When reheating thick pizza in the oven, I skewer the centers with stainless steel straws to ensure the center heats more evenly with the outside.
I’ve never done a test by reheating one with and one without the skewer simultaneously, but the science checks out and the pizza reheats perfectly.
by ThingCalledLight
25 Comments
Buttmus
Nice hack. I’m going to try it in the microwave as well.
JoeBuyer
Seems like a good idea. My gram showed me a similar idea when I was visiting her as a kid with a metal wire pushed through baked potatoes.
evlmgs
I have some questions about your pizza. And I’m not sure where to start.
ponboquod
This works great for a number of things (someone mentioned baked potatoes…works great!) Just keep in mind that not all metals are created equal or treated as such. Please don’t grab galvanized nails from the garage bin, etc.
EyeAmKnotMyshelf
Yknow….I’ve seen people talking about reheating pizza in the oven for years now, and today might be the day I grow the balls to try it out myself
Armedwithapotato
Holy crap, that’s amazing
LoadsDroppin
Either I’m extremely hungry – or OP’s pizza looks AMAZING!!!!!
mephist094
So you are putting one single stainless steel straw into each piece? I’m not sure if I have the science way off here but we sometimes make coffee in a little pot with mokka powder and it is boiling. I can stir it with a stainless steel spoon and it’s not even luke warm on the handle. Stainless steel is a horribly bad conductor of heat for a metal (together with titanium for example) and I truly don’t think this is really key for your good experience with the oven. Especially not with a single one. If it were like ten of them out of copper or aluminium, ok – but either your straws aren’t actually stainless steel or it’s just not helping with the heat.
omnibot2M
Bonus, after your done heating it up, you can use the straw to eat the pizza like a popsicle.
UniqueIndividual3579
You can buy “baking spikes”. I use them for baked potatoes.
digi-cow
Hack is cool, but im loving the idea of ricotta pizza and the pepperoni crown gIMMIE
1800_DOCTOR_B
Reheating wouldnt be my main concern eating this pizza.
jibaro1953
I recently started reheating pizza on the stovetop starting with a cold cast iron griddle. I turn a mini-wok upside down for the top.
The bottom gets nice and crispy. I don’t worry about the top so much, but if the heat is really low and I’m patient, it too gets plenty warm.
Smokeysuccotash
That will not work well
Puzzleheaded_Gate119
I do this with my jacket potato’s but with a thick butter knife
naomi_homey89
Whoa dude! Makes a lot of sense. SCIENCE!!!
Coconutshoe
Air fryer beats all
arandominterneter
This seems like a lot of work, when you could just eat it cold.
elwood_west
if you put it out in the sun it will also heat it up. putting things in the sun is a new life hack i learned here
Scary_Tea_894
That is so incredibly smart and even though I never have a situation where this happens, it could be used for other foods and I will keep this information in mind. Thankyou fellow redditor
Defiant_Designer7805
I sprinkle some water on top just enough that when I nuke it in the microwave it doesn’t toughen up keeps the bread soft and the toppings chewy
Noc87
Pizza is best be reheated in a pan. Put some oil in the pan and put the pizza on top. Heat up the pan with lit on. When heat up, drizzle a bit of water in, to produce steam. This steam will reawake the pizza just perfect plus the bottom will be crispy.
PapaSmurf3477
40 seconds in the microwave, 2 minutes in the air fryer. Best of both worlds
2eedling
WTF this is genius
haniblecter
microwave to warm center, 60% power, finish in a toaster oven, broil.
25 Comments
Nice hack. I’m going to try it in the microwave as well.
Seems like a good idea. My gram showed me a similar idea when I was visiting her as a kid with a metal wire pushed through baked potatoes.
I have some questions about your pizza. And I’m not sure where to start.
This works great for a number of things (someone mentioned baked potatoes…works great!) Just keep in mind that not all metals are created equal or treated as such. Please don’t grab galvanized nails from the garage bin, etc.
Yknow….I’ve seen people talking about reheating pizza in the oven for years now, and today might be the day I grow the balls to try it out myself
Holy crap, that’s amazing
Either I’m extremely hungry – or OP’s pizza looks AMAZING!!!!!
So you are putting one single stainless steel straw into each piece? I’m not sure if I have the science way off here but we sometimes make coffee in a little pot with mokka powder and it is boiling. I can stir it with a stainless steel spoon and it’s not even luke warm on the handle.
Stainless steel is a horribly bad conductor of heat for a metal (together with titanium for example) and I truly don’t think this is really key for your good experience with the oven. Especially not with a single one.
If it were like ten of them out of copper or aluminium, ok – but either your straws aren’t actually stainless steel or it’s just not helping with the heat.
Bonus, after your done heating it up, you can use the straw to eat the pizza like a popsicle.
You can buy “baking spikes”. I use them for baked potatoes.
Hack is cool, but im loving the idea of ricotta pizza and the pepperoni crown gIMMIE
Reheating wouldnt be my main concern eating this pizza.
I recently started reheating pizza on the stovetop starting with a cold cast iron griddle.
I turn a mini-wok upside down for the top.
The bottom gets nice and crispy. I don’t worry about the top so much, but if the heat is really low and I’m patient, it too gets plenty warm.
That will not work well
I do this with my jacket potato’s but with a thick butter knife
Whoa dude! Makes a lot of sense. SCIENCE!!!
Air fryer beats all
This seems like a lot of work, when you could just eat it cold.
if you put it out in the sun it will also heat it up. putting things in the sun is a new life hack i learned here
That is so incredibly smart and even though I never have a situation where this happens, it could be used for other foods and I will keep this information in mind.
Thankyou fellow redditor
I sprinkle some water on top just enough that when I nuke it in the microwave it doesn’t toughen up keeps the bread soft and the toppings chewy
Pizza is best be reheated in a pan. Put some oil in the pan and put the pizza on top. Heat up the pan with lit on. When heat up, drizzle a bit of water in, to produce steam. This steam will reawake the pizza just perfect plus the bottom will be crispy.
40 seconds in the microwave, 2 minutes in the air fryer. Best of both worlds
WTF this is genius
microwave to warm center, 60% power, finish in a toaster oven, broil.
lifelong consumer of Detroit deep dish