Re-heating Pizza in the Hotel Room
 

The problem with many pizza places is that they only sell whole pies. Many hotels now have mini fridges in the rooms, so storing leftovers isn't bad. But, how do you reheat a slice of pizza in a hotel room? Ideas?

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Many hotels have microwaves in the breakfast room or front desk; not optimal, but works in a pinch.

Just eat it cold? I love cold pizza but YMMV

Hairdryer does sound the obvious solution.

Use the iron - hold upside down, place foil on iron, pizza on foil.

Although I loathe the results, a good percentage of hotels which have a mini fridge also have a microwave.

I have actually seen this happen with scotch pancakes!

This. I've done this before. Actually works great.

I will have to try that. It is kinds pizza shaped, isn't it.

Use the microwave if there is one in the room. Some hotels have microwaves in common areas, for example near a market/pantry outlet that sells snacks. Policy differs whether hotel guests can use these microwaves for food not purchased there, so be sure to ask first and don't make a mess or consume the pizza in a common area.

Campus legend says that irons can be used to cook food. I know they work for things that otherwise would be fried without fat or grilled, such as steak, but it can make a mess of the iron.

Hairdryers are good for drying clothes in a pinch, but I don't think most of them are hot enough to make the food hot rather than vaguely lukewarm.

If the hotel water is really hot, you could experiment with putting the pizza in something waterproof, such as a 3-1-1 storage baggie, and immersing in very hot water. You could even try the same if the hotel room is equipped with a kettle or even a coffee maker that can be used to heat water for tea, and similarly if you travel with an immersion water heating coil.

Sous vide pizza....

Interesting thought....:D

If you have a rental car, you can also reheat it on the warm engine--like using the iron, but with more surface area. (Definitely use the foil.)

There was a Mythbusters episode you can use for reference, and cooking/reheating with a car engine has also come up on Car Talk.

(OK, admittedly this is outside your hotel room, but so is the lobby microwave. :p)

If your bathroom has a heat lamp, use the heat lamp and hold the pizza right by it, but not touching. Yes, it works. In some hotels, you can balance the pizza box on the door and shower curtain rod (I've done this).

cold pizza is perfectly fine given all this effort you are talking about

The easiest thing to do us just go to Papa Johns and give them $5 for a fresh Hot-n-Ready pizza. :D

^ I rarely bother to reheat pizza even if I'm at home!

If you have leftover pizza, you're not doing it right.

I mentioned the thread I was reading to Mr. Fwoomp, who said, "Oh, like heating it on the hot plate of the coffee maker?"

So there's another one for you.

Personally, I'm not averse to cold pizza, either, but some toppings really do make reheating preferable, IMO. (Fresh tomato, artichoke hearts, and/or bacon, if you're curious.)

I think you mean Little Caesar's. Papa John's is a step above that, IMO.

This is actually REALLY intriguing to me...with the right iron setting, this should totally work if the pizza's wrapped well in foil! ^ (I very rarely end up with leftover pizza and a bunch of foil in my hotel room, but if I ever do, I'm definitely doing this!)

This is also intriguing...but more in a kinda scary way. :eek: Not sure I've ever heard the term "sous vide pizza" before - and I'm pretty sure there's a good reason for that. :p

Cold Pizza is one of my favorite breakfast options.

I think you mean Little Caesars. Papa John's doesn't have any pizza at $5! And Hot-n-Ready is Little Caesars. :p I know because I spent many $5 there.. LOL

Hah! You're right!

I think I must have been flashing back to college days when the local Papa Johns had two pizzas for $5. :D

Me too.

I've never understood the cooking on the iron thing. I assume you have to lie the iron down on its handle with the ironing surface uppermost but that sounds a bit dangerous - how do you stop it falling over?

I looked it up. Use two towels. Roll them up, on on each side of the iron, to make a prop for it.

Life is short. Get something fresh.

We had a local pizza joint in college who sold $2 16-inch pizzas (VP Pie). They tasted about like you would expect... I suppose when you'd spent all your money on booze, they were acceptable.

The ones I used to get were pretty good, but 12-14 inches I think. Dinner for two nights for $5 was pretty good, even in those days, and they heated up pretty well in the oven. And those days we used to have 99 cent pitchers on certain days at certain places.:D

How long has it been since you were in college? :D

IMHO the only sensible comment in the thread. Why kill yourself by eating junk?

Because I am cheap and if I have to spend $15 bucks to buy a whole fancy pizza pie, I want to enjoy the half I end up taking home!

I'm not much one for reheated pizza (or cold pizza), so I don't generally even bother. But for another alternative, I did have one fairly popular pizza place in Kauai suggest taking my left overs and donating it to the valet guys at the hotel. I felt kinda like an idiot doing it, but they seemed pretty appreciative.

Buy a slice?