are reheating. I was pleasantly suprised how well it handled left over pizza. No more cold pizza for me! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/19 "2012-01-04T22:27:41Z")
I love cold pizza. If for some reason I must warm it I’ll use a pan on the stove, but cold is almost always preferred to re-heated. With the wings it depends. Usually cold is fine and tasty, but a lot of congealed sauce is kind of nasty. So if the wings really have a lot of sauce they’ll get heated up enough to at least melt it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425/20 "2012-01-04T23:10:03Z")
I never eat the pizza cold, but will eat it at room temperature. We don’t put it in the fridge, but generally leave it on the counter or put it in the oven overnight. Also it depends on the type and brand of pizza. I never eat hot wings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-pizza-and-hot-wings-eat-cold-or-warm/608425.md?page=2)