Presto 03430 Pizzazz Plus Rotating Oven

My daughter & son in law has had one of these Pizzazz pizza machines for years. I loved there's and have been considering getting one for a very long time. With the new staying at home with this INSANE virus , I've been making all sorts of things I don't usually make . For example pizza dough, calzones, tarts, and my husband stocked up on the cheap frozen pizzas. So after the 5th or 6th frozen pizza I said to my husband , we really should cave and get one of those Presto Pizzazz Plus.... I was pleasantly surprised when it was sitting inside my back gate as I didn't realize he ACTUALLY purchased one. Here is what I can say about this one of a kind gadget: 1. It is the easiest thing to set up! Open box, wash pan, put pan on the spindle( it may seem wobbly but it's fine) 2. Place a frozen pizza on pan and turn it on to the correct setting. The little pamphlet that comes with the machine gives guidelines for cooking ) PRESTO, Pizza turns out PERFECTLY every single time. It doesn't matter how cheap the pizza is or if you add your own toppings. It somehow turns a cheap $3.00 pizza into a fairly decent pizza( I mean it cannot ever take the place of a New York slice , let's face it NOTHING CAN!) That said, it cooks evenly, and makes a frozen pizza taste better by 1000%! Unless you own a pizza oven this is the next best thing. ( I'm just a customer, no one asked me to review this nor has anyone paid me( I should be so lucky) 3: One of the things I really love about this incredible gadget is that you can make many things, I love that i can make an open faces sandwich put a slice of cheese on top and watch the magic come alive in front of my eyes.... there are a ton of things you can cook using the Pizzazz.... fish sticks, frozen already cooked things, wings, little pastries. Lastly, clean up is a breeze, hot water a dab of soap rinse AND DRY IT OFF! If you clean it properly you can have this for years. It does come with a lifetime warranty, but I cannot imagine needing it. It does take up a bit of counter space if you leave it out. I saved the box so I can put it away when not using it safely All in all I just wanted to say if you're looking for a way to cook frozen pizzas and have them taste like a decent food BUY IT! If your wanting to have a gadget that is EASY & FUN to use and truly satisfying to use , I'm telling you just give this thing a try! I think it is just an AMAZING gadget. Worth every penny! I only write reviews when I'm so pleased with an item and figure others would gain important insight. 100% honest reviews. 100% always. If I don't like a product I would say why I didn't like it, or I just don't say anything and just move on..... ~ a highly satisfied Bird.

This is actually my SECOND Pizzazz Plus, and I think that probably tells you more about how much I like this little machine than anything else I could say. I bought my original Pizzazz Plus approximately eight years ago, and it became one of those wonderfully simple kitchen appliances that I just kept using year after year. It didn't get shoved into a cabinet after the novelty wore off. It earned a permanent place in my kitchen because it does one particular job extraordinarily well: **It makes a GREAT pizza!** Unfortunately, after about eight years together, my original Pizzazz Plus met with a rather undignified end. It was accidentally knocked off the counter—while it was actually making a pizza! 😂 So when it came time to replace it, I didn't spend weeks researching alternatives or wondering whether I wanted another type of pizza oven. I bought another Pizzazz Plus. I use mine primarily for frozen pizzas, and this is where I think the Pizzazz Plus absolutely shines. Frozen pizzas come out beautifully cooked, with a wonderfully crisp crust and properly cooked toppings. Once you've figured out the timing for the particular pizzas you like, it is almost ridiculously easy. Put the pizza on the rotating tray, set the timer, and let the Pizzazz do its thing. That's it. The rotating tray continuously moves the pizza beneath the heating elements, and I love being able to control the upper and lower heating elements depending upon how I want the pizza cooked. If the crust needs a little more attention, you can give it more heat from underneath. If the cheese and toppings need more, you can concentrate on the upper element. Or simply use both. That ability to control the heat is one of the reasons I can get the crust exactly the way I like it: **crisp rather than soft or soggy.** And unlike using a conventional oven, I don't have to heat up the entire kitchen just because I want to cook one frozen pizza. There is no enormous oven to preheat and no complicated procedure. For something as simple as pizza night, the Pizzazz Plus just makes sense. I have made homemade pizzas with it as well, and they come out beautifully. I simply don't make homemade pizza very often because I usually don't have the time. Frozen pizza is my everyday use for this machine, and after years of experience with it, I honestly prefer the results I get from the Pizzazz to cooking frozen pizza in my conventional oven. It is also one of those rare appliances that I would genuinely describe as nearly foolproof. Set it up, set the timer and let it cook. There is no need to constantly open an oven door and check the pizza. Once you know approximately how long your favorite pizza needs, the results are remarkably consistent. And that's really the most important part of my review: **I've been using a Pizzazz Plus for around eight years.** This isn't a review written after opening the box, making two pizzas and deciding I'm impressed. I've lived with one for years. I've made countless pizzas with it. My original machine didn't get replaced because I became dissatisfied with it or because I decided I wanted something better. It got knocked off the counter! And when that happened, after eight years of ownership, my reaction was essentially, **“Well, I guess I'm buying another Pizzazz.”** So I did. The new one is doing exactly what I hoped it would do, and I'm back to making frozen pizzas with beautifully melted cheese, properly cooked toppings and that wonderfully crisp crust I love. There are certainly fancier and more expensive pizza ovens available today. But sometimes a product doesn't need Wi-Fi, an app, artificial intelligence or fifteen different cooking programs. Sometimes it just needs to perform one job exceptionally well, reliably and with very little effort from the person using it. That's the Pizzazz Plus. **Eight years with my first one, and now I've purchased my second. If that isn't a five-star recommendation, I don't know what is.** Absolutely recommended—and apparently, in my house, nearly indestructible unless somebody knocks it off the counter while it's making dinner! 😂

