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Learn how to reheat pizza in an air fryer to make the best use of leftover pizza. You’ll get perfectly crispy crust, melted cheese, and warm toppings when you use your countertop air fryer for leftover pizza.
When you love pizza, reheating leftovers in an air fryer is simple and quick. And that makes life easier.
Unlike the microwave, using the air fryer means that your pizza doesn’t get soggy. And that makes life much more delicious!
What Is The Best Way to Heat Up Leftover Pizza?
Using a countertop air fryer is hands down the best way to reheat leftover pizza. Everything heats up perfectly, and it’s ready in a flash.
If you’re wondering “is it better to reheat pizza in the oven or the air fryer”, the answer is, the air fryer wins almost every time! You can reheat 8-10 pieces of pizza in the air fryer before your oven has even preheated.
The only time I recommend using a large oven to reheat pizza would be if you have more than 5-6 people to feed. In that case, you can reheat a large amount at once in the oven.
Reheating Pizza in an Air Fryer {Step by Step}
I’ll walk you through the process with some tips and tricks, and you’ll also find a printable recipe card at the bottom of the post. You can click “jump to recipe” to skip down.
I find that it’s not necessary to preheat your air fryer when reheating pizza. It cooks so quickly, that a preheat isn’t needed.
Place your pizza slices in the air fryer basket (or on the wire racks if you have an oven-style air fryer), without them overlapping.
Pro Tip: you do not need to use parchment, foil, or brush the air fryer basket with oil before reheating the pizza. I do use these silicone liners for most of my air fryer recipes, but if you don’t have them, don’t stress.
Cook the leftover pizza at:
- 340˚F for 2-4 minutes for thin crust style.
- 340˚F for 3-4 minutes for thicker style crust.
- 320˚F for 3-6 minutes for deep dish pizza crust.
How Do You Reheat Pizza in an Air Fryer Without Drying it Out?
The air fryer reheats the pizza so quickly that I find it doesn’t dry out. But if you’re cooking a deep-dish style pizza, it will need a longer cooking time. There is some potential in that situation for the pizza to dry out a bit.
Check on the pizza after 2-3 minutes. If things are looking a bit dry, place a piece of foil over the top of the pizza. Use something to keep the foil from flying around (I use the metal trivet that came with my Instant Pot).
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Pro Tips/Recipe Notes
- It is not necessary to preheat the air fryer prior to adding the pizza.
- Check on the pizza after 2 minutes. If the cheese is cooking too quickly, you can lower the temperature of the air fryer by 10-20 degrees.
- If leftover pizza takes up too much space in your fridge, we love our stackable pizza storage container. It can hold 6 slices at once, and it collapses for easy storage.
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How to Reheat Pizza in an Air Fryer
Ingredients
- leftover pizza
Instructions
- Place your pizza slices in the air fryer basket (or on the wire racks if you have an oven-style air fryer), without them overlapping.
- Cook the leftover pizza at:*340˚F for 2-4 minutes for thin crust style.*340˚F for 3-4 minutes for thicker style crust.*320˚F for 3-6 minutes for deep dish pizza crust.
- Check on the pizza after 2 minutes. If the cheese is cooking too quickly, you can lower the temperature of the air fryer by 10-20 degrees.
Notes
- It is not necessary to preheat the air fryer prior to adding the pizza.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
The air fryer or toaster oven are my favorite ways to reheat pizza.
I have started lightly spraying the crust with water (I have a spray bottle that I keep for baking that sprays a very evenly fine mist) when I put it in and sometimes again half way through. I find it keeps the crust from drying out so quickly, allowing it it return to it’s original chewy, lightly crisp state. (I do the same thing with even slightly stale bread – makes it like new!)
That’s a great tip, Lindsay! I’ve brushed the crust with olive oil before for a similar result.
With the water, have you ever tried it with reheating rice? I usually do an ice cube in a bowl of rice when reheating it, but your spray bottle sounds like it would work well too.