When it comes to Pizza leftovers, nobody wants to throw them away. Some people eat their pizzas cold, but it does not taste the same. So, there are a lot of ways how you can reheat them using a baking oven, microwave oven, or an air fryer.

Sometimes you order a fresh pizza, but when the delivery boy gets it, you open the box and find out that the pizza is cold. It is the most frustrating feeling ever because you do not want to cook anything as you have ordered a pizza. So, you have to reheat it before eating.

The first thing that comes to your mind is to throw it in a microwave oven and reheat it within seconds. But there is a problem with that. Sometimes the pizza crust gets hard, and sometimes the pizza gets soggy. In order to solve this problem, there are a few hacks that you can try to enjoy the original flavor of your pizza without getting it hard or soggy.

Reheat a pizza in a microwave oven

Sometimes you just want the hot slice of pizza ready for you are you cannot have a moment to spare. Reheating is really an easy process, but if not done properly, you can all together you can end up wasting your pizza leftovers completely.

So, for this purpose, simply toss your pizza in an oven and heat it for 45 seconds. Your pizza is reheated and ready to be eaten. But no, it is too hard to be swallowed. It is said by most people that microwave pizza spoils the flavor and texture of many foods, including pizza. So, pizza should not be heated in the microwave oven at all.

How to do it effortlessly?

So, a simple way to do it is to Pizza out of the pizza box and place the pizza nicely on a clean plate. Now place the plate in the oven. Now take a mug and fill some water in it. The mug must be at least filled with water more than half. Now place this mug with the plate in the oven. Reheat the pizza for 45 seconds.

If the cheese has gone sticky and hot again and the pizza crust is soft, your pizza has been reheated perfectly. If the pizza is not reheated perfectly, start the oven for another 30 seconds. Check the mug if it still has water in it. If the water level is below half mug, add some more water to it.

Reheat a pizza in a microwave oven

The purpose of keeping a water-filled mug is that as the water is heated, it creates water vapors, but the closed lid of the microwave oven does not allow the water vapors to leave it. So, the water vapors are absorbed by the pizza beside it, and it is not getting hard or soggy.

What if I don’t have a microwave?

If you do not have a microwave oven with you, do not throw away your pizza leftovers. Instead, you can try heating your pizza in a skillet. First of all, heat your skillet on a medium flame and put your pizza slices in it. Cover it with a lid. Now let the pizza be heated for about 3 to 5 minutes. But make sure to turn the flame too low. It takes more time than microwaves because you are indirectly heating the pizza.

A pizza in a microwave oven

While using a Skillet, keep pizza size in consideration. If the dough is a thick crust pizza, it will take time for about seven minutes. If it is a thin crust pizza, it would be heated in about 3 minutes.