It’s a question our readers frequently ask: Why doesn’t Wirecutter have a pizza cutter pick?
Although the ubiquitous, wheel-style pizza cutters that you roll across a pie might seem like the best (or at least the most obvious) tool for the job, we don’t recommend them because we don’t like them. At all.
A rotary pizza cutter is a kitchen tool with only one job: Slice cleanly and quickly through a few layers of sauce, cheese, crust, and maybe a disk of pepperoni or a sliver of anchovy. And yet, these devices frequently fall frustratingly short of accomplishing that simple, singular task. All too often, they require several attempts to fully dislodge a slice from the rest of the pie, all while messing up your cheese and toppings and sometimes even gouging your cutting boards in the process.
Instead, if you’re looking for the best way to cut pizza, we recommend doing what so many foodies on our staff do: Spend $20 on a quality pair of kitchen shears, such as our top pick, the OXO Good Grips Kitchen and Herb Scissors, and enjoy precision-cut slices with less hassle for many years to come.
