What is the best oven temperature to cook pizza?

[Puggles]

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When I went to my favorite pizzeria the other day, I tried to look at everything I could to get some ideas and noticed that their o⁶vens are set to 480, that seems low to me, but they make the best pizza I've ever had, so I decided to see of there's anything to it. The time is obviously longer, but I think it helps the crust more.

Very delicious.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

When I went to my favorite pizzeria the other day, I tried to look at everything I could to get some ideas and noticed that their ovens are set to 480, that seems low to me, but they make the best pizza I've ever had, so I decided to see of there's anything to it. The time is obviously longer, but I think it helps the crust more.
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Very delicious.

Funny you should mention that. I’ve recently watched a pizza making YouTuber explaining that pizza people are obsessed with high heat and most ovens are too hot for creating the perfect pizza. He reckons you’re better off at a lower temp of 270c (518f)
His pizza did look good.

I haven’t tried it yet because I’m pretty thrilled with the results I’m getting on 370c (700f) which cooks a pizza in 2 1/2mins. Useful when there are four people waiting.

 

[msmofet]

I cook my homemade pizza on the highest temp for my oven. 550℉ for only a few minutes till it gets brown, and melty.

 

[badjak]

It depends on the pizza style as far as I know
Its only naepolitana that requires high heat and thats a style with minimal toppings

 

[TastyReuben]

Something like a thinner NY-style pizza, you usually want as high as your oven will go - 525F/550F, and if you’re using a steel or stone, heat that up with it, and heat it for a good hour.

There are lots of things home pizza makers who are into the styles that call for a super-hot oven will do. I know some folks who have lined their home oven with pizza stones propped up the sides and the back, to better radiate heat, and a couple who intentionally broke the locks on their oven doors, the one that engages automatically when running a self-cleaning cycle, because the cleaning cycle can get up around 900F, which is what a dedicated pizza oven will do, and you can crank out a pizza in 90 seconds.

Other styles, though, like pan, deep-dish, Detroit, grandma, Sicilian (by which I mean the American pizza style named after Sicily), etc use much lower temps, to allow the pizza to cook through evenly.