r/Cooking

6.2M members
r/Cooking is a subreddit with 6.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, 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
: "Help a pregnant woman with a craving"
28 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I got a grocery bag full of garlic scapes. I have no idea how to use them; please help me!"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Urgent! Scared of over-marinating my beef short ribs"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "3 course menu celebrating carrots. What would you cook?"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Just paid 12$/lb for ground beef. How expensive will it get before you stop buying beef? I think we're over it, beef is now a luxury for us."
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

: "What Recipes can I make with these ingredients?"
35 posts
#3

Recipe

: "Italian Sub Sandwiches"
32 posts
#4

Chicken

: "Go To: Chicken Milanese"
26 posts
#5

Struggling

25 posts
#6

Struggle

18 posts
#7

Sauce

: "Plz help trying to think of an easy Sauce"
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

: "In your opinion, what is the best Pasta shape?"
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
+626k members(11.3%)

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Last updated: June 20, 2026