I have almost never put leftover pizza in the fridge. Generally store it in the oven. That's how my folks did it. Never had any problems. Was not expecting to come into this thread and see universal adoption of fridge pizza. I find the crust gets wet and gooey. You all do you, but after fifty years of doing it my way without any issues, I can't see any reason to change.
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Whenever you put any hot, bread-based food into the fridge it’ll get soggy. Gotta wait for it to cool down completely before putting it in the fridge.
This extends even to the trip home from a takeout pizza place. Putting the box in one of those thermal bags is one of the worst things you can do, since it traps all the steam inside. Much better to leave the pizza on the passenger seat with the box ajar (some pizza boxes even have steam vents).
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Overnight, no. If I don't eat it for breakfast the next morning, then I'll toss it in the fridge at that point.
I keep bread in the fridge too. Is that bad?
We keep our bread in the fridge, otherwise it goes moldy in 2 or 3 days and we don't eat much bread at my house
I generally put it in the fridge, but I've probably eaten more drunken, left out pizza than most and it never messed me up. I guess I don't know either. lol
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I freeze it. Takes 1-2 minutes to reheat.
Wrap it in aluminum foil and its fine in the freezer.
I probably should, but I generally just pop it in the oven overnight and finish it within 24 hours. Could I get sick? Yeah, potentially, but I've been doing this for decades and haven't gotten sick once.
I always reheat my leftover pizza though, so if you're going to eat it cold YMMV.
I could leave it out all day like 8 hours and then put it in the fridge later
No, I just leave it out in the kitchen and eat it over the next day or two.