r/Cooking

6.2M members
r/Cooking is a subreddit with 6.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses cooking, recipes, recipe, chicken, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review frying pan, seasonings, and pepper grinder.

Popular Themes in r/Cooking

#1
Advice Requests
: "Have you ever made a mistake with a recipe by adding something that was not in the recipe but turned out to be delicious?"
13 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Urgent! Scared of over-marinating my beef short ribs"
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "Lemon balm ideas"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Cheap Meal Ideas"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Cooking

#1

Cooking

: "I am currently unemployed. Please give me your most elaborate/time consuming recipes so that I may spend all day Cooking and not being bored."
103 posts
#2

Recipes

: "Vegetarian Recipes for 60+ people"
35 posts
#3

Recipe

: "Italian Sub Sandwiches"
32 posts
#4

Chicken

: "I cooked Chicken thighs for the first time and they are sooo tasty compared to Chicken breast"
26 posts
#5

Struggling

25 posts
#6

Struggle

18 posts
#7

Sauce

: "Looking for some sort of orangey accompaniment or topping to go with a french toast casserole"
17 posts
#8

Rice

: "I'm basically 26 and i have only just learned how to make the perfect Rice on the stove. I consider myself a good cook but could never do Rice without a Rice cooker. I am interested in hearing how you guys make Rice."
12 posts
#9

Hate

11 posts
#10

Pasta

11 posts

Products Discussed in r/Cooking

Frying Pan

236 reviews
#1
All-Clad
4.7 from 42 reviews
#2
Tramontina
4.5 from 19 reviews
#3
Lodge
4.8 from 12 reviews

Seasonings

220 reviews
#1
Old Bay
4.6 from 19 reviews
#2
Lawry's
4.3 from 8 reviews
#3
Kinder's
4.4 from 7 reviews

Pepper Grinder

195 reviews
#1
Peugeot
4.8 from 46 reviews
#2
Unicorn
4.7 from 32 reviews
#3
Cole & Mason
4.6 from 18 reviews

Member Growth in r/Cooking

Yearly
+574k members(10.2%)

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Last updated: June 27, 2026