Presto 03430 Pizzazz Pizza Oven

I used to try all kinds of tricks to get a frozen pizza to taste good. I'd microwave them partially first, I'd bake them directly on the oven rack; I'd try greasing the pan, or not greasing it. I had some success with these techniques, but it was a lot of work. This oven does the job, and gets the pizza cooked the way you want it. An easy flip switch on the top, can turn the heat on both sides, just the top, or just the bottom. You control the crispness, and the degree of browning on your pizza.

This oven is also great for baking those commercial, "take and bake" pizzas, from shops like Pappa Murphy's. Further, its better for reheating leftover pizzeria pizza than your microwave. What more can you want? I wanted just one thing, a 14" model. While most frozen pizza is 12" or smaller, you cannot heat one any larger. One final caution, rising crust pizzas will sometimes bubble, or rise into the top-heating element. It's a good idea to stay in the general area while the pizza is cooking, or it can potentially start a fire.


Boy is is a pizza lovers dream!!   December 17, 2003
Deborah MacGillivray (US & UK)
71 out of 86 found this review helpful

My oven is on the fritz, meaning come Spring I will likely buy a new stove. I could get an element, but the bloody things costs a fortune to replace - IF you can find them. No big sweat, I rarely use the over for anything - BUT Pizza. Gotta have Pizza!! So what to do until I decide on the stove I want?? This is the perfect solution, and frankly, may never use the oven again for Pizza!

This is much better than the oven. We always were getting poor results, too done on the edges, while the middle was not done enough. Or one side cooked too much because you did not turn the pizza quick enough to prevent it.

This makes the perfect pizza, whether already prepared, frozen on make your own and in about half the time.

The only problem I see with this product - we might wear it out!!
Worth every penny!


Doughy Pizza ... Yuk   December 27, 2003
Tres Cool (Levittown, PA USA)
33 out of 55 found this review helpful

I received my Pizzazz for Christmas. I like to cook DiGiorno's frozen pizza. I followed the directions for the Pizzazz but found that 15 minutes was far from enough to have it be done. It took nearly 20 minutes for it to be done.

Compared to just using my regular oven, I like the pizza cooked in my oven. I thought the Pizzazz would be just as advertised but instead I found the inside of the pizza to be pretty chewy vs. crunchy with my oven.

I'd save yourself the ~$60 and just have to wait a few extra minutes for your regular oven to preheat. And, you don't have an extra appliance to store. My two cents.


If you have a big family - here is something to consider   December 30, 2003
Scrappy3 (California)
32 out of 35 found this review helpful

I hate to be the voice of dissent when this product has recieved so many glowing reviews, but I would like to point out something I see as a design flaw in this little pizza cooker.

I bought one for my family for Christmas as I thought it would be a great solution to having to wait for back to back pizzas to cook in the big oven to feed our large family. But what I didn't notice was that the pizza oven only cooks pies up to 12" - much smaller than the "family-size" take & bake or homemade pizzas we usually cook.

But, determined to use the machine, I trimed the edges of a fresh, plain crust to fit the tray for the oven and put on my own sauce and toppings. We followed the directions for fresh pizza on the oven, but it took several rounds for it to actually be done. Also, we were never able to get the edges browned.

On the plus side, the crust underneath the pizza was nice and crispy, just the way we like it. And the toppings were bubbling away to perfection.

I think the size of the pies it will cook is something to consider if you have a large famiy and need to cook large pizzas.
If we continue to use the Pizzaz, we will have to cook 3 pizzas rather than just 2.


Almost Idiot Proof. Almost.   November 29, 2003
A. Helfer (Pennsylvania)
30 out of 31 found this review helpful

My in-laws gave us one of these as a gift. I thought it was a joke. Then we used it. The Pizzazz consistently cooks frozen pizzas well.

The nonstick disk is simple to clean. I don't understand how anyone would scratch it, unless he's using steel wool or something to clean it. And that is hardly necessary: it washes clean with a bit of soap and water (or even just a clean towel).

Even with rising crust pizzas, we have never had the food come anywhere near the heating element.

My only complaint is that you cannot accelerate the timer. You can adjust it to add time, but once it's set, you have to wait for it to run down. This is a minor inconvenience, though I would like to be able to turn off the heating elements when the pizza is done rather than take the pizza off the disk and wait for the "ding" at the end of the cooking cycle. (You could unplug the machine, but the residual heat from the elements might cook the disk, which obviously stops rotating when you unplug the machine. The elements stay hot for a little while after the cycle ends.)

All in all, this is a surprisingly effective product.