Systems and methods for cooking pizza

An electric pizza oven comprising:

• a housing defining an interior cooking chamber;
• a door provided on a front of the housing, wherein the door includes a handle configured to be pulled by a user to selectively open and close the door to permit access to the interior cooking chamber;
• a cooking surface disposed within the interior cooking chamber and configured to receive food to be cooked;
• an upper heater and a lower heater, each disposed within the interior cooking chamber and configured to supply heat thereto, wherein at least one of the upper heater and the lower heater are capable of causing the interior cooking chamber to reach a temperature of at least 700 degrees Fahrenheit either together or separately;
• at least one temperature sensor disposed within the interior cooking chamber configured to measure a temperature of the interior cooking chamber
• a user interface provided below the handle, wherein the user can interact with the user interface to select a pre-programmed cooking mode of a plurality of pre-programmed cooking modes in which the electric pizza oven can operate, wherein the plurality of pre-programmed cooking modes comprise a Neapolitan mode, a New York mode, and a Thin-Crust mode;
• and
• a controller operatively coupled to the with the upper heater, the lower heater, and the user interface, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive, from the user interface, data characterizing a selection of the pre-programmed cooking mode,
• cause heat to be supplied to the interior chamber by at least one of the upper and lower heating elements in accordance with a pre-heating mode, and
• turn off the electric pizza oven responsive to determining that the user has failed to interact with the user interface for a predefined period of time after an end of the pre-heating mode.