The size, quality and heat output is Great!! I have bought this product for gifts! We also have this and love it. It's convenient for a quick snack. We love it for Pizza. Makes it crisp and cooks evenly. It's durable and easy to use. Doesn't take up much space in pantry closet. You don't have to heat up your oven!! This works great!!

I mainly make homemade, fresh pizza. I was interested in this because I was looking for something to use to keep from having to heat the oven up in the warmer months here in the south. I was happily surprised when I got this out of the box that it really has a very small footprint. Once the pan is removed, it isn't any larger than my toaster. Compared to a hot oven or grill, this cooks homemade pizza a good bit slower. Part of what makes it slow is that there's only one pan. I'll probably buy another to help speed it up since my family normally wants 4-5- pizzas every time I make them, as they eat a lot and want leftovers. At 15-20 minutes per pizza, which is about what it takes, it takes about twice as long as the oven, but that doesn't include oven warm up time, which is considerable. The issue is just between eating pizza 1 and pizza 2 getting ready, they are hungry and don't want to wait, but a 2nd pan will help. I've seen prices on those running about less than twenty dollars at this time and they have them here on Amazon. I do find it a bit awkward to put the pan on. The unit will not work until the pan is on the spindle. The controls are very straight foward. Push the timer down and turn it, and pick top, dual, or bottom elements. For homemade pizza, I use both. Once the pan is in place and the unit is on, it will start to turn very evenly and cook the pizza. The entire area over the pan gets hot, but it is the hottest right under/over the elements. The pizza cooks well, especially thinner crusts. I made some thick bread type pizzas - about an inch thick- and those were not as crispy on the bottom as I usually like, though they cooked very well and were definitely done. I let those go about 4 minutes longer than the other ones. The pan does have a bit of an edge, but I found that making my pizzas a bit smaller than the pan helps prevent any cheese drips. I did notice that the better pizzas were the ones in which I had added a bit of olive oil to the dough. They came out crispier and seemed to cook the best with this particular pizza cooker. The pan is non-stick and very easy to clean. Putting it in the dishwasher can discolor it, according to the book, but I can't see any reason to put it in the dishwasher when it is so non-stick that the food just slides off. It washes up in less than a minute in the sink. I'm giving it 5 stars, because it does what I want- it makes a good homemade pizza without heating the house up. I'll just always make my dough with olive oil, and stretch it thin for this unit.

This is a wonderful product !! My husband makes pizza at home and it tastes better than anything we can buy at a pizzeria! It’s easy to clean and easy to use!

