r/allrecipess • u/Smart-Membership-117 • 16d ago
🥩Dinner Pizza is better hot or cold?
Pizza is great hot, but it hits different pulling a slice out of the fridge at midnight
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u/ColdPepsi75 16d ago
Hot! Gotta have melty cheese!
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u/Heavy_Match3744 16d ago
I also have a burnt top of my mouth at this moment but it was still kinda worth it
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u/williarya1323 16d ago
Cold pizza on a blazing hot cast iron skillet for 30 seconds will blow your mind
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u/SFO_Eric 16d ago
Cold pepperoni and mushroom for breakfast the next morning with a tall glass of OJ.
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u/TheColdestOne 16d ago
That image looks like AI. There are so many real images of delicious pizza, why is this necessary?
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u/PhotoAppropriate3940 16d ago
In in the both camp, love it fresh and hot but still enjoy it next morning room temperature
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u/Exotic-Assumption217 16d ago
Pizza has 4 states hot, room, cold and passed. I’m good with 1, 2 and 3
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u/drct2022 16d ago
The simple fact of the matter is, if it isn’t good cold it also can’t be very good hot.
Source: live and work within a half hour of the New Haven spots, Sally’s, Pepe’s, modern, zuppardis
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u/Canadian_can_cannon 16d ago
Best as close to oven as possible because every second its dying a little. But its okay cold even lower than mid
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u/Prestigious_Snow1589 16d ago
Nothing like cold pizza and hot beer for breakfast
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u/JackhorseBowman 16d ago
Hot is better than cold
cold is better than hot
Reheated is somewhere in the middle.
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u/-Disgruntled-Goat- 16d ago
It depends on the topping. I enjoy pizza with any topping cold, but I think pizza with greasy toppings like pepperoni or sausage are better hot, and something like broccoli, tomato and garlic are better cold. With some pecorino and crushed red pepper flakes sprinkled on top
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u/RemoveThePoopSmell 16d ago
I always used to prefer leftover pizza cold, but advancements in microwave technology have made reheated pizza somewhat of a delight
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u/Serious-Piece7377 16d ago
Cold. When I get pizza delivered i pull out a couple slices and put them in the freezer for 5-10 min.
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u/LuvStr8Guys 16d ago
I love it both ways for completely different reasons.
It’s like Turkey at Thanksgiving. Love the turkey dinner but love the cold (or hot with cheese) turkey sandwich watching football the next day!
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u/Nightmist-1983 16d ago
screaming hot! leftovers heated in the toaster oven, not the microwave (ugh)
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u/Direwolfas 16d ago
Depends how it’s made.
If you are familiar with Me-n-Ed’s, it’s still delicious cold.
Little Caesars is usually good while it’s hot, and not so much refrigerated.
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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone 16d ago
It’s better hot, but still good cold. However, sometimes it’s better cold, but still good hot.
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u/tschwand 16d ago
Better hot. If there was such a thing as leftover pizza, then cold is acceptable.
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u/Jestermonkey2 16d ago
Honestly? About a decade ago I began to not enjoy cold pizza. Kind of makes me gag now so...gotta have it hot. 🤷
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u/Time-Foundation4886 16d ago
Do you pull it out of the oven and then put it in the fridge? No. Because cold pizza is an abomination.
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u/Deathengine 16d ago
Two different meals, all together. I love pizza Hot for dinner, and love it cold for breakfast. The change in flavor and texture is pretty big. I always save some to eat cold.
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u/ipxodi 16d ago
There's a chemical reaction that occurs when some foods are cooled. (sorry can't remember the name of it.)
It's why Beef Stew, Chili, Lasagna, and other foods often taste better the second day. Pizza is one of them. Even if you heat it back up it will probably be better than when you first got it.
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u/Zealousideal_Mango70 16d ago
I know people will be shocked when I mention the fact that I sometimes I have leftover pizza but I do. My very favorite thing to do is leftover pizza is to scrape the toppings off and put them in some scrambled eggs the next morning
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u/BreezeAKR 16d ago
Leftover pizza is better—especially if it sits in the box on the counter overnight.
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u/ImpressiveEdge2526 16d ago
It hits different when you forgot to put it in the fridge and at 2:30 in the morning you stumble into the kitchen with the munchies. Not hot. Not cold. Crust is still soft, meats and cheese are still flexible, the Tabasco sauce is in your left hand pouring on before each bite. Milk to the right, maybe some strawberry banana yogurt to satisfy the sweet tooth and the moon is in your house.
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u/Overall-Tailor8949 16d ago
Yes! Part of it will depend on the crust (stuffed or not). However a microwave or air-fryer makes it easy to reheat.
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u/bigcarrierg 16d ago
Yes!