Pizza Cooking Temperature. In the many years that I have been doing this job, friends and followers of our site entirely dedicated to pizza, they ask me so many questions, but there is one that is certainly at the top of the ranking: At what temperature should I set the oven to cook the pizza?

This question has no standard answer, because it depends on the type of oven we are going to use to cook our beloved pizza.

Pizza Cooking Temperature

Wood-fired oven? Static or ventilated electric oven? Gas oven? The home oven or a professional pizza / bakery oven?

As you can see the question regarding the temperature, sometimes it can be misleading. Unlike bread that cooks at a low temperature, around 190 degrees and takes just under half an hour, the pizza should be cooked at a higher temperature to prevent it from drying out too much by remaining in the oven for a long time.

At What Temperature

So let's try to solve once and for all which is the right temperature for each type of oven.

home baking. Unfortunately the home oven does not reach high temperatures, most of this type of oven reaches the maximum temperature of 250 degrees, so it's not very good for the classic plate pizza, but you can overcome this problem by putting it to the maximum and preparing the classic pan, maybe only with tomatoes and adding the ingredients and mozzarella only in the last few 5 minutes of cooking.

Cooking Temperature of the Pizza

The convection oven is not suitable for cooking a quality pizza, it may dry out and still remain moist inside, let's say that with a setting of 300 degrees, an acceptable product is obtained.

The professional ovens in electric or gas pizzeria, are set around 320/330 degrees, while the wood-burning oven can also reach i 400 degrees for the Neapolitan pizza version.

Pizza cooking at what temperature

For pizza lovers I remember that here on our site there is a fantastic Online Pizzaiolo Course that you can follow from the comfort of your home sofa. To find out more, follow this link.

For lovers of the classics of Italian recipes, I suggest reading my recipe collection which is called: Not just pizza - What all pizzerias should have on their menu, it is a collection of classics of Italian cuisine ranging from panzerotti to supplì that you will find in this link.

I'll meet you in a few days for other news regarding the world of pizza.

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi