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What Temperature Should a Pizza Oven Be? (2026): Every Style's Number

Neapolitan wants 850–950°F. New York is happy at 600–700°F. Detroit and pan styles bake lower still. The single biggest mistake home cooks make is running one temperature for every pizza, and the second is measuring the air when they should be measuring the floor. Here is the real number for each style, why the FLOOR temperature is the one that makes the crust, and how to measure it with a $20 thermometer.

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