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Hi!

A microwave with a USB port would be great. Then you could feed the
SPAM in directly.

I think Firewire would be better.

<weird sense of humor>I once tried to stick a bunch of spam down a USB
cable, but all I got for my efforts was "a device attached to the USB
hub is drawing too much power". And when I put the microwave that close
to the computer, it pretty much obliberated the Wi-Fi signal. Which I
guess solved the problem, at least for a while.</weird sense of humor>

William

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Well, the toaster oven I described does it faster than 13 minutes. How do
you set the Pizzazz to crisp the bottom of the pizza without vaporizing
the top, or indeed to crisp the bottom at all?

I find it works fine. For some pizzas, 5 to 8 minutes with heat on bottom
only followed by both works well. Self rising pizzas are a bit slower but
still come out fine if you follow the instructions.

 

[Sjouke Burry]

Well, the toaster oven I described does it faster than 13 minutes. How
do you set the Pizzazz to crisp the bottom of the pizza without
vaporizing the top, or indeed to crisp the bottom at all?

Use a combi, thin bottom frozen pizza done
in 16 minutes with grill and bottomheat
at 230 celcius.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

I've been told that the best way to make a
pizza at home is to shove the thing in the oven,
and set it to "self clean".

My oven is propane. It doesn't self clean. I ran out of propane
several years ago and never bothered to refill the tank.


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Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

...which brings us back around to the question of how to reheat it
quickly and tastefully. "Mediocre" is the best rating I can give
microwave-reheated pizza; but reheated a toaster oven, pizza from one
particular local place is even better than fresh.

I put it on a paper plate, cover it with the plastic shield, and set
it on high for one minute. If it has been in the fridge too long I run
a little water over the bottom first. I use an old, high power
microwave that cooks quickly. Also, I use a 8" pyrex dish on top of the
glass turntable, so the microwaves hit all the surfaces. The plastic
shield fits perfectly, and holds the heat in a smaller area. It will do
a decent job of browning beef, as well. A burger or cube steak cooked
for about five minutes comes out well done. I use a plastic coated paper
plate and tilt it in the pyrex dish so the fats drain as it cooks.


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[gamer]

Use a combi, thin bottom frozen pizza done
in 16 minutes with grill and bottomheat
at 230 celcius.

Guess it depends where you live. In about 16 minutes, I can call in,
pick up & return home with a fresh (not chain / not prefrozen frozen) pizza.

 

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Hmmm and then you have to wait how many hours before the oven door unlocks??

 

[tomh]

for reheating pizza from the local place I do a 2 step method. I nuke
it first to thaw if frozen or slightly warm if just refrigerated, then
put in the toaster oven to heat and brown. In the toaster oven I put it
directly on the wire rack no plate or pan.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Hmmm and then you have to wait how many hours before the oven door unlocks??

How would I know? I didn't post that.


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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Rick Onanian]

for reheating pizza from the local place I do a 2 step method. I
nuke it first to thaw if frozen or slightly warm if just refrigerated,
then put in the toaster oven to heat and brown. In the toaster oven I
put it directly on the wire rack no plate or pan.

That would cause a huge mess of cheese in the toaster oven (and a major
lack of cheese on the pizza) for me.