Frozen Pizza in Air Fryer

Frozen pizza in air fryer or Ninja Foodi works great! Crispy crust with melted cheese and pepperoni on top, it will become your new favorite method. 

Air Fryer Frozen Pizza

We have made all sorts of fun and frozen things in our hot air machine. We started with frozen pizza rolls in the air fryer and then went on to a bigger pie. You’ll love both of these, quick meals are sometimes a must on busy days. Now even your teens can make their own after school snack themselves.

I mean everyone kinda’ knows how to cook a frozen pizza in the oven but this little baby is a bit different. It is smaller and although the temperature may be the same the timing isn’t. The key is to get the center warmed, cheese melted, and the crust crunchy.

Air fryer pizza

We started this journey with homemade air fryer pizza. Using homemade and then boxed dough where we just added water it was good, but more time consuming for sure. Then my kids got to thinking and we kept on going from there…..

Then we made tortilla pizzas in there and oh my were those a treat. The key to cooking frozen frozen pizza is to set it to a lower temperature so the cheese melts but doesn’t take so long that the crust burns. That’s NO good. I had to test this one out a few times to get it just right.

Timing will vary slightly depending on how thick your crust it, but not much. Should I thaw frozen pizza before baking? Nope, it is meant to go straight from the freezer into the oven or this machine.

Ninja Foodi Frozen Pizza

I always start with looking at our air fryer cook times chart first when I am cooking something new like our air fryer grilled cheese and this.

It may not have the exact temperature and time I need but I can base it off something similar like how long the dough took to make our baked brie and go from there.

Red Baron Pizza Air Fryer

There are lots of brands out there but this is probably the most common and cheapest too. My kids love them because the crusts are thicker and there are several topping choices.

What is the best frozen pizza brand?

• Totino’s 
• Whole Foods 365 Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza
• Amy’s Cheese Pizza
• Tombstone 5 Cheese Pizza
• Newman’s Own Thin & Crispy Uncured Pepperoni Pizza
  • if you can find uncured meats on top that is the BEST
• Amy’s BBQ Pizza

Now keep in mind these don’t always offer a personal pizza size. Digiorno has one that is a bit larger than this one which is good too. Keep in mind how large your air fryer basket is when choosing.

How do I cook frozen pizza?

Of course you can pop it into the oven, or if there’s a crisping sleeve included you may have put it into the microwave in the past.

• STOP collaborate and listen!! (if you’re my age you will know the reference to this immediately) 😉

THESE frozen pizza in air fryer instructions are easy and may change the way you cook this favorite snack food forever.

1. Preheat your air fryer to 360 degrees for 5 minutes
2. Unwrap your pizza and place it into your basket
3. Close the drawer
   1. or close your air crisp lid with the Ninja Foodi
4. Set time to 5 minutes and then check

If you want it crispier or meltier set for an additional minute and continue to check until it is exactly how you want it.

Should I thaw frozen pizza before baking?

NO! It is meant to go from frozen into your heat source immediately after taking the plastic wrap off the outside. Thawing it will alter the texture of the crust mostly and believe me you won’t like it.

Frozen pizza in an air fryer

1. Air fryer oven
2. Mini pizzas that are frozen

You do not need cooking spray for the food but could spray a bit into the basket. I didn’t have anything bubble over so it’s not really necessary for this.

Not only do I think this is an energy saver vs. using your oven but with time to preheat and everything they are done in under 15 minutes, so it’s faster. Want to make more of a semi homemade air fryer pizza?? I have a recipe for that too!!

• Preheat air fryer to 360 degrees. When done add frozen personal pizza and close.
• Air fry for 5 minutes, check and if you want top more browned add 1 more minute.

Next on our list was to share how to reheat pizza in air fryer and we share that with you here now!

• Want to make some frozen pot pies in air fryer too?? They too are WAY better in this nifty crisping kitchen appliance.

After you love this, here are a few other pizza recipes:

• We have made Instant Pot pizza and that was fun, but it won’t be crispy.
• Smoked pizza is fun to cook.
• Crockpot pizza is another one to try together.