About r/slowcooking
In its own words:
r/Slowcooking is a food-related subreddit for sharing ideas, recipes or pictures in which a "Crock-Pot®" style slow cooker was used. Slow cooking is an ideal method for cooking less expensive portions of meat to make them more tender and tasty than by other forms of cookery. Vegetarian and vegan dishes can also be made via slow cooking. - crockpot, slowcooker, crock, crock-pot, slow cooker
The community was created on Nov 3, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 1,491 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 18 communities on our cooking list it is number 2 by size.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/slowcooking went up from 4,748,634 to 4,754,542 subscribers (+5.9K, +0.12%). That is about 148 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/slowcooking talks about
Across 45 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “cooker”, “slow”, “beef”, “crockpot” and “soup”. Other frequent themes are chicken, stew, recipe, low, recipes and butter. Recurring phrases include “slow cooker” and “mystery beef”. By format, 38% are text posts, 22% are images and 16% are links.
Activity and best time to post
r/slowcooking gets about 6.3 new posts a day. The public archive holds 55,562 posts and 834,841 comments in total, about 15.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (10 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (4). Posting peaks around 00:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/slowcooking
The moderators of r/slowcooking list 5 rules. In short:
- Crock-Pot type recipes only
- Recipe not included with post
- Crude or hateful comment
- Meme or Image macro
- Politics or politics related
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/slowcooking 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/slowcooking have?
r/slowcooking has 4,754,542 subscribers, which makes it the #193 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,908 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/slowcooking?
r/slowcooking was created on Nov 3, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/slowcooking?
Moderately: r/slowcooking gets about 6.3 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 55,562 posts and 834,841 comments.
When is r/slowcooking most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 00:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/slowcooking about?
The community describes itself as: “r/Slowcooking is a food-related subreddit for sharing ideas, recipes or pictures in which a "Crock-Pot®" style slow cooker was used. Slow cooking is an ideal method for cooking less expensive portions of meat to make th…” Recent post titles often mention cooker, slow, beef, crockpot and soup. Most posts are text posts (38%).
Is r/slowcooking safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/slowcooking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/slowcooking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/slowcooking accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Crock-Pot type recipes only”; “Recipe not included with post”; “Crude or hateful comment”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/slowcooking?
Communities with similar topics include r/Cooking (6.3M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M), r/grilling (2.6M), r/food (24.6M) and r/EatCheapAndHealthy (11.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026). 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/slowcooking.