r/cookingforbeginners is a subreddit with 2.1M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses cooking, meat, recipe, chicken, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review seasonings, smoothie blender, and blender.
Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you!
Learn how to cook simple recipes for yourself and find it isn't as hard as you think it is.
Post your questions about cooking and links to easy recipes and basic techniques. Come to learn or to teach.
Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/FfKqrtZ
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/r/Cooking
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Popular Themes in r/cookingforbeginners
#1
Advice Requests
: "What to do with 10lbs of potatoes"
20 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Are there any food-journal apps?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The food that I make has no taste"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/cookingforbeginners
#1
Cooking
16 posts
#2
Meat
: "Tips for cooking Meat?"
11 posts
#3
Recipe
: "Can y'all help me perfect this Recipe I did that I like please? Chicken, hot water cornmeal balls, country white gravy"
10 posts
#4
Chicken
: "Can I cook a whole Chicken in a dutch oven? I don't have an actual oven."
8 posts
#5
Struggling
8 posts
#6
Hate
8 posts
#7
Tired
8 posts
#8
Rice
5 posts
#9
Vegetables
: "How to do Oven roasted Vegetables (frozen veggies)"
5 posts
#10
Texture
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/cookingforbeginners
Seasonings
187 reviews
#1
Trader Joe's
5.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
Lawry's
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
Tony Chachere's
5.0★ from 5 reviews
Smoothie Blender
39 reviews
#1
Vitamix
4.8★ from 16 reviews
#2
Ninja
4.3★ from 11 reviews
#3
Blendtec
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Blender
35 reviews
#1
Vitamix
5.0★ from 14 reviews
#2
Ninja
4.3★ from 10 reviews
#3
Blendtec
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/cookingforbeginners
#1
Question
: "What to do with 10lbs of potatoes"
134 posts
#2
Request
: "Food ideas for cabin cooking?"
10 posts
#3
Recipe
: "How do you make a mean roast beef?"
6 posts
#4
Video
: "Any good tiktok/youtube accounts to follow for two guys who don't know how to cook a whole lot?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/cookingforbeginners
Yearly
+120k members(5.9%)
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Last updated: August 28, 2026