I know this is going to seem like a strange one but the Pizzaz really is one of my favorite things!
I received the Pizzaz a couple of years ago as a Christmas gift. Smiling my "oh I love it", fake gift smile, I was thinking, "What the heck am I going to do with this thing? I'm no college frat boy looking for a way to heat up a frozen pizza." Thanking the giver profusely, I put it aside for several weeks, contemplating the correct amount of time that would need to elapse before I sold this thing on eBay.
After awhile I began to think that I needed to give the Pizzaz a whirl. I still thought it was a stupid gift but I wanted to honor the giver so I decided to give it a go.
Being who I am, I did not go out and buy a frozen pizza. I got out my favorite pizza dough recipe and made up a batch. Although the pizza wheel part is non-stick, I sprayed it with a little olive oil (another use for the Misto!) and stretched and prodded the dough out to completely cover the surface. I added all my good toppings and put the wheel in place.
The Pizzaz has heating elements above and below the tray and a control on top that allows you to have either the top, bottom or both heating elements on. I always use both heating elements. Another control lets you set the amount of time the heating elements remain on. The timer runs from 0 - 20 minutes. I always use 20 minutes. As long as the Pizzaz is plugged in and the tray is in place, it will continue to slowly spin, whether or not the heating element is on.
Wheel loaded with pizza and in place, timer set for twenty minutes with both heating elements on and the magic starts to happen! The pizza slowly revolves, the dough starts to rise and brown, the toppings start to sizzle and melt...Yum!
After my very first pizza I was completely hooked on this little appliance! I LOVE my Pizzaz. True confession - when I visit friends and family I actually take my Pizzaz with me! Everyone loves the homemade pizza. I'm now a complete fanatic and only recently relented and stopped making my guests stand around for the entire twenty minutes watching the pizza spin!
I bought a Pizzaz for one of my sisters for Christmas and, since she has a family of four, I also bought her an extra pizza tray so she can have a second pizza ready to go when the first one comes out; a purchase I would highly recommend.
I know this seems goofy and I'm not normally a specialty appliance person but I admit it, I really love my Pizzaz!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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I'm a convert too! If you're a pizza lover, this little specialty appliance is definitely worth having.
I'm the sister that got the Pizzaz for Christmas, and I love it too! I've been wanting one since I ate my first pizza on Mary's Pizazz, and I'm thrilled to have my own. For the record, homemade pizza on it is great, but it is in fact also a great way to cook a frozen pizza without turning on the oven. I have two almost-teenage boys, so that's going to come in very handy over the years!
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