# Reheating pizza--microwave or toaster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840 "2011-02-10T01:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/21 "2011-02-10T03:06:28Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Neither. > > Put it in a nonstick skillet on medium-high heat crust-down for a couple minutes. Then flip it over, cheese side down, to melt the cheese for another minute or two. Flip back to crust side and cook til it seems hot enough. > > Tastes like it’s fresh from the oven. Really. It’s the best way to reheat pizza, hands-down. I have been experimenting with this method lately, and I am warming to it. (ha-ha) ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/22 "2011-02-10T03:27:50Z")
I use a microwave. It tastes much better in a toaster oven or the big oven, but I’m lazy. And when hungry, impatient. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/23 "2011-02-10T03:47:11Z")
Cold is the best way to eat left over pizza followed by the covered skillet if for some strange reason I want it warm. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/24 "2011-02-10T03:53:27Z")
> [@campp](#): > > When someone says “toaster”, I think of the old school type chrome unit with two slots. …That says “By your Command” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/25 "2011-02-10T04:06:15Z")
I answered “toaster,” meaning “toaster oven,” but, in all honesty, it always gets eaten cold. Or room temp (leftover pizza rarely finds its way into the fridge in my house.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/26 "2011-02-10T04:13:55Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > [This kind of toaster.](http://www.kitchenaidtoasterovens.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Oster-6-Slice-Black-Toaster-Oven-Red-6295.jpg) [This](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dP_MuBsLGEQ/TOvYUE4kxmI/AAAAAAAACCw/3Mnp7d9Bskk/s1600/bsg-cylon-cent-bust.jpg&imgrefurl=http://quitch.blogspot.com/2010/11/27-year-old-battestar-virgin.html&usg=__F1zFlLLxF-QqYSJrBqGFCT9P0Ys=&h=600&w=506&sz=56&hl=en&start=0&sig2=wBcfQYlN9vzRq-wvUhvRCg&zoom=1&tbnid=oYrL_lYgUvhvrM:&tbnh=163&tbnw=115&ei=eGVTTYn0G4XGlQeUku2QCQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbsg%2Bcylon%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enUS403US404%26biw%3D1345%26bih%3D555%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=124&vpy=64&dur=250&hovh=245&hovw=206&tx=137&ty=115&oei=eGVTTYn0G4XGlQeUku2QCQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0) is also a toaster. Also not good for reheating pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/27 "2011-02-10T04:24:55Z")
I reheat leftover pizza in the oven (because I don’t own a toaster oven). The microwave oven is faster, but the pizza gets soggy that way. But good pizza is good cold. Bad pizza isn’t good even when it’s fresh. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/28 "2011-02-10T04:26:08Z")
I use a sandwich press, just leave it cracked so the top is a cm off the top of the cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/29 "2011-02-10T04:41:14Z")
Cast iron skillet on the stovetop is the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/30 "2011-02-10T04:45:59Z")
It’s not worth it to re-heat something I will spend less than a minute eating ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/31 "2011-02-10T04:46:41Z")
1. don’t own a toaster 2. toasting shit dries it the fuck out 3. I prefer greasy warm pizza to either dry as fuck pizza or cold pizza. > [@](#): > > You microwave people are doin’ it wrong. suck it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/32 "2011-02-10T04:52:01Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I’ve never even thought of hitting it in a skillet on the stove. I’ll try that next time, because microwaving it sucks, and I have no toaster oven. I’d always reheated pizza in the oven (400 degrees for 9-10 minutes), but I saw Tyler Florence recommend a skillet on one of his Food Network shows a few years ago. It works pretty well, as long as you’re careful to make sure you don’t burn the crust before the toppings get warm (I’d not thought of the “flipping” technique that **Athena** suggested – I’ll have to try it). I don’t like what microwaving a pizza does to the crust, so I avoid that technique. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/33 "2011-02-10T04:57:06Z")
Other: Non-stick pan on low, covered. 5-6 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mornac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/34 "2011-02-10T05:00:18Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Are you telling me that you’ve never had that delicious, delicious breakfast known as cold pizza and warm beer? :dubious: –This begs the question: At what hour and moment does Friday night’s party become Saturday mornings breakfast? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/35 "2011-02-10T05:11:56Z")
Am I the only one that has ever gotten her tongue pinched by the crust in the reheated by oven scenario? What kind of freak am _I_?? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/36 "2011-02-10T06:37:04Z")
Toaster oven. 350 for about five minutes, makes it perfect. I tried a little frozen pizza, which had directions for oven or microwave. Oven took too long, microwave was disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/37 "2011-02-10T12:59:09Z")
Leftover pizza? You’re just not trying - there’s _always_ room for that last slice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/38 "2011-02-10T13:03:43Z")
Toaster ovens are not made to make toast. They make rotten toast. They are made to heat sandwiches and re-heat pizza. I do not have a toaster oven. I tend to eat it cold (room temp) but will sometimes nuke it to make it warm. one cannot make decent toast in a toaster oven, it cannot be done. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/39 "2011-02-10T13:10:29Z")
The correct answer is frying pan and toaster. Works for frozen pizzas too. Heat up in dry frying pan until you smell nice toasty pizza base. Then under the grill to do the topping. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840/40 "2011-02-10T14:26:56Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Other: Non-stick pan on low, covered. 5-6 minutes. I’ll do this when I’m not in a rush. When I’m impatient I zap it before it goes in the pan, or just eat it cold. A quarter pat of butter or a few drops of olive oil in the skillet do very nice things for the crust. **Athena** ’s flip technique sounds interesting. Might be the wave of the future. Mr. Rover: yes, using a skillet dirties a pan and spatula, but the spat doesn’t need rinsing before it goes in the dishwasher. And cleaning a non-stick griddle is easier than getting spilled topping out of a toaster oven. Using oil eliminates the butter knife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840.md?page=3)