Microwave for cooking Pizza

leemk · 8 Feb 2013 at 12:23

Hi , my microwaves packed in so was looking for a decent replacement , i fancy one of those that has a couple of grills built into it that is also pretty good at cooking pizza's.
Anybody got any recommendations.

cainer · 8 Feb 2013 at 13:23

i think id opt for a 'normal' microwave and a good pizza stone for the oven

FrenchTart · 8 Feb 2013 at 13:32

As above really. Unless your oven is utterly cack, like mine. I'm considering trying to get a portable electric oven or a highend microwave to use instead.

King Damager · 8 Feb 2013 at 13:58

I spent a year with a 'MOven' (as we dubbed it)

Microwave Oven to clarify.

As above, it was ok for Pizza's, but it had nothing over a standard oven...

kd

leemk · 8 Feb 2013 at 14:04

Got a pretty decent oven that has a pizza oven , i was just thinking since i need a new microwave that i might get one of the convection twin grill ones but not sure which one.
Less chance of me burning the house down after a session when chucking a frozen pizza in.

Mark M · 8 Feb 2013 at 14:26

Just make yourself an outdoor stone pizza oven! Only a little bit (~£1k) more than your average microwave, a great DIY project and huge man points from your mates! Its a win win scenario!

CHokKA · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:16

leemk said:
Got a pretty decent oven that has a pizza oven , i was just thinking since i need a new microwave that i might get one of the convection twin grill ones but not sure which one.
Less chance of me burning the house down after a session when chucking a frozen pizza in.

Honestly dude, if you risk burning the house down after cooking a frozen pizza in the oven, you'd probably be better off just staying out of the kitchen. No idea why you'd want to cook a pizza in a microwave oven when the results are ten times better in a normal oven.

leemk · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:24

CHokKA said:
Honestly dude, if you risk burning the house down after cooking a frozen pizza in the oven, you'd probably be better off just staying out of the kitchen. No idea why you'd want to cook a pizza in a microwave oven when the results are ten times better in a normal oven.

Your probably right , all the reviews online say the same thing , will just get a normal micro.
Although i did have visions of frozen to nice and crusty pizza in 3 mins.

cainer · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:25

chicago town is your friend

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leemk · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:28

Mark M said:
Just make yourself an outdoor stone pizza oven! Only a little bit (~£1k) more than your average microwave, a great DIY project and huge man points from your mates! Its a win win scenario!

Thats not a bad idea , cant see me stoking it up at midnight on a friday night but summer evenings would be cool.

Blue160 · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:30

Microwaved pizza. Just no.

It's not that hard to put it in the oven is it :confused:

FrenchTart · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:47

Blue160 said:
Microwaved pizza. Just no.

It's not that hard to put it in the oven is it :confused;

Did you read the OP? It's clear that he's talking about a microwave with convection oven/grill features.

CHokKA · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:53

FrenchTart said:
Did you read the OP? It's clear that he's talking about a microwave with convection oven/grill features.

That is very clear from the OP, but regardless of that, I still don't understand why you'd ever want to cook it in a microwave if you have an oven, regardless of how you're going to microwave it.

FrenchTart · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:56

CHokKA said:
That is very clear from the OP, but regardless of that, I still don't understand why you'd ever want to cook it in a microwave if you have an oven, regardless of how you're going to microwave it.

Judging by post 4 it looks like he's worried about getting drunk, putting a pizza in and then passing out and having the house filled with smoke.

Aside from that, I agree. Unless his oven is absolutely cack then the results from the oven are going to be far superior.

TripleT · 8 Feb 2013 at 16:43

Not that I cook pizzas in it but I've got a Panasonic NN-CT552 which is good, for 100quid it's not much more than a decent normal microwave but can use it as an oven or grill.

Transam · 8 Feb 2013 at 21:38

leemk said:
Thats not a bad idea , cant see me stoking it up at midnight on a friday night but summer evenings would be cool.

I have one at my cabin on the lake - built by mates who wanted pizza.
Base is 8x2" planks, screwed together and filled with old stone, scrap iron, everything, then a nice mortar finish. Oven is just clay from near the lake, formed around a mound of sand then left a week to dry before being fired.
Thought it might last a year - it's still firing away 3 years later. Have used it in sub-zero temperatures without a problem.
Cost? Maybe £100.

robj20 · 10 Feb 2013 at 11:39

Our microwave does great pizza in it, stick it on combo and you get a nice crisp base and nice browned top.