I only eat pizza right out of the oven (plus the time to get it home), from the full pie.
I never order slices.
Our son works at a pizza joint around the corner from our house, we regularly have slices leftover from full pies. Iâm not throwing them away, not eating them cold (although I loved cold pizza for breakfast as a teenager), and oven heating makes them crisp and delicious again.
I hope you have other people in your house who disagree with your premise that reheated pizza is gross, or that you all finish off the full pie every time.
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I have a collection of hot sauces in the pantry from all the times I have been out and see someone selling home made hot sauces. I keep forgetting to dig them out and use them!!
i always found reheated pizza to be bad since i was a kid.
Your wrong.
Finally. She gets something right!
Rarely more than one slice left over if any. The dog gets some and the rests gets thrown away.
I forgot to put in my order for that lamp.
My work laptop is undergoing one of those long updates yet again. 
@ViceFleeble : I think itâs gonna take more than 18 minutes!!!
Throwing away perfectly good pizza that could be lovingly reheated is for suckers.
Obviously the pizza industry has been throwing that âoven freshâ advertising in our face to convince us that reheating is gross. Most of us havenât been suckered into it.
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Agreed. I have two pieces from Sunday in the fridge that Iâll pan-heat for lunch, if either of my sons has not already.
Also, having pizza tonight (different place). Iâll be going myself to the pizza shop to pick them up. Delivery charges are for suckers.
Depends on the type of crust. I usually rub a couple drops of water on the pizza crust so the crust is still soft after reheating. I find this makes a huge difference.
Itâs never quite as good as it was when it was hot out of the oven, but itâs much better than if you donât do this.
Also, while reheating in the oven or in a skillet is preferable, if reheating pretty much anything in the microwave, a lower power for a longer time always produces a better result than full power.
Hmm, pizza reheated in the microwave is gross. Itâs okay in the oven or the toaster oven. I need to try the skillet thing, Iâve heard good things about it.
âSoft crustâ is very much not on my list of needs, though. In fact, âsoggy crustâ is a common problem with reheated pizza, in my experience.
Hmmm, I have the opposite problem: the crust is completely dried out before it ever gets reheated, and basically an inedible rock.
Adding a couple drops of water before reheating it transforms it from a rock into something you can actually chew, with your mouth, without risking serious injury.
This might be hugely dependent on the pizzeria, and chosen crust option, if they have more than one.
Our last pizza, which had a truly excellent crust when fresh, was nicely dry when when reheated. It was too thin to be âan inedible rockâ, though.
Just had some skillet-reheated pizza today.
Sprayed the skillet with some Pam-like substance. Put the heat to just below âMediumâ (which is about âMediumâ on our gas stove), Until I see some mist or smoke rising.
Now, this doesnât heat the toppings as much as an oven would, but the heated crust permeates the ingredients just enough imo.
Iâve found that my oven and toaster oven dry everything out.
I use a lid on the skillet when Iâm reheating pizza this way.
Itâs annoying because you have to watch it like a hawk. But the top part gets warmer that way.
I also sometimes throw it in the microwave for 30 seconds and then on the skillet for more even reheating.
Hence my method of rubbing a couple drops of water on the pizza.
It definitely depends on whether the pizza is too wet or too dry.
The pizza we usually get tends to be too dry when we reheat. But one restaurant with thinner crust than we usually get the crust under the sauce/toppings/cheese gets soggy. Then only one drop on the edge of the outer crust and skillet reheating is a must.
But if the whole thing is a bit dry then the whole surface of the pizza and you can get ok results from the microwave or the skillet and optimal by starting it in the microwave and then transferring to the skillet⌠which may or may not be more effort than Iâm willing to expend on leftover pizza.
OK, then Iâm not using a skillet; it is more like a griddle.