Serious Eats
Shares rank 2 of 4 recipe apps by recommenders
Recommended for reliable, well-tested recipes with measurements in grams and no paywall. Critics mention intrusive popups that block the page and cannot be dismissed.
Recommended for reliable, well-tested recipes with measurements in grams and no paywall. Critics mention intrusive popups that block the page and cannot be dismissed.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reliable, well-tested recipes
“I have yet to make anything from Serious Eats, and particularly Kenji's recipes, that I didn't enjoy making and eating.”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga” “the text is actual documentation of their testing and/or the steps they've made”
Comment from 6 Feb 2026 in “My AI Adoption Journey” “SeriousEats is great most of the time”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “You Need a Kitchen Slide Rule” Kenji López-Alt's recipes
“I have yet to make anything from Serious Eats, and particularly Kenji's recipes, that I didn't enjoy making and eating.”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga” “I'd recommend checking out Serious Eats for Kenji's "Vegan Experience" recipes.”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 in “Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder If They're the Bad Guys” “I'm a big J. Kenji López-Alt and Serious Eats fan”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Popups block the page
“the series of popups completely blocks the page, and can't be dismissed”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “The Internet's Top Tech Publications Lost 58% of Their Google Traffic Since 2024”
Other recipe apps people recommend
The three most recommended other recipe apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OnlyRecipe 2.0 | 24 | 16 | 60% | 1 | 3.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| Serious EatsThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 5 | — | — |
| New York Times Cooking | 8 | 6 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| Mealie | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“serious eats is my go to recipe site, and I've got it tuned so it returns higher in my results.”
“I have yet to make anything from Serious Eats, and particularly Kenji's recipes, that I didn't enjoy making and eating.”
“Serious eats though is totally paywall free and has a pretty wide range of recipes”
“I'd recommend checking out Serious Eats for Kenji's "Vegan Experience" recipes.”
“I'm a big J. Kenji López-Alt and Serious Eats fan”
“the series of popups completely blocks the page, and can't be dismissed”
“the text is actual documentation of their testing and/or the steps they've made”
“SeriousEats is great most of the time”
“I specifically search for recipes where the measurements are in grams. SeriousEats is often where I end up.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.