3 Best Ways to Reheat Your Iconic Illinois Deep-Dish Pizza

Finishing an entire deep-dish pizza at one time is a big task. The beautiful part is having more to enjoy the next day, but not if you don't reheat it properly. Don't destroy your beautiful leftover pizza masterpiece, try one of these reheating methods.

Pizza Is Our Love Language

In our house, pizza might as well be a food group. We eat so much of it, I’m convinced it’s the glue holding this family together. But there’s a small snag: our kids aren’t fans of the “thick pizza,” as they call it, so my wife and I rarely get the chance to indulge in a proper Chicago-style deep-dish masterpiece.

When we finally do, there’s no way we’re letting even a single cheesy, saucy bite go to waste. Reheating leftover deep-dish pizza, though, is an art form—not a task for the microwave or the reckless “it’s fine cold” crowd. Most deep-dish spots will throw in some reheating instructions with your order, but it’s usually just “stick it in the oven and hope for the best.” Let’s be honest: we can do better.

Here’s how to properly reheat deep-dish pizza, so it tastes almost as good as when it first hit your table.

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3 Best Ways to Reheat Deep-Dish Pizza

Thank goodness for this recent bit of pizza knowledge from TastingTable.com, that shares the best ways to reheat one of the most iconic pizzas in the world.

Reheating Deep Dish Pizza in an Oven

99.9% of the deep dish pizza eaten in my home comes from either Giordano's or Napoli's and they both recommend reheating in an oven.

preheat your oven to 450 degrees F [...]

cover a cooking sheet with aluminum foil sprayed with some cooking spray [...]

put your pizza slices on the sheet [...]

Spray the slices with a little water to prevent them from drying out [...]

cover the pizza loosely with another piece of aluminum foil and bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the slices are hot.

Reheating Deep Dish Pizza in a Toaster Oven

When reheating in your toaster oven, set it to medium and run it for two cycles. My favorite reason for using this method is how it keeps the crust crispy, something that will never happen if you reheat it in a microwave. The microwave just makes a soggy mess out of an amazing pizza.

Reheating Deep Dish Pizza in a Skillet

I've never tried this last method, but it sounds amazing as it will ensure the pizza stays moist. Coat a skillet with a little olive oil, turn to medium-high heat, put your slices in, cover, and reduce heat to medium. Cook the pizza for 3 to 6 minutes.