About r/AskCulinary
In its own words:
A place to get that "one right answer" to your cooking questions!
Community guide
r/AskCulinary (#821, about 1.3 million subscribers) — A place to get that "one right answer" to your cooking questions! A recent sample averaged 14 posts a day (~77% text, ~23% link). Its public rules include: Please avoid questions about Food Safety; Avoid Brand Comparisons and Recommendations; Please include enough information; Avoid recipe requests; Avoid brainstorming. It is listed under “Lifestyles”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Match posts to: Please avoid questions about Food Safety; Avoid Brand Comparisons and Recommendations; Please include enough information; Avoid recipe requests.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Technique Question, Ingredient Question, Recipe Troubleshooting, Food Science Question.
The community was created on Dec 15, 2011, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 997 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 20 communities on our cooking list it is number 8 by size. It sits just behind r/ask (#819) and ahead of r/babyelephantgifs (#821) in our ranking.
What sets r/AskCulinary apart
Compared with other large communities, r/AskCulinary leans heavily on text posts (77% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 35%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/AskCulinary grew from 1,286,756 to 1,294,421 subscribers (+7.7K, +0.60%). That is about 150 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/AskCulinary this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Half and Half vs heavy cream in chicken pot pieu/Public-Sleep-29 · Nov 3 · text post
- Chocolate Violet Cookiesu/okaywhatverr · Nov 3 · text post
- How to make my hoecakes crisp and not doughy?u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 · Nov 6 · text post
- Fermenting Black Beansu/PuzzleheadedThroat84 · Nov 1 · text post
- My roux has been splitting lately when I make gumbo.u/lmxbftw · Nov 6 · text post
- I put too much butter in my cinnamon roll dough helpu/TOTEESSEW · Nov 5 · text post
- Let's Talk About Your Culinary Dreamu/AutoModerator · Nov 2 · text post
- Can I cook a stew in the oven in a thin stainless steel pot at a low temperature Or is the gas stove a better optionsu/Total-Strategy-4306 · Nov 3 · text post
- Macaroon butter cream rescue?u/I_count_ducks · Nov 7 · text post
- How to test a squash?u/peachsnorlax · Nov 7 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/AskCulinary, from 2016 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- How can I purposely get clumps in my spaghettiu/donttouchmycornchips · Nov 8, 2020 · text post
- Rabbit hole engaged... 11,082 cookbooks in digital format starting in the 16th Century.u/gatlingardens · Jan 18, 2021 · text post
- Hello everybody, I’m Maangchi! I have a Korean cooking channel on YouTube and am the creator of maangchi.com. I just released my second cookbook, Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking! You have any q…u/Maangchi · Nov 4, 2019 · 2,173 points · 170 comments · text post
- UPDATE: I prepared Japanese A5 Wagyu Steak for my birthday and, thanks to you guys, it was perfectu/hey_im_cool · Dec 14, 2020 · text post
- Asked for a Dutch oven for Christmas. My wife showed up and bought a Le Creuset Dutch Oven. I'm concerned its too expensive for the amount I will use it. What is the difference between a $100-$400-$8…u/Randomhero360 · Dec 27, 2024 · text post
- Instacart gave me 50 pounds of limes instead of 5 pounds... what the hell do I do with 50 pounds of limes?u/rad-dit · Jun 26, 2020 · text post
- Update: the best way to disassemble raspberriesu/pm_me_flaccid_cocks · Nov 21, 2021 · 1,675 points · 8 comments · text post
- Hi Reddit! I’m Max Miller, host ＆ creator of Tasting History where I show viewers how to make a dish from the past while exploring its history. Ask Me Anything!u/jmaxmiller · Nov 18, 2020 · text post
- Can cans of condensed milk be boiled until they become dulce de leche and then placed back in storage?u/Low-Cat4360 · Jan 21, 2025 · text post
- If I freeze something last day of shelf life, do I have to eat it immediately when I unfreezeJan 8, 2025 · text post
What r/AskCulinary talks about
Looking at the titles of 86 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “chicken”, “help”, “butter”, “cook” and “sauce”. Other frequent themes are chocolate, pot, pie, oven, cookies and cream. Recurring phrases include “sheet pan”. By format, 77% are text posts and 23% are links.
Popular post flairs: Technique Question (18), Ingredient Question (14), Recipe Troubleshooting (7), Food Science Question (3), Equipment Question (3), Weekly Discussion (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/AskCulinary gets about 14 new posts a day. The public archive holds 164,053 posts and 2,080,293 comments in total, about 12.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (16 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (7). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AskCulinary
The moderators of r/AskCulinary list 11 rules. In short:
- Please avoid questions about Food Safety
- Avoid Brand Comparisons and Recommendations
- Please include enough information
- Avoid recipe requests
- Avoid brainstorming
- Avoid deliberate attempts to offend or pick a fight
- Top level comments MUST answer the question.
- Comment Etiquette
- Avoid questions about culinary careers
- Avoid Self-Promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AskCulinary and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/AskCulinary have?
r/AskCulinary has 1,294,421 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #820 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,665 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/AskCulinary created?
r/AskCulinary was created on Dec 15, 2011, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/AskCulinary still active?
Yes. r/AskCulinary gets about 14 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 164,053 posts and 2,080,293 comments. In a sample of 86 recent posts we counted 83 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/AskCulinary?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/AskCulinary?
The community describes itself as: “A place to get that "one right answer" to your cooking questions!” Recent post titles often mention chicken, help, butter, cook and sauce. Most posts are text posts (77%).
Is r/AskCulinary SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AskCulinary as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/AskCulinary?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AskCulinary accepts text posts only. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Please avoid questions about Food Safety”; “Avoid Brand Comparisons and Recommendations”; “Please include enough information”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/AskCulinary?
Communities with similar topics include r/cookingforbeginners (2.2M), r/Cooking (6.3M), r/recipes (3.6M), r/burgers (1.5M) and r/AskReddit (60.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/AskCulinary.