Update: Here are a few photos of some fresh pizza made with Pillsbury Thin Crust Pizza Dough. Not as crispy as I like, but better than an oven and not bad for a first try. Also, package portion sized for two people: Frozen Tater Tots, chicken nuggets, Quorn "Chik-nuggets (Vegetarian) Now, on to the review: I was looking for a pizza maker/air fryer. They were all expensive. This little gadget kept popping up as highly rated. After a lot of thought and even discounting it after seeing one at a local store, I decided to take the plunge. I'm glad that I did. Is it perfect? No. Does it work as advertised? Yes! Use it for the advertised purpose and I doubt that you will be disappointed. It does offer a lot of control with the dual heating elements. You will need to tinker with it. Get to know it. It is just like any other cooking appliance. You have to experiment to find the right settings for your preferences. You might have a couple of failures, but don't give up. The first small pizzas that I made didn't turn out well. However, after I experimented a little more, I couldn't believe the wonderful taste.and crispiness. I expected to use the unit much less than I have. I place it on my smooth stove top. No worries about heat damage that way. The Pizzazz Plus, to my mind, is a PERFECT snack reheating gadget. It does a wonderful job. It isn't something that a "real" cook would want. It allows for adding crispiness to everything that is a precooked, frozen product: chicken nuggets, fries of all varieties, pizzas. You get the idea. You don't add much fat so I suppose some people will feel the food gets a little dried out. I think they are probably correct. It doesn't make a lot of difference. If you want a moister food, just adjust the cooking times or buy a high fat content frozen product. There are plenty of those on the market. I've been a vegetarian for over 30 years, but I live with a meat/junk food eater. I didn't think that I'd use the Pizzaz Plus much for myself. I was wrong. It makes some of the vegetarian frozen nuggets, burgers, and other mock meat products crisp up nicely too. I couldn't believe the difference between using it and the microwave. I find that I actually do cook a lot more frozen products than I thought that I did. The Pizzaz does have a few quibbles. That is the "why" of my four star rating. As many other reviewers have pointed out, the tray is awkward to place on the unit. I guide it on with my index finger and thumb. It isn't that bad, but it is fiddly. The other thing that you need to watch is the tray wobble. The food needs to be balanced when it is placed on the tray. I also leave the food outside of the center as the element doesn't necessarily reach there for heating (though the pizzas all seemed to cook just fine). The tray is small. I'd say that it can be used to prepare enough for a couple of people, but if you have more, you will be, as others have pointed out in their reviews, cooking in shifts. As an example, I can place the per person serving size recommended on the frozen fries package for two people. Then I can also place the per person size of chicken nuggets for one person. Finally, I can place 4-5 vegetarian nuggets. That quantity totally fills up the unit. What if you have big eaters? What if you want more than two servings? You could make 4 servings of french fries, but you'd have to cook the additional foods in another way. Not a big deal, but something to think about. Finally, the Pizzaz, as others have also pointed out, doesn't have an on-off switch. This isn't a big issue for me, but it would be nice not to have to keep plugging and unplugging it from the wall socket. Thinking safety here. Speaking of safety, be sure to use pot holders, oven mitts, or something when removing the tray. People have reported issues with cleaning the tray. I've had no issues, but I preconditioned it with a light wiping of virgin olive oil. Not sure if that took care of the reported issues, but I do tend to do that with all of my coated gadgets. I also don't cook anything that isn't recommended. I'm not much of an adventurer with new gadgets. I did try a fresh sliced zucchini. I was hoping to make crisps. That was a flop. Really, I do think this is a machine, at least in my case, that reheats previously prepared food well. Everything tastes better, but IMO, it isn't a cooker. It is a snack, precooked frozen food, sandwich, pizza, or crisper gadget. I've made cookies, biscuits, and cinnamon rolls as well as frozen pizzas and everything in the accompanying recipe book. It all came out beautifully. After I used the unit and got to know it for a while, nothing that I "cooked" was bad. I won't be giving up my crock pot, oven, or other cooking products soon, but this is a nice addition to my arsenal. It stores well in my cupboard. I did make a place for it. Some people with smaller kitchens may find storage to be an issue. On the other hand, regardless of the size of our kitchens, we gadget collectors seem to always find storage to be an issue. For some good video reviews on the Pizzazz, check out Youtube. I enjoyed watching them. The videos will give you a good idea of what to expect. There are also a few videos that show some alternative uses for the unit. HTHs.

This thing is awesome. If you are someone like me who is constantly making frozen pizza and snacks then this thing will get driven until its wheels fall off. While I find for some pizzas it takes a bit longer than the oven the end result is like 10x better, so I don't mind at all. Even for stuff like mozzarella sticks, pizza rolls, etc. this gets used instead of my air fryer. Even reheats leftover like a champ. You don't even need to clean the machine if you do like me and just put a sheet of foil under what you are cooking. My only real criticism is the pan is a bit tricky to get on (so I just leave it on all the time and slide the food off when its done instead, which is easy for me because like I stated I put foil down so I just pull the whole sheet of foil off onto a plate). The pan also seems a bit wobbly like its not on correctly even though it is, but that's just because of the way its designed. It doesn't cause any problems, it just feels weird. Anyway, really glad I purchased this.

Great small appliance! This works on any size pizza. It heats evenly, quickly and the crust can turn out more or less crisp depending on cooking time. It doesn’t take up much storage space.

En mal estado , enchufarlo y pegar un explotido y dejar de funcionar

Best item we bought for our son for Christmas. He uses it all the time. Cook everything on it and says is excellent. We bought one for our other son in 2014 and he loved it to and still uses it today!!

Una de mis mejores compras. Un aparato que hace una pizza profesional en minutos. Lo hemos probado con masa de pizza hecha en casa y queda perfecta en tan solo 12 minutos. Es un aparato que no puede faltar en la cocina. Las pizzas quedan incluso mejor que en los costosísimos hornos de piedra.

The first pizza was great. I don't know how will behave in future but the ideea is good and is working. Pizza was good and crispy , it took about 19 minutes to cook.

Muy práctico para recalentar comidas, derrite el queso delicioso, calienta por arriba y por abajo, lo que seria bueno es aumentarle temperatura, pero también esta bien así. Se podría aumentar una pequeña reja en la parte de arriba por seguridad ya que lo que calienta esta descubierto.