Frozen pizza often ends up with a cardboard-like crust, flavorless toppings, and goopy cheese. However, disregarding the box’s instructions and using a cast iron skillet can help.

While pizzerias typically cook pizzas at around 800 degrees Fahrenheit to achieve the ideal bake, most regular kitchen ovens can only get to a bit over 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Despite the lack of high temperatures, a cast iron pan makes it easy to achieve a frozen pizza with the perfect texture in a home oven, which makes

the task difficult otherwise.

Place the pan in your oven

and preheat it to its highest temperature without setting

it to broil. Once the oven is preheated, cook the pizza in

the pan for five to eight minutes.

Watch over the pizza while it cooks, as it can quickly burn, and note how long the oven takes for future reference. The pizza will have a crisp bottom crust and a soft interior.

The cast iron pan holds heat well enough to keep your pizza at a higher temperature than it would alone in the oven. This cooks the pizza fast without making it chewy or overdone.

Direct contact with the pan also helps the pizza develop a nice and crispy crust. For best results, opt for a frozen pizza with a regular or classic crust piled high with toppings.